[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2112 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 155
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2112
[Report No. 112-73]
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 16, 2011
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
September 7, 2011
Reported by Mr. Kohl, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <DELETED>That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely:
<DELETED>TITLE I</DELETED>
<DELETED>AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS</DELETED>
<DELETED>Production, Processing and Marketing</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Secretary</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of
Agriculture, $4,293,000 (increased by $136,070,000) (reduced by
$136,070,000): Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this amount
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses,
not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Tribal Relations</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Tribal Relations,
$423,000 to support communication and consultation activities with
Federally Recognized Tribes, as well as other requirements established
by law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Executive Operations</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of the chief economist</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief
Economist, $10,707,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>national appeals division</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division,
$12,091,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of budget and program analysis</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, $8,004,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of homeland security</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security,
$1,272,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Advocacy and Outreach</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and
Outreach, $1,209,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Chief Information Officer</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief
Information Officer, $35,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000).</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Chief Financial Officer</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, $5,310,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, $760,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Civil Rights</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$19,288,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration, $683,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental
Payments</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to
Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services to
the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, 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, $209,505,000 (reduced
by $342,000), to remain available until expended; of which $151,396,000
shall be available for payments to the General Services Administration
for rent; of which $11,452,000 shall be available for payment to the
Department of Homeland Security for building security activities; and
of which $46,657,000 (reduced by $342,000) shall be available for
buildings operations and maintenance expenses: Provided, That the
Secretary may use unobligated balances from prior years to cover
shortfalls incurred in prior year rental payments: Provided further,
That the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds from a Departmental
agency to this account to recover the full cost of the space and
security expenses of that agency that are funded by this account when
the actual costs exceed the agency estimate which will be available for
the activities and payments described herein.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Hazardous Materials Management</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture,
to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,393,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials
Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its
use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal
and non-Federal lands.</DELETED>
<DELETED>departmental administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For Departmental Administration, $23,900,000 (reduced by
$5,000,000) (reduced by $2,390,000), to provide for necessary expenses
for management support services to offices of the Department and for
general administration and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses
not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and
efficient work of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation
shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for
travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5
U.S.C. 551-558.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional
Relations</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded
by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and
liaison within the executive branch, $3,289,000: Provided, That these
funds may be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture
funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level; Provided
further, That no funds made available by this appropriation may be
obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless
the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency:
Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the Department by
this Act shall be available to the Department for support of
congressional relations activities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Communications</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Communications,
$8,058,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Inspector General</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$80,000,000, including such sums as may be necessary for contracting
and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons
pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and
including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational
expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the
direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95-452 and
section 1337 of Public Law 97-98.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the General Counsel</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $35,204,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and
Economics</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, $760,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Economic Research Service</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service,
$70,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>National Agricultural Statistics Service</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service, $149,500,000, of which up to $40,000,000 shall be
available until expended for the Census of Agriculture.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Agricultural Research Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase
at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the
lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a
payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of
the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal
ownership, $993,345,000 (increased by $2,000,000): Provided, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for
replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction,
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless
otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not
exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each
be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to be constructed
or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10
percent of the current replacement value of the building or $375,000,
whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on
alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or
replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting
easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement
of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C.
113a): Provided further, That funds may be received from any State,
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the
purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or research
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by
law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>National Institute of Food and Agriculture</DELETED>
<DELETED>research and education activities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other
expenses, $600,800,000, as follows: to carry out the provisions of the
Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), $208,000,000; 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),
$48,000,000, provided that each institution receives no less than
$1,000,000; for special grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $1,250,000; for
competitive grants for Integrated Pest Management and Biological
Control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,000,000; for competitive grants (7
U.S.C. 450i(b)), $229,500,000, to remain available until expended; for
the support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195),
$4,000,000; for a program pursuant to section 1415A of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3151a), $4,200,000, to remain available until expended; for a
higher education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)),
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an
education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C.
3241), $7,800,000; 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,
$2,700,000; for secondary education, 2-year post-secondary education,
and agriculture in the K-12 classroom (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $900,000; for
aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,300,000; for sustainable
agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,300,000; 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,
$16,400,000, 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, $2,800,000; 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), $900,000;
for distance education grants for insular areas under section 1490 of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362), $750,000; for competitive grants for policy
research (7 U.S.C. 3155), $3,000,000; and for necessary expenses of
Research and Education Activities, $10,000,000, of which $2,500,000 for
the Research, Education, and Economics Information System and
$2,000,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, are to remain
available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>native american institutions endowment fund</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund
authorized by Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to
remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>extension activities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa, $411,200,000, as follows: payments for cooperative
extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public
Law 93-471, for retirement and employees' compensation costs for
extension agents, $259,200,000; payments for extension work at the 1994
Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)),
$3,600,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for
low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,000,000; payments
for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$8,400,000; payments for New Technologies for Agriculture Extension
under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,400,000; payments to upgrade
research, extension, and teaching facilities at institutions eligible
to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $16,700,000, to remain
available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,100,000; payments for carrying
out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $3,400,000; payments for the federally-recognized
Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act,
$2,600,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs under section
3(d) of the Act, $4,000,000; payments for rural health and safety
education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92-419 (7
U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,500,000; payments for cooperative extension work by
eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221), $36,000,000, provided that each
institution receives no less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth
organizations pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,500,000; for payments to
carry out the food animal residue avoidance database program as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, $1,000,000; and for necessary expenses of
Extension Activities, $6,800,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>integrated activities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the integrated research, education, and extension
grants program authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626),
including necessary administrative expenses, $8,000,000, as follows:
for a competitive organic transition program, $4,000,000; and for the
regional pest management centers program $4,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory
Programs</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $760,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for representation
allowances and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4085), $790,000,000, of which $2,000,000, to be available
until expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks of
insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest
animals and birds (``contingency fund'') to the extent necessary to
meet emergency conditions; of which $16,000,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost
share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of
which $32,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
Animal Health Technical Services; of which $54,000,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of
which $4,200,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
information technology infrastructure; of which $147,000,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which,
$9,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop
and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $52,000,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which
$2,300,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the
National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for
indemnities; of which $1,000,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for wildlife services methods development; of which
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the
wildlife damage management program for aviation safety; and up to 25
percent of the screwworm program shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a
brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that does
not require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent:
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the
operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed
four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided further,
That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the
agricultural production industry of this country, the Secretary may
transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies
or corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary,
to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication
of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or
plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of
the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections
431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and
any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency
purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such
transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and
alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise
provided the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the
building.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In fiscal year 2012, 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 reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended,
without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or
services.</DELETED>
<DELETED>buildings and facilities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance,
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase
of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,200,000, to
remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Agricultural Marketing Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>Marketing Services</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing
Service, $77,500,000 (increased by $300,000): Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10
percent of the current replacement value of the building. Fees may be
collected for the cost of standardization activities, as established by
regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).</DELETED>
<DELETED>limitation on administrative expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not to exceed $61,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:
Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable
events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent
with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section
32)</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24,
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses
as authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except
for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the
Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise
provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 for formulation
and administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act
of 1961.</DELETED>
<DELETED>payments to states and possessions</DELETED>
<DELETED> For payments to State 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)), $1,331,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers
and Stockyards Administration, $37,000,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10
percent of the current replacement value of the building.</DELETED>
<DELETED>limitation on inspection and weighing services
expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not to exceed $47,500,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing
services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this
limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety, $689,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Food Safety and Inspection Service</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act,
and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed $50,000
for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of
the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $972,028,000; and in
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees
collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by
section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the Public
Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair
of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Services</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
$760,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Farm Service Agency</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency,
$1,176,500,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the
services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the
Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs
administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made
available to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to
and merged with this account: Provided further, That funds made
available to county committees shall remain available until
expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>state mediation grants</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural
Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106),
$3,550,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>grassroots source water protection program</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or
groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $3,605,000, to remain
available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>dairy indemnity program</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such program is carried out
by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program
described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public
Law 106-387, 114 Stat. 1549A-12).</DELETED>
<DELETED>agricultural credit insurance fund program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating (7
U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25
U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), 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: $1,500,000,000 for unsubsidized
guaranteed farm ownership loans and $475,000,000 for farm ownership
direct loans; $1,500,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating
loans and $1,050,090,000 for direct operating loans; Indian tribe land
acquisition loans, $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans,
$150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and
for boll weevil eradication program loans, $100,000,000: Provided,
That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for
the purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans.</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants,
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership,
$22,800,000 for direct loans; farm operating loans, $26,100,000 for
unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans, $59,120,000 for direct
operating loans; and Indian highly fractionated land loans,
$193,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $268,634,000, of
which $260,730,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for ``Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit
Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and
conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among
these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any
transfer.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Risk Management Agency</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency,
$68,016,000: Provided, That the funds made available under section
522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be used
for the Common Information Management System: Provided further, That
not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).</DELETED>
<DELETED>CORPORATIONS</DELETED>
<DELETED> The following corporations and agencies are hereby
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in
accord with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the
programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such
corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund</DELETED>
<DELETED> For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, to
remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Commodity Credit Corporation Fund</DELETED>
<DELETED>reimbursement for net realized losses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses
sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the
Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11): Provided, That of the
funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of
the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the
conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to
$5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural
Service for information resource management activities of the Foreign
Agricultural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit
Corporation business.</DELETED>
<DELETED>hazardous waste management</DELETED>
<DELETED>(limitation on expenses)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit
Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site
investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance
expenses to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961).</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE II</DELETED>
<DELETED>CONSERVATION PROGRAMS</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and
Environment</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, $760,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Natural Resources Conservation Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>conservation operations</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of
the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural
related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers;
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information;
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost
not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,
$770,956,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided,
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and public
improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of
alterations and improvements to other buildings and other public
improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when
buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the
right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C.
