That the following sums are appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes,
namely:
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idE1F0D509AF9E417CB44264FC51918DB7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID6484CD6DCBC2423B97D58ED5281F8921"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Production, processing and
marketing</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="IDB2B9DD2BFEA245099538A1A6DD088191"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Secretary of Agriculture, $5,285,000:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That not to exceed
$11,000 of this amount shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id412AE837E4A94FE3A5A9C26BE2C5D786"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Tribal Relations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Tribal Relations, $1,000,000, to support
communication and consultation activities with Federally Recognized Tribes, as
well as other requirements established by
law.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idB76D5805A14D48F495E524663CA5BE95"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive
operations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id6622F5088BE542BCAE5F48CFF637DFD8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief economist</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Chief Economist,
$13,032,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2D3DFC30FB474F7285AD944DD2AA5F28"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National appeals division</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the National
Appeals Division,
$15,219,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFBFC33F78CF443E88B02FB24A483574B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of budget and program
analysis</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
$9,436,0000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idA50F776F24314EA3ACD4AFC94A0384CC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of homeland security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Homeland Security,
$1,859,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idC46DE55C37A14DB5836E8A445F5C4EE4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief information
officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Information Officer,
$63,579,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idA46354B507DD467B9219150F3C39F611"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief financial
officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
$6,566,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That no
funds made available by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or
Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the Department's
contracting out policies, including agency budgets for contracting
out.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idB745F8B23FFA47E8B33DDB09FACD2F66"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for civil
rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,
$895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id750C03658E7744BD8331E60F098A2B5F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of civil rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Civil Rights,
$23,422,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id705317E737484BD79B4FA9408FD67775"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration,
$806,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idAA183747B0C543D9A823ED6C7DD3D5C4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agriculture buildings and facilities and
rental payments</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0CB31B597DD24B6AAE95368B38B9B4C6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of space
rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities
pursuant to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator of General
Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and
activities of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
alterations and other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to
consolidate unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the
Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance,
improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for
related costs, $274,482,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $168,901,000 shall be
available for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; of
which $13,500,000 for payment to the Department
of Homeland Security for building security activities; and of which
$92,081,000 for buildings operations and
maintenance expenses: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary is
authorized to transfer funds from a Departmental agency to this account to
recover the full cost of the space and security expenses of that agency that
are funded by this account when the actual costs exceed the agency estimate
which will be available for the activities and payments described
herein.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idCEFA0B07E5D345B8A8D8B21B0E10C228"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous materials
management</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id753F1BC00D904DC6AF3EF75FB451707D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Department of Agriculture, to comply with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.),
$5,125,000, to remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That appropriations and funds available herein to
the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to
the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5543035FC8DE485BBEBF4A36C5CA80E2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Departmental
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC12183A4A2B142FDBEEC03386CB08760"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Departmental
Administration, $41,319,000, to provide for
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of the Department
and for general administration, security, repairs and alterations, and other
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary
for the practical and efficient work of the Department:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from
applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the
holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the
amount appropriated, $13,000,000 is for
stabilization and developmental activities to be carried out under the
authority provided by title XIV of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and other applicable laws.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id12922A87DF0B46BDBF3860F1B7B0EECC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for
congressional relations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3C2ECF561EB04446A224298A028EAF52"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry
out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch,
$3,968,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture
funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That no funds made available by this appropriation may be
obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the
Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That no other funds appropriated to the Department by this
Act shall be available to the Department for support of activities of
congressional relations.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD4EAEB11BA3441BEAD2930358397AF10"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of communications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Communications,
$9,722,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id1B19201DD45A407AA1CFC8424809739D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act
of 1978, $88,025,000, including such sums as may
be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and
private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of
1978, and including not to exceed $125,000 for
certain confidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants,
to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public
Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law
97–98.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id4181285DAA934494990F46525A563A43"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the general counsel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
General Counsel,
$43,551,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id8BC67A510325466C8548F14403FAF6F0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for research,
education and economics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education
and Economics,
$895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id71F98C214B394FAAB5ECABFE0F6008D2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic research service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Economic
Research Service,
$82,078,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idB5BC4F5945FD44DEA5DA7AD203EC5B28"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National agricultural statistics
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the National Agricultural Statistics Service,
$161,830,000, of which up to
$37,908,000 shall be available until expended
for the Census of Agriculture.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6B99B0C2AB8E4A6E9E44690BA9F324B2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural research
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id879E5B2CC118417D997DE17ED60F88B2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Research Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,
and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or
shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed
25 percent of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of
Federal ownership, $1,181,632,000, of which
$35,512,000 shall be for the purposes, and in
the amounts, specified in the table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated
Projects</quote> in the report to accompany this Act:<italic>
Provided</italic>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the
operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for
replacement only: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction,
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise
provided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed
$375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses
which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and
except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed
$750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current
replacement value of the building or $375,000,
whichever is greater: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the limitations
on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or
replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting
easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement
of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a):
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds may be received from any State,
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of
establishing or operating any research facility or research project of the
Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by
law.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idEA0B3D4F36CF49FA9824FEC74B976DC5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For acquisition of land, construction,
repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or
facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the
Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided,
$47,027,000, of which
$47,027,000 shall be for the purposes, and in
the amounts, specified in the table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated
Projects</quote> in the report to accompany this Act, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6D6FC2FEEE91401490B1120630493040"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Institute of Food and
Agriculture</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB7C697E37E764228B7A0CAEA3E4E2941"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and Education
Activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research,
for facilities, and for other expenses,
$757,821,000, of which
$61,406,000 shall be for the purposes, and in
the amounts, specified in the table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated
Projects</quote> in the report to accompany this Act, as follows: to carry out
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i),
$215,000,000; for grants for cooperative
forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7),
$30,000,000; for payments to eligible
institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), $49,000,000,
provided that each institution receives no less than
$1,000,000; for special grants (7 U.S.C.
450i(c)), $50,456,000; for competitive grants on
improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)),
$16,423,000; for competitive grants (7 U.S.C.
450(i)(b)), $295,181,000, to remain available
until expended; for the support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C.
3195), $1,000,000; for supplemental and
alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d),
$850,000; for grants for research pursuant to
the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.),
$1,083,000, to remain available until expended;
for the 1994 research grants program for 1994 institutions pursuant to section
536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note),
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended;
for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333),
$983,000; for higher education graduate
fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)),
$3,859,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a program pursuant to section 1415A of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3151a), $5,000,000, to remain available until
expended; for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)),
$5,654,000; for a higher education multicultural
scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)),
$981,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving
Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $7,737,000; for
competitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C.
3156 to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions
in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States of
Alaska and Hawaii, $3,200,000; for a secondary
agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C.
