[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2997 Public Print (PP)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2997
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 4, 2009
Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>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:</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE I</DELETED>
<DELETED>AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS</DELETED>
<DELETED>Production, Processing and Marketing</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Secretary</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of
Agriculture, $5,285,000: Provided, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Tribal Relations</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Executive Operations</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of the chief economist</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief
Economist, $13,032,000 (reduced by $50,000).</DELETED>
<DELETED>national appeals division</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division,
$15,289,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of budget and program analysis</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, $9,436,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of homeland security</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security,
$2,494,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Advocacy and Outreach</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and
Outreach, $3,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Chief Information Officer</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief
Information Officer, $61,579,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by
$1,000,000) (reduced by $10,038,000).</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Chief Financial Officer</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, $6,466,000: Provided, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, $888,000. Office of Civil Rights For
necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$23,922,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental
Payments</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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, $326,982,000 (reduced
by $500,000), to remain available until expended, of which $224,401,000
(reduced by $500,000) 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 $89,081,000 for buildings operations and maintenance
expenses: Provided, That the Secretary can use up to $69,000,000 of
these funds to cover shortfalls incurred in prior year rental payments:
Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Hazardous Materials Management</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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: Provided, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Departmental Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For Departmental Administration, $41,319,000 (reduced by
$4,000,000), 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: Provided, 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: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated,
$13,000,000 is for stabilization and reconstruction 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional
Relations</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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: Provided, That these
funds may be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture
funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided
further, 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:
Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the Department by
this Act shall be available to the Department for support of activities
of congressional relations.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Communications</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Communications,
$9,722,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Inspector General</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$88,781,000 (increased by $500,000), 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the General Counsel</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $43,601,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and
Economics</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, $620,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Economic Research Service</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service,
$82,478,000 (increased by $50,000).</DELETED>
<DELETED>National Agricultural Statistics Service</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Agricultural Research Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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, $1,155,568,000 (increased by $2,000,000): Provided, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for
replacement only: Provided further, 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: Provided further, That the limitations on
alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or
replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting
easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided
further, 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): Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>buildings and facilities</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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,
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE</DELETED>
<DELETED>research and education activities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other
expenses, $708,004,000 (increased by $3,519,000), 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), $28,000,000; for payments to eligible institutions
(7 U.S.C. 3222), $48,000,000, provided that each institution receives
no less than $1,000,000; for special grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)),
$70,676,000; for competitive grants on improved pest control (7 U.S.C.
450i(c)), $15,945,000; for competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)),
$210,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000), to remain available until
expended; for the support of animal health and disease programs (7
U.S.C. 3195), $2,950,000; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994
institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C.
301 note), $1,610,000, 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),
$4,000,000, 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 (increased by $519,000), to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving
Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $10,000,000; 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, $3,196,000; 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),
$14,399,000; 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, $20,000,000, 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), $1,000,000; for distance education grants for insular
areas under section 1490 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362), $1,000,000;
for competitive grants for the purpose of carrying out section 7526 of
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to eligible
institutions, $3,000,000; 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),
$1,000,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and Education
Activities, $38,498,000, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>native american institutions endowment fund</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>extension activities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa, $485,466,000, 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, $295,000,000; payments for extension work at the 1994
Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)),
$4,321,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for
low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $68,000,000; payments
for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$9,791,000; 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, $1,500,000; payments to upgrade
research, extension, and teaching facilities at institutions eligible
to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $21,000,000, to remain
available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $8,396,000; for youth farm safety
education and certification extension grants, to be awarded
competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $479,000; payments for
carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of
1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $4,008,000; payments for the federally
recognized Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith-
Lever Act, $3,000,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs
under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,568,000; payments for cooperative
extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221), $44,000,000,
provided that each institution receives no less than $1,000,000; for
grants to youth organizations pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,800,000;
payments to carry out the food animal residue avoidance database
program as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, $806,000; and for necessary
expenses of Extension Activities, $13,934,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>integrated activities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the integrated research, education, and extension
grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses,
$60,022,000, 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), $45,148,000, 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 $5,000,000 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory
Programs</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $753,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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), $881,019,000, 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 $60,243,000 shall be
used to prevent and control avian influenza and shall remain available
until expended: Provided, 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, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided
further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>buildings and facilities</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Agricultural Marketing Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>marketing services</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing
Service, $90,848,000: Provided, 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. Fees may be collected for
the cost of standardization activities, as established by regulation
pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).</DELETED>
