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:
<enum>I</enum>
<appropriations-major id="H6B2C8C09E7F24F2589F89F56C2AE68EB"><header> AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H07A9024FE1974689AF2042B1ED47DAD1"><header>Production, Processing and
Marketing</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="ID024E9F344E8849109F02F696AE8AEAC0"><header>Office of the
Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture,
$4,293,000 (increased by
$136,070,000) (reduced by
$136,070,000):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$11,000 of this amount shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H5B465CAB1D6141278D0D3E889835A4AA"><header>Office of Tribal
Relations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H414E66D436924DAA991EB4E18A8B88BB"><header>Executive
Operations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H9B928B2D1CDE44D0B0D1AB2E6C8E8518"><header>Office of the Chief
Economist</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist,
$10,707,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H588C1FF170D043389020AD215C9C24A5"><header>National Appeals
Division</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the National Appeals Division,
$12,091,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H9127764AE3724DF29B3C65AF171E24D5"><header>Office of Budget and Program
Analysis</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
$8,004,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="idC65137D9F43441E8B1DCC03D279E1BD3"><header>Office of Homeland
Security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Homeland Security,
$1,272,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H9D500A9D855C4F6486DFE152552C75A9"><header>Office of Advocacy and
Outreach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach,
$1,209,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H33A223AED0304154B814AC1C643A1E53"><header>Office of the Chief Information
Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Information Officer,
$35,000,000 (reduced by
$1,000,000).</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H2AEDE3C1F1F84D7595BABEC050AAAECA"><header>Office of the Chief Financial
Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
$5,310,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H0E8807147997418887A2555B441C53DA"><header>Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,
$760,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H097410DF9F524C9ABC49B0138059811F"><header>Office of Civil
Rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of Civil Rights,
$19,288,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H48ED23AD46FF480E8DC63AC0C46BEB6A"><header>Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Administration,
$683,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H3A7741AC6F4F4FDD9A149A86E8231F10"><header>Agriculture Buildings and
Facilities and Rental payments</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HC80A35007E94449EBBD45466C89DF1C2"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of space
rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities
pursuant to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator of General
Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary may
use unobligated balances from prior years to cover shortfalls incurred in prior
year rental payments:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds from a Departmental agency to
this account to recover the full cost of the space and security expenses of
that agency that are funded by this account when the actual costs exceed the
agency estimate which will be available for the activities and payments
described herein.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HA167C8EF965B4268A56954203B65D278"><header>Hazardous Materials
Management</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HA517E2ACA99143C4B962DD11A968855F"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Department of Agriculture, to comply with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.),
$3,393,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That appropriations and
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may
be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all
requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non–Federal
lands.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HA0D05AF8BFFC4D21BE63A06965AFC551"><header>Departmental
Administration</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H42EAD38FAF5F4F4FA67E1B641116F1FD"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HFCB02CE7DDE64CB69C381F387C618962"><header>Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Relations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H195E0BF28F304869B08443AEB40A50BC"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry
out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch,
$3,289,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That these funds may be
transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to
maintain personnel at the agency level;<proviso><italic> Provided
further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
no other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be available to
the Department for support of congressional relations
activities.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H84BB52A9AB284782BD078D226ED58715"><header>Office of
Communications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Communications,
$8,058,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H154A24A63E3F4765B6AACACF6A807BB2"><header>Office of Inspector
General</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the
Inspector General Act of 1978, $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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H86019CD5BA334EC5ABAD7EFDF9B505B1"><header>Office of the General
Counsel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the General Counsel,
$35,204,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HEE1D13012562479098907754813FCED4"><header>Office of the Under Secretary
for Research, Education and Economics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics,
$760,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H186F88080DBB448AAC1EA0F5DE5534B9"><header>Economic Research
Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Economic Research Service,
$70,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HD3C32237F67B404082DB928BAFD7C226"><header>National Agricultural Statistics
Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H72E1A898E98F47109BEBD1CBECB54DF2"><header>Agricultural Research
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H7E14B5CA1DBA49778DDA5430DE6EF254"><header>Salaries and
Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for acquisition of lands by
donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed
$100, and for land exchanges where the lands
exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money
to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land
or interests transferred out of Federal ownership,
$993,345,000 (increased by
$2,000,000):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and
the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to
modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds may be received from any State, other political subdivision,
organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any
research facility or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as
authorized by law.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HADE6C1C9623E445899757EAC52A210EC"><header>National Institute of Food and
Agriculture</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HC98F2494D97B4B638F9FCCD85C405586"><header>Research and Education
Activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research,
for facilities, and for other expenses,
$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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HDB5BD0CB087D421B904297BF41C0C61E"><header>Native American Institutions
Endowment Fund</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H934D50E83C9D49049BEDE90788900430"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Native American Institutions
Endowment Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note),
$11,880,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HEA33165E71844212ABE6E7911D7BFA16"><header>Extension
Activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and American Samoa,
$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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H547B1BBC26FF4C958B120DB4190286E8"><header>Integrated
Activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H3C48C302319E49CB941BBE4ABA8A2B27"><header>Office of the Under Secretary
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs,
$760,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H8999923EDF8449568B4273CB6EEE1196"><header>Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HBEC1574A790A4C73903F31A9B3FC5616"><header>Salaries and
Expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H7FAC40BE9EED4B819D5527EEDCCF03B0"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including up to
$30,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085),
$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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for
the repair and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless
otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the
building.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H05BC24A4169B478FB7F19B3564CE2457"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HC5BE237C0B4E4C72A48ACF1C56F1E5CD"><header>Buildings and
Facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans,
construction, repair, preventive maintenance, environmental support,
improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or
facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,200,000, to
remain available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HF5F1AB6520254D05BD929E261741AB87"><header>Agricultural Marketing
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H3A4E3D8F45C442B796290ED986384311"><header>Marketing Services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Marketing Service, $77,500,000 (increased by
$300,000):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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).</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H2B0C4F1FA46845809694E20ADA3934A7"><header>Limitation on Administrative
Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$61,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That if crop size is
understated and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H9422D63601ED4A80ABE9FA4C0D464574"><header>Funds for Strengthening Markets,
Income, and Supply (section 32)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H74E454E47229400FA27CDA32F812AD43"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds available under
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only
for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as
authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers
otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than
$20,056,000 for formulation and administration
of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of
1961.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HAABD2AD35CA0411993259E616DB100C3"><header>Payments to States and
Possessions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H6C2ABFEDEC144691B9A81959BD67A083"><header>Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H6C3D712521C647D7A730BB7CF07E8B11"><header>Salaries and
Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,
$37,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this appropriation
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and
repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement
value of the building.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H990D684EF1D041E0B553FACE02A417FB"><header>Limitation on Inspection and
Weighing Services Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not
to exceed $47,500,000 (from fees collected)
shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing
services:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That if grain export
activities require additional supervision and oversight, or other
uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10
percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HFEAABE5E76A64E718627148B6DD5E1E2"><header>Office of the Under Secretary
for Food Safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety,
$689,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H424B3E1AF7D94F558C625F15CE664E6F"><header>Food Safety and Inspection
Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out services authorized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the
Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including
not to exceed $50,000 for representation
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3,
1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $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):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds provided for
the Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain
available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H36B0998D178A4725A82FC96A56A593BC"><header>Office of the Under Secretary
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
$760,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HD1C945A612DF461194242D8A9F5584EE"><header>Farm Service
Agency</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H34EB685308A4441A9BAB1ACB38DEBE51"><header>Salaries and
Expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB739B8E5F3114B599F968A1E80279B22"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Farm Service Agency, $1,176,500,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
other funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may be
advanced to and merged with this account:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds made available to county committees shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HA6E0B7758E054771A7042D539DB58705"><header>State Mediation
Grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants pursuant to
section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C.
