111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H.R. 2997
In the Senate of the United
States,
August 4, 2009.
Amendment:
That the bill from the House of Representatives
(H.R. 2997) entitled An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
, do
pass with the following
Strike out all
after the enacting clause and
insert:
That the following sums are appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes,
namely:<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idE1F0D509AF9E417CB44264FC51918DB7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID6484CD6DCBC2423B97D58ED5281F8921"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Production, processing and
marketing</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="IDB2B9DD2BFEA245099538A1A6DD088191"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Secretary of Agriculture, $5,285,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That not to
exceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id412AE837E4A94FE3A5A9C26BE2C5D786"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Tribal Relations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Tribal Relations, $1,000,000, to support communication and consultation
activities with Federally Recognized Tribes, as well as other requirements
established by law.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idB76D5805A14D48F495E524663CA5BE95"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive
operations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id6622F5088BE542BCAE5F48CFF637DFD8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief economist</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Chief Economist, $13,032,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2D3DFC30FB474F7285AD944DD2AA5F28"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National appeals division</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the National
Appeals Division, $15,219,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFBFC33F78CF443E88B02FB24A483574B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of budget and program
analysis</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
$9,436,0000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idA50F776F24314EA3ACD4AFC94A0384CC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of homeland security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Homeland Security, $1,859,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idC46DE55C37A14DB5836E8A445F5C4EE4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief information
officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Information Officer,
$63,579,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idA46354B507DD467B9219150F3C39F611"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief financial
officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, $6,566,000:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That no funds made available by this appropriation
may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary
has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress
and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives a report on the Department's contracting out policies,
including agency budgets for contracting
out.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idB745F8B23FFA47E8B33DDB09FACD2F66"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for civil
rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,
$895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id750C03658E7744BD8331E60F098A2B5F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of civil rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Civil Rights, $23,422,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id705317E737484BD79B4FA9408FD67775"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration,
$806,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idAA183747B0C543D9A823ED6C7DD3D5C4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agriculture buildings and facilities and
rental payments</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0CB31B597DD24B6AAE95368B38B9B4C6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of space
rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities
pursuant to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator of General
Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and
activities of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
alterations and other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to
consolidate unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the
Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance,
improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for
related costs, $274,482,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$168,901,000 shall be available for payments to the General Services
Administration for rent; of which $13,500,000 for payment to the Department of
Homeland Security for building security activities; and of which $92,081,000
for buildings operations and maintenance expenses: <italic>Provided</italic>,
That the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds from a Departmental agency
to this account to recover the full cost of the space and security expenses of
that agency that are funded by this account when the actual costs exceed the
agency estimate which will be available for the activities and payments
described herein.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idCEFA0B07E5D345B8A8D8B21B0E10C228"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous materials
management</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id753F1BC00D904DC6AF3EF75FB451707D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Department of Agriculture, to comply with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.),
$5,125,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided,</italic> That
appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its
use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and
non-Federal lands.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5543035FC8DE485BBEBF4A36C5CA80E2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Departmental
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC12183A4A2B142FDBEEC03386CB08760"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Departmental
Administration, $41,319,000, to provide for necessary expenses for management
support services to offices of the Department and for general administration,
security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and
expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and
efficient work of the Department: <italic>Provided</italic>, That this
appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C.
551–558:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amount
appropriated, $13,000,000 is for stabilization and developmental activities to
be carried out under the authority provided by title XIV of the Food and
Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and other applicable
laws.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id12922A87DF0B46BDBF3860F1B7B0EECC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for
congressional relations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3C2ECF561EB04446A224298A028EAF52"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry
out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch, $3,968,000:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That these funds may be transferred to agencies of
the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the
agency level: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That no funds made available
by this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment
of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That no other funds appropriated to the
Department by this Act shall be available to the Department for support of
activities of congressional relations.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD4EAEB11BA3441BEAD2930358397AF10"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of communications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Communications, $9,722,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id1B19201DD45A407AA1CFC8424809739D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act
of 1978, $88,025,000, including such sums as may be necessary for contracting
and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons pursuant to
section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and including not to
exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, including the
payment of informants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector
General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–98:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That of the amount made available for the Office of
Inspector General to conduct investigations such sums as are necessary shall be
made available for the inspection of the national organic program established
under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et
seq.).</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id4181285DAA934494990F46525A563A43"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the general counsel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
General Counsel, $43,551,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id8BC67A510325466C8548F14403FAF6F0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for research,
education and economics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education
and Economics, $895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id71F98C214B394FAAB5ECABFE0F6008D2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic research service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Economic
Research Service, $82,078,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idB5BC4F5945FD44DEA5DA7AD203EC5B28"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National agricultural statistics
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, $161,830,000, of which up to
$37,908,000 shall be available until expended for the Census of
Agriculture.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6B99B0C2AB8E4A6E9E44690BA9F324B2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural research
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id879E5B2CC118417D997DE17ED60F88B2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Research Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the
lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of
the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,181,632,000, of
which $35,512,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in
the table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated Projects</quote> in the
report to accompany this Act:<italic> Provided</italic>, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and
the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to
7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and
improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one
building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which
shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to be
constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of
the current replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is
greater: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the limitations on alterations
contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of
existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings
needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a):
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds may be received from any State,
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of
establishing or operating any research facility or research project of the
Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by
law.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idEA0B3D4F36CF49FA9824FEC74B976DC5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For acquisition of land, construction,
repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or
facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the
Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $47,027,000, of which
$47,027,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the
table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated Projects</quote> in the report
to accompany this Act, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6D6FC2FEEE91401490B1120630493040"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Institute of Food and
Agriculture</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB7C697E37E764228B7A0CAEA3E4E2941"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and Education
Activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research,
for facilities, and for other expenses, $757,821,000, of which $61,406,000
shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled
<quote>Congressionally Designated Projects</quote> in the report to accompany
this Act, as follows: to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7
U.S.C. 361a–i), $215,000,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research (16
U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $30,000,000; for payments to eligible institutions (7
U.S.C. 3222), $49,000,000, provided that each institution receives no less than
$1,000,000; for special grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $50,456,000; for competitive
grants on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $16,423,000; for
competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)), $295,181,000, to remain available
until expended; for the support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C.
3195), $1,000,000; for supplemental and alternative crops and products (7
U.S.C. 3319d), $850,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical
Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,083,000, to remain
available until expended; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994
institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note),
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended; for rangeland research grants
(7 U.S.C. 3333), $983,000; for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,859,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); for a program pursuant to section 1415A of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a),
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended; for higher education challenge
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $5,654,000; for a higher education multicultural
scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $981,000, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving
Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $7,737,000; for competitive grants for the
purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3156 to individual eligible
institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii,
with funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii,
$3,200,000; for a secondary agriculture education program and 2-year
post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $983,000; for aquaculture grants
(7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,928,000; for sustainable agriculture research and education
(7 U.S.C. 5811), $14,500,000; for a program of capacity building grants (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C.
3221 and 3222, $16,500,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of
Public Law 103–382, $3,342,000; for resident instruction grants for insular
areas under section 1491 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $800,000; for a new era rural
technology program pursuant to section 1473E of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319e),
$750,000; for a competitive grants program for farm business management and
benchmarking (7 U.S.C. 5925f), $2,000,000; for a competitive grants program
regarding biobased energy (7 U.S.C. 8114), $1,500,000; and for necessary
expenses of Research and Education Activities, $25,111,000, of which $2,704,000
for the Research, Education, and Economics Information System and $2,136,000
for the Electronic Grants Information System, are to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD1DE54C042CB491E8CF1D09AD908417C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native american institutions endowment
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Native American
Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD38CCA006B444BBD891795CA3A5EDB86"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa, $491,292,000, of which $7,898,000 shall be for
the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled
<quote>Congressionally Designated Projects</quote> in the report to accompany
this Act, as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under the
Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act,
and under section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees'
compensation costs for extension agents, $300,000,000; payments for extension
work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)),
$4,000,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for
low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $68,139,000; payments for the
pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,085,000; payments
for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,863,000; payments
for New Technologies for Ag Extension under section 3(d) of the Act,
$2,000,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching facilities at
institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222,
$18,540,000, to remain available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk
programs under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $8,427,000; for youth farm
safety education and certification extension grants, to be awarded
competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $493,000; payments for carrying
out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.