3152(j)), $983,000; for aquaculture grants (7
U.S.C. 3322), $3,928,000; for sustainable
agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811),
$14,500,000; for a program of capacity building
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7
U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $16,500,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994
Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382,
$3,342,000; for resident instruction grants for
insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363),
$800,000; for a new era rural technology program
pursuant to section 1473E of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319e),
$750,000; for a competitive grants program for
farm business management and benchmarking (7 U.S.C. 5925f),
$2,000,000; for a competitive grants program
regarding biobased energy (7 U.S.C. 8114),
$1,500,000; and for necessary expenses of
Research and Education Activities, $25,111,000,
of which $2,704,000 for the Research, Education,
and Economics Information System and $2,136,000
for the Electronic Grants Information System, are to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD1DE54C042CB491E8CF1D09AD908417C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native american institutions endowment
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Native American
Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD38CCA006B444BBD891795CA3A5EDB86"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa, $491,292,000, of
which $7,898,000 shall be for the purposes, and
in the amounts, specified in the table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated
Projects</quote> in the report to accompany this Act, as follows: payments for
cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law
93–471, for retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension agents,
$300,000,000; payments for extension work at the
1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)),
$4,000,000; payments for the nutrition and
family education program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act,
$68,139,000; payments for the pest management
program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,085,000; payments for the farm safety
program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$4,863,000; payments for New Technologies for Ag
Extension under section 3(d) of the Act,
$2,000,000; payments to upgrade research,
extension, and teaching facilities at institutions eligible to receive funds
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $18,540,000, to
remain available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $8,427,000;
for youth farm safety education and certification extension grants, to be
awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act,
$493,000; payments for carrying out the
provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et
seq.), $4,128,000; payments for the
federally-recognized Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the
Smith-Lever Act, $3,090,000; payments for
sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act,
$4,705,000; payments for rural health and safety
education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C.
2662(i)), $1,738,000; payments for cooperative
extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221),
$41,354,000, provided that each institution
receives no less than $1,000,000; for grants to
youth organizations pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 7630,
$1,767,000; payments to carry out the food
animal residue avoidance database program as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642,
$1,000,000; payments to carry out section
1672(e)(49) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 5925), as amended, $500,000; and for
necessary expenses of Extension Activities,
$16,463,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9E0DD66BBD8640F59DD4D258DB91E09E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Integrated activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the integrated research, education, and
extension grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses,
$56,864,000, as follows: for competitive grants
programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626),
$41,990,000, including
$12,649,000 for the water quality program,
$14,596,000 for the food safety program,
$4,096,000 for the regional pest management
centers program, $4,388,000 for the Food Quality
Protection Act risk mitigation program for major food crop systems,
$1,365,000 for the crops affected by Food
Quality Protection Act implementation,
$3,054,000 for the methyl bromide transition
program, and $1,842,000 for the organic
transition program; for a competitive international science and education
grants program authorized under section 1459A of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to
remain available until expended, $3,000,000; for
grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as
amended, $732,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2011, for the critical issues program;
$1,312,000 for the regional rural development
centers program; and $9,830,000 for the Food and
Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized under section 1484 of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, to remain
available until September 30, 2011.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id181511A1EC58406C8C57944DC1449589"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for marketing
and regulatory programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs,
$895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id35D8F8F16B3B47A5A0B13EC53548218C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Animal and plant health inspection
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBE585672492F485892A72F13BBA4E944"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id87DA7AB9FF694E2A88CB6AE0E3BE552A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including up to
$30,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085),
$911,394,000, of which
$18,059,000 shall be for the purposes, and in
the amounts, specified in the table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated
Projects</quote> in the report to accompany this Act, of which
$2,058,000 shall be available for the control of
outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest
animals and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of
which $23,390,000 shall be used for the cotton
pests program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active
eradication zones; of which $14,607,000 shall be
for a National Animal Identification program; of which
$60,243,000 shall be used to prevent and control
avian influenza and shall remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That funds provided for the contingency fund to meet
emergency conditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly program,
emerging plant pests, cotton pests program, grasshopper and mormon cricket
program, the plum pox program, the National Veterinary Stockpile, the National
Animal Identification System, up to $1,500,000
in the scrapie program for indemnities, up to
$1,000,000 for wildlife services methods
development, up to $1,000,000 of the wildlife
services operations program for aviation safety, and up to 25 percent of the
screwworm program shall remain available until expended: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a
brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not
require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That this appropriation shall be available for the operation
and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which
two shall be for replacement only: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That, in
addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural
production industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the
Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such
emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with
sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and
8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and
7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency
purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred
amounts: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That appropriations hereunder shall
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of
leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of
the current replacement value of the building.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In fiscal year 2010, the agency is
authorized to collect fees to cover the total costs of providing technical
assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other political
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's
liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods,
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall be
credited to this account, to remain available until expended, without further
appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or
services.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB028BB8A5FBD4D89A2FB7F8E5A832B8A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans, construction, repair, preventive
maintenance, environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a,
$4,712,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id4AFC9D2766F34BF5873C78BA4CCF3C17"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural marketing
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5E6530D51CB645518CA6E20024F3FA85"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marketing services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Marketing Service, $90,848,000:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That this appropriation shall be available pursuant
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the
building.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Fees may be collected
for the cost of standardization activities, as established by regulation
pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0A709B6FD2E44526B5D882EDA6A0F727"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative
expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$64,583,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That if crop size is understated and/or other
uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10
percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7FBF992D53354D9CA11864A82EC1D5AF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds for strengthening markets, income,
and supply (section 32)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id23AD66FAA82F420EB030FC4A0B780627"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds available under
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only
for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, including not less than
$20,000,000 for replacement of a system to
support commodity purchases, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of
Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2)
transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than
$20,056,000 for formulation and administration
of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of
1961.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id53CC92C16921455791A54F6DEFAA16FD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments to states and
possessions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar
agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,334,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id76C3C69CF0154EE2BD42B879B59D5A97"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grain inspection, packers and stockyards
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id21B1EB2EF6514736911BF904DF7C8AC4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,
$41,564,000: <italic>Provided,</italic> That
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id927C4A9A1FCB4501B30984A1B89A1D05"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on inspection and weighing
services expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to
exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing
services: <italic>Provided</italic>, That if grain export activities require
additional supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur,
this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id05EBF6CDD0954525A5C4AD930EA1B5AF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for food
safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety,
$813,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idED02BF8477E547E2939261DC7FF64269"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food safety and inspection
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out services authorized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the
Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including
not to exceed $50,000 for representation
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3,
1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,018,520,000; and in
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this
account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as
authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): <italic>Provided</italic>, That funds provided for the
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available
until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no fewer
than 150 full-time equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year
2010 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related to
the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of
the amount available under this heading,
$3,000,000 shall be obligated to maintain the
Humane Animal Tracking System as part of the Public Health Data Communication
Infrastructure System:<italic> Provided further</italic>, That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id8CD65449B1144EEBB8DEFD8206493543"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for farm and
foreign agricultural services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
$895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id87F5F7FD51984FBE9D16B6987FD7C779"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm service
agency</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBEC94CF0C6EB4726864DAA2201853CB1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id190E34282980409E8FC81A9B01CA50DC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Farm Service Agency, $1,253,777,000:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That the Secretary is authorized to use the
services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs administered by
the Agency: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That other funds made available
to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with this
account:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds made
available to county committees shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idED0566E601554E009358F6AE3D276517"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State mediation grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106),
$4,369,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id772FB1AA2BB84DE8AB6A690BDBF5A6CA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grassroots source water protection
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out wellhead or groundwater protection activities under section 1240O
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2),
$5,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC602A9FD8EFF42698BE2274ADA85166C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dairy indemnity
program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idACEAB4F48EA7481695237E21910BA439"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses involved in making
indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available
until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That such program is carried out by
the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program described in
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat.