5101–5106),
$3,550,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB6AB0DCA2BBA4B83AFC1CC25D1903A43"><header>Grassroots Source Water
Protection Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater protection activities
under section 1240O of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2),
$3,605,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB50ACD30EC6241798FA26C65E7D6FC4A"><header>Dairy Indemnity
Program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H4A1439F8F88947029F779D4902BF74A3"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
involved in making indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of
dairy products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary,
to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such program is
carried out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program
described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat.
1549A–12).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6B288BD5F5844E0D957ACBF6EEB81613"><header>Agricultural Credit Insurance
Fund Program Account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF19E7B2891CE4C4DAB08423655A79717"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922
et seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land
acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989),
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary shall
deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil
eradication program loans.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans 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.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses</quote>.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act to the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and
conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these
programs:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in
advance of any transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H4CE4B5CD4FDD4EA09704364EFF87EC0C"><header>Risk Management
Agency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Risk Management Agency, $68,016,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1506(i).</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-major id="H575A927E874442CCA35CBE0E2842E166"><header>Corporations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following corporations and agencies are
hereby authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget
for the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as
hereinafter provided.</text>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H96D377013B384E1D98E5631A18BEABE9"><header>Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments
as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516),
such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H297BFD7BE3A845F18197AB334DE7918A"><header>Commodity Credit Corporation
Fund</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H82708CE568D343979DD3BB64EA2B9B4A"><header>Reimbursement for Net Realized
Losses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HFFA3F05739D7495CB77EF153E8FD892C"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed,
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H5FBEF0ADBC2F41ADA8F9C2117D64F36B"><header>Hazardous Waste
Management</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB2C0697355344AE78D77A6B9EC3895D7"><header>(limitation on
expenses)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the current
fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not expend more than
$5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
6961).</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>II</enum>
<appropriations-major id="H2F738698BAA3461A99FAEDB0010A68B8"><header>Conservation
Programs</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="IDF1FC8500CCA44AF2982B212A9B18C51E"><header>Office of the Under Secretary
for Natural Resources and Environment</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="IDE4706A1979884C08B86B6DE7507D56B7"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment,
$760,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H3C373F00254E4805894795FAA8B24155"><header>Natural Resources Conservation
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H9473D71CE17E4BC0B030C26FD39B8F30"><header>Conservation
Operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16
U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation of conservation plans and establishment
of measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irrigation and land
drainage and such special measures for soil and water management as may be
necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control
agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials
centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information;
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to
exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3,
1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of
permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,
$770,956,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the
right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C.
2250a.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H1961ED60D5164A7F9B3F7297BC0B8A16"><header>Watershed Rehabilitation
Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Under the authorities
of Section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act,
$15,000,000 is
provided.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>III</enum>
<appropriations-major id="H08F0D6E6E53C45F7B9DE1E86AD737044"><header>Rural
Development</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H47F3370346464AC49FC847FA957987AA"><header>Office of the Under Secretary
for Rural Development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development,
$760,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HF5E7B6E64F974352B8E5B509EFB444B2"><header>Rural Development Salaries and
Expenses</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HD3C168F7311142EB9DC04216804DEB2C"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
for carrying out the administration and implementation of programs in the Rural
Development mission area, including activities with institutions concerning the
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative
agreements; $161,011,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
not more than $10,000 may be expended to provide
modest non-monetary awards to non-USDA employees:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
any balances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural
Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries and
expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with this
appropriation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HF70DCE1848B84EE4B2C1B105957391BE"><header>Rural Housing
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H3381F441D5A94BBAB4E67EC23E0AA563"><header>Rural Housing Insurance Fund
Program Account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HD016B145532A420F9CC1C65695262710"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by title
V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing
insurance fund, as follows: $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.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans,
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows:
$40,000,000 for 502 direct loans; and
$20,000,000 for repair, rehabilitation, and new
construction of section 515 rental housing:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any balances
available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred and merged
with this account.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HE236986F1B9D494ABE9E833B6B239CF7"><header>Rental Assistance
Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For rental assistance
agreements entered into or renewed pursuant to the authority under section
521(a)(2) or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments
for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal
year shall be funded for a one-year period:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied
to another farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514
or 516 of the Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H4D7B455473E248F99977F56E4002BF66"><header>Multi-family Housing
Revitalization Program Account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the rural housing voucher program as
authorized under section 542 of the 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of
annual appropriations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H4FC383E91779484D8333889DE935A58A"><header>Mutual and Self-help Housing
Grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants and
contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1490c), $22,000,000, to remain available
until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HFF9D758AD831493ABB39457E513C9FF5"><header>Rural Housing Assistance
Grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HF7403FEE1E674710890BD7B9A6CF53BC"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H88AEED2A969F450CA2EF1D829CA556FD"><header>Rural Community Facilities
Program Account</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H323B4AEE2331444090E9C22FB7AFCAB8"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That
$3,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this
heading shall be available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso><italic> further</italic>,
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H5F86A9013F49456D83E986AE5FF905C8"><header>Rural Business—Cooperative
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HD0B8173BBA2B4235B99B4E367C1FC1EA"><header>Rural Business Program
Account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HEBABB5972F44451081454C858E96B2F5"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of loan
guarantees and grants, for the rural business development programs authorized
by sections 306 and 310B and described in section 381E(d)(3) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
$64,500,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are
not applicable to funds made available under this heading:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H21991FCF507B4526BCE07AFA74D6A233"><header>Rural Development Loan Fund
Program Account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HC8470CBF646A4E009EA7853E86AF53AB"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal
amount of direct loans, as authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42
U.S.C. 9812(a)), $14,758,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the direct loan programs, $3,500,000
shall be paid to the appropriation for <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HAA7DF71CD4E649A5B9A3604FAB954D7F"><header>Rural Economic Development Loans
Program Account</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H00A34E3D2781445EA68FF660051CD098"><header>(including cancellation of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal
amount of direct loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development
and job creation projects,
$33,077,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the funds derived from interest on the
cushion of credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall
not be obligated and $155,000,000 are hereby
permanently cancelled.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HCC391D2D770342EB9561AD64CB9257B8"><header>Rural Cooperative Development
Grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H61ECF995C3B3462589F9F364C66A2F5D"><header>rural energy for america program
</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of a program of
loan guarantees and grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized
by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
8107), $1,300,000 (increased by
$1,000,000):
<proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the cost of loan
guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HA5EDA7B3EA984E7194D5D3D5361C4AE2"><header>Rural Utilities
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H4116E5597D0F4BAAA03E58AE059405F2"><header>Rural Water and Waste Disposal
Program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HF4E2D2EFD0DF4BE4939C75F79931D950"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That
not to exceed $3,400,000 shall be for solid
waste management grants:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement
Program account programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E,
and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of
such Act be transferred to and merged with this account and any other prior
balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program
account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to
transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H2F14F65A0D0047A3A6E2585BFC7D237F"><header>Rural Electrification and
Telecommunications Loans Program Account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H759E8119A1864DBF9B6AED167E81A137"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The principal amount of
direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows: 5
percent rural electrification loans,
$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306
of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; 5
percent rural telecommunications loans,
$145,000,000; cost of money rural
telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; and for
loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans,
$295,000,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses
necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$30,000,000, which shall be paid to the
appropriation for <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H68F01B0424FD403EB6F1690E9C8429EE"><header>Distance Learning, Telemedicine,
and Broadband program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HBDAD64CC36334AC58A08C467463B2805"><header>(including cancellation of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants for
telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum>
<appropriations-major id="H642C16E898C44C2B8ACA2998551BE2CE"><header>Domestic Food
Programs</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H5B996B99E29E404EBAACC5B65F10D136"><header>Office of the Under Secretary
for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services,
$689,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HD42E0E56F1984862A1B30755AD776D08"><header>Food and Nutrition
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H36E434D8E208470B9C7B82A9B0C01901"><header>Child Nutrition
Programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H0F85FBB32877446EB28032D42462903D"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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’’.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H3FC571F3BD614B0C94A43EB1B3F7164D"><header>Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
none of the funds provided shall be available for activities that are not fully
reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or agencies unless
authorized by section 17 of such Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6094537DFA2A44539248D802F5CED97B"><header>Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.), $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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds provided
herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare
requirements as may be required by law:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6A347F5D8B754FD1B8C0319A7682847C"><header>Commodity Assistance
Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out disaster assistance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as
authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of
1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of these funds
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for
commodities donated to the program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
of the funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for costs
associated with the distribution of commodities.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H55396102A864449F9CB5DBA20761C8B5"><header>Nutrition Programs
Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for carrying out any