2250a.</DELETED>
<DELETED>watershed rehabilitation program</DELETED>
<DELETED> Under the authorities of Section 14 of the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $15,000,000 is provided.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE III</DELETED>
<DELETED>RURAL DEVELOPMENT</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Rural Development, $760,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Development Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration
and implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission area,
including activities with institutions concerning the development and
operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;
$161,011,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds appropriated under this section may be used for advertising
and promotional activities that support the Rural Development mission
area: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to
provide modest non-monetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided
further, That any balances available from prior years for the Rural
Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred
to and merged with this appropriation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Housing Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural housing insurance fund program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of
1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund,
as follows: $24,845,666,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, of
which $845,666,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which
$24,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; and
$58,617,000 for section 515 rental housing loans.</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, as follows: $40,000,000 for 502 direct loans; and
$20,000,000 for repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of section
515 rental housing: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated in
this paragraph, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing
Insurance Fund Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for
Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall
be available through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and
contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $12,500,000, to
remain available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans
and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts: Provided, That
any balances available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be
transferred and merged with this account.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $400,000,000 shall
be paid to the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>rental assistance program</DELETED>
<DELETED> For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed
pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements entered
into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949,
$890,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as
authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount not
less than $1,500,000 is available for newly constructed units financed
by section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, and not less than $2,500,000
is for newly constructed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of
the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That rental assistance
agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall
be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That any unexpended
balances remaining at the end of such one-year agreements may be
transferred and used for the purposes of any debt reduction;
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects;
preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized under title V
of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided under
agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2012 for a farm labor
multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the
Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until such
assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months,
if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance
or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not
receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such recaptured
rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to
another farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section
514 or 516 of the Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>multi-family housing revitalization program account</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under
section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding subsection
(b) of such section, $11,000,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income
household (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing in
a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid
after September 30, 2005: Provided, That the amount of such voucher
shall be the difference between comparable market rent for the section
515 unit and the tenant-paid rent for such unit: Provided further,
That funds made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the
availability of annual appropriations: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, administer such
vouchers with current regulations and administrative guidance
applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.</DELETED>
<DELETED>mutual and self-help housing grants</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A)
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $22,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of
Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants allocated by the Secretary for
Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall
be available through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones.</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural housing assistance grants</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants and contracts for very low-income housing
repair made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C.
1474, $32,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
of the total amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal
to the amount of Rural Housing Assistance Grants allocated by the
Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year
2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Community Facilities Program Account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the cost of direct loans and grants for rural
community facilities programs as authorized by section 306 and
described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That $3,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
shall be available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
Provided further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the
capacity and ability of private, non-profit community-based housing and
community development organizations, low-income rural communities, and
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to
improve housing, community facilities, community and economic
development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such funds
shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public
intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program of
financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such
intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount
not less than funds provided: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of
Rural Community Facilities Program Account funds allocated by the
Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year
2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones for the rural community programs described in section
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:
Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made
available under this heading.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Business--Cooperative Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural business program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural
business development programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B and
described in section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, $64,500,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not to
exceed $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified
national organization to provide technical assistance for rural
transportation in order to promote economic development: Provided
further, That $2,250,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional
Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement
Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated
Farm and rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be
used for administrative expenses: Provided further, That $3,400,000 of
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business grants
to benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including
$250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide
technical assistance for rural transportation in order to promote
economic development: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of
Rural Business Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for
Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall
be available through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for
the rural business and cooperative development programs described in
section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:
Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made
available under this heading: Provided further, That any prior
balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program
account for programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described
in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act be transferred and merged with this
account and any other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural
Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is
appropriate to transfer.</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural development loan fund program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
$14,758,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, as authorized by
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which $750,000
shall be available through June 30, 2012, for Federally Recognized
Native American Tribes; and of which $1,500,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2012, for Mississippi Delta Regional counties (as
determined in accordance with Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That of the total amount appropriated under this heading, the amount
equal to the amount of Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account
funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30,
2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as
Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
direct loan programs, $3,500,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for
``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including cancellation of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects,
$33,077,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of
credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall not be obligated and
$155,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled.</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural cooperative development grants</DELETED>
<DELETED> For rural cooperative development grants authorized under
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1932), $22,500,000 of which, $2,000,000 shall be for cooperative
agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas
program: Provided, That, not to exceed $3,000,000 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 $12,500,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product
market development grants, as authorized by section 231 of the
Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621
note).</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural energy for america program</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and grants,
under the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107),
$1,300,000 (increased by $1,000,000): Provided, That the cost of loan
guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Rural Utilities Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural water and waste disposal program</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the cost of direct loans and grants for the rural
water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management programs
authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and
described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $500,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $497,000 shall be
available for the rural utilities program described in section
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed $993,000 shall be
available for the rural utilities program described in section 306E of
such Act: Provided, That $65,000,000 of the amount appropriated under
this heading shall be for loans and grants including water and waste
disposal systems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally-recognized
Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, That
funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to
section 325 of Public Law 105-83: Provided further, That not more than
2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alaska and/
or by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105-83
for training and technical assistance programs: Provided further, That
not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste
systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the
Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, of which $3,400,000
shall be made available for a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-
state regional technical assistance organization, with experience in
working with small communities on water and waste water problems, the
principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities
with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning,
financing, development, operation, and management of water and waste
water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a
qualified national Native American organization to provide technical
assistance for rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided
further, That not to exceed $14,000,000 of the amount appropriated
under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified national
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical
assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not to
exceed $3,400,000 shall be for solid waste management grants: Provided
further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, the amount
equal to the amount of Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account
funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30,
2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as
Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural utilities programs
described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act: Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to
the funds made available under this heading: Provided further, That
any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community
Advancement Program account 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>rural electrification and telecommunications loans program
account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as
authorized by 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; 5 percent rural
telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural
telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to
section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans,
$295,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $30,000,000, which
shall be paid to the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries
and Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband
program</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including cancellation of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services
in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $15,000,000,
to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE IV</DELETED>
<DELETED>DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer
Services</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services,
$689,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Food and Nutrition Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>child nutrition programs</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21,
and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except
sections 17 and 21; $18,770,571,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2013, of which such sums as are made available under
section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and
available for the same time period and purposes as provided herein:
Provided, That of the total amount available, $16,516,000 shall be
available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided further, That section 14222(b)(1)
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 is amended by adding
at the end before the period, ``except section 21, and the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and
21''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and
children (wic)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses to carry out the special
supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,048,250,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1786(h)(10)), of the amounts made available under this heading, not
less than $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, not less than
$50,000,000 shall be used for management information systems, not less
than $75,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and
other related activities, and not less than $7,500,000 shall be used
for breastfeeding performance awards: Provided further, That none of
the funds provided in this account shall be available for the purchase
of infant formula except in accordance with the cost containment and
competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall be available
for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal
Government departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of
such Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>supplemental nutrition assistance program</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $71,173,308,000, of which
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2013, shall
be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as
may become necessary to carry out program operations: Provided, That
funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare
requirements as may be required by law: Provided further, That funds
made available for Employment and Training under this heading shall
remain available until expended, notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $1,000,000 may be used to
provide nutrition education services to state agencies and Federally
recognized tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on
Indian Reservations: Provided further, That funds made available under
this heading may be available to enter into contracts and employ staff
to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to
program integrity provided that such activities are authorized by the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.</DELETED>
<DELETED>commodity assistance program</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance
and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section
4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C.