1549A–12).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id24595342A5EF4F92B32B75F65EE43398"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural credit insurance fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id8A09E3F6AB634144A2621AB8BB43B1A6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922
et seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land
acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), direct
and guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.) and Indian highly
fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488), to be available from funds in the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$1,892,990,000, of which
$1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized
guaranteed loans and $392,990,000 shall be for
direct loans; operating loans, $1,994,467,000,
of which $1,150,000,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $144,467,000
shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and
$700,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian
tribe land acquisition loans, $2,000,000;
conservation loans, $150,000,000, of which
$75,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans and
$75,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian
highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and
for boll weevil eradication program loans,
$100,000,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose
of boll weevil eradication program loans.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$21,584,000, of which
$5,550,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans, and $16,034,000 shall be for direct
loans; operating loans, $80,402,000, of which
$26,910,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans, $20,312,000 shall be for subsidized
guaranteed loans, and $33,180,000 shall be for
direct loans; conservation loans, $1,343,000, of
which $278,000 shall be for guaranteed loans,
and $1,065,000 shall be for direct loans; and
Indian highly fractionated land loans,
$793,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses
necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$321,093,000, of which
$313,173,000 shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds
appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance Program Account
for farm ownership, operating, and conservation direct loans and guaranteed
loans may be transferred among these programs: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at
least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id0E298E8911FF4108AFBE7A83F578A985"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Risk management agency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Risk
Management Agency, $79,425,000:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That the funds made available under section 522(e)
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be used for the Common
Information Management System: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That not to
exceed $1,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1506(i).</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id9BD248FCBFF447F5959F888A13CDDF7E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CORPORATIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following corporations and agencies are
hereby authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget
for the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as
hereinafter provided.</text>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id18AC1504790B4DE8B65790DF587E63F8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal crop insurance corporation
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments as
authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516),
such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id3002BEC6054C4FBBA4BCFE87175484B7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation
fund</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id464D4DECC348489DBBE9B7A710195A7A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursement for net realized
losses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1AA521FE5A384CBA848732827E123EE6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed,
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11):
<italic>Provided,</italic> That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit
Corporation under section 11 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CCCCA">Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of
its business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to
$5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the
Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource management activities of
the Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit
Corporation business.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id453A259CC5664FBDA8C6F7E18662714B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous waste
management</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id618DFE291D7948988709D2BCB3C19DF7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(limitation on expenses)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the current fiscal year, the Commodity
Credit Corporation shall not expend more than
$5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
6961).</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id2AFCC71627BD491485AAE396723FEBD1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation
Programs</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID265130C3E53546B695353F3AA15432B0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for natural
resources and environment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources
and Environment,
$895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5943E037175E48A69FEB7FFBED23E504"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Natural resources conservation
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id25FF46A660614637ADB91E84D0FCC494"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for carrying out the
provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent floods
and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural related
pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; classification
and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water,
and interests therein for use in the plant materials program by donation,
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed
$100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7
U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,
$949,577,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2011, of which up to $50,730,000
may be used in planning and carrying out projects for resource conservation and
development and for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31
and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat.
607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f); and subtitle H of title
XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), and of which
$21,511,000 shall be for the purposes, and in
the amounts, specified in the table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated
Projects</quote> in the report to accompany this Act:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That appropriations hereunder shall be available
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and
public improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of
alterations and improvements to other buildings and other public improvements
shall not exceed $250,000: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That the Secretary is authorized to transfer ownership of all
land, buildings, and related improvements of the Natural Resources Conservation
Service facilities located in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, to the Medicine Bow
Conservation District:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That when
buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right
to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C.
2250a.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idACDC54BEF2864A8DB030FF6486546361"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Watershed and flood prevention
operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses to carry out preventive measures, including but not limited to
research, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of
vegetation, rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, in
accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C.
1001–1005 and 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16
U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the
activities of the Department, $24,394,000, to
remain available until expended, of which
$16,750,000 shall be for the purposes, and in
the amounts, specified in the table titled <quote>Congressionally Designated
Projects</quote> in the report to accompany this Act:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That not to exceed
$15,000,000 of this appropriation shall be
available for technical assistance.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id95F20E107B924F9284AA94ABEE4565C9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Watershed rehabilitation
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out rehabilitation of structural measures, in accordance with section
14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), and
in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the
Department, $40,161,000, to remain available
until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id06D3C5C63F8A4C3896775D51C3E5FDF4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID303EFF09EC11406C88C0569425494257"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for rural
development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development,
$895,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id7CA2BCA308F149819B4FCB7751B52B4B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural development salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFE695B5D44E44226AE3B9EA94DE64435"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
for carrying out the administration and implementation of programs in the Rural
Development mission area, including activities with institutions concerning the
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative
agreements; $207,237,000:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated under this section may be used for advertising and
promotional activities that support the Rural Development mission area:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That not more than
$10,000 may be expended to provide modest
nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
That any balances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service,
Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries and
expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with this
appropriation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idECD66FF9E6864B62BDBBC7CD92134216"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2D143F0BF3F44929AEEEFEB32C0C4A39"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing insurance fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id4E7A25B8ABC941C5B4A310E021D1E837"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by title
V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing
insurance fund, as follows: $13,226,501,000 for
loans to section 502 borrowers, of which
$1,226,501,000 shall be for direct loans, and of
which $12,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized
guaranteed loans; $34,412,000 for section 504
housing repair loans; $69,512,000 for section
515 rental housing; $129,090,000 for section 538
guaranteed multi-family housing loans;
$5,045,000 for section 524 site loans;
$11,448,000 for credit sales of acquired
property, of which up to $1,448,000 may be for
multi-family credit sales; and $4,970,000 for
section 523 self-help housing land development loans.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans,
$217,322,000, of which
$44,522,000 shall be for direct loans, and of
which $172,800,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing
repair loans, $4,422,000; repair,
rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing,
$18,935,000; section 538 multi-family housing
guaranteed loans, $1,485,000; and credit sales
of acquired property, $556,000:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed
loans funded pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to a guarantee fee
and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any balances
for a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of the
section 515 multi-family rental housing properties as authorized by Public Law
109–97 and Public Law 110–5 shall be transferred to and merged with the
<quote>Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program
Account</quote>.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition,
for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed
loan programs, $468,593,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Rural Development,
Salaries and Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id688D0C88720C4ACCB786E76F3C164BDE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rental assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For rental assistance agreements entered
into or renewed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements
entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HA49">Housing Act of 1949</act-name>,
$980,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may
be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt
incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of this
amount, up to $5,958,000 may be available for
debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized by section
502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed
$50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit
organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than purchase
price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the
Act: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That of this amount not less than
$2,030,000 is available for newly constructed
units financed by section 515 of the <act-name parsable-cite="HA49">Housing Act
of 1949</act-name>, and not less than $3,400,000
is for newly constructed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HA49">Housing Act of 1949</act-name>: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed
during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That any unexpended balances remaining at
the end of such one-year agreements may be transferred and used for the
purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any
existing projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized
under title V of the Act: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That rental
assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2010 for
a farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of
the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until such assistance
has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has
a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental
assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That such recaptured rental assistance
shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family
housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE5189AB05347420AA7E40DCD5D6F72C9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multi-family housing revitalization program
account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the rural housing
voucher program as authorized under section 542 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HA49">Housing Act of 1949</act-name>, but
notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section, for the cost to conduct a
housing demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation
of low-income multi-family housing projects, and for additional costs to
conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of
multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph,
$39,651,000, to remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That of the funds made available under this heading,
$18,000,000 shall be available for rural housing
vouchers to any low-income household (including those not receiving rental
assistance) residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has
been prepaid after September 30, 2005: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That
the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable market
rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That funds made available for such vouchers
shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable,
administer such vouchers with current regulations and administrative guidance
applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (including the ability to pay
administrative costs related to delivery of the voucher funds):
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That if the Secretary determines that the
amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is not needed for
vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for the demonstration programs for
the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties
described in this paragraph: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That of the
funds made available under this heading,
$1,791,000 shall be available for the cost of
loans to private nonprofit organizations, or such nonprofit organizations'
affiliate loan funds and State and local housing finance agencies, to carry out
a housing demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation
of low-income multi-family housing projects: <italic>Provided further,</italic>
That loans under such demonstration program shall have an interest rate of not
more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That the Secretary may defer the interest and principal
payment to the Rural Housing Service for up to 3 years and the term of such
loans shall not exceed 30 years: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That of the
funds made available under this heading,
$19,860,000 shall be available for a
demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of the section
514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties to restructure
existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate,
expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to
preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing
for low-income residents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating
interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan
debt; and other financial assistance including advances, payments and
incentives (including the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on
investment) required by the Secretary: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That
the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and revitalization agreement
obtain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the
restructuring: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That if the Secretary
determines that additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are
needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration program may
be used for such vouchers: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That the
Secretary may use any unobligated funds appropriated for the rural housing
voucher program in a prior fiscal year to support information technology
activities of the Rural Housing Service to the extent the Secretary determines
that additional funds are not needed for this fiscal year to provide vouchers
described in this paragraph: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That if
Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a multi-family rental
housing loan restructuring program similar to the demonstration program
described herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for the
demonstration program under this heading to carry out such legislation with the
prior notification of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idF357116EDD954C7FAEEADDA8342DFD35"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mutual and self-help housing
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants and
contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HA49">Housing Act of 1949</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
1490c), $38,727,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id20CEE2FCE1114E9A978218E9EAB98210"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing assistance
grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idA472AC6EE7BE45D9887CB40CE0581FCB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants and contracts for very low-income
housing repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for
construction defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m,
$41,500,000, to remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That any balances to carry out a housing
demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of
low-income multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public Law 108–447
and Public Law 109–97 shall be transferred to and merged with the <quote>Rural
Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program
Account</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7530926BE074498885E1263617AD0B0E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm labor program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct loans, grants, and
contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486,
$16,968,000, to remain available until expended,
for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and
contracts.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id24F85200D2094864B2517D6C136CF488"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural community facilities program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9E75C813BAE84ADBA9DCB80228BFD022"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct
loans, loan guarantees, and grants for rural community facilities programs as
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name>, $54,993,000, to remain available
until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
$6,256,000 of the amount appropriated under this
heading shall be available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That such funds shall be used solely to
develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing
and community development organizations, low-income rural communities, and
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve
housing, community facilities, community and economic development projects in
rural areas: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such funds shall be made
available to qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations
proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical assistance:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That such intermediary organizations shall
provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related
activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That $13,902,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in
rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe economic depression
(Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity
building in the State rural development offices: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That $3,972,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be available for community facilities
grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name> are not applicable to the funds made available under this
heading: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That any prior balances in the
Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act be
transferred and merged with this account and any other prior balances from the
Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the
Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idFC12E5A501B241A99C80F4D44BCF9E2A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business—Cooperative
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id50ED13D0A7DC4419AC4A9C07E06BC4D3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3A12A0768024419BA9DEC6CB1C33F044"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of loan
guarantees and grants, for the rural business development programs authorized
by sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
$97,116,000, to remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading,
not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available
for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical
assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic development
and $2,979,000 shall be for grants to the Delta
Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Community
Advancement Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used
for administrative expenses: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
$4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this
heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native
American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant
to a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for rural
transportation in order to promote economic development: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made available under this
heading: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That any prior balances in the
Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs
authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and
381E(d)(3) of such Act be transferred and merged with this account and any
other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement
Program account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to
transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id8980E79EF28D4895B7F4CA41B00848E7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural development loan fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id45A9FE85D63F486E929D7EB648F7FA60"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal amount of direct loans, as
authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
$33,536,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct loans,
$8,464,000, as authorized by the Rural
Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which
$1,035,000 shall be available through June 30,
2010, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and of which
$2,070,000 shall be available through June 30,
2010, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with
Public Law 100–460): <italic>Provided</italic>, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the direct loan programs, $4,941,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7DFBDE4B2BA94ACEA6FFC07F90737DA2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural economic development loans program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id71F4BA5FDCB147E99B205B0FC3DC8EAF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including rescission of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal
amount of direct loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development
and job creation projects,
$33,077,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the funds derived from interest on the
cushion of credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $43,000,000 shall
not be obligated and $43,000,000 are
rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC75E907C1D754F259ACD345C64CD1011"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural cooperative development
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For rural cooperative
development grants authorized under section 310B(e) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name> (7 U.S.C. 1932(i)), $38,854,000,
of which $300,000 shall be for a cooperative
research agreement with a qualified academic institution to conduct research on
the national economic impact of all types of cooperatives; and of which
$2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements
for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That not to exceed
$3,463,000 shall be for cooperatives or
associations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to
small, socially disadvantaged producers and whose governing board and/or
membership is comprised of at least 75 percent socially disadvantaged members;
and of which $21,867,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product market
development grants, as authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id154C0D8C71C64278AA8875309334D79D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">RURAL MICROENTERPRISE INVESTMENT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of loans
and grants, $22,000,000 as authorized by section
379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981 et
seq.): <italic>Provided</italic>, That such costs of loans, including the cost
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0CC6661D0DF542999C235A34A8892D53"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural energy for america
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of a
program of loan guarantees and grants, under the same terms and conditions as
authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $68,130,000:
<italic>Provided,</italic> That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id977A297A04CF4A45BEA47DC565B74FB0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biorefinery Assistance Program
Account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of
guaranteed loans, $17,339,000, as authorized by
section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
8107):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id05DFF03C59C242D195093A440895855D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural utilities
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idEB806DCC934C4471941F2F1A620310B2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural water and waste disposal program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idAFACC81A822E4133B35C24A1DED1DB29"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct
loans, loan guarantees, and grants for the rural water, waste water, waste
disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A,
306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E,
and 381E(d)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act</act-name>, $568,730,000,
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
$497,000 shall be available for the rural
utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which
not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for
the rural utilities program described in section 306E of such Act:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That $70,000,000 of