domestic nutrition assistance program,
$125,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>V</enum>
<appropriations-major id="H1CB8984A77FB431C90975E85A4985D9B"><header>Foreign Assistance and Related
Programs</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HDC27F6788F0947E0B1A5F457F8D6DCA0"><header>Foreign Agricultural
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H1D4AC1BA09554245BBD35C88CAEED547"><header>Salaries and
Expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H31A1B7F6A04D469AA1261C707922AB6F"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Foreign Agricultural Service, including not to exceed
$158,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
1766), $175,000,000 (reduced by
$2,500,000):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Service may
utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures
made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and
institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food
production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance
programs of the United States Agency for International Development:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds made available for middle-income country training programs, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HF9A08E616173461DA8CBFD3EC0EAB730"><header>Food for Peace Title I Direct
Credit and Food for Progress Program Account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H8D2296D22A734B2CB216E87994CDAB80"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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’’:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds made available
for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be
used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6E1858518AAD415B80FAA3974053F36B"><header>Food for Peace title II
Grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses during the
current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’
costs, including interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law
83–480, as amended), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
abroad under title II of said Act,
$1,040,198,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H016595DA96CC49E0A04B042B6936512F"><header>Commodity Credit Corporation
Export (loans) Credit Guarantee Program Account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HBDBF7EE9F2174F01B07264B75C57858D"><header>(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative
expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee
program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,820,000; to
cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform
Act of 1990, of which $6,465,000 shall be 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’’.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H5A66CDBCE66344AF833DD8A841D59A56"><header>Mcgovern-Dole International Food
for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $180,000,000, to remain
available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Commodity Credit
Corporation is authorized to provide the services, facilities, and authorities
for the purpose of implementing such section, subject to reimbursement from
amounts provided herein.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VI</enum>
<appropriations-major id="HCDB2D7D4260C4CCA9CF0A8DE20D41E26"><header>Related Agencies and Food and
Drug Administration</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H4E9343BC937045EEBD5990DBE7E2EC4A"><header>Department of Health and Human
Services</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HA88D26E8DED84A1C8DDB7C51439B27A3"><header>Food and Drug
Administration</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H0D56DC634E41456BB0FEF31EBDD444CA"><header>Salaries and
Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, including hire and purchase of
passenger motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related costs
pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug
Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose
space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency
expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the Secretary
and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed
$25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of
Public Law 107–188; $3,654,148,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HEC46703BF7664B6894C470CD6A008C54"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, mammography user fees
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 381, and priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n may be
credited to this account, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HAA718963A9774C4980E32958EB120132"><header>Buildings and
Facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans,
construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed
equipment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where
not otherwise provided, $8,788,000, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-major id="H396212CA135147E2ACF4E6EA1F1738BA"><header>Independent
Agencies</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-small id="H204F024B26314E9BB4AFBF27B629B220"><header>Commodity Futures Trading
Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H6E6EAB9087AC477AA4875277A79D43E6"><header>Farm Credit
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H238E7354A63744E9888B0FEEDAA68026"><header>Limitation on Administrative
Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this limitation
shall not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VII</enum>
<appropriations-major changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H48A5DD6CF1444CA8817D82F3D6E8B62D" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><header>General
Provisions</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-small changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H402B7A67F0BD4B308D18A0E8845E75C6" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><header>(including cancellations,
recissions and transfers of funds)</header>
</appropriations-small><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H33D699DF7EEA42C58D94CA5DEDFE51DE" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>701.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for
the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in
addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 461 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 456 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of
such vehicles.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H200FC68C6DA74845A803DFDA164E6C2B" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>702.</enum><text>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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That of annual income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department of
Agriculture allocated for the National Finance Center, the Secretary may
reserve not more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital
equipment, including equipment for the improvement and implementation of a
financial management plan, information technology, and other systems of the
National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the
National Finance Center:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation unless the
Secretary submits notification of the obligation to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That the limitation on the obligation of funds pending notification to
Congressional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined
by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that
significantly impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; or to
evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue
operations of the National Finance Center.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HAA110F8D36D243459E411C92A419A5F8" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>703.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
unless expressly so provided herein.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H603B329150C24812904802A6016E3996" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>704.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the 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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H0CD0D5151AFC49D8BB8BFB181ECC2066" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>705.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations to the Department of
Agriculture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: the
Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrification and
Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund
program account.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HEC294BA1A0B1458094994E206DA95A0C" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>706.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HDC91F9928F82444AAC8E343F89C5938A" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>707.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available to the
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office of the
Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information
Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment
Review Board:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for
information technology shall be obligated for projects over
$25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by
the Chief Information Officer.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H2E087280B02F49348D389A64912C140A" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>708.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under section 1240I
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 524(b) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall
remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the current
fiscal year.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H54B5BACC1D8844FA892A424EF5F97C98" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>709.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H28110894CF494AF68741CD5E60D582EE" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>710.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none of the funds in this or any
other Act may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support from
non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) 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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H54E622F53DEE447FB4E7DF39783DF873" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>711.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the end of the fiscal year
from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for
the Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall remain
available through September 30, 2013, for information technology
expenses.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H827BDD0A1BB14AD4A3F69AF258DD6ABB" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>712.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize
a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum amount
of liquid infant formula specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant
formula to participants.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H5F5D2670A99A42CB9FD3351993BFC2BF" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>713.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HC50B7A52560D4B0ABC0B481C1347D1C7" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>714.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph id="H6EA67C7E75D546068F9A7E617B2E5BC0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF9C3CB4630641D1820F7CB1BF5BA148"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H59B05050E8A94AC3B576A7B1499D397C" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>715.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H6C86C30FFE394DA9B9FDED5EADB52A52" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>716.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (ii) of section 524(b)(4)(B) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H429552840C654B9B93799B3D3C4BDF2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking ‘‘fiscal years
2008 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘certain fiscal years’’; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B6447D4E8274BB6985EE890ADB9FDD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the text, by striking ‘‘2012’’ and
inserting ‘‘2014’’.</text>
</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H097C52BB015B4BD0B3E2F4E303C422A3" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>717.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HE8CBDECF924C4DDE8E6CE238459C42B8" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>718.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso><italic>further</italic>,
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso><italic>further</italic>,
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H3B54589B754D4A2C8FFC705662D2C635" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>719.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available by this Act,
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover
necessary expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, panels,
commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for
panels used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate
competitively awarded grants.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H383A7A37F67343EC9C9DD2DDF7B644D3" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>720.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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).</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H0964414D1800462895418C33CCA6BC26" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>721.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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)).</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HC212ECBD2F60498C8474AECF3D71C192" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>722.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H20367F4834144B3D92DEE5895C3A6293" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>723.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H19760B23B78345008AF0951838611645" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>724.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838e(a)) is amended by striking “2012” and inserting
“2014”.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HFB11FC7C23464B408AE5AD4C40EC47E6" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>725.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H24D1EFD7A56B43268A0F50AB6BB3366E"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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”.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HE13BAB8EC2D44BE291C38E9BDC34B536" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(b)</enum><text>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”.</text>
</subsection></section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H53D20D57F616468AADA5C314C0626787" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>726.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE4FC3658E9C64858B33E2F4607E8B1CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B36BEA9BC2F411D9E91BDFCAF4F0302"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(E), by striking “fiscal year 2012” and inserting “each of fiscal years 2012
through 2014”.</text>
</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H3CC5D2112B234FD98CB34D48D1B855FB" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>727.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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”.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H6ADDC65E03D44C258BEC7CA1F94BC83C" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>728.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HE6A67063F37446399BF7D229A8DCDB2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24FF2EF789FD45DC9035CB37D4395738"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Watershed Rehabilitation program