612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special
assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section
103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003
(Public Law 108-188); and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as
authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966,
$192,500,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to remain available through
September 30, 2013: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities
donated to the program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal
year 2012 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,
2013: Provided further, That of the funds made available under section
27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the
Secretary may use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the
distribution of commodities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>nutrition programs administration</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and
Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance
program, $125,000,000: Provided, That of the funds provided herein,
$1,500,000 shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law
107-171, as amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110-246.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE V</DELETED>
<DELETED>FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS</DELETED>
<DELETED>Foreign Agricultural Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for representation allowances
and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3,
1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $175,000,000 (reduced by $2,500,000): Provided,
That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this
appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies,
public and private organizations and institutions under agreements
executed pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance
programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the
United States Agency for International Development: Provided further,
That funds made available for middle-income country training programs,
funds made available for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science
and Technology Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign
Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting
fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to
documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain
available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress
program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For administrative expenses to carry out the credit
program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480) and the Food
for Progress Act of 1985, $2,385,000, which shall be paid to the
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses'':
Provided, That funds made available for the cost of agreements under
title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be used
interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>food for peace title ii grants</DELETED>
<DELETED> For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480, as amended),
for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under
title II of said Act, $1,040,198,000, to remain available until
expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee
program account</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity
Credit Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,
$6,820,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section
11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,465,000 shall
be paid to the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service,
Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $355,000 shall be paid to the
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>mcgovern-dole international food for education and child
nutrition program grants</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7
U.S.C. 1736o-1), $180,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to
provide the services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of
implementing such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts
provided herein.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE VI</DELETED>
<DELETED>RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION</DELETED>
<DELETED>Department of Health and Human Services</DELETED>
<DELETED>food and drug administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug
Administration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor
vehicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to
Public Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug
Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of special
purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,
authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely
on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and
notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $3,654,148,000:
Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $856,041,000
shall be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 379h, and 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 2013 but collected in
fiscal year 2012; $67,118,000 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; $21,768,000 shall be
derived from animal drug user fees authorized by section 740 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-12), and shall be
credited to this account and remain available until expended;
$5,706,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user fees
authorized by section 741 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 379j-21), and shall be credited to this account and shall
remain available until expended; and $477,000,000 shall be derived from
tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s and shall be
credited to this account and remain available until expended;
$12,364,000 shall be derived from food and feed recall fees authorized
by section 743 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law
75-717), as amended by the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law
111-353), and shall be credited to this account and remain available
until expended; $14,700,000 shall be derived from food reinspection
fees authorized by section 743 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (Public Law 75-717), as amended by the Food Safety Modernization
Act (Public Law 111-353), and shall be credited to this account and
remain available until expended; and $36,000,000 shall be derived from
voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by section 743 of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75-717), as
amended by the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353), and
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended:
Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical
device, animal drug, animal generic drug, and tobacco product
assessments for fiscal year 2012 received during fiscal year 2012,
including any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2012 but credited
for fiscal year 2012, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2012
limitations: Provided further, That in addition and notwithstanding
any other provision under this heading, amounts collected for
prescription drug user fees that exceed the fiscal year 2012 limitation
are appropriated and shall be credited to this account and remain
available until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated: (1) $799,820,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of
Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,031,205,000 shall be for the Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the Office of
Regulatory Affairs; (3) $327,651,000 shall be for the Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $157,874,000 shall be for the
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $321,171,000 shall be for the Center
for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $51,461,000 shall be for the
National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $454,751,000 shall be
for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $124,273,000 shall
be for Rent and Related activities, of which $37,073,000 is for White
Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General Services
Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed $177,130,000 shall be for
payments to the General Services Administration for rent; and (10)
$208,812,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office of the
Commissioner; the Office of Foods; the Office of the Chief Scientist;
the Office of Policy, Planning and Budget; the Office of International
Programs; the Office of Administration; and central services for these
offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount
shall be for official reception and representation expenses, not
otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided
further, That funds may be transferred from one specified activity to
another with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C.
263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, and
priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n may be credited
to this account, to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>buildings and facilities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension,
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by
the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided,
$8,788,000, to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>INDEPENDENT AGENCIES</DELETED>
<DELETED>commodity futures trading commission</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include
multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
$171,930,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, including
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation
expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for consultations
and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental and
other regulatory officials.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Farm Credit Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>limitation on administrative expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not to exceed $62,000,000 (from assessments collected from
farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided,
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE VII</DELETED>
<DELETED>GENERAL PROVISIONS</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including cancellations, recissions and transfers of
funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of
Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be
available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided
for, of not to exceed 461 passenger motor vehicles, of which 456 shall
be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 702. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or
other available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant
and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial,
administrative, and information technology services of primary benefit
to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, That none
of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior notification
to the agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the funds
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall
be available for obligation without the prior notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided
further, That of annual income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of
the Department of Agriculture allocated for the National Finance
Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 4 percent for the
replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment
for the improvement and implementation of a financial management plan,
information technology, and other systems of the National Finance
Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National
Finance Center: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved
shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary submits
notification of the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That
the limitation on the obligation of funds pending notification to
Congressional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as
determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared
state of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the
National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National
Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of the National
Finance Center.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year unless expressly so provided herein.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used
to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or
similar arrangements between the Department of Agriculture and
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture
for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts:
the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural
Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program account, and the
Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 706. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 471).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 707. None of the funds made available to the
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new
information technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined
by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of
the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive
Information Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred
to the Office of the Chief Information Officer unless prior
notification has been transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds
available to the Department of Agriculture for information technology
shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of
written approval by the Chief Information Officer.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 708. Funds made available under section 1240I and
section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 524(b) of
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal
year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations made
in the current fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 709. 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 of 1936, or any
not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct
loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section
313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 710. 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) of such Act in
the form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise charged against
the grant, consistent with the indirect rate of cost approved for a
recipient.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 711. 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, 2013, for
information technology expenses.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 712. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize a
State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum
amount of liquid infant formula specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing
liquid infant formula to participants.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 713. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the
employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections
301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 714. In the case of each program established or
amended by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law
110-246), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such Act,
that is authorized or required to be carried out using funds of the
Commodity Credit Corporation--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and
related administrative expenses, including technical
assistance, associated with the implementation of the program,
without regard to the limitation on the total amount of
allotments and fund transfers contained in section 11 of the
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for
purposes of applying the limitation on the total amount of
allotments and fund transfers contained in such
section.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 715. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502
of the Housing Act of 1949, the Secretary may use the authority
described in subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 716. Clause (ii) of section 524(b)(4)(B) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is amended--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in the heading, by striking ``fiscal years
2008 through 2012'' and inserting ``certain fiscal years'';
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in the text, by striking ``2012'' and
inserting ``2014''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 717. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture
made available in fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007 to carry out
section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb)
for the cost of direct loans shall remain available until expended to
disburse valid obligations made in fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, and
2008.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a program under
subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv) of section 14222 of Public Law 110-246 in
excess of $948,000,000, as follows: Child Nutrition Programs
Entitlement Commodities - $465,000,000; State Option Contract -
$5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities - $2,500,000; Disaster
Relief - $5,000,000; Additional Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts Purchases
-$206,000,000; Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program - $20,000,000;
Estimated Future Needs - $196,713,000; and, Administrative Funds -
$47,787,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available in this
Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries and expenses to carry
out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110-246 in excess of
$20,000,000, including the transfer of funds under subsection (c) of
section 14222 of Public Law 110-246, until October 1, 2012: Provided
further, That $133,000,000 made available on October 1, 2012, to carry
out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110-246 shall be excluded
from the limitation described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(v) of section
14222 of Public Law 110-246: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall
be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the
Department of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to carry out clause (3) of section 32 of the Act of August
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), or for any surplus removal activities or
price support activities under section 5 of the Commodity Credit
Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, That of the available
unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(iv) of section 14222 of Public Law
110-246, $150,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 719. Of the funds made available by this Act, not
more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of
activities related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and
task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate
competitively awarded grants.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 720. None of the funds in this Act shall be
available to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural
research, education, or extension grant awards issued by the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 30 percent of total
Federal funds provided under each award: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds
provided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be available to pay full
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under section 9 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 721. None of the funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used to write, prepare, develop, or publish a final
rule or an interim final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to
implement, the proposed rule entitled ``Implementation of Regulations
Required Under Title XI of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of
2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act'' (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22,
2010)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 722. The unobligated balances available for the
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forestry Incentives Program, as
identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X3336, $5,500,000
are rescinded, and the unobligated balances available for the Natural
Resources Conservation Service, Great Plains Conservation Program, as
identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X2268, $500,000 are
rescinded.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 723. Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant
to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
$11,000,000 is hereby rescinded.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 724. Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838e(a)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
``2014''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 725. (a) Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-2(a)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and
inserting ``2014''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Section 1241(a)(6)(E) of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(6)(E)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year 2012''
and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 726. Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``2012,'' and inserting ``2012 (and fiscal year 2014
in the case of the programs specified in paragraphs (3)(B),
(4), (6), and (7)),''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking ``fiscal year
2012'' and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2012 through
2014''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 727. Section 1241(a)(7)(D) of the Food Security Act
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and
inserting ``2014''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 728. 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:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) The Conservation Stewardship Program
authorized by sections 1238D-1238G of the Food Security of Act
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d-3838g) in excess of
$634,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) The Watershed Rehabilitation program
authorized by section 14(h) of the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) The Environmental Quality Incentives Program
as authorized by sections 1241-1240H of the Food Security Act
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-3839aa-8) in excess of
$1,400,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) The Farmland Protection Program as authorized
by section 1238I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3838i) in excess of $150,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) The Grassland Reserve Program as authorized by
sections 1238O-1238Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3838o-3838q) in excess of 209,000 acres in fiscal year
2012.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) The Wetlands Reserve Program authorized by
sections 1237-1237F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3837-3837f) to enroll in excess of 185,800 acres in fiscal year
2012.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act authorized
by section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3839bb-1)) in excess of $50,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat
Incentives Program authorized by section 1240R of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-5).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program authorized
by section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (10) The Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels
authorized by section 9005 of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8105) in excess of
$55,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (11) The Rural Energy for America Program
authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (12) The Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance
Program authorized by section 6022 of the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2008s).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (13) Section 508(d)(3) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(3)) to provide a performance-
based premium discount in the crop insurance program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (14) Agricultural Management Assistance Program as
authorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1524) in excess of $2,500,000 for the Natural
Resources conservation Service.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 729. The funds made available in Public Law 111-344
through February 12, 2012 for trade adjustment for farmers are hereby
rescinded.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 730. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out the emergency food assistance
program authorized by section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Stamp Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) if such program exceeds
$200,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 731. (a) Closure and Conveyance of Agricultural
Research Service Facilities.--The Secretary of Agriculture may close up
to 10 facilities of the Agricultural Research Service, as proposed in
the budget of the President for fiscal year 2012 submitted to Congress
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Conveyance Authority.--With respect to an Agricultural
Research Service facility to be closed pursuant to subsection (a), the
Secretary of Agriculture may convey, with or without consideration, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any real
property, including improvements and equipment thereon, of the facility
to an eligible entity specified in subsection (c). If the Agricultural
Research Service facility consists of more than one parcel of real
property, the Secretary may convey each parcel separately and to
different eligible entities.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Entities.--The following entities are eligible to
receive real property under subsection (b):</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Land-grant colleges and universities (as
defined in section 1404(13) of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3103(13)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532
of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7
U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103-382)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and
universities (as defined in section 1404(10) of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(10)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Conditions on Receipt.--As a condition of the
conveyance of real property under subsection (b), the recipient of the
property must--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) be located in the same State or territory of
the United States in which the property is located;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) agree to accept and use the property for
agricultural and natural resources research for a minimum of 25
years.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 732. Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(l) Food Donation Program.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) In general.--Each school and local
educational agency participating in the school lunch program
under this Act may donate any food not consumed under such
program to eligible local food banks or charitable
organizations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Guidance.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the
Secretary shall develop and publish guidance to schools
and local educational agencies participating in the
school lunch program under this Act to assist such
schools and local educational agencies in donating food
under this subsection.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) Updates.--The Secretary shall update
such guidance as necessary.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) Liability.--Any school or local educational
agency making donations pursuant to this subsection shall be
exempt from civil and criminal liability to the extent provided
under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42
U.S.C. 1791).</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term
`eligible local food banks or charitable organizations' means
any food bank or charitable organization which is exempt from
tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 733. Notwithstanding this Act or any other Act, of
the unobligated balances available to the Department of Agriculture
from prior appropriations, with the exception of Rural Development and
Domestic Food Programs, $63,000,000 in appropriated discretionary funds
are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 734. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug
Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to
any non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human
Services employee questions or responses to questions that are a result
of information requested for the appropriations hearing
process.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 735. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current
fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds, or in the case of the
Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89-106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) creates new programs;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) eliminates a program, project, or
activity;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for
any project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) relocates an office or employees;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or
activities presently performed by Federal employees;</DELETED>
<DELETED>unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance
of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such
authority.</DELETED>
<DELETED> </DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by
previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that
remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal
year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming or use of
the authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess
of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) augments existing programs, projects, or
activities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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 Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies, in
writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of
such funds or the use of such authority.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
of Congress before implementing any program or activity not carried out
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is
funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 736. 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 2013
appropriations Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 737. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law,
none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for
broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the
prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or
funded by that executive branch agency.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 738. No employee of the Department of Agriculture
may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this act
to any other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days
unless the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed
by the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the period of assignment.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 739. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal
Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7
U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104-127); or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title
9, Code of Federal Regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 740. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or
cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan
guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted (or had an officer or
agent of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation
convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal or State
law within the preceding 24 months.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 741. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or
cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan
guarantee to, any corporation that any unpaid Federal tax liability
that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid
in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority
responsible for collecting the tax liability.</DELETED>
<DELETED>spending reduction account</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 742. The amount by which the applicable allocation
of new budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives under section 302(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority
is $0 (increased by $2,390,000).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 743. Each amount made available by titles I through
VI (other than an amount required to be made available by a provision
of law) is hereby reduced by 0.78 percent.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 744. None of the funds made available by this Act to
the Food and Drug Administration may be used to approve any application
submitted under section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 360b) for approval of genetically engineered
salmon.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 745. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to provide assistance under title II of the Food for Peace
Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) to the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (North Korea).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 746. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who provide
nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for mohair under section 1201 of
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
8731).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 747. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used by the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug
Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or any other
Federal Agency receiving funds under this Act to lease or purchase new
light duty vehicles, for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet
inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum-Federal
Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 748. The amount otherwise provided by this Act for
``Integrated Activities'' is hereby increased by, and the amount
otherwise provided by this Act for ``National Institute of Food and
Agriculture-research and education activities'' is hereby reduced (to
be derived from amounts for competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 22 450i(b)))
by, $4,400,000, respectively.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 749. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to enforce section 526 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140; 42 U.S.C. 17142).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 750. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to support any Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative
of the Department of Agriculture.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 751. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to provide payments (or to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel to provide payments) to the Brazil Cotton
Institute.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 752. For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized
by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, to remain
available until expended, there is hereby appropriated, and the amount
otherwise provided by this Act for payments to the General Services
Administration for rent under the heading ``Agriculture Buildings and
Facilities and Rental Payments'' is hereby reduced by,
$6,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 753. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used for mifepristone, commonly known as RU-486.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 754. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to promulgate
any final rules under paragraph (13) or (14) of section 2(a) of the
Commodity Exchange Act, as added by section 727 of the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, until 12 months after the
promulgation of final swap transaction reporting rules under section 21
of the Commodity Exchange Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 755. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to implement the Departmental Regulation of the Department
of Agriculture entitled ``Policy Statement on Climate Change
Adaptation'' (Departmental Regulation 1070-001 (June 3,
2011)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 756. For preventive measures authorized under the
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.)
and the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et
seq.), including research, engineering operations, methods of
cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of existing
structures, and changes in use of land, there is hereby appropriated,
and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for ``Agricultural
Programs--Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments'' is
reduced by, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 757. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used for the construction of an ethanol blender pump or an
ethanol storage facility.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2012''.</DELETED>
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other
purposes, namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
Production, Processing and Marketing
Office of the Secretary
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of
Agriculture, $4,798,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this
amount shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary.
