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, 2013, and for other purposes,
namely:
<enum>I</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="H6B2C8C09E7F24F2589F89F56C2AE68EB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Agricultural
programs</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H07A9024FE1974689AF2042B1ED47DAD1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Production, processing and
marketing</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID024E9F344E8849109F02F696AE8AEAC0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Secretary of Agriculture, $5,051,000:
<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="H5B465CAB1D6141278D0D3E889835A4AA"><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, $498,000, 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="H414E66D436924DAA991EB4E18A8B88BB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive
operations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9B928B2D1CDE44D0B0D1AB2E6C8E8518"><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, $16,008,000, of which
$4,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative
agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155 and shall be obligated
within 90 days of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H588C1FF170D043389020AD215C9C24A5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National appeals division</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the National
Appeals Division,
$14,225,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9127764AE3724DF29B3C65AF171E24D5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of budget and program
analysis</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
$9,049,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC65137D9F43441E8B1DCC03D279E1BD3"><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,
$1,496,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H9D500A9D855C4F6486DFE152552C75A9"><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,
$1,422,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H33A223AED0304154B814AC1C643A1E53"><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,
$44,031,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H2AEDE3C1F1F84D7595BABEC050AAAECA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief financial
officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
$6,247,000:
<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="H0E8807147997418887A2555B441C53DA"><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,
$893,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H097410DF9F524C9ABC49B0138059811F"><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,
$22,692,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H48ED23AD46FF480E8DC63AC0C46BEB6A"><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,
$804,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H3A7741AC6F4F4FDD9A149A86E8231F10"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agriculture buildings and facilities and
rental payments</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC80A35007E94449EBBD45466C89DF1C2"><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, $241,336,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $175,694,000 shall be
available for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; of
which $13,473,000 is for payments to the
Department of Homeland Security for building security activities; and of which
$52,169,000 is 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="HA167C8EF965B4268A56954203B65D278"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous materials
management</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA517E2ACA99143C4B962DD11A968855F"><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.),
$3,992,000, 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 commented="no" id="HA0D05AF8BFFC4D21BE63A06965AFC551"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Departmental
administration</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H42EAD38FAF5F4F4FA67E1B641116F1FD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Departmental
Administration, $27,647,000, 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="HFCB02CE7DDE64CB69C381F387C618962"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for
congressional relations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H195E0BF28F304869B08443AEB40A50BC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry
out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch,
$3,869,000:
<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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H84BB52A9AB284782BD078D226ED58715"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of communications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Communications,
$9,006,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H154A24A63E3F4765B6AACACF6A807BB2"><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, $89,016,000, 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="H86019CD5BA334EC5ABAD7EFDF9B505B1"><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,
$45,074,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HEE1D13012562479098907754813FCED4"><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,
$893,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H186F88080DBB448AAC1EA0F5DE5534B9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic research service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Economic
Research Service,
$77,397,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HD3C32237F67B404082DB928BAFD7C226"><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,
$179,477,000, of which up to
$62,500,000 shall be available until expended
for the Census of Agriculture.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H72E1A898E98F47109BEBD1CBECB54DF2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural research
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7E14B5CA1DBA49778DDA5430DE6EF254"><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, $1,101,853,000:
<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 appropriations
hereunder shall be available for granting easements at any Agricultural
Research Service location for the construction of a research facility by a
non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Research
Service and a condition of the easements shall be that upon completion the
facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the availability of
funds herein, if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the
interest of the United States:
<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="H6E3A3C4C09EC4F0D8FA8CE97486D8B14"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National institute of food and
agriculture</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC98F2494D97B4B638F9FCCD85C405586"><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,
$738,638,000, which shall be for the purposes,
and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “National Institute of Food
and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities” in the report accompanying
this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds for research
grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capacity
building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food
research initiative, Critical Agricultural Materials Act, veterinary medicine
loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution
challenge grants, and grants management systems shall remain available until
expended:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program
receives no less than $1,000,000:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds for education grants for Alaska
Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual
eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded
equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds for
education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions
eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and
3222.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF3BFBA38F26946E88ADDFAD0F416E148"><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(b) (7 U.S.C.