authorized by section 14(h) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EBB2279528448E5A7DCE33BA864212D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DD11F0743774B1FA30CDD8F10B62410"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DFD2DE9C9BE41E9AB303F18B32E5343"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0184BC40D7E74A2AA42E14C92CF79D54"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4E72F3AC2C14A4D819B4756994CE4BC"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9FDFEE3A4DF141E39143A15EDA49FBA0"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A51ADBC89B64C859CE16C50C0DE9242"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Biomass Crop Assistance Program
authorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B6948A1CC59402C99A821009009B117"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H936CC269E86447A78807892EC0C485AA"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D59A2E40E244C7493436556B63B5FC3"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance
Program authorized by section 6022 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2008s).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA77385D85F26411F9690B3D04DD96CD1"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD00F3AE54029430B8EBC32568C609E64"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HF05AA4563FE14176AE8151C34FCF50F5" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>729.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The funds made available in Public Law
111–344 through February 12, 2012 for trade adjustment for farmers are hereby
rescinded.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H530976F26EB4476084FDA545215E373B" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>730.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H4C4B408385124F31B6D3876F0A7E7C2A" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>731.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H806DFE695BE040FB99063AC82B16F8EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Closure and Conveyance
of Agricultural Research Service Facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HFDE52BD5CD4F411F86A63EFAD568499E" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conveyance
Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H6C402DB457B14D968C1485A2A076F01E" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following entities are eligible to
receive real property under subsection (b):</text>
<paragraph id="H3A7825C8C98242B6BA6B1E73651EBE35"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A6A1CE26670489599AAFD273B0F2419"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD282739444BA438ABC6D4ADF7E0C052E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H31B8DC5110114CA89775419C1D43CF75" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions on
Receipt</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of the
conveyance of real property under subsection (b), the recipient of the property
must—</text>
<paragraph id="HA4A05866AF1A4B71B46DBDBF71D8001F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be located in the same State or territory
of the United States in which the property is located; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C616FEB3CA44E9B9A4010449568E046"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agree to accept and use the property for
agricultural and natural resources research for a minimum of 25 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H001D95F7BF3F43A5BF7E0E4BB920C249" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>732.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA27B7001BB494DF7AA8EEB3D27786406" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4AE91A5D15474AD68E2A212F37A5AFC8"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Food Donation
Program</header>
<paragraph id="H1C98966158574298B0385A53FD57DE89"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B9E06B123C9414B868D5916E0236F86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance</header>
<subparagraph id="HE6BE60B0E8B646E7A71279AB5AEB3E9B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H301C7AF831FC4931B38A6B78C9E504E3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall update such guidance as
necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HABB902D2023445B0A9155E7D9CC13FA8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H720D3870259049A7B677B2B063041794"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term
<quote>eligible local food banks or charitable organizations</quote> 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)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H8B2DA22E8FFD4F0685EB4A32817B2915" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>733.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H8F873F46102E4865937CB5C85E380B4E" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>734.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug
Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to any
non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human Services
employee questions or responses to questions that are a result of information
requested for the appropriations hearing process.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H06227E347EDA40B7BF5D857425AD2CBF" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>735.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H71B367C8CAAA4F1CB6B374FE4991ACA0"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year,
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds, 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—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H9F6EC9EAF248488680C27EC202A2C43E" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates new programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H811F4EC6293445958120F482D369A5EB" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminates a program, project, or
activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H67887A0D50574E8BBB8BE53C1C6EDD83" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases funds or personnel by any means
for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HEC636427EBAE41B3A744C167FF017BC8" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relocates an office or employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H20C7317B721F418A8F89909775A82B39" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H811D355C3C97463CB8E3DB5765AC2D4F" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(6)</enum><text>contracts out or
privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal
employees;</text>
</paragraph></subsection><continuation-text changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" continuation-text-level="section" reported-display-style="strikethrough">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.</continuation-text></section><appropriations-major id="LEXA-Repairid6FE2D99C9BF14D5397B4E93CA28A4A66"><subsection changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H1E6AD5D15C964595A6FD9297DC051518" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year,
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects
through a reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in subsection (a)
involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less, that—</text>
<paragraph id="H566B731C808A4BC2B64AE27664D2C722"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">augments existing programs, projects, or
activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCECEB43576274E4BBFF8F083BFA4C3FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduces by 10 percent funding for any
existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
as approved by Congress; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56842AB94F3446318074AE6DA4C48CFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H5B30753580B545929D2661BEEE9E3A43" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection></appropriations-major><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H0B6A711D92384BAF8F187C882E5FDB9B" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>736.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this or
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who
prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President's Budget
submission to the Congress of the United States for programs under the
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes
revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the
Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which additional spending
reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal
year 2013 appropriations Act.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HCA21494652994D2EA7E19811E930FCBC" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>737.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H5ACA22B13A3A40A3BE41D31DFA7869A4" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>738.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No employee of the Department of
Agriculture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this
act to any other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days
unless the individual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the
receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the
period of assignment.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="idD05F85CD90F84FDC81E47DBE178F71F7" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>739.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to—</text>
<paragraph id="H228CAB0FA6B44B3C956AA07ABF1DBD67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>inspect horses
under section 3 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5452619A8F2846FFBA720D74F7B743D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00BA112D1DB94825B78DF6CF2458B9A9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>implement or
enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="idC4EA9FF197D1437880778B4DEB6CFFDC" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>740.</enum><text>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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="id00FFE7BB1FDF48D79BA354D2B76DCB51" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>741.</enum><text>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.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H44BE675E954348908C453A9473E65AE3"><header>Spending Reduction
Account</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57318E76DA8849768DDAC76A76C43C4D" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>742.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HBEC4BCC149AD440C8B3F63EB05B63592" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>743.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HB8F05CFEC038499DB19A815C99770EFE" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>744.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H29369A504C58433B8EA840DBFB67BF25" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>745.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HC1FA6562695B4192B573AFE35E471159" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>746.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 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).</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H992F2AE714B6493DB83EE72660657509" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>747.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H85439D37F0A44EFE9DA943386A7F4333" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>748.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount otherwise provided by this Act
for <quote>Integrated Activities</quote> is hereby increased by, and the amount
otherwise provided by this Act for <quote>National Institute of Food and
Agriculture-research and education activities</quote> is hereby reduced (to be
derived from amounts for competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 22 450i(b))) by,
$4,400,000, respectively.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H231ED30D62814A8DB021E2CDBDA2ED71" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>749.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB99E90DAF2EA4C319837A03DB2CDE18C" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>750.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H1F8325AD106F4329ACF1ACB3D9924F31" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>751.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HAA6C9E1CE3E842B9A5A96874CE79A3C0" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>752.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H6D83B6302A7341FC82762294F0A8D993" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>753.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used for mifepristone, commonly known as RU–486.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HC992E6D8971F4407B9F428F9DE8F55F7" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>754.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H7E65C999232C49698BFC1AB2EE3BAF22" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>755.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to implement the Departmental Regulation of the Department of
Agriculture entitled <quote>Policy Statement on Climate Change
Adaptation</quote> (Departmental Regulation 1070–001 (June 3, 2011)).</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="H43DB7CB3C98B472695611FB7D6F462F7" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>756.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 <quote>Agricultural Programs—Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and
Rental Payments</quote> is reduced by,
$3,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HA9B6A3B7704E4BFAA0171547DBDA9211" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>757.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="HAP00" id="HAC9FA066C42D476E8DEE1A0958D5D599" reported-display-style="strikethrough" section-type="undesignated-section"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the “Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2012”.</text>
</section>
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:
<enum>I</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idAC1F881E3BE04651AA993117C647E663"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id893277E90DB04121AA82C2E8947F9E45"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Production, Processing and
Marketing</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id2F75EF9950A142D7936D1128778D87DD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Secretary of Agriculture, $4,798,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$11,000 of this amount shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idBA61689282B74D2EA9A293D0F3201C6C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of tribal relations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Tribal Relations, $473,000, to support
communication and consultation activities with Federally Recognized Tribes, as
well as other requirements established by
law.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idCF4130A82B5441DA90E6CCCB35FEB779"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive
Operations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id02498CB2D00A4DDF8EAEA493CE33DCB9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief economist</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Chief Economist,
$11,408,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id203E2C35AC9E49469A775E3C5FBA0BA2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National appeals division</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the National
Appeals Division,
$13,514,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0BE4FD8C28284DEA8BFAEF5329921F75"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of budget and program
analysis</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
$8,946,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB40231FF77BB4D32BC263EB2EE93CCF1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of homeland security and emergency
coordination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination,
$1,421,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id2EA475A4E14D4E2F806EB24FE161FBE4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of advocacy and
outreach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach,
$1,351,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id621BC3636B03479AA494ED63F9757FEB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the Chief Information
Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Information Officer,
$36,031,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idEF8EDDDF2F0046BBA5DD871B59E9791B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the Chief Financial
Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
$5,935,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That no funds made
available by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A–76
activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the Department's
contracting out policies, including agency budgets for contracting
out.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6359259D3A204605A94BD316055AD0D6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for civil
rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,
$848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idE14B241433D64EED86525195AC523BD4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of civil rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Civil Rights,
$21,558,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idCCA299596DD04F5E9514A59044273D38"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration,
$764,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idBFE5CBCAE29F4E6C9EB2087DA87B757E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agriculture buildings and facilities and
rental payments</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id783BC33C29A94C5093E823DA8E7A406A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of space
rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities
pursuant to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator of General
Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and
activities of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
alterations and other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to
consolidate unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the
Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance,
improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for
related costs, $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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds
from a Departmental agency to this account to recover the full cost of the
space and security expenses of that agency that are funded by this account when
the actual costs exceed the agency estimate which will be available for the
activities and payments described herein.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5A232C6C85794C34A9D7D12BCDB777E2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous materials
management</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB64928D30B0E4A39896E67DD32ECDD9C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Department of Agriculture, to comply with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.),
$3,792,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That appropriations and
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may
be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all
requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal
lands.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD2CE85D6372F48CCBB6A42B4327D44BF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Departmental
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE4253953391646DDA5B62AEA97D051F4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5CECBB6DCB4245DC82DDC40D34256C00"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for
congressional relations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idA05CED9032374C648C37C3D45BA6E0A0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idA284AA0CBF6446FFA3AF99BD751EED22"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional
Relations to carry out the programs funded by this Act, including programs
involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch,
$3,676,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That these funds may be
transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to
maintain personnel at the agency level:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That no other funds
appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be available to the Department
for support of activities of congressional
relations.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD0310203C68E4669B296A36181EB26D0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of communications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Communications,
$8,105,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id4A4E99727279476C8CAAEB55F563DC56"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act
of 1978, $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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id3C355FFE4C12480F8C372E99CF2B712C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the general counsel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
General Counsel,
$39,345,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id121CC2E3832549DF897DD8B5F165BB10"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for research,
education and economics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education
and Economics,
$848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id75C47892555641479C9D80FCBB2672FC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic research service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Economic
Research Service,
$77,723,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idA994690D6AB44B6CA11FD3B9B6AE14E2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National agricultural statistics
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the National Agricultural Statistics Service,
$152,616,000, of which up to
$41,639,000 shall be available until expended
for the Census of Agriculture.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6F842949FB3445B7997D2E5A443AAC2E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural research
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id6A375092C5A04E9BB83000CB5F7521FC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Research Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,
and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or
shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed
25 percent of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of
Federal ownership, $1,094,647,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and
the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That the limitations on alterations contained in
this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities
at Beltsville, Maryland:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That appropriations hereunder shall be available
for granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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):<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That funds may be received from any State, other
political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of
establishing or operating any research facility or research project of the
Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by
law.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id7B5E6327464C4BE78728A2309DAE2823"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Institute of Food and
Agriculture</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idAAB433A7342A4083A925AD330EFDEAEF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and Education
Activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research,
for facilities, and for other expenses,
$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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3835022C0D3E4DEEA16152AF2D9DB4B9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native American Institutions Endowment
Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Native American
Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5DA603E45E844EEC814612EBDD2F6A10"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and
Universities Endowment Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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,<italic></italic> to remain
available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id780EC6697106401890FF31799C05A184"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension Activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa, $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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBE19398700894276B5F21920015266A2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the integrated research, education, and
extension grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses,
$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; <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id3D89EA26FBAB44889EBDBF32AE837383"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for marketing
and regulatory programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs,
$848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5490410B906947A1935EC9CC63F7F1AE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Animal and plant health inspection
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id50D311EE598B4AD1AF7C0B4DF6D0D946"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SALARIES AND
EXPENSES</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id671BCB7FF3E64893BCE4F15A63BBCF5C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including up to
$30,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085),
$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 (<quote>contingency
fund</quote>) 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That appropriations
hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and
alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed
10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In fiscal year 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idF728306AC95C4BA9BE2F366CA1FA1AA0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and Facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans, construction, repair, preventive
maintenance, environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a,
$3,176,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD670D3E0D8FF4D5294BF3D27D7DCB0B3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural Marketing
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id17F6CB248A0E4032AD14711FBEF6DF4A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">MARKETING SERVICES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Marketing Service, $82,211,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this appropriation
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and
repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement
value of the building.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Fees may
be collected for the cost of standardization activities, as established by
regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE47AF267BB7F4C90A7466F0E8680FEEF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Administrative
Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$62,101,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That if crop size is
understated and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5444BE6B90A540258B89886149C0A001"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income,
and Supply (Section 32)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3DEC4E56F9A146F4BBA59C388CE20B68"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds available under
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only
for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as
authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers
otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than
$20,056,000 for formulation and administration
of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of
1961.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBD14DFECFC4343DF9743F8B7E5E292B0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments to States and
Possessions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar
agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,198,000.<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idE0FA87A1039748CC82BE64B80853B484"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2FAB639D96DD46BCA9C1645AD150ED45"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,
$38,248,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this appropriation
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and
repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement
value of the building.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idF728EAEF6D7F4049823EE3A1CB15C4F9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Inspection and Weighing
Services Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to
exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing
services:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That if grain export
activities require additional supervision and oversight, or other
uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10
percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id381C0B76105E454A9542281F7D431647"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for food
safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety,
$770,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idACC077F3EDC646CBA7B234ABF4B66E12"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food Safety and Inspection
Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out services authorized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the
Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including
not to exceed $50,000 for representation
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3,
1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,006,503,000; 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):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds provided for
the Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain
available until expended:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That no fewer than 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall
continue implementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idA13EEB6CDDF04771A0BE01972E6DA552"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for farm and
foreign agricultural services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
$848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idC09279ED9BFC4A2F9DF43DADA1E294E5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm service
agency</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id74A685F560074A95B8F9F8E3B3D7185E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SALARIES AND
EXPENSES</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idEAC8CB71EF0B411ABA67AA1E26A2FF7D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Farm Service Agency, $1,181,781,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That other funds made available to the Agency for
authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with this account:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made
available to county committees shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id49B632B1CCED49F798E9C1C3975A3794"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">STATE MEDIATION GRANTS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106),
$3,759,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id32EC4794DA9A4805ADD82EF72CCEEE35"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grassroots source water protection
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out wellhead or groundwater protection activities under section 1240O
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2),
$3,817,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7CE2D32A1A604C4A951A93A5A1A30F91"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dairy Indemnity
Program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id583FDE242C494C48893B94B91EDCD330"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses involved in making
indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available
until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such program is
carried out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program
described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat.