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and grants
including water and waste disposal systems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B)
and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
Federally-recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That such loans
and grants shall not be subject to any matching requirements: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That not to exceed $19,000,000
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical assistance
grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such
Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, of which
$5,600,000 shall be made available for a grant
to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional technical assistance
organization, with experience in working with small communities on water and
waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist
rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning,
financing, development, operation, and management of water and waste water
systems, and of which not less than $800,000
shall be for a qualified national Native American organization to provide
technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal communities:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That not to exceed
$14,000,000 of the amount appropriated under
this heading shall be for contracting with qualified national organizations for
a circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for rural water
systems: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
$17,500,000 of the amount appropriated under
this heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities
Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under
section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a):
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That any prior year balances for high cost
energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
(7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities
Service, High Energy Costs Grants Account:<italic>Provided further</italic>,
That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this heading:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That any prior balances in the Rural
Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account programs authorized by
sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections
306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of such Act be transferred to and merged
with this account and any other prior balances from the Rural Development,
Rural Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is
appropriate to transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idAC156893801A44D7B5AE8B207F3117D8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural electrification and
telecommunications loans program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id50868B8EB0A94A0F98E9346BF2497DB9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows: 5
percent rural electrification loans,
$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306
of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000;
guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A,
$500,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications
loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural
telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; and for
loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans,
$295,000,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses
necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$39,959,000, which shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC9BDA87051FF416693D3A8555F33024F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance learning, telemedicine, and
broadband program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD07AC009778846F5A641CF606020DADD"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal amount of broadband
telecommunication loans,
$531,699,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants for telemedicine and distance
learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.,
$37,755,000, to remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That $3,000,000 shall
be made available for grants authorized by 379G of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name>: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That
$4,965,000 shall be made available to those
noncommercial educational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas
and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting under section 396(k) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CA34">Communications Act of 1934</act-name>, including
associated translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their main
transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equipment to allow local control
over digital content and programming through the use of high-definition
broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting technologies.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of broadband loans, as
authorized by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act,
$38,495,000, to remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
addition, $13,406,000, to remain available until
expended, for a grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural areas
eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by
7 U.S.C. 950aaa.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idDA4C461D9905437A9ED58BC09E03E206"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">DOMESTIC FOOD
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID1766296127FA439691590FA15EDB4357"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for food,
nutrition and consumer services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services,
$813,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id52774D3718134ADCABCF75476E41FEFC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and nutrition
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idF86770B42BEE40BF91010AE7029D0AC4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child nutrition
programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9906CD60CC784553A0DC4785011DE5BE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In lieu of the amounts
made available in section 14222(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of
2008, for necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell
<act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the <act-name parsable-cite="CNA66">Child
Nutrition Act of 1966</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17
and 21; $16,799,584,000, 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):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the total amount
available, $5,000,000 shall be available to be
awarded as competitive grants to implement section 4405 of the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), and may be awarded
notwithstanding the limitations imposed by sections 4405(b)(1)(A) and
4405(c)(1)(A).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id85FB3DCBBEAF4A6EBC5695F670508C11"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special supplemental nutrition program for
women, infants, and children (wic)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the WIC
Program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1786), $7,552,000,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2011: <italic>Provided</italic>, That none of
the funds provided in this account shall be available for the purchase of
infant formula except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive
bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That none of the funds provided shall be available for
activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government
departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id893D543C050E4FFFA02EF8EF1F2B3378"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplemental nutrition assistance
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.),
$61,351,846,000, of which
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2011, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and
at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That funds provided herein shall be expended in
accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That this appropriation shall be subject to
any work registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds made available for Employment and
Training under this heading shall remain available until expended,
notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds made available under this heading
may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies,
evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program integrity provided
that such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE4BD8942A96E4477B19DD6EF55047F88"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out disaster
assistance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section
4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c
note); the <act-name parsable-cite="EFAA83">Emergency Food Assistance Act of
1983</act-name>; special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as
authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as
authorized by section 17(m) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CNA66">Child
Nutrition Act of 1966</act-name>, $233,388,000,
to remain available through September 30, 2011: <italic>Provided,</italic> That
none of these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for commodities donated to the program: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective
with funds made available in fiscal year 2010 to support the Seniors Farmers'
Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through
September 30, 2011: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That of the funds made
available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the
distribution of commodities.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id23810F833D5441B0821DF4B54F01F48A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nutrition programs
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for carrying out any
domestic nutrition assistance program,
$147,801,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id052C3F0D272B4152965C8E08EDE79867"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="IDC3628B257B6C44DABDF62C54A098EDB2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign agricultural
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="ID998FF1A53FD346B79FDAA4E721EE018D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id09AD0DA74D534FD6AA07E528F259C7DC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Foreign Agricultural Service, including not to exceed
$158,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
1766), $180,367,000: <italic>Provided</italic>,
That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation
for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private
organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the
agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the
foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency for International
Development:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds made
available for middle-income country training programs and up to
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service
appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in
international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign
Agricultural Service, shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0E90C91A74D240A6933D5083860A6898"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">food for peace title i direct credit and
food for progress program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5E3ECE03832D4385AA46376780F147AF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative
expenses to carry out the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480 and the
Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,812,000, shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service
Agency, Salaries and Expenses</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds made available
for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be
used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC0A83D97475442BF992FD771C9EFFB34"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">food for peace title ii
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses during the
current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years'
costs, including interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law
83–480, as amended), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
abroad under title II of said Act,
$1,690,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id59BF758F18E543ADB3E55B532005C312"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation export loans
program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3F97CF598379444C9CD635C504D55959"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative
expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit Corporation's export guarantee
program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,820,000; to
cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform
Act of 1990, of which $6,465,000 shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses</quote>, and of which
$355,000 shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for <quote>Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id11BA1381E31D45A7BCCFB272F6C120F7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mc govern-dole international food for
education and child nutrition program grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $199,500,000, to remain
available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of this amount, the
Secretary shall use up to $10,000,000 to conduct
pilot projects to field test new and improved micronutrient fortified food
products designed to meet energy and nutrient needs of program participants:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the
Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, facilities,
and authorities for the purpose of implementing such section, subject to
reimbursement from amounts provided herein.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id7FD474353EED42558AD68D8BEFF7DAB0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-major commented="no" id="IDB1E2473A6457449BBFE15012BB691C0D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID22C1185220354A6CAAB219C157EBA1D2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and drug
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="ID00B6172825BA4FC8AC3795A205485890"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug
Administration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for
payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are included
in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or
elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,
authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the
Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $25,000;
and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 107–188;
$2,995,218,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
of the amount provided under this heading,
$578,162,000 shall be derived from prescription
drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h shall be credited to this account