<DELETED>limitation on administrative expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not to exceed $64,583,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:
Provided, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section
32)</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>payments to states and possessions</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers
and Stockyards Administration, $41,964,000: Provided, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>limitation on inspection and weighing services
expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing
services: Provided, 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. Office of the
Under Secretary for Food Safety For necessary expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Food Safety, $622,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Food Safety and Inspection Service</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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): Provided, That no fewer than 120 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Services</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
$662,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Farm Service Agency</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency,
$1,253,777,000 (reduced by $5,000,000): Provided, 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: Provided further, That
other funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may
be advanced to and merged with this account.</DELETED>
<DELETED>state mediation grants</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural
Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106),
$4,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>grassroots source water protection program</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>dairy indemnity program</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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: Provided, 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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>agricultural credit insurance fund program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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, $3,940,000; 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: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm
to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program
loans.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $326,093,000
(reduced by $519,000), of which $318,173,000 (reduced by $519,000)
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any
transfer.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Risk Management Agency</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency,
$80,325,000: Provided, 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: Provided further, That
not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).</DELETED>
<DELETED>CORPORATIONS</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Commodity Credit Corporation Fund</DELETED>
<DELETED>reimbursement for net realized losses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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): Provided, That of the funds
available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>hazardous waste management</DELETED>
<DELETED>(limitation on expenses)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE II</DELETED>
<DELETED>CONSERVATION PROGRAMS</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and
Environment</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, $774,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Natural Resources Conservation Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>conservation operations</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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,
$869,397,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to remain available until
September 30, 2011: Provided, 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: Provided further,
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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>watershed and flood prevention operations</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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, $20,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $12,000,000 of this
appropriation shall be available for technical assistance.</DELETED>
<DELETED>watershed rehabilitation program</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>resource conservation and development</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses 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-f); and subtitle H of title XV of the
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $50,730,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $3,073,000 shall be available for national
headquarters activities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE III</DELETED>
<DELETED>RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Rural Development, $660,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Development Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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;
$195,987,000: Provided, 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: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to
provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided
further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Housing Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural housing insurance fund program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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: $7,325,932,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, of which
$1,121,488,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $6,204,444,000
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $34,412,000 for section 504
housing repair loans; $80,000,000 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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, $130,334,000, of
which $40,710,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $89,624,000,
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,
$21,792,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans,
$1,485,000; and credit sales of acquired property, $556,000: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000
shall be available through June 30, 2010, for authorized empowerment
zones and enterprise communities and communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones:
Provided further, 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:
Provided further, 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``Rural Housing
Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program
Account''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $468,593,000 shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>rental assistance program</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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 Housing Act of 1949,
$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: Provided, That of this amount, up
to $5,958,000 shall 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: Provided further, That of this amount not less
than $2,030,000 is available for newly constructed units financed by
section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, and not less than $3,400,000 is
for newly constructed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the
Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That rental assistance
agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall
be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>multi-family housing revitalization program account</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under
section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, 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,
$31,756,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $4,965,000 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:
Provided further, 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: Provided further, That funds made
available for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of
annual appropriations: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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:
Provided further, 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: Provided
further, That loans under such demonstration program shall have an
interest rate of not more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient:
Provided further, 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: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall
be available for a demonstration program for the preservation and
revitalization of the sections 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:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation
and revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement
consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided further, 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:
Provided further, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently
authorize a section 515 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
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>mutual and self-help housing grants</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A)
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $45,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2010, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones.</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural housing assistance grants</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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, $45,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$4,000,000 shall be for grants authorized by section 14204 of the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30,
2010, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, 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 ``Rural Housing Service, Multi-
family Housing Revitalization Program Account''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>farm labor program account</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $22,523,000, to remain available
until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm
labor housing grants and contracts.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Community Facilities Program Account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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 Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, $51,091,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That $6,256,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