1549A–12).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id78A13808DA5E4ADE806282AECAEABD68"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural credit insurance fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id208E01A5D233478D8BC132852B69C182"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922
et seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land
acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989),
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
<italic></italic>$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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary shall
deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil
eradication program loans.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3993D49C730C42B9885F8B6E654C7CFF"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: direct farm ownership loans,
<italic></italic>$22,800,000; operating loans,
<italic></italic>$83,525,000, of which
<italic></italic>$26,100,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, <italic></italic>and
<italic></italic>$57,425,000 shall be for direct
loans; and Indian highly fractionated land loans,
<italic></italic>$193,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC19BC0E7906E4085BCD63F8E23595145"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in
advance of any transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id7D13030951FC4135B4D74E678EF70F7E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Risk management agency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Risk
Management Agency, $74,900,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not to exceed
$1,000 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1506(i).</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-major commented="no" id="idA1ABD11CB2D04205BD22DE8BC431ABA5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CORPORATIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following corporations and agencies are
hereby authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget
for the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as
hereinafter provided.</text>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idCFBA7DB336D64BBAA2DBE6CB9F64C105"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal crop insurance corporation
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments as
authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516),
such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id269FAC3E49AF4343A3AADA59953A193E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation fund
</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id20B5581E5BE24F66BC735FA2C50AB140"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursement for net realized
losses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3722E7230E67423581581C5BFDC19827"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed,
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0BA1A16E94824FB79B31EB217BB2DA2E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous waste
management</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1615D4A3D1E64544BBF6CA0DC1556BFB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the current fiscal year, the Commodity
Credit Corporation shall not expend more than
$5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
6961).</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>II</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idD153C304777E4ADDBD229C7299924B06"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idAB5B1DB96941428A9F4271E453E06D9C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for natural
resources and environment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources
and Environment,
$848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD0B8396E4C9C4FCC8499F5806CF22B3D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Natural Resources Conservation
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id166D1F66EB7049A08BDEDF78B84D6C4A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for carrying out the
provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent floods
and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural related
pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; classification
and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water,
and interests therein for use in the plant materials program by donation,
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed
$100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7
U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,
<italic></italic>$828,159,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That when buildings or other structures are erected
on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in
7 U.S.C. 2250a.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>III</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id7DFFD300FC2B4EA893CA276A49125AA8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6F3C7003300348E0BA1E84421AF58C44"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for rural
development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development,
$848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idB69E75AC6E63488F9CD4355E1BBD54D6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural Development Salaries and
Expenses</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idCA6D8EBD29FA45A58D35C18055F87FC1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
for carrying out the administration and implementation of programs in the Rural
Development mission area, including activities with institutions concerning the
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative
agreements; $182,023,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That not more than
$5,000 may be expended to provide modest
nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any balances available from prior
years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural
Business—Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be
transferred to and merged with this
appropriation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id0A6B784CCA774AC49BA1642656B0558F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD494C6633C0D4A14B3B8D7E1C306BE0A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing insurance fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id70DD62DFCD224F05B108174577D379ED"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by title
V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing
insurance fund, as follows: $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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id01EDFB5FA0C14BE69AED016ECB110C05"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans,
<italic></italic>$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<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That hereafter, the
Secretary may charge a guarantee fee of up to 4 percent on section 502
guaranteed loans:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That any balances for a demonstration program for
the preservation and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family rental
housing properties as authorized by Public Law 109–97, Public Law 110–5,
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>and Public Law
111–80<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> shall be
transferred to and merged with the <quote>Rural Housing Service, Multi-family
Housing Revitalization Program Account</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB6EFC1A20D1E47D7B5B55E04A3AEDDAB"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any balances
available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred and merged
with this account.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id91A5B2E22FE54C35A0EE643977687623"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1E35EE0B81CA4D4992E04BC855B02D3D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rental assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For rental assistance agreements entered
into or renewed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements
entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That rental
assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year
shall be funded for a 1-year period:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id758C462048514441AFCA341A73A087A6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multi-family housing revitalization program
account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the rural housing
voucher program as authorized under section 542 of the 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made
available for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual
appropriations:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and revitalization
agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the
restructuring:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC7604DCB1D374F3F8A55842F7B04ADC0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mutual and self-help housing
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants and
contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain available
until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD1B0DFAEE5724F738543180DA8DD10DA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing assistance
grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id98A38A7EE86B4746BE5389B2BE70D243"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants and contracts for very low-income
housing repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for
construction defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m,
$34,271,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That any balances to carry out a housing
demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of
low-income multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public Law 108–447
and Public Law 109–97 shall be transferred to and merged with the <quote>Rural
Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program
Account</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id08F7392D3E6F484D807F277A4B73FE49"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural community facilities program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB6CECE2A084440C6B2B1202A598644BC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1152C5FB9A794794AAE8E0A728EDC689"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That
$4,242,000 of the amount appropriated under this
heading shall be available for a Rural Community Development
Initiative:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any prior balances in the Rural
Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act be
transferred and merged with this account and any other prior balances from the
Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the
Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id3F1276FF03ED4F14A9FBB71B54CFB685"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural Business—Cooperative
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idDBBA3985BC1748EA886B206250758E34"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1AA2B279F91C48B8BF9F9CB8AB81F1D0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of loan
guarantees and grants, for the rural business development programs authorized
by sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
$79,665,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That sections 381E–H
and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable
to funds made available under this heading:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any prior balances in the Rural
Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs
authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and
381E(d)(3) of such Act be transferred and merged with this account and any
other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement
Program account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to
transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idDD59D22A3FF74818A1CCD03B7562AA78"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural development loan fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id4F339D92B1B44641B9B00702CAD66D67"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal amount of direct loans, as
authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
$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):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5255A3251180427E98685CF938109731"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 <quote>Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id11AD66101DAB47DDA55BEA8B541365D7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural economic development loans program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9CD521775F7A4A2EBAED471B348193DF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal
amount of direct loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development
and job creation projects,
$33,077,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1AE94FCB9BCB4402AB9236EFA118ED62"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the funds derived from interest on the
cushion of credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall
not be obligated and $155,000,000 are
rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id35A2C5120BA54639A6DAC222EA9D34A6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural cooperative development
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For rural cooperative
development grants authorized under section 310B(e) of the 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3F0DB87A3EE7467CBF4592300CC288BE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural energy for america
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of a
program of loan guarantees and grants, under the same terms and conditions as
authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $4,500,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the cost of loan
guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id43E2448E0D1B4828B6AF2700265D3C98"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural Utilities
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBAE33B41079A49E0B34702D636B6FA20"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural water and waste disposal program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBD78309BA135459EAC14F1A041F0FE3F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct
loans, loan guarantees, and grants for the rural water, waste water, waste
disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A,
306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E,
and 381E(d)(2) of the 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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):
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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):<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That any prior balances in the Rural Development,
Rural Community Advancement Program account programs authorized by sections
306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2),
306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of such Act be transferred to and merged with this