1671 et seq.), $4,128,000; payments for the federally-recognized Tribes
Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $3,090,000;
payments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act,
$4,705,000; payments for rural health and safety education as authorized by
section 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,738,000; payments
for cooperative extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221),
$41,354,000, provided that each institution receives no less than $1,000,000;
for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,767,000;
payments to carry out the food animal residue avoidance database program as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, $1,000,000; payments to carry out section
1672(e)(49) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 5925), as amended, $500,000; and for necessary expenses of Extension
Activities, $16,463,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9E0DD66BBD8640F59DD4D258DB91E09E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Integrated activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the integrated research, education, and
extension grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses,
$56,864,000, as follows: for competitive grants programs authorized under
section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $41,990,000, including $12,649,000 for the water
quality program, $14,596,000 for the food safety program, $4,096,000 for the
regional pest management centers program, $4,388,000 for the Food Quality
Protection Act risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, $1,365,000
for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act implementation,
$3,054,000 for the methyl bromide transition program, and $1,842,000 for the
organic transition program; for a competitive international science and
education grants program authorized under section 1459A of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3292b), to remain available until expended, $3,000,000; for grants programs
authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as amended, $732,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2011, for the critical issues program;
$1,312,000 for the regional rural development centers program; and $9,830,000
for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized under section 1484
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977, to remain available until September 30,
2011.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id181511A1EC58406C8C57944DC1449589"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for marketing
and regulatory programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs, $895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id35D8F8F16B3B47A5A0B13EC53548218C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Animal and plant health inspection
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBE585672492F485892A72F13BBA4E944"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id87DA7AB9FF694E2A88CB6AE0E3BE552A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), $911,394,000, of which $18,059,000 shall be for the
purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled
<quote>Congressionally Designated Projects</quote> in the report to accompany
this Act, of which $2,058,000 shall be available for the control of outbreaks
of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and
birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which
$23,390,000 shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes
or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which $7,300,000 shall
be for a National Animal Identification program and may only be used for
ongoing activities and purposes (as of the date of enactment of this Act)
relating to proposed rulemaking for that program under subchapter II of chapter
5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the
<quote>Administrative Procedure Act</quote>); of which $60,243,000 shall be
used to prevent and control avian influenza and shall remain available until
expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That funds provided for the contingency
fund to meet emergency conditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit
fly program, emerging plant pests, cotton pests program, grasshopper and mormon
cricket program, the plum pox program, the National Veterinary Stockpile, the
National Animal Identification System, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie program
for indemnities, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife services methods development, up
to $1,000,000 of the wildlife services operations program for aviation safety,
and up to 25 percent of the screwworm program shall remain available until
expended: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That no funds shall be used to
formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current
fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the States of at least 40
percent: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That this appropriation shall be
available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not
to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment
of the agricultural production industry of this country, the Secretary may
transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or
corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be
available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious
or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses
in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act
(7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act
(7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for
such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such
transferred amounts: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and
alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed
10 percent of the current replacement value of the building:
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">Provided further,</added-phrase>
That of the amount available under this heading, at least $17,764,000 shall be
used for the tuberculosis program (including at least $3,000,000 for
tuberculosis indemnity and depopulation).</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In fiscal year 2010, the agency is
authorized to collect fees to cover the total costs of providing technical
assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other political
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's
liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods,
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall be
credited to this account, to remain available until expended, without further
appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or
services.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB028BB8A5FBD4D89A2FB7F8E5A832B8A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans, construction, repair, preventive
maintenance, environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,712,000, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id4AFC9D2766F34BF5873C78BA4CCF3C17"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural marketing
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5E6530D51CB645518CA6E20024F3FA85"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marketing services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Marketing Service, $90,848,000: <italic>Provided,</italic> That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Fees may be collected for the cost of
standardization activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
U.S.C. 9701).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0A709B6FD2E44526B5D882EDA6A0F727"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative
expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$64,583,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal
year for administrative expenses: <italic>Provided</italic>, That if crop size
is understated and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7FBF992D53354D9CA11864A82EC1D5AF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds for strengthening markets, income,
and supply (section 32)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id23AD66FAA82F420EB030FC4A0B780627"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds available under
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only
for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, including not less than $20,000,000 for replacement of a
system to support commodity purchases, except for: (1) transfers to the
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8,
1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than
$20,056,000 for formulation and administration of marketing agreements and
orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the
Agricultural Act of 1961.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id53CC92C16921455791A54F6DEFAA16FD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments to states and
possessions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar
agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,334,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id76C3C69CF0154EE2BD42B879B59D5A97"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grain inspection, packers and stockyards
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id21B1EB2EF6514736911BF904DF7C8AC4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, $41,564,000:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That this appropriation shall be available pursuant
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the
building.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id927C4A9A1FCB4501B30984A1B89A1D05"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on inspection and weighing
services expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to
exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current
fiscal year for inspection and weighing services: <italic>Provided</italic>,
That if grain export activities require additional supervision and oversight,
or other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded by up to
10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
of Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id05EBF6CDD0954525A5C4AD930EA1B5AF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for food
safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety,
$813,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idED02BF8477E547E2939261DC7FF64269"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food safety and inspection
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out services authorized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the
Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including
not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant
to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766),
$1,018,520,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account
from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by
section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 138f): <italic>Provided</italic>, That funds provided for the Public
Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no fewer than
150 full-time equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2010
for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the
amount available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be obligated to maintain
the Humane Animal Tracking System as part of the Public Health Data
Communication Infrastructure System:<italic> Provided further</italic>, That
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id8CD65449B1144EEBB8DEFD8206493543"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for farm and
foreign agricultural services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
$895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id87F5F7FD51984FBE9D16B6987FD7C779"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm service
agency</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBEC94CF0C6EB4726864DAA2201853CB1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id190E34282980409E8FC81A9B01CA50DC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Farm Service Agency, $1,603,777,000: <italic>Provided,</italic> That the
Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but
not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for
all programs administered by the Agency: <italic>Provided further,</italic>
That other funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may be
advanced to and merged with this account:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds made
available to county committees shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idED0566E601554E009358F6AE3D276517"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State mediation grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106),
$4,369,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id772FB1AA2BB84DE8AB6A690BDBF5A6CA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grassroots source water protection
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out wellhead or groundwater protection activities under section 1240O
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $5,000,000, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC602A9FD8EFF42698BE2274ADA85166C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dairy indemnity
program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idACEAB4F48EA7481695237E21910BA439"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses involved in making
indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available
until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That such program is carried out by
the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program described in
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat.
1549A–12).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id24595342A5EF4F92B32B75F65EE43398"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural credit insurance fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id8A09E3F6AB634144A2621AB8BB43B1A6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922
et seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land
acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), direct
and guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.) and Indian highly
fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488), to be available from funds in the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$1,892,990,000, of which $1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $392,990,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans,
$1,994,467,000, of which $1,150,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans, $144,467,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $700,000,000
shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $2,000,000;
conservation loans, $150,000,000, of which $75,000,000 shall be for guaranteed
loans and $75,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian highly fractionated
land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans,
$100,000,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary shall deem the pink
bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program
loans.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct
and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership
loans, $21,584,000, of which $5,550,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans, and $16,034,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, $80,402,000,
of which $26,910,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $20,312,000
shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $33,180,000 shall be for direct
loans; conservation loans, $1,343,000, of which $278,000 shall be for
guaranteed loans, and $1,065,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian highly
fractionated land loans, $793,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses
necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $321,093,000,
of which $313,173,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses</quote>.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act to the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating,
and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among
these programs: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in
advance of any transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id0E298E8911FF4108AFBE7A83F578A985"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Risk management agency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Risk
Management Agency, $79,425,000: <italic>Provided,</italic> That the funds made
available under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1522(e)) may be used for the Common Information Management System:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1506(i).</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id9BD248FCBFF447F5959F888A13CDDF7E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CORPORATIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following corporations and agencies are
hereby authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget
for the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as
hereinafter provided.</text>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id18AC1504790B4DE8B65790DF587E63F8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal crop insurance corporation
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments as
authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516),
such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id3002BEC6054C4FBBA4BCFE87175484B7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation
fund</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id464D4DECC348489DBBE9B7A710195A7A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursement for net realized
losses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1AA521FE5A384CBA848732827E123EE6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed,
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11):
<italic>Provided,</italic> That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit
Corporation under section 11 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CCCCA">Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of
its business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be
transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information
resource management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that are not
related to Commodity Credit Corporation business.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id453A259CC5664FBDA8C6F7E18662714B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous waste
management</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id618DFE291D7948988709D2BCB3C19DF7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(limitation on expenses)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the current fiscal year, the Commodity
Credit Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation
and cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with
the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
6961).</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id2AFCC71627BD491485AAE396723FEBD1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation
Programs</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID265130C3E53546B695353F3AA15432B0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for natural
resources and environment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources
and Environment, $895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5943E037175E48A69FEB7FFBED23E504"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Natural resources conservation
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id25FF46A660614637ADB91E84D0FCC494"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for carrying out the
provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent floods
and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural related
pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; classification
and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water,
and interests therein for use in the plant materials program by donation,
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act
of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or
improvement of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance
of aircraft, $949,577,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, of
which up to $50,730,000 may be used in planning and carrying out projects for
resource conservation and development and for sound land use pursuant to the
provisions of sections 31 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7
U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C.
