[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23257-23303]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2997, AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD 
 AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010

  Ms. DeLAURO submitted the following conference report and statement 
on the bill (H.R. 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 
purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 111-279)

  The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2997), making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, having met, after 
full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to 
their respective Houses as follows:
  That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the 
Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:
  In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate 
amendment, insert the following:

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2010, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                  Production, Processing and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, $5,285,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 
     of this amount shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as 
     determined by the Secretary.

                       Office of Tribal Relations

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Tribal Relations, 
     $1,000,000, to support communication and consultation 
     activities with Federally Recognized Tribes, as well as other 
     requirements established by law.

                          Executive Operations

                     office of the chief economist

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Economist, $13,032,000.

                       national appeals division

       For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
     $15,254,000.

                 office of budget and program analysis

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
     Analysis, $9,436,000.

                      office of homeland security

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security, 
     $1,859,000.

                    Office of Advocacy and Outreach

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and 
     Outreach, $1,700,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, $61,579,000.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer, $6,566,000: Provided, That no funds made available 
     by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or 
     Circular A-76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
     House of Representatives a report on the Department's 
     contracting out policies, including agency budgets for 
     contracting out.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Civil Rights, $895,000.

                         Office of Civil Rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
     $23,922,000.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Administration, $806,000.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
     Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
     delegation of authority from the Administrator of General 
     Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 
     486, for programs and activities of the Department which are 
     included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions 
     needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate 
     unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to 
     the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, 
     maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings 
     and facilities, and for related costs, $293,093,000, to 
     remain available until expended, of which $184,812,000 shall 
     be available for payments to the General Services 
     Administration for rent; of which $13,500,000 for payment to 
     the Department of Homeland Security for building security 
     activities; and of which $94,781,000 for buildings operations 
     and maintenance expenses: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
     use $15,911,000 of these funds to cover shortfalls incurred 
     in prior year rental payments: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary is authorized to transfer funds from a Departmental 
     agency to this account to recover the full cost of the space 
     and security expenses of that agency that are funded by this 
     account when the actual costs exceed the agency estimate 
     which will be available for the activities and payments 
     described herein.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
     comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and 
     the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
     seq.), $5,125,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That appropriations and funds available herein to 
     the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be 
     transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in 
     meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on 
     Federal and non-Federal lands.

                      Departmental Administration

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For Departmental Administration, $41,319,000, to provide 
     for necessary expenses for management support services to 
     offices of the Department and for general administration, 
     security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 
     supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and 
     necessary for the practical and efficient work of the 
     Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
     reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for 
     travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 
     required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558: Provided further, That of the 
     amount appropriated, $13,000,000 is for stabilization and 
     reconstruction activities to be carried out under the 
     authority provided by title XIV of the Food and Agriculture 
     Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and other applicable 
     laws.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the 
     programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
     intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
     branch, $3,968,000: Provided, That these funds may be

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     transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
     funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: 
     Provided further, That no funds made available by this 
     appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the date of 
     enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on 
     the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: Provided 
     further, That no other funds appropriated to the Department 
     by this Act shall be available to the Department for support 
     of activities of congressional relations.

                        Office of Communications

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Communications, 
     $9,722,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 
     1978, $88,725,000, including such sums as may be necessary 
     for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 
     and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978, and including not to exceed 
     $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, 
     including the payment of informants, to be expended under the 
     direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95-
     452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97-98.

                     Office of the General Counsel

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
     Counsel, $43,551,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Research, Education and Economics, $895,000.

                       Economic Research Service

       For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
     $82,478,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
     Statistics Service, $161,830,000, of which up to $37,908,000 
     shall be available until expended for the Census of 
     Agriculture.

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 
     and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
     purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land 
     exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value 
     or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor 
     which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the 
     land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
     $1,179,639,000, of which $44,138,000 shall be for the 
     purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
     ``Congressionally Designated Projects'' in the statement of 
     managers to accompany this Act:  Provided, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 
     and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
     one for replacement only: Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
     U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of 
     buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, 
     the cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed 
     $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall 
     each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to 
     be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 
     each, and the cost of altering any one building during the 
     fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
     replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is 
     greater: Provided further, That the limitations on 
     alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to 
     modernization or replacement of existing facilities at 
     Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the 
     Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 
     That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement 
     of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 
     (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds may be 
     received from any State, other political subdivision, 
     organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing 
     or operating any research facility or research project of the 
     Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.

                        buildings and facilities

       For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
     extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or 
     facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 
     research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where not 
     otherwise provided, $70,873,000, of which $70,873,000 shall 
     be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the 
     table titled ``Congressionally Designated Projects'' in the 
     statement of managers to accompany this Act, to remain 
     available until expended.