3243(b)) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977, $10,000,000, to remain available
until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HDB5BD0CB087D421B904297BF41C0C61E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native american institutions endowment
fund</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" 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 commented="no" id="HEA33165E71844212ABE6E7911D7BFA16"><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, $475,125,000,
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table
titled “National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activities” in
the report accompanying this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds for facility
improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain available until
expended:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative
extension receive no less than $1,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever
Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be
available for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension
agents.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H547B1BBC26FF4C958B120DB4190286E8"><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,
$24,982,000, which shall be for the purposes,
and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “National Institute of Food
and Agriculture, Integrated Activities” in the report accompanying this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds for the Food
and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain available until September 30,
2014.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H3C48C302319E49CB941BBE4ABA8A2B27"><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,
$893,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H8999923EDF8449568B4273CB6EEE1196"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Animal and plant health inspection
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBEC1574A790A4C73903F31A9B3FC5616"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7FAC40BE9EED4B819D5527EEDCCF03B0"><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),
$816,534,000, of which
$1,500,000, to
<added-phrase committee-id="SSAP00" reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>remain<added-phrase committee-id="SSAP00" reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> 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 $15,970,000, 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
$36,858,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; 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 $50,761,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be used to support avian health; of which
$4,335,000, 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
$56,638,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for tree and wood pests; of which
$2,750,000, 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
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for the wildlife damage management program for aviation safety:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That, of amounts
available under this heading for wildlife services methods development,
$1,000,000 shall remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That, of amounts available under this heading for the screwworm program,
$4,971,000 shall remain available until
expended:<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 2013,
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="HC5BE237C0B4E4C72A48ACF1C56F1E5CD"><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,
$3,175,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HF5F1AB6520254D05BD929E261741AB87"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural marketing
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H3A4E3D8F45C442B796290ED986384311"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marketing services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Marketing Service, $77,863,000:
<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-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H2B0C4F1FA46845809694E20ADA3934A7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative
expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$62,592,000 (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="H9422D63601ED4A80ABE9FA4C0D464574"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds for strengthening markets, income,
and supply (section 32)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H74E454E47229400FA27CDA32F812AD43"><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="HAABD2AD35CA0411993259E616DB100C3"><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)),
$1,331,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H6C2ABFEDEC144691B9A81959BD67A083"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grain inspection, packers and stockyards
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H6C3D712521C647D7A730BB7CF07E8B11"><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,
$40,261,000:
<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 commented="no" id="H990D684EF1D041E0B553FACE02A417FB"><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-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HFEAABE5E76A64E718627148B6DD5E1E2"><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,
$811,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H424B3E1AF7D94F558C625F15CE664E6F"><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), $1,001,427,000; 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 2013 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="H36B0998D178A4725A82FC96A56A593BC"><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,
$893,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HD1C945A612DF461194242D8A9F5584EE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm service
agency</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H34EB685308A4441A9BAB1ACB38DEBE51"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB739B8E5F3114B599F968A1E80279B22"><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, $1,208,290,000:
<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="HA6E0B7758E054771A7042D539DB58705"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State mediation grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106),
$4,369,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB6AB0DCA2BBA4B83AFC1CC25D1903A43"><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),
$6,500,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB50ACD30EC6241798FA26C65E7D6FC4A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dairy indemnity
program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4A1439F8F88947029F779D4902BF74A3"><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="H6B288BD5F5844E0D957ACBF6EEB81613"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural credit insurance fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF19E7B2891CE4C4DAB08423655A79717"><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, emergency loans (7 U.S.C.