590a–590f); and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981
(16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), and of which $21,511,000 shall be for the purposes, and
in the amounts, specified in the table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated
Projects</quote> in the report to accompany this Act:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That appropriations hereunder shall be available
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and
public improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of
alterations and improvements to other buildings and other public improvements
shall not exceed $250,000: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That the
Secretary is authorized to transfer ownership of all land, buildings, and
related improvements of the Natural Resources Conservation Service facilities
located in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, to the Medicine Bow Conservation District:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That when buildings
or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such
land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idACDC54BEF2864A8DB030FF6486546361"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Watershed and flood prevention
operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses to carry out preventive measures, including but not limited to
research, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of
vegetation, rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, in
accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C.
1001–1005 and 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16
U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the
activities of the Department, $24,394,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $16,750,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified
in the table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated Projects</quote> in the
report to accompany this Act: <italic>Provided,</italic> That not to exceed
$15,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available for technical
assistance.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id95F20E107B924F9284AA94ABEE4565C9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Watershed rehabilitation
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out rehabilitation of structural measures, in accordance with section
14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), and
in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the
Department, $40,161,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id06D3C5C63F8A4C3896775D51C3E5FDF4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID303EFF09EC11406C88C0569425494257"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for rural
development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development,
$895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id7CA2BCA308F149819B4FCB7751B52B4B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural development salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFE695B5D44E44226AE3B9EA94DE64435"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
for carrying out the administration and implementation of programs in the Rural
Development mission area, including activities with institutions concerning the
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative
agreements; $207,237,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this section may be used for
advertising and promotional activities that support the Rural Development
mission area: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not more than $10,000 may
be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That any balances available from prior years
for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural
Business-Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be
transferred to and merged with this
appropriation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idECD66FF9E6864B62BDBBC7CD92134216"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2D143F0BF3F44929AEEEFEB32C0C4A39"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing insurance fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id4E7A25B8ABC941C5B4A310E021D1E837"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by title
V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing
insurance fund, as follows: $13,226,501,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers,
of which $1,226,501,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $12,000,000,000
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $34,412,000 for section 504 housing
repair loans; $69,512,000 for section 515 rental housing; $129,090,000 for
section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524
site loans; $11,448,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which up to
$1,448,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and $4,970,000 for section 523
self-help housing land development loans.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $217,322,000,
of which $44,522,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $172,800,000, to
remain available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;
section 504 housing repair loans, $4,422,000; repair, rehabilitation, and new
construction of section 515 rental housing, $18,935,000; section 538
multi-family housing guaranteed loans, $1,485,000; and credit sales of acquired
property, $556,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That section 538 multi-family
housing guaranteed loans funded pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject
to a guarantee fee and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any balances for
a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of the section
515 multi-family rental housing properties as authorized by Public Law 109–97
and Public Law 110–5 shall be transferred to and merged with the <quote>Rural
Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program
Account</quote>.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition,
for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed
loan programs, $468,593,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id688D0C88720C4ACCB786E76F3C164BDE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rental assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For rental assistance agreements entered
into or renewed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements
entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HA49">Housing Act of 1949</act-name>, $980,000,000; and, in
addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the
Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the
rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That of this amount, up to $5,958,000 may be
available for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $50,000 per
project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover
direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects
pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: <italic>Provided further,</italic>
That of this amount not less than $2,030,000 is available for newly constructed
units financed by section 515 of the <act-name parsable-cite="HA49">Housing Act
of 1949</act-name>, and not less than $3,400,000 is for newly constructed units
financed under sections 514 and 516 of the <act-name parsable-cite="HA49">Housing Act of 1949</act-name>: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed
during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That any unexpended balances remaining at
the end of such one-year agreements may be transferred and used for the
purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any
existing projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized
under title V of the Act: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That rental
assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2010 for
a farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of
the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until such assistance
has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has
a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental
assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That such recaptured rental assistance
shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family
housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE5189AB05347420AA7E40DCD5D6F72C9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multi-family housing revitalization program
account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the rural housing
voucher program as authorized under section 542 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HA49">Housing Act of 1949</act-name>, but
notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section, for the cost to conduct a
housing demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation
of low-income multi-family housing projects, and for additional costs to
conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of
multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph,
$39,651,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided,</italic>
That of the funds made available under this heading, $18,000,000 shall be
available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household (including
those not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property financed with a
section 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 2005:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That the amount of such voucher shall be the
difference between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the
tenant paid rent for such unit: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That funds
made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual
appropriations: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That the Secretary shall, to
the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing
vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (including the ability to pay administrative costs related to
delivery of the voucher funds): <italic>Provided further,</italic> That if the
Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers in this or any
other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for the
demonstration programs for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family
rental housing properties described in this paragraph: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That of the funds made available under this heading,
$1,791,000 shall be available for the cost of loans to private nonprofit
organizations, or such nonprofit organizations' affiliate loan funds and State
and local housing finance agencies, to carry out a housing demonstration
program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income
multi-family housing projects: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That loans
under such demonstration program shall have an interest rate of not more than 1
percent direct loan to the recipient: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That
the Secretary may defer the interest and principal payment to the Rural Housing
Service for up to 3 years and the term of such loans shall not exceed 30 years:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That of the funds made available under this
heading, $19,860,000 shall be available for a demonstration program for the
preservation and revitalization of the section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family
rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing
loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes of
ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the
purpose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-income residents and
farm laborers including reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan
payments, subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other
financial assistance including advances, payments and incentives (including the
ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required by the
Secretary: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That the Secretary shall as part
of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use
agreement consistent with the terms of the restructuring: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That if the Secretary determines that additional funds for
vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, funds for the preservation and
revitalization demonstration program may be used for such vouchers:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That the Secretary may use any unobligated
funds appropriated for the rural housing voucher program in a prior fiscal year
to support information technology activities of the Rural Housing Service to
the extent the Secretary determines that additional funds are not needed for
this fiscal year to provide vouchers described in this paragraph:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That if Congress enacts legislation to
permanently authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program
similar to the demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use
funds made available for the demonstration program under this heading to carry
out such legislation with the prior notification of the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idF357116EDD954C7FAEEADDA8342DFD35"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mutual and self-help housing
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants and
contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HA49">Housing Act of 1949</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
1490c), $38,727,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id20CEE2FCE1114E9A978218E9EAB98210"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing assistance
grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idA472AC6EE7BE45D9887CB40CE0581FCB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants and contracts for very low-income
housing repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for
construction defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m,
$41,500,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided,</italic>
That any balances to carry out a housing demonstration program to provide
revolving loans for the preservation of low-income multi-family housing
projects as authorized in Public Law 108–447 and Public Law 109–97 shall be
transferred to and merged with the <quote>Rural Housing Service, Multi-family
Housing Revitalization Program Account</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7530926BE074498885E1263617AD0B0E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm labor program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct loans, grants, and
contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $16,968,000, to remain
available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm
labor housing grants and contracts.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id24F85200D2094864B2517D6C136CF488"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural community facilities program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9E75C813BAE84ADBA9DCB80228BFD022"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct
loans, loan guarantees, and grants for rural community facilities programs as
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name>, $54,993,000, to remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That $6,256,000 of the amount appropriated under
this heading shall be available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That such funds shall be used solely to
develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing
and community development organizations, low-income rural communities, and
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve
housing, community facilities, community and economic development projects in
rural areas: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such funds shall be made
available to qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations
proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical assistance:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That such intermediary organizations shall
provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related
activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That $13,902,000 of the amount appropriated under this
heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with
extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106–387), with
up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the State rural
development offices: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That $3,972,000 of the
amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for community
facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of
such Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That sections 381E–H and 381N of
the <act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name> are not applicable to the funds made available under this
heading: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That any prior balances in the
Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act be
transferred and merged with this account and any other prior balances from the
Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the
Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idFC12E5A501B241A99C80F4D44BCF9E2A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business—Cooperative
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id50ED13D0A7DC4419AC4A9C07E06BC4D3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3A12A0768024419BA9DEC6CB1C33F044"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of loan
guarantees and grants, for the rural business development programs authorized
by sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $97,116,000, to remain
available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available
for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical
assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic development
and $2,979,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C.