               National Institute of Food and Agriculture

                   research and education activities

       For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
     cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
     for other expenses, $788,243,000, of which $120,054,000 shall 
     be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the 
     table titled ``Congressionally Designated Projects'' in the 
     statement of managers to accompany this Act, as follows: to 
     carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 
     361a-i), $215,000,000; for grants for cooperative forestry 
     research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a-7), $29,000,000; for 
     payments to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
     $48,500,000, provided that each institution receives no less 
     than $1,000,000; for special grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
     $89,029,000; for competitive grants on improved pest control 
     (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $16,185,000; for competitive grants (7 
     U.S.C. 450(i)(b)), $262,482,000, to remain available until 
     expended; for the support of animal health and disease 
     programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $2,950,000; for supplemental and 
     alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $835,000; 
     for grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural 
     Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,083,000, to remain 
     available until expended; for the 1994 research grants 
     program for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of 
     Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,805,000, to remain 
     available until expended; for rangeland research grants (7 
     U.S.C. 3333), $983,000; for higher education graduate 
     fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,859,000, to 
     remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a 
     program pursuant to section 1415A of the National 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
     1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a), $4,800,000, to remain available until 
     expended; for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 
     3152(b)(1)), $5,654,000; for a higher education multicultural 
     scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $1,241,000, to remain 
     available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 
     grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 
     3241), $9,237,000; for competitive grants for the purpose of 
     carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3156 to individual 
     eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions 
     in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to each 
     of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,200,000; for a 
     secondary agriculture education program and 2-year post-
     secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $983,000; for 
     aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,928,000; for 
     sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 
     5811), $14,500,000; for a program of capacity building grants 
     (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to receive 
     funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $18,250,000, to remain 
     available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to 
     the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public 
     Law 103-382, $3,342,000; for resident instruction grants for 
     insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 3363), $900,000; for distance education grants for 
     insular areas under section 1490 of the National Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 3362), $750,000; for a new era rural technology 
     program pursuant to section 1473E of the National 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
     1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319e), $875,000; for a competitive grants 
     program for farm business management and benchmarking (7 
     U.S.C. 5925f), $1,500,000; for a competitive grants program 
     regarding biobased energy (7 U.S.C. 8114), $2,250,000; and 
     for necessary expenses of Research and Education Activities, 
     $45,122,000, of which $2,704,000 for the Research, Education, 
     and Economics Information System and $2,136,000 for the 
     Electronic Grants Information System, are to remain available 
     until expended.

              native american institutions endowment fund

       For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund 
     authorized by Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
     $11,880,000, to remain available until expended.

                          extension activities

       For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
     Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern 
     Marianas, and American Samoa, $494,923,000, of which 
     $11,831,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
     specified in the table titled ``Congressionally Designated 
     Projects'' in the statement of managers to accompany this 
     Act, as follows: payments for cooperative extension work 
     under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 
     3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public 
     Law 93-471, for retirement and employees' compensation costs 
     for extension agents, $297,500,000; payments for extension 
     work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 
     U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $4,321,000; payments for the nutrition and 
     family education program for low-income areas under section 
     3(d) of the Act, $68,070,000; payments for the pest 
     management program under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,938,000; 
     payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of 
     the Act, $4,863,000; payments for New Technologies for Ag 
     Extension under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,750,000; payments 
     to upgrade research, extension, and teaching facilities at 
     institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 
     and 3222, $19,770,000, to remain available until expended; 
     payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 
     Smith-Lever Act, $8,412,000; for youth farm safety education 
     and certification extension grants, to be awarded 
     competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $486,000; 
     payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 
     Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), 
     $4,068,000; payments for the federally-recognized Tribes 
     Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, 
     $3,045,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs 
     under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,705,000; payments for rural 
     health and safety education as authorized by section 502(i) 
     of Public Law 92-419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,738,000; payments 
     for cooperative extension work by eligible institutions (7 
     U.S.C. 3221), $42,677,000, provided that each institution 
     receives no less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth 
     organizations pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,784,000; payments 
     to carry out the food animal residue avoidance database 
     program as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, $1,000,000;

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     payments to carry out section 1672(e)(49) of the Food, 
     Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
     5925), as amended, $400,000; and for necessary expenses of 
     Extension Activities, $20,396,000.