1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil
loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.),
and Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488), to be available from
funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership
loans, $1,975,000,000, of which
$1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized
guaranteed loans and $475,000,000 shall be for
direct loans; operating loans, $2,550,089,000,
of which $1,500,000,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $1,050,089,000
shall be for direct loans; emergency loans,
$34,658,000; 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 loans,
$20,140,000 for direct loans; operating loans,
$76,340,000, of which
$17,850,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans, and $58,490,000 shall be for direct
loans; emergency loans, $1,317,000, to remain
available until expended; and Indian highly fractionated land loans,
$173,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses
necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$312,897,000 of which
$304,977,000 shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds
appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance Program Account
for farm ownership, operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed
loans may be transferred among these programs:
<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="H4CE4B5CD4FDD4EA09704364EFF87EC0C"><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 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="H575A927E874442CCA35CBE0E2842E166"><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="H96D377013B384E1D98E5631A18BEABE9"><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="H297BFD7BE3A845F18197AB334DE7918A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation
fund</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H82708CE568D343979DD3BB64EA2B9B4A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursement for net realized
losses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HFFA3F05739D7495CB77EF153E8FD892C"><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="H5FBEF0ADBC2F41ADA8F9C2117D64F36B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous waste
management</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB2C0697355344AE78D77A6B9EC3895D7"><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="H2F738698BAA3461A99FAEDB0010A68B8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation
programs</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="IDF1FC8500CCA44AF2982B212A9B18C51E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for natural
resources and environment</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="IDE4706A1979884C08B86B6DE7507D56B7"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment,
$893,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H3C373F00254E4805894795FAA8B24155"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Natural resources conservation
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9473D71CE17E4BC0B030C26FD39B8F30"><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,
$828,498,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2014:
<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="H08F0D6E6E53C45F7B9DE1E86AD737044"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural
development</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H47F3370346464AC49FC847FA957987AA"><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,
$893,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HF5E7B6E64F974352B8E5B509EFB444B2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural development salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD3C168F7311142EB9DC04216804DEB2C"><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; $206,857,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for
advertising and promotional activities that support the Rural Development
mission area:
<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="HF70DCE1848B84EE4B2C1B105957391BE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H3381F441D5A94BBAB4E67EC23E0AA563"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing insurance fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD016B145532A420F9CC1C65695262710"><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: $900,000,000 shall
be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be
for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $27,952,000
for section 504 housing repair loans;
$28,433,000 for section 515 rental housing;
$150,000,000 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><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, $53,730,000 shall be for
direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans,
$3,821,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new
construction of section 515 rental housing,
$10,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</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
communities that have a current administrative population waiver under section
541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be eligible for section
502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading:<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 2012, shall be
available through June 30, 2013, for communities designated by the Secretary of
Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That, of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 direct
loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be
available for direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant
to a program funded with a mutual and self help housing grant authorized by
section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
in balancing the needs between the section 515 rental housing program and the
multi-family housing revitalization program, the Secretary may transfer not
more than 50 percent of the funds appropriated for the section 515 program to
the Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program Account.</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,
$17,526,000, 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 to 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, $410,627,000 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="HE236986F1B9D494ABE9E833B6B239CF7"><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,
$907,128,000; 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 $3,000,000 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
2013 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 commented="no" id="H4D7B455473E248F99977F56E4002BF66"><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,
$27,782,000, 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,
$16,782,000 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="H4FC383E91779484D8333889DE935A58A"><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 Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall be available through June 30, 2013, for
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HFF9D758AD831493ABB39457E513C9FF5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing assistance
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants for very
low-income housing repair and rural housing preservation made by the Rural
Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m,
$33,136,000, 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 2012, shall be available through June 30,
2013, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H88AEED2A969F450CA2EF1D829CA556FD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural community facilities program
account</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H323B4AEE2331444090E9C22FB7AFCAB8"><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, $2,000,000,000.</text><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,
$28,428,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That
$6,121,000 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 total 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 2012, shall be available through
June 30, 2013, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as
Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones:
<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 commented="no" id="H5F86A9013F49456D83E986AE5FF905C8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business—Cooperative
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD0B8173BBA2B4235B99B4E367C1FC1EA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HEBABB5972F44451081454C858E96B2F5"><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 subsections (f) and (g) of section
310B and section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
$85,904,000, 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 and
$3,000,000 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 total
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 2012, shall be available through
June 30, 2013, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H21991FCF507B4526BCE07AFA74D6A233"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural development loan fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC8470CBF646A4E009EA7853E86AF53AB"><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)),