shall be available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, That $10,000,000 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: Provided further, 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:
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be available through June 30,
2010, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural community programs
described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Business--Cooperative Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural business program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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: Provided, 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. 1921 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, That not to exceed $8,300,000 of the
amount appropriated under this heading shall be available through June
30, 2010, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural business and cooperative
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That
sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act are not applicable to funds made available under this heading:
Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural development loan fund program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), $33,536,000. 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): Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That of the total amount appropriated, $880,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2010, for the cost of direct loans for authorized
empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated
by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones. 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 ``Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including rescission of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural cooperative development grants</DELETED>
<DELETED> For rural cooperative development grants authorized under
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1932), $30,636,000, 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 $2,582,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the
appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Provided, 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 $18,867,000, 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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural energy for america program</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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),
$20,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000): Provided, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Utilities Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural water and waste disposal program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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, and
310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 381E(d)(2) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $546,230,000 (increased by
$10,038,000), 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: Provided, That $41,085,000 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) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and
for Federally recognized Native American Tribes authorized by
306C(a)(1): Provided further, That not to exceed $19,500,000 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 $6,000,000 shall be made available for a grant
to a qualified nonprofit 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: Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000,000 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: Provided further, That
not to exceed $12,700,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
shall be available through June 30, 2010, for authorized empowerment
zones and enterprise communities and communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for
the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such
Act: Provided further, 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: Provided further, That any
prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement
Program account programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D,
and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural electrification and telecommunications loans program
account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as
authorized by section 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 935) 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; 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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 ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband
program</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication
loans, $400,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services
in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $34,755,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may
use funds under this heading for grants authorized by 379(g) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section
601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $28,960,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In addition, $17,976,000, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE IV</DELETED>
<DELETED>DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer
Services</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services,
$623,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Food and Nutrition Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>child nutrition programs</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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 National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21;
$16,799,584,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, 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): Provided, 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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and
children (wic)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses to carry out the special
supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $7,541,000,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2011: Provided, That, notwithstanding
section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, only the provisions of section
17(h)(10)(B)(i), section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii), and section
17(h)(10)(B)(iii) shall be effective in 2010: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>supplemental nutrition assistance program</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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: Provided, That
funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare
requirements as may be required by law: Provided further, That funds
made available for Employment and Training under this heading shall
remain available until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>commodity assistance program</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; 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 Child Nutrition Act of 1966,
$255,570,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, of which
$5,000,000 shall be for emergency food program infrastructure grants
authorized by section 209 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983:
Provided, That of the amount provided, $5,000,000 is to begin service
in 6 additional States that have plans approved by the Department for
the commodity supplemental food program: Provided further, That none of
these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for commodities donated to the program: Provided further,
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: Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>nutrition programs administration</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and
Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance
program, $147,801,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE V</DELETED>
<DELETED>FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS</DELETED>
<DELETED>Foreign Agricultural Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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), $177,136,000: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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 2 accounts with
prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>public law 480 title i direct credit and food for progress
program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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, to be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>public law 480 title ii grants</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>commodity credit corporation export loans program
account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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 ``Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $355,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>mc govern-dole international food for education and child
nutrition program grants</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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:
Provided, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE VI</DELETED>
<DELETED>RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION</DELETED>
<DELETED>DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</DELETED>
<DELETED>Food and Drug Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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; $2,995,218,000
(increased by $235,000,000): Provided, 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 section 919 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by
section 101 of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
(Public Law 111-31), and shall be credited to this account and remain
available until expended: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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; (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) not
to exceed $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: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available under this heading shall be used to transfer funds
under section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 379dd): Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one
specified activity to another with the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>buildings and facilities</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>INDEPENDENT AGENCIES</DELETED>
<DELETED>commodity futures trading commission</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include
multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
$160,600,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided, That $14,600,000 of the total amount
appropriated under this heading shall not be available for obligation
until the Commodity Futures Trading Commission submits an expenditure
plan for fiscal year 2010 to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate and the Committees approve the
whole of the plan.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Farm Credit Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>limitation on administrative expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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: Provided,
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE VII</DELETED>
<DELETED>GENERAL PROVISIONS</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including rescissions and transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 701. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 702. New obligational authority provided for the
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until
expended: Food Safety and Inspection Service, Public Health Data
Communication Infrastructure System; Farm Service Agency, salaries and
expenses funds made available to county committees; Foreign
Agricultural Service, middle-income country training program, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 703. 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: Provided, 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 approval of
the agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the funds
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall
be available for obligation without the prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided
further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 704. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year unless expressly so provided herein.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 705. 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. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 706. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 707. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 708. None of the funds appropriated by this 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).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 709. No employee of the Department of Agriculture
may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 710. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 711. 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: Provided, 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 without the prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress: Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 712. (a) 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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) creates new programs;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) eliminates a program, project, or
activity;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for
any project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) relocates an office or employees;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 713. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 714. 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: Provided, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 715. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 716. 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 an environmental
quality incentives program authorized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.)
in excess of $1,180,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 717. None of the funds made available in fiscal year
2009 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): Provided, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 718. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out or administer
the program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection
and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 719. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law,
none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for
broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the
prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or
funded by that executive branch agency.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 721. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 722. Of the unobligated balances under section 32 of
the Act of August 24, 1935, $52,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 723. None of the funds made available in 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 724. None of the funds made available to the
Department of Agriculture in this Act may be used to implement the
risk-based inspection program in the 30 prototype locations announced
on February 22, 2007, by the Under Secretary for Food Safety, or at any
other locations, until the USDA Office of Inspector General has
provided its findings to the Food Safety and Inspection Service and the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on the data used in support of the development and design of the
risk-based inspection program and FSIS has addressed and resolved
issues identified by OIG.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall consider--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the city of Lumberton, North Carolina, and the
city of Sanford, North Carolina (including individuals and
entities with projects within the city), eligible for loans and
grants funded through the Rural Community Facilities Program
account;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the unincorporated area of Los Osos,
California (including individuals and entities with projects
within the cities), eligible for loans and grants funded
through the Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program account;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the city of Nogales, Arizona (including
individuals and entities with projects within the city),
eligible for loans and grants funded under the housing programs
of the Rural Housing Service.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 726. There is hereby appropriated $2,500,000 for
section 4404 of Public Law 107-171.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 727. There is hereby appropriated:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) $1,408,000 shall be for a grant to the
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer
Protection, as authorized by section 6402 of the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621
note);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) $1,000,000 shall be for development of a
prototype for a national carbon inventory and accounting system
for forestry and agriculture, to be awarded under full and open
competition;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) $1,000,000 for the International Food
Protection Training Institute; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) $200,000 for the Center for Foodborne Illness
Research and Prevention.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and
technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the Alameda Creek Watershed Project in Alameda
County, California;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the Hurricane Katrina-Related Watershed
Restoration project in Jackson County, Mississippi;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the Pidcock-Mill Creeks Watershed project in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) the Farmington River Restoration project in
Litchfield County, Connecticut;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) the Lake Oscawana Management and Restoration
project in Putnam County, New York; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) the Richland Creek Reservoir in Paulding
County, Georgia.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 729. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by inserting ``the District of Columbia and''
after the first instance of ``institutions located
in'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by striking ``ten'' and inserting
``eleven'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) by striking ``eight'' and inserting ``nine'';
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) by inserting ``Connecticut,'' after the first
instance of ``States shall be''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 730. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 731. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal
Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7
U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104-127); or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title
9, Code of Federal Regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 732. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize a
State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum
amount of reconstituted liquid concentrate infant formula specified in
7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid concentrate infant formula to
participants.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 733. Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant
to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
$11,000,000 is hereby rescinded.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 734. Of the prior year unobligated balances provided
for the purpose of section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, $25,008,000 is hereby rescinded.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 735. There is appropriated, for the grant program
for the purpose of obtaining and adding to an anhydrous ammonia
fertilizer nurse tank a substance to reduce the amount of
methamphetamine that can be produced from any anhydrous ammonia removed
from the nurse tank as authorized by section 14203 of the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (21 U.S.C. 864a), hereby derived
from the amount provided in this Act for ``Rural Development Salaries
and Expenses'', $2,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 736. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the
employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections
301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2010''.</DELETED>
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:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
Production, Processing and Marketing
Office of the Secretary
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of
Agriculture, $5,285,000: Provided, 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.