2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as
described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated
under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized
Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national
organization to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order
to promote economic development: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are
not applicable to funds made available under this heading: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural
Community Advancement Program account for programs authorized by sections 306
and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of such Act be
transferred and merged with this account and any other prior balances from the
Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the
Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id8980E79EF28D4895B7F4CA41B00848E7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural development loan fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id45A9FE85D63F486E929D7EB648F7FA60"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal amount of direct loans, as
authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
$33,536,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of
direct loans, $8,464,000, as authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42
U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which $1,035,000 shall be available through June 30, 2010,
for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and of which $2,070,000 shall
be available through June 30, 2010, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as
determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): <italic>Provided</italic>,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the direct loan programs, $4,941,000 shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7DFBDE4B2BA94ACEA6FFC07F90737DA2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural economic development loans program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id71F4BA5FDCB147E99B205B0FC3DC8EAF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including rescission of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal
amount of direct loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development
and job creation projects, $33,077,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the funds derived from interest on the
cushion of credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $43,000,000 shall not be obligated and $43,000,000
are rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC75E907C1D754F259ACD345C64CD1011"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural cooperative development
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For rural cooperative
development grants authorized under section 310B(e) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name> (7 U.S.C. 1932(i)), $38,854,000, of which $300,000 shall be for
a cooperative research agreement with a qualified academic institution to
conduct research on the national economic impact of all types of cooperatives;
and of which $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the appropriate
technology transfer for rural areas program: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
not to exceed $3,463,000 shall be for cooperatives or associations of
cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to small, socially
disadvantaged producers and whose governing board and/or membership is
comprised of at least 75 percent socially disadvantaged members; and of which
$21,867,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for value-added
agricultural product market development grants, as authorized by section 231 of
the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621
note).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id154C0D8C71C64278AA8875309334D79D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">RURAL MICROENTERPRISE INVESTMENT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of loans
and grants, $22,000,000 as authorized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981 et seq.): <italic>Provided</italic>,
That such costs of loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0CC6661D0DF542999C235A34A8892D53"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural energy for america
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of a
program of loan guarantees and grants, under the same terms and conditions as
authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $68,130,000: <italic>Provided,</italic> That the cost of
loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id977A297A04CF4A45BEA47DC565B74FB0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biorefinery Assistance Program
Account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of
guaranteed loans, $17,339,000, as authorized by section 9003 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id05DFF03C59C242D195093A440895855D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural utilities
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idEB806DCC934C4471941F2F1A620310B2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural water and waste disposal program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idAFACC81A822E4133B35C24A1DED1DB29"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct
loans, loan guarantees, and grants for the rural water, waste water, waste
disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A,
306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E,
and 381E(d)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act</act-name>, $568,730,000, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed $497,000 shall be available for the rural
utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which
not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program
described in section 306E of such Act: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
$70,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans
and grants including water and waste disposal systems grants authorized by
306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
Federally-recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That such loans and
grants shall not be subject to any matching requirements: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated
under this heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and
waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary
makes a determination of extreme need, of which $5,600,000 shall be made
available for a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional technical
assistance organization, with experience in working with small communities on
water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to
assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the
planning, financing, development, operation, and management of water and waste
water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified
national Native American organization to provide technical assistance for rural
water systems for tribal communities: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
not to exceed $14,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall
be for contracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit rider
program to provide technical assistance for rural water systems:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That $17,500,000 of the amount appropriated
under this heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural
Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized
under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a):
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That any prior year balances for high cost
energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
(7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities
Service, High Energy Costs Grants Account:<italic>Provided further</italic>,
That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this heading:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That any prior balances in the Rural
Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account programs authorized by
sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections
306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of such Act be transferred to and merged
with this account and any other prior balances from the Rural Development,
Rural Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is
appropriate to transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idAC156893801A44D7B5AE8B207F3117D8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural electrification and
telecommunications loans program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id50868B8EB0A94A0F98E9346BF2497DB9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows: 5
percent rural electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to
section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed
underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 5 percent rural
telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural telecommunications
loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act,
rural telecommunications loans, $295,000,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses
necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $39,959,000,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
<quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC9BDA87051FF416693D3A8555F33024F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance learning, telemedicine, and
broadband program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD07AC009778846F5A641CF606020DADD"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal amount of broadband
telecommunication loans, $531,699,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants for telemedicine and distance
learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.,
$37,755,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>,
That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants authorized by 379G of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name>: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That $4,965,000 shall be
made available to those noncommercial educational television broadcast stations
that serve rural areas and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CA34">Communications Act of 1934</act-name>, including
associated translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their main
transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equipment to allow local control
over digital content and programming through the use of high-definition
broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting technologies.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of broadband loans, as
authorized by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $38,495,000, to
remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the cost of
direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition,
$13,406,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant program to finance
broadband transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and
Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C.
950aaa.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idDA4C461D9905437A9ED58BC09E03E206"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">DOMESTIC FOOD
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID1766296127FA439691590FA15EDB4357"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for food,
nutrition and consumer services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services,
$813,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id52774D3718134ADCABCF75476E41FEFC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and nutrition
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idF86770B42BEE40BF91010AE7029D0AC4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child nutrition
programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9906CD60CC784553A0DC4785011DE5BE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In lieu of the amounts
made available in section 14222(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of
2008, for necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell
<act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the <act-name parsable-cite="CNA66">Child
Nutrition Act of 1966</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17
and 21; $16,801,584,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, of
which $2,000,000 may be used to carry out the school community garden pilot
program established under section 18(g)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)) and shall be derived by transfer of the
amount made available under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-intermediate" style="appropriations">Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service</header-in-text></quote> of title I for
<quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-small" style="OLC">salaries and
expenses</header-in-text></quote> of which $10,051,707,000 is hereby
appropriated and $6,747,877,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the total amount
available, $5,000,000 shall be available to be awarded as competitive grants to
implement section 4405 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(Public Law 110–246), and may be awarded notwithstanding the limitations
imposed by sections 4405(b)(1)(A) and
4405(c)(1)(A).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id85FB3DCBBEAF4A6EBC5695F670508C11"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special supplemental nutrition program for
women, infants, and children (wic)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the WIC
Program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1786), $7,552,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That none of the funds provided in this account
shall be available for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with
the cost containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in section
17 of such Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds
provided shall be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by
other Federal Government departments or agencies unless authorized by section
17 of such Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id893D543C050E4FFFA02EF8EF1F2B3378"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplemental nutrition assistance
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.),
$61,351,846,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September
30, 2011, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such
times as may become necessary to carry out program operations:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That funds provided herein shall be expended in
accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That this appropriation shall be subject to
any work registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds made available for Employment and
Training under this heading shall remain available until expended,
notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds made available under this heading
may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies,
evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program integrity provided
that such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE4BD8942A96E4477B19DD6EF55047F88"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out disaster
assistance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section
4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c
note); the <act-name parsable-cite="EFAA83">Emergency Food Assistance Act of
1983</act-name>; special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as
authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as
authorized by section 17(m) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CNA66">Child
Nutrition Act of 1966</act-name>, $233,388,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2011: <italic>Provided,</italic> That none of these funds shall
be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities
donated to the program: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal year
2010 to support the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by
section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds
shall remain available through September 30, 2011: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That of the funds made available under section 27(a) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to
10 percent for costs associated with the distribution of
commodities.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id23810F833D5441B0821DF4B54F01F48A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nutrition programs
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for carrying out any
domestic nutrition assistance program,
$147,801,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id052C3F0D272B4152965C8E08EDE79867"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="IDC3628B257B6C44DABDF62C54A098EDB2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign agricultural
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="ID998FF1A53FD346B79FDAA4E721EE018D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id09AD0DA74D534FD6AA07E528F259C7DC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Foreign Agricultural Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act
approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $180,367,000:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or
reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal
agencies, public and private organizations and institutions under agreements
executed pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance programs (7
U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency
for International Development:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds made