and remain available until expended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to
21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2011 but collected in
fiscal year 2010; $57,014,000 shall be derived
from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be
credited to this account and remain available until expended;
$17,280,000 shall be derived from animal drug
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account
and remain available until expended; and
$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: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical device,
animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for fiscal year 2010 received
during fiscal year 2010, including any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year
2010 but credited for fiscal year 2010, shall be subject to the fiscal year
2010 limitations: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of these funds
shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the
total amount appropriated: (1) $782,915,000
shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2)
$873,104,000 shall be for the Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the Office of
Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than
$51,545,000 shall be available for the Office of
Generic Drugs; (3) $305,249,000 shall be for the
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4)
$155,540,000 shall be for the Center for
Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of
Regulatory Affairs; (5) $349,262,000 shall be
for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6)
$58,745,000 shall be for the National Center for
Toxicological Research; (7) not to exceed
$115,882,000 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; (8) not to exceed
$168,728,000 shall be for payments to the
General Services Administration for rent; and (9)
$185,793,000 shall be for other activities,
including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Scientific and Medical
Programs; the Office of Policy, Planning and Preparedness; the Office of
International and Special Programs; the Office of Operations; and central
services for these offices: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds may
be transferred from one specified activity to another with the prior
notification of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition,
mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, and priority review user fees authorized by
21 U.S.C. 360n may be credited to this account, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0BE243773FF146BD9031F17B05558E00"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans, construction, repair,
improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or
facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise
provided, $12,433,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-major commented="no" id="idB9E64298C52D4A8999D5A88B59C5A6AF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">INDEPENDENT
AGENCY</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id4BCAE9E5930748F097BFDBFC269A6F17"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm credit
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id6F0F6332943E4482918B6875A163A3E5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative
expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$54,500,000 (from assessments collected from
farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses
associated with receiverships.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"></header>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id99B9F44099284E64A05F7EACF0ADCF0F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GENERAL
PROVISIONS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3A276FFBE14644BCBFAD4F4B8430D567"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including
rescission)</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF35BD95F176C495CA00C67164E5E6B2A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for
the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in
addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 204 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 170 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of
such vehicles.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23909EE11B924E729F0671F97B41536E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10101 of division B of the
Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act,
2009, (Public Law 110–329) is amended in subsection (b) by inserting at the end
the following: “In carrying out this section, the Secretary may transfer funds
into existing or new accounts as determined by the Secretary.”.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID42CAC9457AFB42E2A8CF05B47429EE58" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other
available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of Agriculture
to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment
necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and information
technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of
Agriculture: <italic>Provided</italic>, That none of the funds made available
by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
without the prior notification of the agency administrator: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital
Fund pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without the
prior notification of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds
appropriated by this Act or made available to the Department's Working Capital
Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes to
the Department's National Finance Center without prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by section
712 of this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of annual
income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture
allocated for the National Finance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more
than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment,
including equipment for the improvement and implementation of a financial
management plan, information technology, and other systems of the National
Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National
Finance Center:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of
the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary
submits notification of the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the
limitation on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congressional
Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the
Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that
significantly impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; or to
evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue
operations of the National Finance Center.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9DBBC14583D247E7A28DDDA96993ACA6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
unless expressly so provided herein.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4DCADE5C10284BD6AC5B909174577738" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>705.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit
institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agreement
when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of
mutual interest between the two parties:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this does not
preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with
such institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for
all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3E3B4A73D7EE45C3A1AE8158BDD05AD3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>706.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations to the Department of
Agriculture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: the
Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrification and
Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund
program account.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID092CB1FF56EF454A811C663A073EB9CB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>707.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available by this Act,
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover
necessary expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, panels,
commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for
panels used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate
competitively awarded grants.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB25FA78B743948A99EE12CEE58C1514E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>708.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated
by this Act or any other Act may be used to carry out section 410 of the
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID82C3ADF55329481AA14F801AD46FE612" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>709.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No employee of the Department of
Agriculture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this
Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more
than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or office is fully
reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the period of assignment.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDECCB0B524F25475F9D097C2BA7C773C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>710.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug
Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to any
non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human Services
employee questions or responses to questions that are a result of information
requested for the appropriations hearing process.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCC54C716988E4539BA561B2C745F1B41" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>711.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available to the
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office of the
Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information
Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment
Review Board: <italic>Provided</italic>, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer
unless prior notification has been transmitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
That none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for
information technology shall be obligated for projects over
$25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by
the Chief Information Officer.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85B8CB8A96E8493A87E206A70226371F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>712.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDFB115D9BEA6740CABBB0AD8B12E304C3"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year,
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds
which—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFDE9C88C51A24CF9A666F37B2E81B67A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates new programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BE46371F9464F24910F30C0F3640581"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminates a program, project, or
activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17107199C0F8400294C400F4EEF3A721"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases funds or personnel by any means
for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7BF186E7D89640808BAFCB492745F8A0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relocates an office or employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB70FA6DF78D14A20AB48CC381123E76B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74EE666C02024269899F2CD91163352E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of
such reprogramming of funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05E3AA4BF2B54754A234EA0B84516820"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year,
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of
$500,000 or 10 percent, which-ever is less,
that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by
10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any
general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in
existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID28040274B69C426AA49A44EB4A70090C"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture or the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing a program or
activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or
activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD7BF7CD141694975B4098DC5CE59FB10" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>713.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this or
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who
prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President's Budget
submission to the Congress of the United States for programs under the
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes
revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the
Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which additional spending
reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal
year 2011 appropriations Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5F6B8DE46B214ABAB98CA1207A9E3068" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>714.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this or
any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural Development office
unless or until the Secretary of Agriculture determines the cost effectiveness
and/or enhancement of program delivery: <italic>Provided,</italic> That not
later than 120 days before the date of the proposed closure or relocation, the
Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropriation of the House and Senate, and
the members of Congress from the State in which the office is located of the
proposed closure or relocation and provides a report that describes the
justifications for such closures and relocations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID24D7D22B55E746E998D1C723ECEAFB09" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>715.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available to the
Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate, or
to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug Administration Division of
Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county
limits of St. Louis, Missouri.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DD76015459E4701B801CE1CB398F89A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>716.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$499,000 for any authorized Rural Development
program purpose, in communities suffering from extreme outmigration and
situated in areas that were designated as part of an Empowerment Zone pursuant
to section 111 of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 (as contained in
appendix G of Public Law 106–554).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID15F3079C04264FFB946CEA59D2D97A91" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>717.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in fiscal
year 2010 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under the Food for
Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of
$20,000,000 shall be used to reimburse the
Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities under
section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C.