Office of Tribal Relations
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.
Executive Operations
office of the chief economist
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist,
$13,032,000.
national appeals division
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division,
$15,219,000.
office of budget and program analysis
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, $9,436,0000.
office of homeland security
For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security,
$1,859,000.
Office of the Chief Information Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, $63,579,000.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, $6,566,000: Provided, 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.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights, $895,000.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $23,422,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration, $806,000.
Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments
(including transfers of funds)
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: Provided, 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.
Hazardous Materials Management
(including transfers of funds)
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: Provided, 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.
Departmental Administration
(including transfers of funds)
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: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations
(including transfers of funds)
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: Provided, That these funds may
be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by
this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided further,
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: Provided
further, That no other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act
shall be available to the Department for support of activities of
congressional relations.
Office of Communications
For necessary expenses of the Office of Communications, $9,722,000.
Office of Inspector General
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: Provided, 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.).
Office of the General Counsel
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
$43,551,000.
Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Research, Education and Economics, $895,000.
Economic Research Service
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service,
$82,078,000.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
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.
Agricultural Research Service
salaries and expenses
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 ``Congressionally Designated
Projects'' in the report to accompany this Act: Provided, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for
replacement only: Provided further, 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: Provided further, That the limitations on
alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or
replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting
easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided
further, 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): Provided further, 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.
buildings and facilities
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 ``Congressionally Designated Projects''
in the report to accompany this Act, to remain available until
expended.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
research and education activities
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 ``Congressionally Designated
Projects'' 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.
native american institutions endowment fund
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.
extension activities
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
``Congressionally Designated Projects'' 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.
integrated activities
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.
Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $895,000.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
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 ``Congressionally Designated
Projects'' 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 ``Administrative Procedure Act''); of which
$60,243,000 shall be used to prevent and control avian influenza and
shall remain available until expended: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided
further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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:
Provided further, 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).
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.
buildings and facilities
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.
Agricultural Marketing Service
marketing services
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service,
$90,848,000: Provided, 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.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities,
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).
limitation on administrative expenses
Not to exceed $64,583,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided,
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.
funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)
(including transfers of funds)
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.
payments to states and possessions
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.
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, $41,564,000: Provided, 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.
limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses
Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services:
Provided, 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.
Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Food Safety, $813,000.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
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): Provided, That funds provided for the Public
Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.
Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, $895,000.
Farm Service Agency
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, $1,603,777,000:
Provided, 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: Provided further, That other funds made available to the
Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with
this account: Provided further, That funds made available to county
committees shall remain available until expended.
state mediation grants
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.
grassroots source water protection program
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.
dairy indemnity program
(including transfer of funds)
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: Provided, 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).
agricultural credit insurance fund program account
(including transfers of funds)
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: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm
to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program
loans.
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.
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 ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
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:
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
Risk Management Agency
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $79,425,000:
Provided, 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: Provided further, That not to
exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).
CORPORATIONS
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.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund
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.