available for middle-income country training programs and up to $2,000,000 of
the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of
offsetting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to
documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0E90C91A74D240A6933D5083860A6898"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">food for peace title i direct credit and
food for progress program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5E3ECE03832D4385AA46376780F147AF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative
expenses to carry out the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480 and the
Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,812,000, shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds made available for
the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be used
interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC0A83D97475442BF992FD771C9EFFB34"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">food for peace title ii
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses during the
current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years'
costs, including interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law
83–480, as amended), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
abroad under title II of said Act, $1,690,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id59BF758F18E543ADB3E55B532005C312"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation export loans
program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3F97CF598379444C9CD635C504D55959"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative
expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit Corporation's export guarantee
program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,820,000; to cover common overhead expenses as
permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in
conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,465,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses</quote>, and of which $355,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id11BA1381E31D45A7BCCFB272F6C120F7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mc govern-dole international food for
education and child nutrition program grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $199,500,000, to remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That of this amount, the Secretary shall use up to
$10,000,000 to conduct pilot projects to field test new and improved
micronutrient fortified food products designed to meet energy and nutrient
needs of program participants:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Commodity
Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, facilities, and
authorities for the purpose of implementing such section, subject to
reimbursement from amounts provided herein.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id7FD474353EED42558AD68D8BEFF7DAB0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-major commented="no" id="IDB1E2473A6457449BBFE15012BB691C0D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID22C1185220354A6CAAB219C157EBA1D2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and drug
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="ID00B6172825BA4FC8AC3795A205485890"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug
Administration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for
payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are included
in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or
elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,
authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the
Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521
of Public Law 107–188; $3,230,218,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of the
amount provided under this heading, $578,162,000 shall be derived from
prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h shall be credited to
this account and remain available until expended, and shall not include any
fees pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2011
but collected in fiscal year 2010; $57,014,000 shall be derived from medical
device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this
account and remain available until expended; $17,280,000 shall be derived from
animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to
this account and remain available until expended; $5,106,000 shall be derived
from animal generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379f, and shall be
credited to this account and shall remain available until expended; and
$235,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees authorized by the
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Public Law 111–31) and shall
be credited to this account and remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That fees derived from prescription drug,
medical device, animal drug, animal generic drug, and tobacco product
assessments for fiscal year 2010 received during fiscal year 2010, including
any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2010 but credited for fiscal year
2010, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2010 limitations: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, establish,
or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the total amount appropriated: (1)
$782,915,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $873,104,000
shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than
$51,545,000 shall be available for the Office of Generic Drugs; (3)
$305,249,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and
for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4)
$155,540,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $349,262,000 shall be
for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $58,745,000 shall be for
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $216,523,000 shall be for
the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities in the Office
of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $117,225,000 shall be for Rent and
Related activities, of which $41,496,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other
than the amounts paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not
to exceed $171,526,000 shall be for payments to the General Services
Administration for rent; and (10) $200,129,000 shall be for other activities,
including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Scientific and Medical
Programs; the Office of Policy, Planning and Preparedness; the Office of
International and Special Programs; the Office of Operations; and central
services for these offices: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That the
Commissioner, through the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, may
conduct a study and, not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this Act, submit a report to Congress on the psychological, physiological, and
neurological similarities between addiction to certain types of food and
addiction to classic drugs of abuse: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
funds may be transferred from one specified activity to another with the prior
notification of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition,
mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, and priority review user fees authorized by
21 U.S.C. 360n may be credited to this account, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0BE243773FF146BD9031F17B05558E00"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans, construction, repair,
improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or
facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise
provided, $12,433,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-major commented="no" id="idB9E64298C52D4A8999D5A88B59C5A6AF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">INDEPENDENT
AGENCY</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id4BCAE9E5930748F097BFDBFC269A6F17"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm credit
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id6F0F6332943E4482918B6875A163A3E5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative
expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$54,500,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit institutions,
including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under
12 U.S.C. 2249: <italic>Provided</italic>, That this limitation shall not apply
to expenses associated with receiverships.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id99B9F44099284E64A05F7EACF0ADCF0F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GENERAL
PROVISIONS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3A276FFBE14644BCBFAD4F4B8430D567"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including
rescission)</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF35BD95F176C495CA00C67164E5E6B2A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for
the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in
addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 204 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 170 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of
such vehicles.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23909EE11B924E729F0671F97B41536E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10101 of division B of the
Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act,
2009, (Public Law 110–329) is amended in subsection (b) by inserting at the end
the following: “In carrying out this section, the Secretary may transfer funds
into existing or new accounts as determined by the Secretary.”.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID42CAC9457AFB42E2A8CF05B47429EE58" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other
available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of Agriculture
to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment
necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and information
technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of
Agriculture: <italic>Provided</italic>, That none of the funds made available
by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
without the prior notification of the agency administrator: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital
Fund pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without the
prior notification of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds
appropriated by this Act or made available to the Department's Working Capital
Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes to
the Department's National Finance Center without prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by section
712 of this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of annual
income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture
allocated for the National Finance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more
than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment,
including equipment for the improvement and implementation of a financial
management plan, information technology, and other systems of the National
Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National
Finance Center:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
amounts reserved shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary submits
notification of the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the limitation
on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congressional Committees
shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is
necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that significantly
impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees
of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of the
National Finance Center.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9DBBC14583D247E7A28DDDA96993ACA6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
unless expressly so provided herein.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4DCADE5C10284BD6AC5B909174577738" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>705.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit
institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agreement
when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of
mutual interest between the two parties:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this does not preclude
appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all
agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3E3B4A73D7EE45C3A1AE8158BDD05AD3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>706.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations to the Department of
Agriculture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: the
Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrification and
Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund
program account.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID092CB1FF56EF454A811C663A073EB9CB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>707.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available by this Act,
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of
activities related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with
negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively awarded
grants.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB25FA78B743948A99EE12CEE58C1514E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>708.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated
by this Act or any other Act may be used to carry out section 410 of the
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID82C3ADF55329481AA14F801AD46FE612" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>709.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No employee of the Department of
Agriculture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this
Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more
than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or office is fully
reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the period of assignment.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDECCB0B524F25475F9D097C2BA7C773C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>710.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug
Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to any
non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human Services
employee questions or responses to questions that are a result of information
requested for the appropriations hearing process.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCC54C716988E4539BA561B2C745F1B41" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>711.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available to the
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office of the
Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information
Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment
Review Board: <italic>Provided</italic>, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer
unless prior notification has been transmitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
That none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for
information technology shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to
receipt of written approval by the Chief Information Officer.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85B8CB8A96E8493A87E206A70226371F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>712.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDFB115D9BEA6740CABBB0AD8B12E304C3"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year,
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds
which—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFDE9C88C51A24CF9A666F37B2E81B67A" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates new programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BE46371F9464F24910F30C0F3640581" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminates a program, project, or
activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17107199C0F8400294C400F4EEF3A721" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases funds or personnel by any means
for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7BF186E7D89640808BAFCB492745F8A0" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relocates an office or employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB70FA6DF78D14A20AB48CC381123E76B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74EE666C02024269899F2CD91163352E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of
such reprogramming of funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05E3AA4BF2B54754A234EA0B84516820" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year,
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent,
which-ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or
activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by
Congress; or (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel
which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as
approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID28040274B69C426AA49A44EB4A70090C" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture or the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing a program or
activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or
activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD7BF7CD141694975B4098DC5CE59FB10" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>713.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this or
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who
prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President's Budget
submission to the Congress of the United States for programs under the
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes
revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the
Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which additional spending
reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal
year 2011 appropriations Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5F6B8DE46B214ABAB98CA1207A9E3068" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>714.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this or
any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural Development office
unless or until the Secretary of Agriculture determines the cost effectiveness
and/or enhancement of program delivery: <italic>Provided,</italic> That not
later than 120 days before the date of the proposed closure or relocation, the
Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropriation of the House and Senate, and
the members of Congress from the State in which the office is located of the
proposed closure or relocation and provides a report that describes the
justifications for such closures and relocations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID24D7D22B55E746E998D1C723ECEAFB09" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>715.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available to the
Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate, or
to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug Administration Division of
Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county
limits of St. Louis, Missouri.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DD76015459E4701B801CE1CB398F89A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>716.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $499,000 for
any authorized Rural Development program purpose, in communities suffering from
extreme outmigration and situated in areas that were designated as part of an
Empowerment Zone pursuant to section 111 of the Community Renewal Tax Relief
Act of 2000 (as contained in appendix G of Public Law 106–554).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID15F3079C04264FFB946CEA59D2D97A91" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>717.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in fiscal
year 2010 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under the Food for
Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 shall be used to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible
commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust
Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): <italic>Provided,</italic> That any such funds made
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used
pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust
Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4f22baa05e7d4a678b668d834467438a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>718.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $3,497,000, to
remain available until expended, for a grant to the National Center for Natural
Products Research for construction or renovation to carry out the research
objectives of the natural products research grant issued by the Food and Drug
Administration.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2e40093682be486589d49ae1aad8770d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>719.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under section 1240I
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 524(b) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall
remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the current
fiscal year.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDE2272D448A34913A45A4B03C83956D0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>720.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDBEAF73F386D4573A6635C70A0C78851"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Environmental Quality Incentives Program
as authorized by sections 1241–240H of the Food Security Act of 1985, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3839aa(8)), in excess of $1,180,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID76DB0292B3874BE09B4C9547173CA901"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC458928931ED4E97956FAC36E6D166AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) of
section 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $1,123,000,000:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That none of the funds made available in this Act or
any other Act shall be used for salaries and expenses to carry out section
19(i)(1)(C) of the Richard B. Russell <act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National
School Lunch Act</act-name> as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110–246 in
excess of $25,000,000 until October 1, 2010:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the
unobligated balances under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935,
$52,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09bcdc610941427fa36722b767e359ee" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>721.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an
insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act, or any
not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan
under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) of
such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID589b3b52f2b946e2b704c0b62eadf88e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>722.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $2,600,000, to
remain available until expended, for the planning and design of construction of
an agricultural pest facility in the State of Hawaii.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62FF908BE96F4EF7BEF9D6A6BD637789" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>723.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000 to
the Secretary of Agriculture to award grant(s) to develop and field test new
food products designed to improve the nutritional delivery of humanitarian food
assistance provided through the McGovern-Dole (section 3107 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1)) and the Food for
Peace title II (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) programs:
<proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary shall
use the authorities provided under the Research, Education, and Economics
mission area of the Department in awarding such grant(s), with priority given
to proposals that demonstrate partnering with and in-kind support from the
private sector.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9e4705da9f9e4211b59499f5a5cc21bb" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>724.<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing
Service, and Rural Business and Cooperative Service shall permit an applicant
to solicit and procure professional services and have prepared all
environmental reviews, assessments, and impact statements:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such professional
services will be funded by the applicants and selected by the agencies from
procurement schedules of contractors determined qualified to perform said
services:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Agencies
shall establish the scope of work and procedures for such services as well as
procedures to assure contractors have no financial or other conflicts of
interest in the outcome of the action and the documentation meets the needs of
the Agencies:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That nothing herein
shall affect the responsibility of the Agencies to comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD25E2F704A924943B744DD19E89A22C4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>725.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and until receipt of the decennial Census for the year 2010, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall consider—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6d6a0f34e4764507a8542ac67af83dab"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The unincorporated community of Los Osos,
in the County of San Luis Obispo, California, to be a rural area for the
purposes of eligibility for Rural Utilities Service water and waste disposal
loans and grants; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID92193a7e4e5a4531b255408e5574fddb"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The unincorporated community of Thermalito
in Butte County, California, (including individuals and entities with projects
within the community) eligible for loans and grants funded under the housing
programs of the Rural Housing Service.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1B031B4249374719A9FF571D2C60890E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>726.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 for
section 4404 of Public Law 107–171.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID30F128FFBEEA43FEBE6D8F0860978518" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>727.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
there is hereby appropriated:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDB9CC44596DB471BA148ED84B868F8C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 of which $2,000,000 shall be for
a grant to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer
Protection, and $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Vermont Agency of
Agriculture, Foods, and Markets, as authorized by section 6402 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID68213A0C2E1041F09147CC1F6512E31D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$350,000 for a grant to the Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID335341204CAF41A0B31123C2163E7AAB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>728.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and
technical assistance—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8B9BB2B5C39E4BEA9883EDA96CF889C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program for the Pocasset River Floodplain Management Project in the
State of Rhode Island;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBED1BC5650A94438B252B2EAB95928BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the East Locust Creek Watershed Plan Revision
in Missouri, including up to 100 percent of the engineering assistance and 75
percent cost share for construction cost of site RW1;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6C67C54FA4F94C88B22D8F0E1100A617"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the Little Otter Creek Watershed project in
Missouri. The sponsoring local organization may obtain land rights by perpetual
easements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5D24439E9ED349B1B5376AF2CDC1D6EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the DuPage County Watershed project in the
State of Illinois;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE52EAB4696454CD795931B45BF77A5F9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the Dunloup Creek Watershed Project in Fayette
and Raleigh Counties, West Virginia;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc8ef4fc02da8403baa3b86a121d638a2"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the Dry Creek Watershed project in the State of
California; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID69754e1fbaee4abf820b129af7e712a5"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the Upper Clark Fork Watershed project in the
State of Montana.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19DB267000884EDF80DE6B64C67C35B4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>729.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell
<act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
1766(r)(5)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1B84EDFC314E4725874D6B566A302D7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>ten</quote> and
inserting <quote>eleven</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB959D140A7534D65944A6D2EF95DC680"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>eight</quote> and
inserting <quote>nine</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID638A119076964E65A4E6EBAAB58E4211"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>Wisconsin,</quote>
after the first instance of <quote>States shall be</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA1BD6FFCF3B248A4912DE70757A34D60" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>730.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none of the funds in this or any
other Act may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support from
non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) in the form of unrecovered indirect
costs not otherwise charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect
rate of cost approved for a recipient.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe90026d8809a459890676eb3208bbaca" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>731.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the end of the fiscal year
from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for
the Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall remain
available through September 30, 2011, for information technology
expenses.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id377F36DED741483BBC647747CC71A7E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>732.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFBC46B084E7745B7A0A5C7913D57BB9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child nutrition programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9(b) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF28BB4055F6D42AEB9D32D20CDD1CA13" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5015D32B99C94FDAA845C4A95CD91028"><enum>(14)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Combat pay</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF8BBF827C6846F69386CA690E503871"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of combat pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <quote>combat
pay</quote> means any additional payment under chapter 5 of title 37, United
States Code, or otherwise designated by the Secretary to be appropriate for
exclusion under this paragraph, that is received by or from a member of the
United States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone, if the
additional pay—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAEEFDFE0A6A4BF782C5789EB78BAAA6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is the result of deployment to or service
in a combat zone; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4230AC512BA4CF583B6E3134207A613"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was not received immediately prior to
serving in a combat zone.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86B5160CA5DA49CDAD6229B31B145157"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Combat pay shall not be considered to be
income for the purpose of determining the eligibility for free or reduced price
meals of a child who is a member of the household of a member of the United
States Armed
Forces.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC02B10670762456B9493A5B40662880C" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special supplemental nutrition program for
women, infants, and children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17(d)(2) of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9625481741C4489097E5B1F33AB05891"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1506166BE8AE41A184B1B76D50D20EE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BEEBABB57D9478A8F14F38304729D39" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4BBC288285F4D969E7690768352D18C"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Combat pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of determining income
eligibility under this section, a State agency shall exclude from income any
additional payment under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, or
otherwise designated by the Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion under
this subparagraph, that is received by or from a member of the United States
Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone, if the additional
pay—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8552D5DC27D4817AFD428777ED95FAF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is the result of deployment to or service
in a combat zone; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id253EC7E1775A4BDABD44F91A579909DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was not received immediately prior to
serving in a combat
zone.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E40CF2A73924FF7BE3FE4166BEAAA9B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>733<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>.<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFD65298AFE614A118654DA0A281A0001"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 531(g)(7)(F) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(g)(7)(F)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE94018B0D83844A08D32CADE4DB11ECB" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by
inserting <quote>(including multiyear assistance)</quote> after
<quote>assistance</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7469B7BD5B7497A947DBE9CE5684DB2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by inserting <quote>or
multiyear production losses</quote> after <quote>a production
loss</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26F1A1F40A554384AB157B93466EAD1E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 901(g)(7)(F) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497(g)(7)(F)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F386C74CD7343AE87790832F9853130"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by
inserting <quote>(including multiyear assistance)</quote> after
<quote>assistance</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD113C69F2D94E5C807F5E25946DBF57"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by inserting <quote>or
multiyear production losses</quote> after <quote>a production