account and any other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural
Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is
appropriate to transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE79717C5E8D741B793641C07590CCD44"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural electrification and
telecommunications loans program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE6F4CD3F020D4A1D83760533160AC5A7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows: 5
percent rural electrification loans,
$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306
of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000;
guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A,
$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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE1FF765422E044D099D8B14C4EE8546C"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id58CC403FC58C48CA8D6000D5F1EB7868"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id96BAA37DAF6B4EB9AB24C6641BEF64A5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance learning, telemedicine, and
broadband program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9AF822F78FCA4E549AB7E4E8B78AC869"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal amount of broadband
telecommunication loans,
$282,686,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id84DAD731E81640D09024EE9EA7648551"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants for telemedicine and distance
learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.,
$28,570,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That
$3,000,000 shall be made available for grants
authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1C6A1ADCB1DD4D63B4F5949240CE85AF"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of broadband loans, as
authorized by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act,
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the cost of direct
loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idA547A0E3F1AE4EE6994E4AEF99DF6113"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id44B6C84E73B142248784B01B4E8AA10F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">DOMESTIC FOOD
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id160D9A9593DD45A89C23F881E9FFF2E6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for food,
nutrition and consumer services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services,
$770,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idC95E1031F5C24CD19121B88EF7F99152"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and nutrition
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id71C8F9CE782B40E5BC0390BECB4D8E72"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child nutrition
programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id017B88E897654B79AD1DF03240D32E4D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>For<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> 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<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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):<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That
section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 is
amended by adding at the end before the period, <quote>except section 21, and
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17
and 21</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB066E1814E85481393E0C55A9D5BC22A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special supplemental nutrition program for
women, infants, and children (WIC)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds provided shall be available
for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government
departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id92A21660136741AE88D53B0BCFC68CB0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.),
$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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds provided
herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That this
appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare
requirements as may be required by law:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made
available under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ
staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to
program integrity provided that such activities are authorized by the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFAE95089DA52436187A8FDE87A31CE96"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out disaster
assistance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section
4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c
note); the 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of these funds
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for
commodities donated to the program:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds made available under section
27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary
may use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribution of
commodities.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id01E4B89257314CECB90C8C69C2EF4B19"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nutrition programs
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for carrying out any
domestic nutrition assistance program,
$140,130,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>,
That<italic></italic>$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.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>V</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idDAC37C13EC894576B89AAB210FF2AD1F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id096C8FF2358A4199A4207547C729266E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign agricultural
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id4A65768165BC46DBAAC38415797AD11D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id17117A52DDF94D5B91CEE982D07D0731"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Foreign Agricultural Service, including not to exceed
$158,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
1766), $176,347,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Service may
utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures
made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and
institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food
production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance
programs of the United States Agency for International Development:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made
available for middle-income country training programs and up to
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service
appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in
international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign
Agricultural Service, shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idACC1C99F66FC4F0EB4788F397A110D02"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food for peace title I direct credit and
food for progress program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id439841D3BBB44BB291DF0BB14848F46D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative
expenses to carry out the credit program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public
Law 83–480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985,
$2,666,000, shall<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds made available
for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be
used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id37A282AB3B9145AB9653553A444798DE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food for peace title II
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses during the
current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years'
costs, including interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law
83–480, as amended), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
abroad under title II of <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>said<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> Act,
$1,562,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id47290798C84A44748066CFF202ABD3EC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mc Govern-Dole international food for
education and child nutrition program grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $188,000,000, to remain
available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Commodity Credit
Corporation is authorized to provide the services, facilities, and authorities
for the purpose of implementing such section, subject to reimbursement from
amounts provided herein.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id42664B5780FB4417A5159769BE039714"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation export (Loans)
credit guarantee program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFE22DAAC25984E1B987130790457C522"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative
expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit Corporation's export guarantee
program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,465,000; 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 <quote>Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses</quote>, and of which
$336,000 shall be transferred to and merged
with<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> the
appropriation for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VI</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id741F38D8C5434254A2248E45EDFA3AC2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id804BF3DB9AE7498BBC6AEC6E943E9633"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idDA301CA34A974BE19D1DAD3299E66CD2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and Drug
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2BBCEF61452A405B899B0F8A1988B152"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug
Administration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for
payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are included
in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or
elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,
authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the
Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $25,000;
and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 107–188;
$3,859,402,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> 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:<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id83B2709653144D189D523C4F6D438A85"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, mammography user fees
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 381, and priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n may be
credited to this account, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1936E007DB764A39A83F76CCF747FCC4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and Facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans, construction, repair,
improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or
facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise
provided, $8,982,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id71EE3072A35E48948BD1CB052BD06833"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">INDEPENDENT
AGENCY</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id7C72AF0C6CD54896968991E79DF9B3E8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm Credit
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB2CD14E949314592975044C859BD1F15"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Administrative
Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this limitation
shall not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VII</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idC7E9B0228E184BA8AADABE5F97E1AA5C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GENERAL
PROVISIONS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD05B94158F9B4B7D9FF9E0FB411747A7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS) </header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA279CAD7B8B4CFCB42341066A08E719" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for
the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in
addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 204 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 170 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of
such vehicles.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE434E07F67849229655E72FE3051550" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other
available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of Agriculture
to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment
necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and information
technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of
Agriculture:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of annual
income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture
allocated for the National Finance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more
than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment,
including equipment for the improvement and implementation of a financial
management plan, information technology, and other systems of the National
Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National
Finance Center:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That none of the amounts reserved shall be
available for obligation unless the Secretary submits written notification of
the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That the limitation on the obligation of funds
pending notification to Congressional Committees shall not apply to any
obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a
declared state of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the
National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National Finance
Center to a safe haven to continue operations of the National Finance
Center.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC887808AA16F490AA063880492A33FC3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
unless expressly so provided herein.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAA786C26E48435DB37832AF7EE2E27F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit
institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agreement
when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of
mutual interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate
payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions when
such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all agencies for which
appropriations are provided in this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20E44EED0ADC4518B6EE8E7E409307E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>705.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations to the Department of
Agriculture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: the
Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrification and
Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund
program account.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00E3F65A196144CDBE7F3849E6EADCA3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>706.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F62E064E15C458C9A9CA4CC841E7783" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>707.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available to the
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office of the
Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information
Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment
Review Board:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the
funds available to the Department of Agriculture for information technology
shall be obligated for projects over $25,000
prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information Officer.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BECA5CFB1EA4DE8AD7DA05A6EA05E89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>708.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under section 1240I
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 524(b) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall
remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the current
fiscal year.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id876B43627AF64851BC8CED78FA3608EC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>709.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an
insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act, or any
not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan
under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) of
such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id105E637719AA406EA56500867E12B6C2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>710.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none of the funds in this or any
other Act may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support from
non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) in the form of unrecovered indirect
costs not otherwise charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect
rate of cost approved for a recipient.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FF8D9A1BA664ACFA24AE0C87CB2DF5E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>711.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the end of the fiscal year
from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for
the Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall remain
available through September 30, 2013, for information technology
expenses.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73CE1D21DF1A4B1A831FDE7A922B9465" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>712.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize
a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum amount
of liquid infant formula specified in 7 C.F.R. 246.10 when issuing liquid
infant formula to participants.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD7B01ACC2184C6E9E65E4FC81F66663" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>713.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No employee of the Department of
Agriculture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this
Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more
than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or office is fully
reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the period of assignment.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA8B61DF242A499EAE7747F37827A00D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>714.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4F73A90088849C79FA4290438826C54"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD51EED49B4D245AB996B1ED8DBCE761C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDABAEBF2122444193B3D0DFC6E85C86"><enum>715.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds provided by this Act may be used
notwithstanding the requirements of 7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(1).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FE8472512E647E198B20AB8ECB7E1AB"><enum>716.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this or
any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural Development office
unless or until the Secretary of Agriculture determines the cost effectiveness
and/or enhancement of program delivery:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id469CECDC92704D5CA037B948D15D896F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>717.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34A9C315AC6E406FB9F0D0D48E139BA6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>718.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any such funds
made available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used
pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust
Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95ED473528F9416792203689C2DE21E8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>719.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available by this Act,
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover
necessary expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, panels,
commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for
panels used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate
competitively awarded grants.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10308063F2CF412CB3EDA1D373E1F798" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>720.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 <quote>Food and Nutrition
Service Child Nutrition Programs</quote> 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).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACEEF723DD6340779D8DD83ACC755BF6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>721.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$1,996,000 to carry out section 1621 of Public
Law 110–246.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0AD4C4AD258428E9B665CE8D842D341" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>722.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97C35B08034F4603AAB9C5864C5DF3F8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>723.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD8866D33AD55455B8331E7002C6C90FA"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year,
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds, 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—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0ABFD39838C4ED2B05A88063E370F42" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates new programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F8F1CD45B364E5B9688E1487713F88F" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminates a program, project, or
activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F4E2E60406349BF97169FBF47BF7638" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases funds or personnel by any means
for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id426BCA41CE2B4A3687A60AA529BFC835" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relocates an office or employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D9D1AA6480D4A6F95188ED483529FC8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13EFEE6728124BD0AB1E1AE74C4C6BB4" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless the 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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1835DE5BFD5A415DB4FA18A2497C75D5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year,
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects
through a reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in subsection (a)
involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less, that:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87CCDEEA425A4860B4E4A11EDA1C51BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">augments existing programs, projects, or
activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF107EDD60C584BBAA3F49BA187DFB3A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduces by 10 percent funding for any
existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
as approved by Congress; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EB5EFA98766497F9B3319E7D79023AD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AC3E293480340D7AB2CBCC1AF37A9B5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture or the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36F49E3CBD254A7ABB32AA52A0860057" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E85053E95574BD58C316C515C7FF0A3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>724.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this or
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who
prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President's Budget
submission to the Congress of the United States for programs under the
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes
revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the
Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which additional spending
reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal
year 2013 appropriations Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12015913D7534241B901944DA3C06D47" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>725.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43F9DAC288E3452385A24942F86A8A02" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>726.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29F0B9578E9F414EAA29643340102122"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id584DA947CE8349E39C91DAEC69120381"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Watershed Rehabilitation program
authorized by section 14(h) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15C208256FDB4CCE80DB349196950711"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso>
That no more than $10,000,000 may be used for
agreements entered into with owners or operators in any one State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC710232DEB04C2F89418D00C385648A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB56536FAC604CABB5110EB94AB7B58C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id282452B143064410BE758701126B3A03"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFAA560D83E1498EA339810D6DE66D41"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED9280B2225F4AA6AF610E3DDD4CF4C6"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20BA3D055BDB408EAD0B7AA6C472E2CF"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80BD5B4FA21A44BFB7DC7A4D42DBD0AD"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67766919D7364BEB9F496B0FB4945A49"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BD9211AE7D34E70ACC7F09BC96C7A97"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D6CB7183CA6404DB3D189E6AC30F0A7"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso>
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso>
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso>
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.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5303EFB8EEFE4FFE969D15F3F8388A07" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>727.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id087577D1BB934BC3AED591488566AA67" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>728.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug
Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to any
non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human Services
employee questions or responses to questions that are a result of information
requested for the appropriations hearing process.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEBC334DE0DA49C3AD219A6F562B1637" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>729.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC76415F8A5A64B79AAB5004657DAEE0C"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (ii) of section 524(b)(4)(B) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ECEC9D72BA44FD7A0B7AD2389C7363A" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote>fiscal
years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>certain fiscal
years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD8A3C890B4D40CC9D741A264B45CA08" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the text, by striking
<quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77E1BDF3AAD44F2FA773E4FC393AE255" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838e(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and
inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB2723F387464983AFC1C7634A96F61D" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and
inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF4A15AFA7804B5A9099E0CFE7B9BDF8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(a)(6)(E) of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(6)(E)) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year
2012</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2012 through
2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id825F00141FB247C79959F05DFB871FB0" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E32DEDEBD824A96957753F6B9B2FB0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>2012,</quote> and inserting <quote>2012 (and fiscal year 2014
in the case of the programs specified in paragraphs (3)(B), (4), (6), and
(7)),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44EA62895D2C4C7581384B3FD05FE247"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)(E), by striking
<quote>fiscal year 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2012
through 2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7804D500B8DC450891C8B3B11A1E4A61" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(a)(7)(D) of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking
<quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC96283D301E14BAFB135CFD4009DC67B"><enum>730.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any unobligated funds included under
Treasury symbol codes 12X3336, 12X2268, 12X0132, 12X2271, 12X2277, 12X1404,
12X1501, and 12X1336 are hereby rescinded.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CF826248A02488FAAAADF543F31FEF7"><enum>731.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id973221D58B5E4775A0C40B1C5A06BD01"><enum>732.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated for the
<quote>Emergency Conservation Program</quote>, 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 <quote>Emergency Forest Restoration
Program</quote>, 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
<quote>Emergency Watershed Protection Program</quote>, 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.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8864A11A484B415698ED4304968A2EB7"><enum>733.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unobligated balances not to exceed
$31,000,000 for the <quote>Emergency Watershed
Protection Program</quote> 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.</text>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id4A0A04CAC4A24AB7B7FCE8108B9F5348"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</appropriations-major></section>
June 16, 2011
Received; read twice and referred to the
Committee on
Appropriations
September 7, 2011
Reported with an amendment