1736f–1): <italic>Provided,</italic> That any such funds made available to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to
section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4f22baa05e7d4a678b668d834467438a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>718.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$3,497,000, to remain available until expended,
for a grant to the National Center for Natural Products Research for
construction or renovation to carry out the research objectives of the natural
products research grant issued by the Food and Drug Administration.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2e40093682be486589d49ae1aad8770d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>719.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under section 1240I
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 524(b) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall
remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the current
fiscal year.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDE2272D448A34913A45A4B03C83956D0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>720.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDBEAF73F386D4573A6635C70A0C78851"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Environmental Quality Incentives Program
as authorized by sections 1241–240H of the Food Security Act of 1985, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3839aa(8)), in excess of
$1,180,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID76DB0292B3874BE09B4C9547173CA901"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC458928931ED4E97956FAC36E6D166AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) of
section 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of
$1,123,000,000: <italic>Provided,</italic> That
none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act shall be used for
salaries and expenses to carry out section 19(i)(1)(C) of the Richard B.
Russell <act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name> as
amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of
$25,000,000 until October 1, 2010:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the
unobligated balances under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935,
$52,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09bcdc610941427fa36722b767e359ee" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>721.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an
insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act, or any
not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan
under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) of
such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID589b3b52f2b946e2b704c0b62eadf88e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>722.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$2,600,000, to remain available until expended,
for the planning and design of construction of an agricultural pest facility in
the State of Hawaii.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62FF908BE96F4EF7BEF9D6A6BD637789" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>723.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$4,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture to
award grant(s) to develop and field test new food products designed to improve
the nutritional delivery of humanitarian food assistance provided through the
McGovern-Dole (section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1)) and the Food for Peace title II (7 U.S.C. 1691 et
seq.) programs:
<proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary
shall use the authorities provided under the Research, Education, and Economics
mission area of the Department in awarding such grant(s), with priority given
to proposals that demonstrate partnering with and in-kind support from the
private sector.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9e4705da9f9e4211b59499f5a5cc21bb" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>724.<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing
Service, and Rural Business and Cooperative Service shall permit an applicant
to solicit and procure professional services and have prepared all
environmental reviews, assessments, and impact statements:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such professional
services will be funded by the applicants and selected by the agencies from
procurement schedules of contractors determined qualified to perform said
services:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the
Agencies shall establish the scope of work and procedures for such services as
well as procedures to assure contractors have no financial or other conflicts
of interest in the outcome of the action and the documentation meets the needs
of the Agencies:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That nothing
herein shall affect the responsibility of the Agencies to comply with the
National Environmental Policy Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD25E2F704A924943B744DD19E89A22C4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>725.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and until receipt of the decennial Census for the year 2010, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall consider—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6d6a0f34e4764507a8542ac67af83dab"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The unincorporated community of Los Osos,
in the County of San Luis Obispo, California, to be a rural area for the
purposes of eligibility for Rural Utilities Service water and waste disposal
loans and grants; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID92193a7e4e5a4531b255408e5574fddb"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The unincorporated community of Thermalito
in Butte County, California, (including individuals and entities with projects
within the community) eligible for loans and grants funded under the housing
programs of the Rural Housing Service.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1B031B4249374719A9FF571D2C60890E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>726.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$3,000,000 for section 4404 of Public Law
107–171.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID30F128FFBEEA43FEBE6D8F0860978518" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>727.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
there is hereby appropriated:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDB9CC44596DB471BA148ED84B868F8C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000
of which $2,000,000 shall be for a grant to the
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, and
$1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Vermont
Agency of Agriculture, Foods, and Markets, as authorized by section 6402 of the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID68213A0C2E1041F09147CC1F6512E31D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$350,000 for
a grant to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID335341204CAF41A0B31123C2163E7AAB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>728.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and
technical assistance—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8B9BB2B5C39E4BEA9883EDA96CF889C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program for the Pocasset River Floodplain Management Project in the
State of Rhode Island;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBED1BC5650A94438B252B2EAB95928BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the East Locust Creek Watershed Plan Revision
in Missouri, including up to 100 percent of the engineering assistance and 75
percent cost share for construction cost of site RW1;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6C67C54FA4F94C88B22D8F0E1100A617"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the Little Otter Creek Watershed project in
Missouri. The sponsoring local organization may obtain land rights by perpetual
easements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5D24439E9ED349B1B5376AF2CDC1D6EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the DuPage County Watershed project in the
State of Illinois;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE52EAB4696454CD795931B45BF77A5F9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the Dunloup Creek Watershed Project in Fayette
and Raleigh Counties, West Virginia;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc8ef4fc02da8403baa3b86a121d638a2"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the Dry Creek Watershed project in the State of
California; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID69754e1fbaee4abf820b129af7e712a5"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the Upper Clark Fork Watershed project in the
State of Montana.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19DB267000884EDF80DE6B64C67C35B4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>729.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell
<act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
1766(r)(5)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1B84EDFC314E4725874D6B566A302D7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>ten</quote> and
inserting <quote>eleven</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB959D140A7534D65944A6D2EF95DC680"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>eight</quote> and
inserting <quote>nine</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID638A119076964E65A4E6EBAAB58E4211"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>Wisconsin,</quote>
after the first instance of <quote>States shall be</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA1BD6FFCF3B248A4912DE70757A34D60" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>730.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none of the funds in this or any
other Act may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support from
non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) in the form of unrecovered indirect
costs not otherwise charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect
rate of cost approved for a recipient.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe90026d8809a459890676eb3208bbaca" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>731.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the end of the fiscal year
from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for
the Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall remain
available through September 30, 2011, for information technology
expenses.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id377F36DED741483BBC647747CC71A7E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>732.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFBC46B084E7745B7A0A5C7913D57BB9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child nutrition programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9(b) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF28BB4055F6D42AEB9D32D20CDD1CA13" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5015D32B99C94FDAA845C4A95CD91028"><enum>(14)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Combat pay</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF8BBF827C6846F69386CA690E503871"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of combat pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <quote>combat
pay</quote> means any additional payment under chapter 5 of title 37, United
States Code, or otherwise designated by the Secretary to be appropriate for
exclusion under this paragraph, that is received by or from a member of the
United States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone, if the
additional pay—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAEEFDFE0A6A4BF782C5789EB78BAAA6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is the result of deployment to or service
in a combat zone; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4230AC512BA4CF583B6E3134207A613"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was not received immediately prior to