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
reimbursement for net realized losses
(including transfers of funds)
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): Provided, That of the funds
available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (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.
hazardous waste management
(limitation on expenses)
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).
TITLE II
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, $895,000.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
conservation operations
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 ``Congressionally Designated Projects'' in the report
to accompany this Act: Provided, 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: Provided further,
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: Provided further, 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.
watershed and flood prevention operations
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 ``Congressionally Designated
Projects'' in the report to accompany this Act: Provided, That not to
exceed $15,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available for
technical assistance.
watershed rehabilitation program
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.
TITLE III
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Rural Development, $895,000.
Rural Development Salaries and Expenses
(including transfers of funds)
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: Provided, 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: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to
provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided
further, 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.
Rural Housing Service
rural housing insurance fund program account
(including transfers of funds)
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.
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: Provided,
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: Provided further, 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 ``Rural Housing Service,
Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program Account''.
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 ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
rental assistance program
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 Housing Act of 1949,
$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: Provided, 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: Provided further, That of this amount not less
than $2,030,000 is available for newly constructed units financed by
section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, and not less than $3,400,000 is
for newly constructed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the
Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That rental assistance
agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall
be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.
multi-family housing revitalization program account
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under section
542 of the Housing Act of 1949, 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: Provided, 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:
Provided further, 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: Provided further, That funds made
available for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of
annual appropriations: Provided further, 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): Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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:
Provided further, That loans under such demonstration program shall
have an interest rate of not more than 1 percent direct loan to the
recipient: Provided further, 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: Provided further,
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:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation
and revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement
consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided further, 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:
Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.
mutual and self-help housing grants
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $38,727,000, to remain available
until expended.
rural housing assistance grants
(including transfer of funds)
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: Provided, 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 ``Rural Housing Service,
Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program Account''.
farm labor program account
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.
rural community facilities program account
(including transfers of funds)
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 Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, $54,993,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That $6,256,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
shall be available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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:
Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.
Rural Business--Cooperative Service
rural business program account
(including transfers of funds)
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:
Provided, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided
further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made available under
this heading: Provided further, 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.
rural development loan fund program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the
Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), $33,536,000.
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): Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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 ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
rural economic development loans program account
(including rescission of funds)
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.
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.
rural cooperative development grants
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section
310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (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: Provided, 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).
rural microenterprise investment program account
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.): Provided, 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.
rural energy for america program
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:
Provided, 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.
Biorefinery Assistance Program Account
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): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Rural Utilities Service
rural water and waste disposal program account
(including transfers of funds)
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
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $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: Provided, 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): Provided further, That
such loans and grants shall not be subject to any matching
requirements: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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): Provided
further, 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: Provided further,
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: Provided further, 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.
rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account
(including transfer of funds)
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.
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 ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program
For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans,
$531,699,000.
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: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made
available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act: Provided further, 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 Communications Act of 1934, 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.
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 of
the Rural Electrification Act, $38,495,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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.
TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, $813,000.
Food and Nutrition Service
child nutrition programs
(including transfers of funds)
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 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(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 ``Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service'' of title I for ``salaries and
expenses'' 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): Provided,
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).
special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
(wic)
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:
Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.
supplemental nutrition assistance program
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: Provided, That funds
provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare
requirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.
commodity assistance program
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 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; 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 Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $233,388,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2011: Provided, That none of
these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for commodities donated to the program: Provided further,
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: Provided further, 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.
nutrition programs administration
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition
Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance program,
$147,801,000.
TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Foreign Agricultural Service
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
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: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.
food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program
account
(including transfers of funds)
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 ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses'': Provided, 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.
food for peace title ii grants
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.
commodity credit corporation export loans program account
(including transfers of funds)
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 ``Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $355,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses''.
mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition
program grants
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: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.
TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
salaries and expenses
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: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further,
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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.
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.
buildings and facilities
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.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
Farm Credit Administration
limitation on administrative expenses
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: Provided,
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships.
TITLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including rescission)
Sec. 701. 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.
Sec. 702. 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.''.