loss</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7052ee804a624397960703d5b4f754f9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>734.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 17(g)(5) of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42.U.S.C. 1786(g)(5)), not more than $15,000,000
of funds provided in this Act may be used for the purpose of evaluating program
performance in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants
and Children.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDee74593c1934419eae7edbcb4756dbb9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>735.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)(A)), $154,000,000 of funds
provided in this Act shall be used for infrastructure, management information
systems and breastfeeding peer counseling support:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the $154,000,000,
not less than $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, not less than
$60,000,000 shall be used for management information systems, and not less than
$80,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other related
activities.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb8a20e140fca4122af6fa0397cc1b6cc" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>736.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agencies with jurisdiction for carrying out
international food assistance programs under the jurisdiction of this Act,
including title II of the Food for Peace Act and the McGovern-Dole
International Food for Education Program, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B062D4B94514196A1C4A1BB9DF9D575"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and the Senate no later than March 1, 2010, the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7f56298be5dc4084810c505092c2ba42"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates on cost-savings and programmatic
efficiencies that would result from increased use of pre-positioning of food
aid commodities and processes to ensure such cargoes are appropriately
maintained to prevent spoilage;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID255a57dcd37f42f19399ad1629199cd8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates on cost-savings and programmatic
efficiencies that would result from the use of longer-term commodity
procurement contracts, the proportional distribution of commodity purchases
throughout the fiscal year, longer-term shipping contracts, contracts which
include shared-risk principles, and adoptions of other commercially acceptable
contracting practices;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe84e91ca0c9c4b8bbdb107061a770cad"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates on costs of domestic procurement
of commodities, domestic inland transportation of food aid commodities,
domestic storage (including loading and unloading), foreign storage (including
loading and unloading), foreign inland transportation, and ocean freight
(including ocean freight as adjusted by the ocean freight differential
reimbursement provided by the Secretary of Transportation), and costs relating
to allocation and distribution of commodities in recipient countries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe97fb159e19a48cdb7a1a382dde53f18"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the frequency of delays in
transporting food aid commodities, the cause or purpose of any delays
(including how those delays are tracked, monitored and resolved), missed
schedules by carriers and non-carriers (and resulting program costs due to such
delays, including impacts to program beneficiaries);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaa5eac7439d84bccb359378d95bcf1b7"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the methodologies to improve
interagency coordination between host governments, the World Food Program, and
non-governmental organization to develop more consistent estimates of food aid
needs and the number of intended recipients to appropriately inform the
purchases of commodities and in order to appropriately plan for commodity
procurement for food aid programs;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1affb8ce26144f52a29137125b063b6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the matter described under
subsection (1) of this section in the form of a consensus report under the
signatures of the Secretaries of Agriculture, State, and Transportation;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED749B9BDCE64EB5A12F7509D936CCF3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates and cost savings analysis for
this section shall be derived from periods representative of normal program
operations.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5c7de762a05f41ed85ff1dd4b6067c43" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>737.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $7,000,000 to
carry out section 4202 of Public Law 110–246.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0393bccf3e6d43e6a774b5e269b42a31" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>738.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $2,600,000 to
carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID476ccce230ef4392a38650eb575c8ac1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>739.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000 to
carry out section 1613 of Public Law 110–246.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf28d0fdec6dc42c4b5a2b9e5924e52ff" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>740.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $250,000, to
remain available until expended, for a grant to the Kansas Farm Bureau
Foundation for work-force development initiatives to address out-migration in
rural areas.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4b5ed9fd78154ad5a601f1cc749f4aec" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>741.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $800,000 to
the Farm Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate the use of
new technologies that increase the rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees
on private non-industrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast of the
Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc953eeb50ef3426d8defcfbd7e7264a0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>742.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicants with very low, low, and moderate
incomes shall be eligible for the program established in section 791 of Public
Law 109–97.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3f9ca3544274413e922fa707a6a8947d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>743.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize
a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum amount
of reconstituted infant formula specified in 7 C.F.R. 246.10 when issuing
infant formula to participants. Such authorizations shall not otherwise impact
the eligibility of manufacturers to remain eligible under the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children authorized by
section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF6B79DE5E3D4537AF574DEA9A7E154E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>744.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to establish or implement a rule allowing poultry products to
be imported into the United States from the People's Republic of China unless
the Secretary of Agriculture formally commits in advance to conduct audits of
inspection systems, on-site reviews of slaughter and processing facilities,
laboratories and other control operations before any Chinese facilities are
certified as eligible to ship fully cooked poultry products to the United
States, and at least once annually in subsequent years:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary commits
in advance to implement a significantly increased level of port of entry
re-inspection:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
commits in advance to conduct information sharing with other countries
importing poultry products from China that have conducted audits and plant
inspections: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That this section shall be
applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under
international trade agreements.</text>
</section><section id="id97A269E5D9BA4500A0284DB2F843ACBD"><enum>745.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id16037F2B9ED04215896B1C372085CAB8"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner of Food and Drugs may
establish within the Food and Drug Administration a review group which shall
recommend to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs appropriate preclinical, trial
design, and regulatory paradigms and optimal solutions for the prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases: <italic>Provided,</italic> That the
Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall appoint 8 individuals employed by the Food
and Drug Administration to serve on the review group: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That members of the review group shall have specific
expertise relating to the development of articles for use in the prevention,
diagnosis, or treatment of rare diseases, including specific expertise in
developing or carrying out clinical trials.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" id="ID8dc995075a7e4fb8a35058bbe32355fa" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Commissioner of Food
and Drugs may establish within the Food and Drug Administration a review group
which shall recommend to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs appropriate
preclinical, trial design, and regulatory paradigms and optimal solutions for
the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neglected diseases of the
developing world: <italic>Provided,</italic> That the Commissioner of Food and
Drugs shall appoint 8 individuals employed by the Food and Drug Administration
to serve on the review group: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That members
of the review group shall have specific expertise relating to the development
of articles for use in the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of neglected
diseases of the developing world, including specific expertise in developing or
carrying out clinical trials: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That for the
purposes of this section the term <quote>neglected disease of the developing
world</quote> means a tropical disease, as defined in section 524(a)(3) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360n(a)(3)).</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" id="IDa5958fd0e7954ff6b88be8e54e1b79bb" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Commissioner of Food
and Drugs shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7cb15487d96d43f88b983f7641c5ef19"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit, not later than 1
year after the date of the establishment of review groups under subsections (a)
and (b), a report to Congress that describes both the findings and
recommendations made by the review groups under subsections (a) and (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb8da17b670c84056808b883c7c39ee4b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue, not later than 180
days after submission of the report to Congress under paragraph (1), guidance
based on such recommendations for articles for use in the prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and for such uses in neglected
diseases of the developing world; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID68a652d55d7c4fe482e1282ead095702"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop, not later than
180 days after submission of the report to Congress under paragraph (1),
internal review standards based on such recommendations for articles for use in
the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and for such uses in
neglected diseases of the developing world.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4AE3C773DAD84EA3BF539059E57C7887"><enum>746.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service
shall submit to Congress a report that describes the status of the
reorganization of the Foreign Agricultural Service and any future plans of the
Administrator to modify office structures to meet existing, emerging, and new
priorities.</text>
</section><section id="id909E634E6EF8485E8B9EFF5F719EF3E6"><enum>747.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any employee of the
Department of Agriculture to assess any agency any greenbook charge or to use
any funds acquired through an assessment of greenbook charges made prior to the
date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><section id="idF34B14F54A1B4D0296F04F49AAC545E4"><enum>748.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in
consultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, shall conduct a study and, not later than 240 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, submit a report to Congress on the technical
challenges associated with inspecting imported seafood. The study and report
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDef4ec640065842b48c012cee9def917d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide information on
the status of seafood importation, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id241817116E2A441785B9E12BBB257364"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the volume of seafood
imported into the United States annually, by product and country of
origin;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0D8A0CB912B7426FBA960AEDD15F19CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of physical
inspections of imported seafood products conducted annually, by product and
country of origin; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8829DC79832A4678B373CCF014FAA90F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a listing of the United
States ports of entry for seafood imports by volume;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3aeb011c31a84d9dbddc0f961dca1e3a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide information on
imported seafood products, by product and country of origin, that do not meet
standards as set forth in the applicable food importation law, including the
reason for which each such product does not meet such standards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID466534009ebc4bc395064b644be682ad"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify the fish,
crayfish, shellfish, and other sea species most susceptible to violations of
the applicable food importation law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd6b0c715dc9c462baa7711e78dac4e5c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identify the aquaculture
and mariculture practices that are of greatest concern to human health;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1c8121d403674ad085549ab5556ce536"><enum>(5)</enum><text>suggest methods for
improving import inspection policies and procedures to protect consumers in the
United States.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id7C3C931E1E624B788C9F8B4E0B680339"><enum>749.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5416C3668961410BAA5E7A4CE741D826"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States, shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and of the Senate on developing the tourism potential of rural
communities.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" id="id198CF9B081EE4C36A7690742A855652A" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content of the
report</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idFA62C2087E514C0BB04923C898D0FC05"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify existing Federal
programs that provide assistance to rural small businesses in developing
tourism marketing and promotion plans relating to tourism in rural
areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE9BC169F6A894BD4A664EE70A844E5DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify existing Federal
programs that assist rural small business concerns in obtaining capital for
starting or expanding businesses primarily serving tourists; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFBEF1145451841EA8AF1E717AC1D5474"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include recommendations,
if any, for improving existing programs or creating new Federal programs that
may benefit tourism in rural communities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id501317A10F1A4FCCB68E0BE748111664"><enum>750.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law
and until the receipt of the decennial census in the year 2010, the Secretary
of Agriculture may fund community facility and water and waste disposal
projects of communities and municipal districts and areas in Connecticut,
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island that filed applications for the projects with
the appropriate rural development field office of the Department of Agriculture
prior to August 1, 2009, and were determined by the field office to be eligible
for funding.</text>
</section><section id="id7FF8AEDAE73F4D28BB172B23A7E831E8"><enum>751.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE6ECF7D80C1141C284B8FB0264C48148"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Senate finds that—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id7449FE3B281B4DF08ACA167B33B3411D" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sudden loss in late 2008
of export-market based demand equivalent to about 3 percent of domestic milk
production has thrown the U.S. dairy industry into a critical supply-demand
imbalance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id5933B8C3D33740B6AFA596B871B40263" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an abrupt decline in U.S.