$18,889,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct loans,
$6,052,000, as authorized by the Rural
Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which
$900,000 shall be available through June 30,
2013, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which
$2,000,000 shall be available through June 30,
2013, 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 2012, shall be available through June 30, 2013, 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,
$4,438,000 shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HAA7DF71CD4E649A5B9A3604FAB954D7F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural economic development loans program
account</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H00A34E3D2781445EA68FF660051CD098"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including rescission)</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, $180,000,000 shall
not be obligated and $180,000,000 are
rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HCC391D2D770342EB9561AD64CB9257B8"><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),
$27,706,000, 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
$3,456,000 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
$15,000,000, 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="H0CA81C2A9CA14C36AA98E12F1550DF98"><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, 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), $3,400,000:
<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="HA5EDA7B3EA984E7194D5D3D5361C4AE2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural utilities
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4116E5597D0F4BAAA03E58AE059405F2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural water and waste disposal program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF4E2D2EFD0DF4BE4939C75F79931D950"><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,
$522,481,000, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
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
$66,500,000 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
not to exceed $3,400,000 shall be for solid
waste management grants:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That of the total 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 2012, shall be available through June 30,
2013, 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-energy cost 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 Cost 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.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans as authorized by section 1006a of title 16 of the United
States Code, except for the limitations contained in the last sentence of such
section, for projects whose features include agricultural water supply
benefits, groundwater protection, environmental enhancement and flood control,
$40,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such loans shall be
made by the Rural Utilities Service.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H2F14F65A0D0047A3A6E2585BFC7D237F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural electrification and
telecommunications loans program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H759E8119A1864DBF9B6AED167E81A137"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows: 5
percent rural electrification loans,
$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306
of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000;
guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A,
$500,000,000; cost of money rural
telecommunications loans, $690,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That up to
$2,000,000,000 shall be used for the
construction, acquisition, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating
plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sequestration
systems.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for
administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan
programs, $34,467,000, 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="H68F01B0424FD403EB6F1690E9C8429EE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance learning, telemedicine, and
broadband program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the
principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans,
$63,358,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants for telemedicine and distance
learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.,
$24,950,000, 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
funding provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided to entities that meet all
of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as established by this section:
<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><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of broadband loans, as
authorized by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act,
$6,000,000, 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><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="H642C16E898C44C2B8ACA2998551BE2CE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Domestic food
programs</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H5B996B99E29E404EBAACC5B65F10D136"><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,
$811,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HD42E0E56F1984862A1B30755AD776D08"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and nutrition
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H36E434D8E208470B9C7B82A9B0C01901"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child nutrition
programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0F85FBB32877446EB28032D42462903D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(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;
$19,657,500,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2014, 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) 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, $16,504,000 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
of 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.).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H3FC571F3BD614B0C94A43EB1B3F7164D"><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),
$7,041,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2014:
<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, only the provisions of
section 17(h)(10)(B)(iii) shall be effective in fiscal year 2013 (excluding
performance bonus payments), for which not less than
$60,000,000 shall be used for breast-feeding
peer counselors and other related activities,
$14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure,
and $30,000,000 shall be used for management
information systems:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds made available for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and
section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall only be made available upon a determination by
the Secretary that funds are available to meet caseload requirements without
the use of the contingency reserve funds:<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="H6094537DFA2A44539248D802F5CED97B"><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.),
$79,993,795,000, of which
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2014, 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<added-phrase committee-id="SSAP00" reported-display-style="italic">,</added-phrase> of the funds made available
under this heading, $998,000 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="H6A347F5D8B754FD1B8C0319A7682847C"><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, $253,952,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2014:
<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 2013 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, 2014:
<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="H55396102A864449F9CB5DBA20761C8B5"><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,
$143,505,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the funds
provided herein, $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="H1CB8984A77FB431C90975E85A4985D9B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign assistance and related
programs</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HDC27F6788F0947E0B1A5F457F8D6DCA0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign agricultural
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H1D4AC1BA09554245BBD35C88CAEED547"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H31A1B7F6A04D469AA1261C707922AB6F"><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), $176,789,000:
<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 commented="no" id="HF9A08E616173461DA8CBFD3EC0EAB730"><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="H8D2296D22A734B2CB216E87994CDAB80"><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,
$2,806,000, shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds made available
for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be