Sec. 703. 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: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided
further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided
further, 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.
Sec. 704. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 705. 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:
Provided, 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.
Sec. 706. 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.
Sec. 707. 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.
Sec. 708. 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).
Sec. 709. 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.
Sec. 710. 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.
Sec. 711. 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: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.
Sec. 712. (a) 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--
(1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;
(4) relocates an office or employees;
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
(6) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.
Sec. 713. 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.
Sec. 714. 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: Provided, 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.
Sec. 715. 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.
Sec. 716. 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).
Sec. 717. 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): Provided, 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.
Sec. 718. 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.
Sec. 719. 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.
Sec. 720. 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:
(1) 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.
(2) a program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of the
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C.
1012(h)(1).
(3) a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) of section
14222 of Public Law 110-246 in excess of $1,123,000,000:
Provided, 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 National
School Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110-
246 in excess of $25,000,000 until October 1, 2010: Provided
further, That the unobligated balances under section 32 of the
Act of August 24, 1935, $52,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
Sec. 721. 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.
Sec. 722. 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.
Sec. 723. 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: Provided,
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.
Sec. 724. 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: Provided,
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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, That
nothing herein shall affect the responsibility of the Agencies to
comply with the National Environmental Policy Act.
Sec. 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and until
receipt of the decennial Census for the year 2010, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall consider--
(1) 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
(2) 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.
Sec. 726. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 for section 4404
of Public Law 107-171.
Sec. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is
hereby appropriated:
(1) $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
(2) $350,000 for a grant to the Wisconsin Department of
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Sec. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural
Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and technical
assistance--
(1) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations
program for the Pocasset River Floodplain Management Project in
the State of Rhode Island;
(2) 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;
(3) 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;
(4) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations
program to carry out the DuPage County Watershed project in the
State of Illinois;
(5) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations
program to carry out the Dunloup Creek Watershed Project in
Fayette and Raleigh Counties, West Virginia;
(6) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations
program to carry out the Dry Creek Watershed project in the
State of California; and
(7) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations
program to carry out the Upper Clark Fork Watershed project in
the State of Montana.
Sec. 729. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``ten'' and inserting ``eleven'';
(2) by striking ``eight'' and inserting ``nine''; and
(3) by inserting ``Wisconsin,'' after the first instance of
``States shall be''.
Sec. 730. 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.
Sec. 731. 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.
Sec. 732. (a) Child Nutrition Programs.--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:
``(14) Combat pay.--
``(A) Definition of combat pay.--In this paragraph,
the term `combat pay' 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--
``(i) is the result of deployment to or
service in a combat zone; and
``(ii) was not received immediately prior
to serving in a combat zone.
``(B) Exclusion.--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.''.
(b) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children.--Section 17(d)(2) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
``(C) Combat pay.--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--
``(i) is the result of deployment to or
service in a combat zone; and
``(ii) was not received immediately prior
to serving in a combat zone.''.
Sec. 733. (a) Section 531(g)(7)(F) of the Federal Crop Insurance
Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(g)(7)(F)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting
``(including multiyear assistance)'' after ``assistance''; and
(2) in clause (i), by inserting ``or multiyear production
losses'' after ``a production loss''.
(b) Section 901(g)(7)(F) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2497(g)(7)(F)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting
``(including multiyear assistance)'' after ``assistance''; and
(2) in clause (i), by inserting ``or multiyear production
losses'' after ``a production loss''.
Sec. 734. 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.
Sec. 735. 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:
Provided, 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.
Sec. 736. 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--
(1) provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and the Senate no later than March 1, 2010, the
following:
(A) 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;
(B) 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;
(C) 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;
(D) 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);
(E) 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;
(2) 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
(3) estimates and cost savings analysis for this section
shall be derived from periods representative of normal program
operations.
Sec. 737. There is hereby appropriated $7,000,000 to carry out
section 4202 of Public Law 110-246.
Sec. 738. There is hereby appropriated $2,600,000 to carry out
section 1621 of Public Law 110-246.