serving in a combat zone.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86B5160CA5DA49CDAD6229B31B145157"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Combat pay shall not be considered to be
income for the purpose of determining the eligibility for free or reduced price
meals of a child who is a member of the household of a member of the United
States Armed
Forces.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC02B10670762456B9493A5B40662880C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special supplemental nutrition program for
women, infants, and children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17(d)(2) of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9625481741C4489097E5B1F33AB05891"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1506166BE8AE41A184B1B76D50D20EE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BEEBABB57D9478A8F14F38304729D39" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4BBC288285F4D969E7690768352D18C"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Combat pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of determining income
eligibility under this section, a State agency shall exclude from income any
additional payment under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, or
otherwise designated by the Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion under
this subparagraph, that is received by or from a member of the United States
Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone, if the additional
pay—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8552D5DC27D4817AFD428777ED95FAF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is the result of deployment to or service
in a combat zone; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id253EC7E1775A4BDABD44F91A579909DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was not received immediately prior to
serving in a combat
zone.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E40CF2A73924FF7BE3FE4166BEAAA9B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>733<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>.<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFD65298AFE614A118654DA0A281A0001"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 531(g)(7)(F) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(g)(7)(F)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE94018B0D83844A08D32CADE4DB11ECB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by
inserting <quote>(including multiyear assistance)</quote> after
<quote>assistance</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7469B7BD5B7497A947DBE9CE5684DB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by inserting <quote>or
multiyear production losses</quote> after <quote>a production
loss</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26F1A1F40A554384AB157B93466EAD1E"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 901(g)(7)(F) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497(g)(7)(F)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F386C74CD7343AE87790832F9853130"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by
inserting <quote>(including multiyear assistance)</quote> after
<quote>assistance</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD113C69F2D94E5C807F5E25946DBF57"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by inserting <quote>or
multiyear production losses</quote> after <quote>a production
loss</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7052ee804a624397960703d5b4f754f9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>734.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 17(g)(5) of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42.U.S.C. 1786(g)(5)), not more than
$15,000,000 of funds provided in this Act may be
used for the purpose of evaluating program performance in the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDee74593c1934419eae7edbcb4756dbb9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>735.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)(A)),
$154,000,000 of funds provided in this Act shall
be used for infrastructure, management information systems and breastfeeding
peer counseling support:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the
$154,000,000, not less than
$14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure,
not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for
management information systems, and not less than
$80,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer
counselors and other related activities.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb8a20e140fca4122af6fa0397cc1b6cc" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>736.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agencies with jurisdiction for carrying out
international food assistance programs under the jurisdiction of this Act,
including title II of the Food for Peace Act and the McGovern-Dole
International Food for Education Program, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B062D4B94514196A1C4A1BB9DF9D575"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and the Senate no later than March 1, 2010, the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7f56298be5dc4084810c505092c2ba42"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates on cost-savings and programmatic
efficiencies that would result from increased use of pre-positioning of food
aid commodities and processes to ensure such cargoes are appropriately
maintained to prevent spoilage;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID255a57dcd37f42f19399ad1629199cd8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates on cost-savings and programmatic
efficiencies that would result from the use of longer-term commodity
procurement contracts, the proportional distribution of commodity purchases
throughout the fiscal year, longer-term shipping contracts, contracts which
include shared-risk principles, and adoptions of other commercially acceptable
contracting practices;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe84e91ca0c9c4b8bbdb107061a770cad"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates on costs of domestic procurement
of commodities, domestic inland transportation of food aid commodities,
domestic storage (including loading and unloading), foreign storage (including
loading and unloading), foreign inland transportation, and ocean freight
(including ocean freight as adjusted by the ocean freight differential
reimbursement provided by the Secretary of Transportation), and costs relating
to allocation and distribution of commodities in recipient countries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe97fb159e19a48cdb7a1a382dde53f18"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the frequency of delays in
transporting food aid commodities, the cause or purpose of any delays
(including how those delays are tracked, monitored and resolved), missed
schedules by carriers and non-carriers (and resulting program costs due to such
delays, including impacts to program beneficiaries);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaa5eac7439d84bccb359378d95bcf1b7"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the methodologies to improve
interagency coordination between host governments, the World Food Program, and
non-governmental organization to develop more consistent estimates of food aid
needs and the number of intended recipients to appropriately inform the
purchases of commodities and in order to appropriately plan for commodity
procurement for food aid programs;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1affb8ce26144f52a29137125b063b6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the matter described under
subsection (1) of this section in the form of a consensus report under the
signatures of the Secretaries of Agriculture, State, and Transportation;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED749B9BDCE64EB5A12F7509D936CCF3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates and cost savings analysis for
this section shall be derived from periods representative of normal program
operations.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5c7de762a05f41ed85ff1dd4b6067c43" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>737.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$7,000,000 to carry out section 4202 of Public
Law 110–246.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0393bccf3e6d43e6a774b5e269b42a31" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>738.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$2,600,000 to carry out section 1621 of Public
Law 110–246.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID476ccce230ef4392a38650eb575c8ac1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>739.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$4,000,000 to carry out section 1613 of Public
Law 110–246.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf28d0fdec6dc42c4b5a2b9e5924e52ff" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>740.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$250,000, to remain available until expended,
for a grant to the Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation for work-force development
initiatives to address out-migration in rural areas.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4b5ed9fd78154ad5a601f1cc749f4aec" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>741.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$800,000 to the Farm Service Agency to carry out
a pilot program to demonstrate the use of new technologies that increase the
rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private non-industrial forests
lands, enrolling lands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by
Hurricane Katrina in 2005.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc953eeb50ef3426d8defcfbd7e7264a0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>742.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicants with very low, low, and moderate
incomes shall be eligible for the program established in section 791 of Public
Law 109–97.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3f9ca3544274413e922fa707a6a8947d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>743.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize
a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum amount
of reconstituted infant formula specified in 7 C.F.R. 246.10 when issuing
infant formula to participants. Such authorizations shall not otherwise impact
the eligibility of manufacturers to remain eligible under the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children authorized by
section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF6B79DE5E3D4537AF574DEA9A7E154E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>744.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to establish or implement a rule allowing poultry products to
be imported into the United States from the People's Republic of China unless
the Secretary of Agriculture formally commits in advance to conduct audits of
inspection systems, on-site reviews of slaughter and processing facilities,
laboratories and other control operations before any Chinese facilities are
certified as eligible to ship fully cooked poultry products to the United
States, and at least once annually in subsequent years:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
commits in advance to implement a significantly increased level of port of
entry re-inspection:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the
Secretary commits in advance to conduct information sharing with other
countries importing poultry products from China that have conducted audits and
plant inspections.</text>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id466EE3FA5F1445AC813EA30A497E9383"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2010</short-title></quote>.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate></section>
July 7, 2009
Read twice and placed on
the calendar