exports was fueled by the onset of the global economic crisis combined with
resurgence of milk supplies in Oceania;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id8E5DFEF211664C878068DE667F1A0F07" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the U.S. average all-milk
price reported by the National Agriculture Statistics Service from January
through May of 2009, has averaged $4.80 per hundredweight below the cost of
production;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id715C714C0E7041D78E22DDA82743B3CE" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text>approximately
$3,900,000,000 in dairy producer equity has been lost since January;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idB647F546B71D499ABF0CD6413E5CCA0C" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><text>anecdotal evidence
suggests that U.S. dairy producers are losing upwards of $100 per cow per
month;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idCB1907A6010A49B39FCAE4A76EA984E7" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Food, Conservation,
and Energy Act of 2008 extended the counter-cyclical Milk Income Loss Contract
(MILC) support program and instituted a ‘feed cost adjuster’ to augment that
support;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id1B19EFBEDE124CAE97292289D8829593" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Agriculture in March transferred approximately 200,000,000 pounds of nonfat dry
milk to USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service in a move designed to remove
inventory from the market and support low-income families;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idEAFE80582BC94916A3A5F839078335DC" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Secretary on March
22nd reactivated USDA’s Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) to help U.S.
producers meet prevailing world prices and develop international
markets;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idA7E8A379C55E4C2D920D2FA9B399CE4E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Secretary announced
on July 31, 2009 a temporary increase in the amount paid for dairy products
through the Dairy Product Price Support Program (DPPSP), an adjustment that is
projected to increase dairy farmers’ revenue by $243,000,000; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idC61C12CEB4DD421CAFA235C3338CC2E4" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(10)</enum><text>U.S. dairy producers
face unprecedented challenges that threaten the stability of the industry, the
nation’s milk production infrastructure, and thousands of rural
communities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="id7B345309ED3A472EA19C6F17005B9177" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Senate states that the Secretary of
Agriculture and the President’s Office of Management and Budget should continue
to closely monitor the U.S. dairy sector and use all available discretionary
authority to ensure its long-term health and sustainability.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id4560125423AA499CBB818A263C3DD673"><enum>752.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5F55DDC2C240475DB1C422323FEA5C96"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, may conduct a study on the
labeling of personal care products regulated by the Food and Drug
Administration for which organic content claims are made. Any such study shall
include—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="IDacebd6f5181d408085776f184504831b" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a survey of personal care
products for which the word <quote>organic</quote> appears on the label;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="IDeb823e9934ea4e4497c14ef52558c1b3" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a determination, based on
statistical sampling of the products identified under paragraph (1), of the
accuracy of such claims.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="ID776c45c874e34550a81a803a1437667e" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text>If the Commissioner of
Food and Drugs conducts a study described in subsection (a), such Commissioner
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idBD8A9055E3634A61B23303FA2998FEFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 270 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Committees on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, and Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions in the Senate and the Committees on Agriculture,
Appropriations, and Energy and Commerce in the House of Representatives a
report on the findings of the study under subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID79fdec7ddbdc4eb1b9175a41927c5aa2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide such Committees
with any recommendations on the need to establish labeling standards for
personal care products for which organic content claims are made, including
whether the Food and Drug Administration should have pre-market approval
authority for personal care product labeling.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id8BCF6F17FFDA4CADB4C53487A8BA12C8"><enum>753.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC863CF3D21E0422AA8BEA7067A5A7E93"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Senate finds that—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="IDc49952f5fab04e88b0252a9176c9d2db" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>agriculture is a national
security concern;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id0EDA28D1F0F64A9EB467D3A118305598" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States suffers
from periodic disasters which affects the food and fiber supply of the United
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="ID71bdcc72a78b4eb1964b6d68e2def41c" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Food, Conservation,
and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) established 5 permanent disaster
programs to deliver timely and immediate assistance to agricultural producers
recovering from losses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idCAE2C9D2D959454BA1BDD7EAB77E8CA6" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text>as of the date of
enactment of this Act, of those 5 disaster programs—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA6BDB86E22BF4B79864329DE79D14914"><enum>(A)</enum><text>none are available,
finalized, and implemented to deliver urgently needed assistance for 2009
producer losses; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDFC80309CCFC401BA8B02220A734C64C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>only 1 is being
implemented for 2008 losses;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id0012E66C72BD4E039CBCE11D8831074B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><text>according to the Drought
Monitor, the State of Texas is suffering from extreme and exceptional drought
conditions, the highest level of severity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="ID7cc69b614dfd4830a9b8607ab0dd04b7" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Agriculture has previously authorized various forms of disaster assistance by
providing funding under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C.
612c), and through the Commodity Credit Corporation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="id870BF46F21C042AEAD498084E9096F80" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text>It is the sense of the
Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should use all of the discretionary
authority available to the Secretary to make available immediate relief and
assistance for agricultural producers suffering losses as a result of the 2009
droughts.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id1649E50EB1DB42D48CB3A4FC3FA7F28C"><enum>754.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8C2D2272D8B74B409EB1FC3991F790ED"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Senate finds that—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="ID4a45f15f7caa462eb5725115661670e2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with livestock producers
facing losses from harsh weather in 2008 and continuing to face disasters in
2009, Congress wanted to assist livestock producers in recovering losses more
quickly and efficiently than previous ad hoc disaster assistance
programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="ID58e139c82ff243e9afb213e7df6e60a4" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on June 18, 2008,
Congress established the livestock indemnity program under section 531(c) of
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(c)) and section 901(c) of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497(c)) as a permanent disaster assistance
program to provide livestock producers with payments of 75 percent of the fair
market value for livestock losses as a result of adverse weather such as
floods, blizzards, and extreme heat;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="ID5db7e4f307334e92846b2441c422a9e8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>on July 13, 2009, the
Secretary of Agriculture promulgated rules for the livestock indemnity program
that separated non adult beef animals into weight ranges of <quote>less than
400 pounds</quote> and <quote>400 pounds and more</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="IDda7538ec6da5405cb40a729e5e793414" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <quote>400 pounds and
more</quote> range would fall well short of covering 75 percent market value
payment for livestock in these higher ranges that are close to market
weight.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="IDbe145317d25f48b0a1a6fba3a8e97ec6" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text>It is the sense of the
Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd0515540aa4d456990a21a07676e69d0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>should strive to
establish a methodology to calculate more specific payments to offset the cost
of loss for each animal as was intended by Congress for calendar years 2008
through 2011; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5cea802d5adb4f22b5da672ca65b60d5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>should work with groups
representing affected livestock producers to come up with this more precise
methodology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id466EE3FA5F1445AC813EA30A497E9383"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2010</short-title></quote>.</text></appropriations-intermediate>
Secretary