Office of Tribal Relations
For necessary expenses of the Office of Tribal Relations, $473,000,
to support communication and consultation activities with Federally
Recognized Tribes, as well as other requirements established by law.
Executive Operations
office of the chief economist
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist,
$11,408,000.
national appeals division
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division,
$13,514,000.
office of budget and program analysis
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, $8,946,000.
office of homeland security and emergency coordination
For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security and
Emergency Coordination, $1,421,000.
Office of Advocacy and Outreach
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach,
$1,351,000.
Office of the Chief Information Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, $36,031,000.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, $5,935,000: Provided, That no funds made available by this
appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A-76 activities
until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the
Department's contracting out policies, including agency budgets for
contracting out.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights, $848,000.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $21,558,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration, $764,000.
Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments
(including transfers of funds)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public
Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of
authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department
of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the
Department which are included in this Act, and for alterations and
other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate
unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the
Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance,
improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and
for related costs, $230,416,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $164,470,000 shall be available for payments to the General
Services Administration for rent; of which $13,800,000 for payment to
the Department of Homeland Security for building security activities;
and of which $52,146,000 for buildings operations and maintenance
expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may use unobligated prior year
balances of an agency or office that are no longer available for new
obligation to cover shortfalls incurred in prior year rental payments
for such agency or office: Provided further, That the Secretary is
authorized to transfer funds from a Departmental agency to this account
to recover the full cost of the space and security expenses of that
agency that are funded by this account when the actual costs exceed the
agency estimate which will be available for the activities and payments
described herein.
Hazardous Materials Management
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,792,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management
may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in
meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-
Federal lands.
Departmental Administration
(including transfers of funds)
For Departmental Administration, $28,165,000, to provide for
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of the
Department and for general administration, security, repairs and
alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not
otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient
work of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C.
551-558.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this Act,
including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison
within the executive branch, $3,676,000: Provided, That these funds
may be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded
by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided
further, That no funds made available by this appropriation may be
obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless
the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency:
Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the Department by
this Act shall be available to the Department for support of activities
of congressional relations.
Office of Communications
For necessary expenses of the Office of Communications, $8,105,000.
Office of Inspector General
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$84,121,000, 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.
Office of the General Counsel
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
$39,345,000.
Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Research, Education and Economics, $848,000.
Economic Research Service
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service,
$77,723,000.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service, $152,616,000, of which up to $41,639,000 shall be available
until expended for the Census of Agriculture.
Agricultural Research Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for
acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal
cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the lands
exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership,
$1,094,647,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be
available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the
purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further,
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and
improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing
any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or
greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for
10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed
$750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement
value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided
further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act
shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the foregoing
limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry
out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That
funds may be received from any State, other political subdivision,
organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or
operating any research facility or research project of the Agricultural
Research Service, as authorized by law.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
research and education activities
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses,
$709,825,000, as follows: to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act
of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), $236,334,000; for grants for cooperative
forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a-7), $32,934,000; for
payments to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), $50,898,000,
provided that each institution receives no less than $1,000,000; for
special grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $4,181,000; for competitive grants
on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,830,000; for
competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)), $265,987,000, to remain
available until expended; for the support of animal health and disease
programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $2,944,000; for supplemental and alternative
crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $833,000; for grants for research
pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et
seq.), $1,081,000, 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), $1,801,000, to remain
available until expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C.
3333), $961,000; for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,774,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b); for a program pursuant to section 1415A of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3151a), $4,790,000, to remain available until expended; for
higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $5,530,000;
for a higher education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(5)), $1,239,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving
Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $9,219,000; 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, $3,194,000; for a secondary agriculture
education program and 2-year post-secondary education, (7 U.S.C.
3152(j)), $981,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,920,000;
for sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811),
$14,471,000; 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, $19,336,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b); for capacity building grants for non-land-grant colleges
of agriculture (7 U.S.C. 3319i), $5,000,000, to remain available until
expended; for competitive grants for policy research (7 U.S.C. 3155),
$4,000,000, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the enactment
of this Act; for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section
534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-382, $3,335,000; 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), $898,000; for distance education grants for insular areas
under section 1490 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362), $749,000; 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), $856,000; for a competitive grants program for farm
business management and benchmarking (7 U.S.C. 5925f), $1,497,000; for
a competitive grants program regarding biobased energy (7 U.S.C. 8114),
$2,246,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and Education
Activities, $11,006,000, of which $2,645,000 for the Research,
Education, and Economics Information System and $2,089,000 for the
Electronic Grants Information System, are to remain available until
expended.
native american institutions endowment fund
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by
Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to remain
available until expended.
Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities Endowment Fund
For the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities
Endowment Fund under section 1456 (7 U.S.C. 3243) of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
extension activities
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa, $478,179,000, as follows: payments for cooperative
extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public
Law 93-471, for retirement and employees' compensation costs for
extension agents, $295,800,000; payments for extension work at the 1994
Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)),
$4,312,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for
low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $67,934,000; payments
for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$9,918,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of
the Act, $4,610,000; payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension
under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,660,000; payments to upgrade
research, extension, and teaching facilities at institutions eligible
to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $19,730,000, to remain
available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,975,000; for youth farm safety
education and certification extension grants, to be awarded
competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $461,000; payments for
carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of
1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $3,929,000; payments for the federally
recognized Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith-
Lever Act, $3,039,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs
under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,696,000; payments for rural health
and safety education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92-
419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,735,000; payments for cooperative extension
work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221), $42,592,000, provided
that each institution receives no less than $1,000,000; 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, $400,000; and for necessary expenses
of Extension Activities, $8,388,000.
integrated activities
For the integrated research, education, and extension grants
programs, including necessary administrative expenses, $25,948,000, 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), $17,964,000, including $8,982,000 for the water
quality program, $2,994,000 for regional pest management centers,
$1,996,000 for the methyl bromide transition program, and $3,992,000
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, $998,000;
$998,000 for the regional rural development centers program; and
$5,988,000 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, 2013.
Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $848,000.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085),
$820,110,000, of which $1,000,000, to be available until expended,
shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant
diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds
(``contingency fund'') to the extent necessary to meet emergency
conditions; of which $17,848,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes or
for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which $7,000,000,
to remain available until expended, shall be for Animal Disease
Traceability; of which $891,000 shall be for activities under the
authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C.
1831); of which $48,733,000, to remain available until expended, shall
be used to support avian health; of which $4,474,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for information technology
infrastructure; of which $153,950,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which $9,068,000, to
remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland
ecosystem pests; of which $58,962,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $3,568,000, to
remain available until expended, shall be for the National Veterinary
Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for wildlife
services methods development; of which $1,500,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for the wildlife services damage management
program for aviation safety; and of which $5,000,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for the screwworm program: Provided
further, That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a
brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that does
not require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent:
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the
operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed
four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided further,
That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the
agricultural production industry of this country, the Secretary may
transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies
or corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary,
to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication
of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or
plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of
the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections
431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and
any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency
purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such
transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and
alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise
provided the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the
building.
In fiscal year 2012, 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 reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended,
without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or
services.
buildings and facilities
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance,
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase
of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,176,000, to
remain available until expended.
Agricultural Marketing Service
marketing services
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service,
$82,211,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current
replacement value of the building.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities,
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).
limitation on administrative expenses
Not to exceed $62,101,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided,
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)
(including transfers of funds)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7
U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for:
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish
and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in
this Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 for formulation and
administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act
of 1961.
payments to states and possessions
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section
204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,198,000.
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, $38,248,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10
percent of the current replacement value of the building.
Limitation on Inspection and Weighing Services Expenses
Not to exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services:
Provided, That if grain export activities require additional
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this
limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Food Safety, $770,000.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and
the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,006,503,000; and in
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees
collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by
section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the Public
Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time
equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2012 for
purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That the Food
Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementation of section
11016 of Public Law 110-246: Provided further, That this appropriation
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration
and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.
Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, $848,000.
Farm Service Agency
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, $1,181,781,000:
Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the services,
facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to make program payments for all programs administered by
the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available to the
Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with
this account: Provided further, That funds made available to county
committees shall remain available until expended.
state mediation grants
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $3,759,000.
grassroots source water protection program
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $3,817,000, to remain available until
expended.
dairy indemnity program
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to
dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy
indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such program is carried out by the
Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program described
in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387, 114
Stat. 1549A-12).
agricultural credit insurance fund program account
(including transfers of funds)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating (7
U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25
U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), 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,
$1,975,000,000, of which $1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized
guaranteed loans and $475,000,000 shall be for direct loans; operating
loans, $2,519,982,000, of which $1,500,000,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, and $1,019,982,000 shall be for direct
loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $2,000,000; guaranteed
conservation loans, $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land
loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans,
$100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the pink
bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication
program loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as follows: direct farm ownership loans, $22,800,000;
operating loans, $83,525,000, of which $26,100,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, and $57,425,000 shall be for direct
loans; and Indian highly fractionated land loans, $193,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $297,237,000, of which
$289,728,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance
Fund Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conservation
direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these
programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any
transfer.
Risk Management Agency
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $74,900,000:
Provided, That the funds made available under section 522(e) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be used for the
Common Information Management System: Provided further, That not to
exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to
make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law,
and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or
agency, except as hereinafter provided.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, to remain
available until expended.
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
reimbursement for net realized losses
(including transfers of funds)
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses
sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the
Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11): Provided, That of the
funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of
the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the
conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to
$5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural
Service for information resource management activities of the Foreign
Agricultural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit
Corporation business.
hazardous waste management
(limitation on expenses)
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall
not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
6961).
TITLE II
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, $848,000.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
conservation operations
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural
related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers;
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information;
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost
not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,
$828,159,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided,
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and public
improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of
alterations and improvements to other buildings and other public
improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when
buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the
right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.
TITLE III
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Rural Development, $848,000.
Rural Development Salaries and Expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and
implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission area,
including activities with institutions concerning the development and
operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;
$182,023,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds appropriated under this section may be used for advertising
and promotional activities that support the Rural Development mission
area: Provided further, That not more than $5,000 may be expended to
provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided
further, That any balances available from prior years for the Rural
Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business--
Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred
to and merged with this appropriation.
Rural Housing Service
rural housing insurance fund program account
(including transfers of funds)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949,
to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as
follows: $24,900,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, of which
$900,000,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $24,000,000,000
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $10,000,000 for section 504
housing repair loans; $64,478,000 for section 515 rental housing;
$130,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans;
$10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing acquired
property; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land
development loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $42,570,000 shall be for
direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $1,421,000; and repair,
rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing,
$22,000,000: Provided, That hereafter, the Secretary may charge a
guarantee fee of up to 4 percent on section 502 guaranteed loans:
Provided further, That to support the loan program level for section
538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading the Secretary
may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan
guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990
(2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be
subsidized: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated in
this paragraph, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing
Insurance Fund Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for
Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall
be available through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones:
Provided further, That any balances for a demonstration program for the
preservation and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family rental
housing properties as authorized by Public Law 109-97, Public Law 110-
5, and Public Law 111-80 shall be transferred to and merged with the
``Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program
Account''.
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts,
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $16,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and
domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts: Provided, That any
balances available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be
transferred and merged with this account.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $430,800,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries
and Expenses''.
rental assistance program
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant
to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements entered into in
lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949,
$904,653,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as
authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount not
less than $2,000,000 is available for newly constructed units financed
by section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, and not less than $2,000,000
is for newly constructed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of
the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That rental assistance
agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall
be funded for a 1-year period: Provided further, That any unexpended
balances remaining at the end of such 1-year agreements may be
transferred and used for the purposes of any debt reduction;
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects;
preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized under title V
of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided under
agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2012 for a farm labor
multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the
Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until such
assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months,
if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance
or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not
receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such recaptured
rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to
another farm labor multifamily housing project financed under section
514 or 516 of the Act.
multi-family housing revitalization program account
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under section
542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding subsection (b) of
such section, and for additional costs to conduct a demonstration
program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental
housing properties described in this paragraph, $13,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $11,000,000, shall be available for rural housing
vouchers to any low-income household (including those not receiving
rental assistance) residing in a property financed with a section 515
loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided
further, That the amount of such voucher shall be the difference
between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant
paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That funds made available
for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual
appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing
vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines
that the amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is
not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for the
demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-
family rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$2,000,000 shall be available for a demonstration program for the
preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516
multi-family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA
multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate,
expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient
resources to preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and
affordable housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including
reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments,
subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial
assistance including advances, payments and incentives (including the
ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall as part
of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive
use agreement consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided
further, That if the Secretary determines that additional funds for
vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, funds for the
preservation and revitalization demonstration program may be used for
such vouchers: Provided further, That if Congress enacts legislation
to permanently authorize a multi-family rental housing loan
restructuring program similar to the demonstration program described
herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for the
demonstration program under this heading to carry out such legislation
with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That in addition to any other
available funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000
total, from the program funds made available under this heading, for
administrative expenses for activities funded under this heading.
mutual and self-help housing grants
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated under
this heading, the amount equal to the amount of Mutual and Self- Help
Housing Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through
June 30, 2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of
Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
rural housing assistance grants
(including transfer of funds)
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing repair,
supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for construction
defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m,
$34,271,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
total amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the
amount of Rural Housing Assistance Grants allocated by the Secretary
for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011,
shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones:
Provided further, That any balances to carry out a housing
demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation
of low-income multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public Law
108-447 and Public Law 109-97 shall be transferred to and merged with
the ``Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization
Program Account''.
rural community facilities program account
(including transfers of funds)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans as
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $1,300,000,000.
For the cost of grants for rural community facilities programs as
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $26,274,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $4,242,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be available for a Rural
Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That such funds
shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private,
nonprofit community-based housing and community development
organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized
Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing,
community facilities, community and economic development projects in
rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made available
to qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations
proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical assistance:
Provided further, That such intermediary organizations shall provide
matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related
activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided
further, That $5,938,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with
extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106-
387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in
the State rural development offices: Provided further, That $3,369,000
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for
community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by
section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of
Rural Community Facilities Program Account funds allocated by the
Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year
2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones for the rural community programs described in section
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:
Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made
available under this heading: Provided further, That any prior
balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program
account for programs authorized by section 306 and described in section
381E(d)(1) of such Act be transferred and merged with this account and
any other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community
Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is
appropriate to transfer.
Rural Business--Cooperative Service
rural business program account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural business
development programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described
in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, $79,665,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not to
exceed $475,000 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 $2,900,000
shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et
seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as described
in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
of which not more than 5 percent may be used for administrative
expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated
under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally
Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a
qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for
rural transportation in order to promote economic development:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading,
the amount equal to the amount of Rural Business Program Account funds
allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones
for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural business and cooperative
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That
sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act are not applicable to funds made available under this heading:
Provided further, That any prior balances in the Rural Development,
Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs authorized by
sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3)
of such Act be transferred and merged with this account and any other
prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement
Program account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to
transfer.
rural development loan fund program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the
Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), $20,661,000. For the
cost of direct loans, $7,000,000, as authorized by the Rural
Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which $1,000,000 shall be
available through June 30, 2012, for Federally Recognized Native
American Tribes and of which $2,000,000 shall be available through June
30, 2012, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in
accordance with Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That of the total amount appropriated under this heading, the amount
equal to the amount of Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account
funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30,
2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as
Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan programs, $4,684,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
rural economic development loans program account
(including rescission of funds)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects,
$33,077,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit
payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act
of 1936, $155,000,000 shall not be obligated and $155,000,000 are
rescinded.
rural cooperative development grants
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section
310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1932), $27,915,000, of which $2,250,000 shall be for cooperative
agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas
program: Provided, That not to exceed $2,938,000 shall be for grants
for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups
of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority
of the boards of directors or governing boards of which are comprised
of individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of
which $16,005,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
value-added agricultural product market development grants, as
authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of
2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).