Sec. 739. There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000 to carry out
section 1613 of Public Law 110-246.
Sec. 740. 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.
Sec. 741. 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.
Sec. 742. Applicants with very low, low, and moderate incomes
shall be eligible for the program established in section 791 of Public
Law 109-97.
Sec. 743. 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.
Sec. 744. 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: Provided, That the Secretary commits in advance to
implement a significantly increased level of port of entry re-
inspection: Provided further, 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:
Provided further, That this section shall be applied in a manner
consistent with United States obligations under international trade
agreements.
Sec. 745. (a) 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: Provided, That the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall
appoint 8 individuals employed by the Food and Drug Administration to
serve on the review group: Provided further, 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.
(b) 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: Provided, That the Commissioner of Food and Drugs
shall appoint 8 individuals employed by the Food and Drug
Administration to serve on the review group: Provided further, 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:
Provided further, That for the purposes of this section the term
``neglected disease of the developing world'' 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)).
(c) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall--
(1) 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);
(2) 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
(3) 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.
Sec. 746. 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.
Sec. 747. 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.
Sec. 748. 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--
(1) provide information on the status of seafood
importation, including--
(A) the volume of seafood imported into the United
States annually, by product and country of origin;
(B) the number of physical inspections of imported
seafood products conducted annually, by product and
country of origin; and
(C) a listing of the United States ports of entry
for seafood imports by volume;
(2) 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;
(3) identify the fish, crayfish, shellfish, and other sea
species most susceptible to violations of the applicable food
importation law;
(4) identify the aquaculture and mariculture practices that
are of greatest concern to human health; and
(5) suggest methods for improving import inspection
policies and procedures to protect consumers in the United
States.
Sec. 749. (a) In General.--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.
(b) Content of the Report.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall--
(1) identify existing Federal programs that provide
assistance to rural small businesses in developing tourism
marketing and promotion plans relating to tourism in rural
areas;
(2) identify existing Federal programs that assist rural
small business concerns in obtaining capital for starting or
expanding businesses primarily serving tourists; and
(3) include recommendations, if any, for improving existing
programs or creating new Federal programs that may benefit
tourism in rural communities.
Sec. 750. 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.
Sec. 751. (a) The Senate finds that--
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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;
(4) approximately $3,900,000,000 in dairy producer equity
has been lost since January;
(5) anecdotal evidence suggests that U.S. dairy producers
are losing upwards of $100 per cow per month;
(6) 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;
(7) 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;
(8) 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;
(9) 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
(10) 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.
(b) 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.
Sec. 752. (a) 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--
(1) a survey of personal care products for which the word
``organic'' appears on the label; and
(2) a determination, based on statistical sampling of the
products identified under paragraph (1), of the accuracy of
such claims.
(b) If the Commissioner of Food and Drugs conducts a study
described in subsection (a), such Commissioner shall--
(1) 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
(2) 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.
Sec. 753. (a) The Senate finds that--
(1) agriculture is a national security concern;
(2) the United States suffers from periodic disasters which
affects the food and fiber supply of the United States;
(3) 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;
(4) as of the date of enactment of this Act, of those 5
disaster programs--
(A) none are available, finalized, and implemented
to deliver urgently needed assistance for 2009 producer
losses; and
(B) only 1 is being implemented for 2008 losses;
(5) according to the Drought Monitor, the State of Texas is
suffering from extreme and exceptional drought conditions, the
highest level of severity; and
(6) 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.
(b) 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.
Sec. 754. (a) The Senate finds that--
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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 ``less
than 400 pounds'' and ``400 pounds and more''; and
(4) the ``400 pounds and more'' range would fall well short
of covering 75 percent market value payment for livestock in
these higher ranges that are close to market weight.
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of
Agriculture--
(1) 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
(2) should work with groups representing affected livestock
producers to come up with this more precise methodology.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2010''.
Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2009.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate August 4, 2009.
Attest:
NANCY ERICKSON,
Secretary.