used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H6E1858518AAD415B80FAA3974053F36B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food for peace title ii
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses during the
current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years'
costs, including interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law
83–480, as amended), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
abroad under title II of said Act,
$1,466,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H5A66CDBCE66344AF833DD8A841D59A56"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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), $184,000,000, 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="H016595DA96CC49E0A04B042B6936512F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation export (loans)
credit guarantee program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBDBF7EE9F2174F01B07264B75C57858D"><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, $6,806,000; 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 $6,452,000 shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses</quote>, and of which
$354,000 shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VI</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="HCDB2D7D4260C4CCA9CF0A8DE20D41E26"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Related agency and food and drug
administration</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H4E9343BC937045EEBD5990DBE7E2EC4A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of health and human
services</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA88D26E8DED84A1C8DDB7C51439B27A3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and drug
administration</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0D56DC634E41456BB0FEF31EBDD444CA"><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;
$3,878,416,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That<added-phrase committee-id="SSAP00" reported-display-style="italic">,</added-phrase> of the
amount provided under this heading, $712,808,000
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;
$69,700,000 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; $30,530,000
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;
$7,595,000 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;
$505,000,000 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;
$12,925,000 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; $15,367,000 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 amounts 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<added-phrase committee-id="SSAP00" reported-display-style="italic">,</added-phrase> in addition and
notwithstanding any other provision under this heading, amounts collected for
prescription drug, animal drug user fees, and animal generic drug user fees
that exceed the respective fiscal year 2013 limitations are appropriated 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, and animal
generic drug assessments for fiscal year 2013 received during fiscal year 2013,
including any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2013 but credited for
fiscal year 2013, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2013 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)
$884,481,000 shall be for the Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of
Regulatory Affairs; (2) $984,248,000 shall be
for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3)
$331,420,000 shall be for the Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $174,952,000
shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5)
$360,501,000 shall be for the Center for Devices
and Radiological Health and for related field activities in the Office of
Regulatory Affairs; (6) $59,232,000 shall be for
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)
$482,398,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco
Products and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs;
(8) not to exceed $160,669,000 shall be for Rent
and Related activities, of which $61,681,000 is
for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General
Services Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed
$205,853,000 shall be for payments to the
General Services Administration for rent; and (10)
$234,662,000 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 the Secretary may, prior to the due date for
such fees, accept payment of animal drug user fees and animal generic drug user
fees authorized for fiscal year 2014, and that amounts of such fees assessed
for fiscal year 2014 for which the Secretary accepts payment in fiscal year
2013 shall not be included in amounts provided under this heading:
<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><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="HAA718963A9774C4980E32958EB120132"><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, $5,320,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-major commented="no" id="H396212CA135147E2ACF4E6EA1F1738BA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Independent
agency</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H6E6EAB9087AC477AA4875277A79D43E6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm credit
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H238E7354A63744E9888B0FEEDAA68026"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative
expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$63,300,000 (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="H48A5DD6CF1444CA8817D82F3D6E8B62D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General
provisions</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H402B7A67F0BD4B308D18A0E8845E75C6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including rescissions and transfers of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2AAC33A1C65345E38FDFA1CC317BDA7E" 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 124 passenger
motor vehicles of which 124 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of
such vehicles:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding
this section, the only purchase of new passenger vehicles shall be for those
determined by the Secretary to be necessary for transportation safety, to
reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public
safety.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H200FC68C6DA74845A803DFDA164E6C2B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances of
discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other available unobligated
discretionary balances of the Department of Agriculture that are remaining
available at the end of the fiscal year, 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, such transferred
funds to remain available until expended:
<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 724 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="HAA110F8D36D243459E411C92A419A5F8" 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="H603B329150C24812904802A6016E3996" 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="H0CD0D5151AFC49D8BB8BFB181ECC2066" 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="HEC294BA1A0B1458094994E206DA95A0C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>706.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated
by this Act or any other Act may be used to carry out section 410 of the
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC91F9928F82444AAC8E343F89C5938A" 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="H2E087280B02F49348D389A64912C140A" 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="H54B5BACC1D8844FA892A424EF5F97C98" 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 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28110894CF494AF68741CD5E60D582EE" 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) 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54E622F53DEE447FB4E7DF39783DF873" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>711.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, unobligated balances 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, 2014, for
information technology expenses.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H827BDD0A1BB14AD4A3F69AF258DD6ABB" 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 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant
formula to participants.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F5D2670A99A42CB9FD3351993BFC2BF" section-type="subsequent-section"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6734027967C4DD89D72C7F0C50DB8BC" 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, 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="HCF76400B9CB14864AF0383581E7605B5"><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="H04A91E5033A846E7B974223EC40E77B5"><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="HC50B7A52560D4B0ABC0B481C1347D1C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>715.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the amounts set forth in section 412(e)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C.