rural energy for america program
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and grants, under the
same terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $4,500,000:
Provided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Rural Utilities Service
rural water and waste disposal program account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for the
rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management
programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B
and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $509,295,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $422,000 shall be
available for the rural utilities program described in section
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed $844,000 shall be
available for the rural utilities program described in section 306E of
such Act: Provided, That $67,200,000 of the amount appropriated under
this heading shall be for loans and grants including water and waste
disposal systems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally recognized
Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, That
funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to
section 325 of Public Law 105-83: Provided further, That not more than
2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alaska for
training and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 percent
of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to
section 325 of Public Law 105-83 for training and technical assistance
programs: Provided further, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical
assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section
306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of
extreme need, of which $5,750,000 shall be made available for a grant
to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional technical assistance
organization, with experience in working with small communities on
water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant
shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less,
in improving the planning, financing, development, operation, and
management of water and waste water systems, and of which not less than
$800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American organization
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal
communities: Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting with
qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide
technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That
of the amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the
amount of Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account funds
allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones
for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural utilities programs
described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and merged
with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to
provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification
Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior year
balances for high cost energy grants authorized by section 19 of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred
to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Costs
Grants Account: Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the
funds made available under this heading: Provided further, That any
prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement
Program account programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D,
306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and
381E(d)(2) of such Act be transferred to and merged with this account
and any other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural
Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is
appropriate to transfer.
rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account
(including transfer of funds)
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized
by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural
electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306
of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting
loans pursuant to section 313A, $424,286,000; 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.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, as follows: $594,000 for guaranteed underwriting loans authorized
by section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
940c-1).
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $36,382,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program
For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans,
$282,686,000.
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $28,570,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made
available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act: Provided further, That $3,000,000 shall be made
available to those noncommercial educational television broadcast
stations that serve rural areas and are qualified for Community Service
Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k)
of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated translators and
repeaters, regardless of the location of their main transmitter,
studio-to-transmitter links, and equipment to allow local control over
digital content and programming through the use of high definition
broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting technologies.
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 of
the Rural Electrification Act, $8,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until expended, for a
grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural areas eligible
for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7
U.S.C. 950aaa.
TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, $770,000.
Food and Nutrition Service
child nutrition programs
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections
17 and 21; $18,151,176,000, to remain available through September 30,
2013, of which such sums as are made available under section
14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public
Law 110-246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and
available for the same time period and purposes as provided herein:
Provided, That the total amount available, $1,000,000 shall be
available to implement section 23 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq): Provided further, That section 14222(b)(1) of
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 is amended by adding at
the end before the period, ``except section 21, and the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21''.
special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
(wic)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,582,497,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding section
17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)),
of the amounts made available under this heading, not less than
$60,000,000 shall be used for breast-feeding peer counselors and other
related activities: Provided further, That funds made available for
the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B) shall only be made
available upon a determination by the Secretary that funds are
available to meet caseload requirements: Provided further, That none
of the funds provided in this account shall be available for the
purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost
containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in section
17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
shall be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by
other Federal Government departments or agencies unless authorized by
section 17 of such Act.
supplemental nutrition assistance program
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $80,402,722,000, of which $3,000,000,000,
to remain available through September 30, 2013, shall be placed in
reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become
necessary to carry out program operations: Provided, That funds
provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading, $1,000,000 may be used to provide
nutrition education services to state agencies and Federally recognized
tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be
subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be
required by law: Provided further, That funds made available for
Employment and Training under this heading shall remain available until
expended, notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008: Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct
studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program
integrity provided that such activities are authorized by the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008.
commodity assistance program
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and the
Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section 4(a) of
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c
note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance
for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
188); and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by
section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $242,336,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2013: Provided, That none of
these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for commodities donated to the program: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with funds
made available in fiscal year 2011 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, 2013: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for
costs associated with the distribution of commodities.
nutrition programs administration
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition
Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance program,
$140,130,000: Provided, That$2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes
of section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, as amended by section 4401 of
Public Law 110-246.
TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Foreign Agricultural Service
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service,
including not to exceed $158,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7
U.S.C. 1766), $176,347,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize
advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures
made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organizations
and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural
food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign
assistance programs of the United States Agency for International
Development: Provided further, That funds made available for middle-
income country training programs and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign
Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting
fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to
documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain
available until expended.
food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program
account
(including transfers of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program of
title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480) and the Food for
Progress Act of 1985, $2,666,000, shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses'': Provided, That funds made available for the cost of
agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may
be used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice to
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
food for peace title ii grants
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480, as amended),
for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under
title II of said Act, $1,562,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition
program grants
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3107
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-
1), $188,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services,
facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing such
section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided herein.
commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program
account
(including transfers of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit
Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,
$6,465,000; 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 $6,129,000 shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $336,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration,
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of
space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313 for
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the
District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency
expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's
certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of
Public Law 107-188; $3,859,402,000: Provided, That of the amount
provided under this heading, $702,172,000 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 2013 but collected in fiscal year 2012;
$57,605,000 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; $21,768,000 shall be derived from animal drug
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this
account and remain available until expended; $5,706,000 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; $477,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s and shall be credited to this account
and remain available until expended; $12,364,000 shall be derived from
food and feed recall fees authorized by section 743 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75-717), as amended by the
Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353), and shall be
credited to this account and remain available until expended;
$14,700,000 shall be derived from food reinspection fees authorized by
section 743 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75-
717), as amended by the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-
353), and shall be credited to this account and remain available until
expended; and $71,066,000 shall be derived from voluntary qualified
importer program fees authorized by section 743 of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75-717), as amended by the Food
Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353), and shall be credited to
this account and remain available until expended: Provided further,
That in addition and notwithstanding any other provision under this
heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees that exceed
the fiscal year 2012 limitation are appropriated and shall be credited
to this account and remain available until expended: Provided
further, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical device,
animal drug, animal generic drug, and tobacco product assessments for
fiscal year 2012 received during fiscal year 2012, including any such
fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2012 but credited for fiscal year
2012, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2012 limitations: Provided
further, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, establish,
or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1)
$944,979,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (2) $978,205,000 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 $52,947,000 shall be available for the
Office of Generic Drugs; (3) $328,886,000 shall be for the Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $166,365,000 shall be for the
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $356,659,000 shall be for the Center
for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $60,039,000 shall be for the
National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $454,751,000 shall be
for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $133,879,000 shall
be for Rent and Related activities, of which $43,981,000 is for White
Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General Services
Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed $209,392,000 shall be for
payments to the General Services Administration for rent; and (10)
$226,247,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office of the
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods, the Office of
Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory
Policy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist,
and central services for these offices: Provided further, That not to
exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by
the Commissioner: Provided further, That funds be may transferred from
one specified activity to another with the prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b,
export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, and
priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n may be credited
to this account, to remain available until expended.
buildings and facilities
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension,
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by
the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided,
$8,982,000, to remain available until expended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
Farm Credit Administration
limitation on administrative expenses
Not to exceed $62,000,000 (from assessments collected from farm
credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided,
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships.
TITLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including rescissions and transfers of funds)
Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of
Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be
available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided
for, of not to exceed 204 passenger motor vehicles, of which 170 shall
be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.
Sec. 702. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated
balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other
available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant
and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial,
administrative, and information technology services of primary benefit
to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, That none
of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of
the agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the funds
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall
be available for obligation without written notification to and the
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by
this Act or made available to the Department's Working Capital Fund
shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes to
the Department's National Finance Center without written notification
to and prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress as required by section 711 of this Act: Provided
further, That of annual income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of
the Department of Agriculture allocated for the National Finance
Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 4 percent for the
replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment
for the improvement and implementation of a financial management plan,
information technology, and other systems of the National Finance
Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National
Finance Center: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved
shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary submits written
notification of the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That
the limitation on the obligation of funds pending notification to
Congressional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as
determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared
state of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the
National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National
Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of the National
Finance Center.
Sec. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay
negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.
Sec. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current
fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts:
the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural
Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program account, and the
Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.
Sec. 706. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act
(21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act
(21 U.S.C. 471).
Sec. 707. None of the funds made available to the Department of
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information
Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the
Chief Information Officer without written notification to and the prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds available to the
Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated
for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the
Chief Information Officer.
Sec. 708. Funds made available under section 1240I and section
1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 524(b) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal
year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations made
in the current fiscal year.