1736f(e)(1)), may be reduced by any amount the Administrator determines
necessary to meet emergency food needs.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15184B4F3A15477DAB7F863D4E76BC0F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>716.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in fiscal
year 2013 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="H097C52BB015B4BD0B3E2F4E303C422A3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>717.</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="HE8CBDECF924C4DDE8E6CE238459C42B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>718.</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" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H305A3E8F4EDD4B9C8A56FF1803669F78" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>719.</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="H08986B4DF8C448548062D2D300B67900" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>720.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to authorization by the Congress,
the Secretary may reserve, through April 1, 2013, 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="idF40406C9EF3C4412A1118F415D441D83" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>721.</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="id42c04387e33a416aaa909eb95edc17ed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 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><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1630bc1cb2a47dcb02930db7d0ff811"><enum>(2)</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,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3839aa(8)), in excess of
$1,400,000,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc461f49e00e240c09229e71b7c54d97c"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Watershed Rehabilitation program
authorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66683403339445beb71e1f3dfe8de25e"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
authorized by section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16
U.S.C. 3839bb–1), in excess of $73,000,000;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3e91a82346349bf9e87dcd7d4c6ea6c"><enum>(5)</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
$981,000,000, 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
$41,000,000, including the transfer of funds
under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, until October 1,
2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That $117,000,000 made available on October 1,
2013, 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)(v) of section 14222
of Public Law 110–246, $150,000,000 are hereby
rescinded.</text>
</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE025F2DA223E4A6AB3EBCB172C27ADCA" 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 program to demonstrate the use of new technologies that increase the rate of
growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private nonindustrial forests lands,
enrolling lands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by
Hurricane Katrina in 2005.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92267471473248489928DF7FFFC9EEA2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>723.</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 2014 appropriations Act.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF9487D80FBF406DA58276ABB1F715EF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>724.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7AAD39E5816D4CE08C0ED40BCBAD346E"><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" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCD068E47D724179A52A4061524B1B0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates new programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF160F64F3E524DC1B1FBF02D2CBADB1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminates a program, project, or
activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D2FDC62ADC54A508E70CF3066C3ECF7"><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" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25430E4B6E9149CA88B8AB1D809666E3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relocates an office or employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB0AA3A9F53A4BD5B7B04544D3F0CB73"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2BB9E371762429D834B2F0C79E25123"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees;</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" continuation-text-level="subsection">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.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF5A9C0C718C4179AAD9D23F7B0FD866"><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="H85E3A3FAC4014CB2A97897E1818217B0"><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="H7FD0AC93421F4F309202EF296415F71C"><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="H0A12B02B1E5A4000BC8B8604C88FC709"><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="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC62F14C222D9488A84F83DF235CCA6A4"><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="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F77FBB39CE74DE29067C0CF3A439874"><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 from the Committee on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of
the notification as required in this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3D1B21728C84D54A230985A39EF6550" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>725.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA04474AFDEB4E9A9FC8EAEBFD98AA9A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>726.</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" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H798393B430E74116BD2FFBD627A56C75" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>727.</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" commented="no" committee-id="SSAP00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACB56F1C282845F0A4F333E71827BB0A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>728.</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="id3346C63262074769BB4187958559F893" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>729.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any area eligible for rural housing programs of the Rural Housing Service on
September 30, 2012, shall remain eligible for such programs until September 30,
2013.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED10FCCEF4624680B1F13B14E00F3904" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>730.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, or such officer or
agent, and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to
protect the interests of the Government.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7C5B52600034F82A1185453A686BB8E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>731.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability,
unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and
made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the
interests of the Government.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB66B7CC54574A9FAFEEAEE3B853863F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>732.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50
employees of the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug Administration
who are stationed in the United States, at any single international conference
occurring outside the United States, unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the
Commissioner of Food and Drugs reports to the Committees on Appropriations that
such attendance is in the national interest:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That for purposes of
this section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference
attended by representatives of the United States Government and of foreign
governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental
organizations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E3F123FF5DA49008C3558BE8FF295C4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>733.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conference transparency report required
by section 14208 of Public Law 110–246 shall be submitted to the Department of
Agriculture Inspector General:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That the report shall
be made available quarterly:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso>
That in addition to the requirements in section 14208(a)(2) of Public Law
110–246 the report shall include the cost of any food or beverages, the cost of
any audio-visual services, and a description of the contracting procedures,
including whether the contracts were awarded on a competitive basis for the
conference and a discussion of any cost comparison conducted.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id231FCCC1071C4CC1AE14BB4C45DA531C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>734.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Food and Drug Administration shall
submit quarterly reports to the Department of Health and Human Services
Inspector General regarding the costs and contracting procedures relating to
each conference during fiscal year 2013 for which the cost to the United States
Government was more than $20,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That each report
submitted shall include a description of the purpose for each conference, the
number of participants attending each conference, and a detailed statement of
the costs to the United States Government relating to each conference:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso>
That the detailed statement of costs shall include the cost of any food or
beverages, the cost of any audio-visual services, and a discussion of the
methodology used to determine which costs relate to each conference:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso>
That the report shall include a description of the contracting procedures
relating to each conference, including whether contracts were awarded on a
competitive basis for the conference and a discussion of any cost comparison
conducted.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5777560C8A1D4563A1D2ABC55FA795B6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>735.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants or contracts funded by amounts made
available by this Act may not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of
a conference that is not directly and programmatically related to the purpose
for which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a banquet or conference
held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or other
routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or contract.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="H2CF10863D7934EC78BC607732ED96E94"><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,
2013</short-title></quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small></section>
April 26, 2012
Read twice and placed on
the calendar