Sec. 709. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct
or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act, or any not-for-
profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan
under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section
313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such
Act.
Sec. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the
purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none of the funds in this
or any other Act may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind
support from non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) in the form of
unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise charged against the grant,
consistent with the indirect rate of cost approved for a recipient.
Sec. 711. 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, 2013, for information
technology expenses.
Sec. 712. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize a State
agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum amount
of liquid infant formula specified in 7 C.F.R. 246.10 when issuing
liquid infant formula to participants.
Sec. 713. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act or any
other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more than
30 days unless the individual's employing agency or office is fully
reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and
expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
Sec. 714. In the case of each program established or amended by
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246),
other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or
programs for which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act that is
authorized or required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation--
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related
administrative expenses, including technical assistance,
associated with the implementation of the program, without
regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and
fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be
considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of
applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and
fund transfers contained in such section.
Sec. 715. Funds provided by this Act may be used notwithstanding
the requirements of 7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(1).
Sec. 716. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural Development office unless
or until the Secretary of Agriculture determines the cost effectiveness
and/or enhancement of program delivery: Provided, That not later than
120 days before the date of the proposed closure or relocation, the
Secretary notifies in writing the Committees on Appropriation of the
House and Senate, and the members of Congress from the State in which
the office is located of the proposed closure or relocation and
provides a report that describes the justifications for such closures
and relocations.
Sec. 717. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture made
available in fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007 to carry out section 601
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) for the cost
of direct loans shall remain available until expended to disburse valid
obligations.
Sec. 718. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 2012 or
preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under the Food for Peace
Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 shall be used to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible
commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian
Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f-1): Provided, That any such funds made
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be
used pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson
Humanitarian Trust Act.
Sec. 719. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than
$1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate
competitively awarded grants.
Sec. 720. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, school food
authorities which received a grant for equipment assistance under the
grant program carried out pursuant to the heading ``Food and Nutrition
Service Child Nutrition Programs'' in title I of division A of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) shall
be eligible to receive a grant under section 749 (j) of the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-80).
Sec. 721. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to carry out
section 1621 of Public Law 110-246.
Sec. 722. There is hereby appropriated $600,000 to the Farm
Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate the use of
new technologies that increase the rate of growth of re-forested
hardwood trees on private non-industrial forests lands, enrolling lands
on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane
Katrina in 2005.
Sec. 723. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that
remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal
year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds, or in the case of the Department of
Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by section 702(b) of
the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or
section 8 of Public Law 89-106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that--
(1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;
(4) relocates an office or employees;
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities
presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Secretary
of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in
advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such
authority.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act,
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities,
programs, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities
referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or
10 percent, whichever 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
Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at
least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or
the use of such authority.
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall notify in writing the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress before implementing any 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.
(d) As described in this section, no funds may be used for any
activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of
Health and Human Services receives in writing from the Committee on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress confirmation of receipt of
the notification required in this section.
Sec. 724. 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 2013 appropriations Act.
Sec. 725. The Secretary may reserve, through April 1, 2012, up to
5 percent of the funding available for the following items for projects
in areas that are engaged in strategic regional development planning as
defined by the Secretary: business and industry guaranteed loans; rural
development loan fund; rural business enterprise grants; rural business
opportunity grants; rural economic development program; rural
microenterprise program; biorefinery assistance program; rural energy
for America program; value-added producer grants; broadband program;
water and waste program; and rural community facilities program
Sec. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out the following:
(1) The Conservation Stewardship Program authorized by
sections 1238D-1238G of the Food Security of Act 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3838d-3838g) in excess of $809,000,000;
(2) The Watershed Rehabilitation program authorized by
section 14(h) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h));
(3) The Environmental Quality Incentives Program as
authorized by sections 1240-1240H of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-3839aa-8) in excess of $1,400,000,000:
Provided, That up to $20,000,000 of the funds made available
for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program as authorized
by sections 1240-1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3839aa-3839aa(8)) may be transferred to a program as
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1301-1311 to enroll agricultural lands
that experienced significant flooding, as determined by the
Secretary, in calendar year 2011: Provided further, That no
more than $10,000,000 may be used for agreements entered into
with owners or operators in any one State;
(4) The Farmland Protection Program as authorized by
section 1238I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3838i) in excess of $150,000,000;
(5) The Grassland Reserve Program as authorized by sections
1238O-1238Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838o-
3838q) in excess of 140,907 acres in fiscal year 2012;
(6) The Wetlands Reserve Program authorized by sections
1237-1237F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837-
3837f) to enroll in excess of 185,800 acres in fiscal year
2012;
(7) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act authorized by
section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3839bb-1)) in excess of $50,000,000;
(8) The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives
Program authorized by section 1240R of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-5);
(9) The Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels authorized
by section 9005 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8105) in excess of $75,000,000;
(10) The Rural Energy for America Program authorized by
section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107) in excess of $34,000,000;
(11) Section 508(d)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
U.S.C. 1508(d)(3)) to provide a performance-based premium
discount in the crop insurance program;
(12) Agricultural Management Assistance Program as
authorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1524) in excess of $2,500,000 for the Natural
Resources Conservation Service; and
(13) A program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv) of section
14222 of Public Law 110-246 in excess of $948,000,000, as
follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities--
$465,000,000; State Option Contracts--$5,000,000; Removal of
Defective Commodities--$2,500,000: Provided, That none of the
funds made available in this Act or any other Act shall be used
for salaries and expenses to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as amended by
section 4304 of Public Law 110-246 in excess of $20,000,000,
including the transfer of funds under subsection (c) of section
14222 of Public Law 110-246, until October 1, 2012: Provided
further, That $133,000,000 made available on October 1, 2012,
to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of Public
Law 110-246 shall be excluded from the limitation described in
subsection (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 14222 of Public Law 110-246:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be used
to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the
Department of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74-320, 7
U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal activities
or price support activities under section 5 of the Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, That of the
available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(iv) of section
14222 of Public Law 110-246, $150,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
Sec. 727. Hereafter, notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the
Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business and
industry loan in an amount that does not exceed 3 percent of the
guaranteed principal portion of the loan.
Sec. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug
Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to
any non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human
Services employee questions or responses to questions that are a result
of information requested for the appropriations hearing process.
Sec. 729. (a) Clause (ii) of section 524(b)(4)(B) of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``fiscal years 2008 through
2012'' and inserting ``certain fiscal years''; and
(2) in the text, by striking ``2012'' and inserting
``2014''.
(b) Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3838e(a)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2014''.
(c) Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3839aa-2(a)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2014''.
(d) Section 1241(a)(6)(E) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3841(a)(6)(E)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year 2012'' and
inserting ``each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014''.
(e) Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3841(a)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``2012,'' and inserting ``2012 (and fiscal year 2014 in the
case of the programs specified in paragraphs (3)(B), (4), (6),
and (7)),''; and
(2) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking ``fiscal year 2012''
and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014''.
(f) Section 1241(a)(7)(D) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
``2014''.
Sec. 730. Any unobligated funds included under Treasury symbol
codes 12X3336, 12X2268, 12X0132, 12X2271, 12X2277, 12X1404, 12X1501,
and 12X1336 are hereby rescinded.
Sec. 731. Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to section
16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, $11,000,000 are
hereby rescinded.
Sec. 732. There is hereby appropriated for the ``Emergency
Conservation Program'', for expenses resulting from a major disaster
designation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), $78,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That this amount is designated by
Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
(Public Law 99-177), as amended: Provided further, That there is hereby
appropriated for the ``Emergency Forest Restoration Program'', for
expenses resulting from a major disaster designation pursuant to the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5122(2)), $49,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided further, That this amount is designated by Congress as being
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177),
as amended: Provided further, That there is hereby appropriated for the
``Emergency Watershed Protection Program'', for expenses resulting from
a major disaster designation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)),
$139,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided further,
That this amount is designated by Congress as being for disaster relief
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended.
Sec. 733. Unobligated balances not to exceed $31,000,000 for the
``Emergency Watershed Protection Program'' provided in Public Law 108-
199, Public Law 109-234, and Public Law 110-28 shall be available for
the purposes of such program for disasters occurring in 2011, and shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That the amounts made
available by this section are designated by Congress as being for an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law
99-177), as amended.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2012''.
Calendar No. 155
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2112
[Report No. 112-73]
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
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June 16, 2011
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
September 7, 2011
Reported with an amendment