                         integrated activities

       For the integrated research, education, and extension 
     grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 
     $60,022,000, as follows: for competitive grants programs 
     authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), 
     $45,148,000, including $12,649,000 for the water quality 
     program, $14,596,000 for the food safety program, $4,096,000 
     for the regional pest management centers program, $4,388,000 
     for the Food Quality Protection Act risk mitigation program 
     for major food crop systems, $1,365,000 for the crops 
     affected by Food Quality Protection Act implementation, 
     $3,054,000 for the methyl bromide transition program, and 
     $5,000,000 for the organic transition program; for a 
     competitive international science and education grants 
     program authorized under section 1459A of the National 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
     1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to remain available until expended, 
     $3,000,000; for grants programs authorized under section 
     2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89-106, as amended, $732,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2011, for the critical 
     issues program; $1,312,000 for the regional rural development 
     centers program; and $9,830,000 for the Food and Agriculture 
     Defense Initiative authorized under section 1484 of the 
     National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
     Policy Act of 1977, to remain available until September 30, 
     2011.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $895,000.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 
     representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), $904,953,000, 
     of which $24,410,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
     amounts, specified in the table titled ``Congressionally 
     Designated Projects'' in the statement of managers to 
     accompany this Act, of which $2,058,000 shall be available 
     for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, 
     animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to 
     the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 
     $23,390,000 shall be used for the cotton pests program for 
     cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active 
     eradication zones; of which $5,300,000 shall be for a 
     National Animal Identification program; of which $60,243,000 
     shall be used to prevent and control avian influenza and 
     shall remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
     provided for the contingency fund to meet emergency 
     conditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 
     program, emerging plant pests, cotton pests program, 
     grasshopper and mormon cricket program, the plum pox program, 
     the National Veterinary Stockpile, the National Animal 
     Identification System, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie 
     program for indemnities, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife 
     services methods development, up to $1,500,000 of the 
     wildlife services operations program for aviation safety, and 
     up to 25 percent of the screwworm program shall remain 
     available until expended: Provided further, That no funds 
     shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 
     eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not 
     require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 
     percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
     available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and 
     the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for 
     replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in 
     emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural 
     production industry of this country, the Secretary may 
     transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the 
     agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 
     be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 
     for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious 
     disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for 
     expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the 
     Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 
     sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
     7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds 
     transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding 
     fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: 
     Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
     available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and 
     alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 
     otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.
       In fiscal year 2010, the agency is authorized to collect 
     fees to cover the total costs of providing technical 
     assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other 
     political subdivisions, domestic and international 
     organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided 
     that such fees are structured such that any entity's 
     liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
     assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the 
     agency, and such fees shall be credited to this account, to 
     remain available until expended, without further 
     appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
     services.

                        buildings and facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
     environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, 
     and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 
     U.S.C. 428a, $4,712,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

       For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Service, $91,148,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall 
     be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
     alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
     cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
     shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
     of the building.
       Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
     activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
     U.S.C. 9701).

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $64,583,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
     expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or 
     other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this 
     limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

    funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
     1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
     program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
     operating expenses, including $10,000,000 for replacement of 
     a system to support commodity purchases, except for: (1) 
     transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the 
     Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers 
     otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 
     $20,056,000 for formulation and administration of marketing 
     agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 
     Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.

                   payments to states and possessions

       For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
     departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing 
     activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,334,000.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and 
     Stockyards Administration, $41,964,000: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
     2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.

        limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

       Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
     weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
     require additional supervision and oversight, or other 
     uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
     by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Food Safety, $813,000.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
     the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
     Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 
     including not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 
     and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
     August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,018,520,000; and in 
     addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 
     fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as 
     authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, 
     Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, 
     That funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication 
     Infrastructure system shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided further, That no fewer than 140 full-time equivalent 
     positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2010 for 
     purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement 
     related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided 
     further, That of the amount available under this heading, 
     $3,000,000 shall be obligated to maintain the Humane Animal 
     Tracking System as part of the Public Health Data 
     Communication Infrastructure System:  Provided further, That 
     this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 
     U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, $895,000.

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                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
     $1,253,777,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to 
     use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the 
     funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program 
     payments for all programs administered by the Agency: 
     Provided further, That other funds made available to the 
     Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
     merged with this account: Provided further, That funds made 
     available to county committees shall remain available until 
     expended.

                         state mediation grants

       For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), 
     $4,369,000.

               grassroots source water protection program

       For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
     protection activities under section 1240O of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $5,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                        dairy indemnity program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
     payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products 
     under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be 
     necessary, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     such program is carried out by the Secretary in the same 
     manner as the dairy indemnity program described in the 
     Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
     106-387, 114 Stat. 1549A-12).

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and 
     operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land 
     acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 
     U.S.C. 1989), direct and guaranteed conservation loans (7 
     U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land 
     loans (25 U.S.C. 488), to be available from funds in the 
     Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 
     ownership loans, $2,150,000,000, of which $1,500,000,000 
     shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $650,000,000 
     shall be for direct loans; operating loans, $2,670,000,000, 
     of which $1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
     loans, $170,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans 
     and $1,000,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe 
     land acquisition loans, $3,940,000; conservation loans, 
     $150,000,000, of which $75,000,000 shall be for guaranteed 
     loans and $75,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian 
     highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll 
     weevil eradication program loans, $100,000,000: Provided, 
     That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll 
     weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program 
     loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership 
     loans, $32,070,000, of which $5,550,000 shall be for 
     unsubsidized guaranteed loans, and $26,520,000 shall be for 
     direct loans; operating loans, $106,402,000, of which 
     $35,100,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 
     $23,902,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 
     $47,400,000 shall be for direct loans; conservation loans, 
     $1,343,000, of which $278,000 shall be for guaranteed loans, 
     and $1,065,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian highly 
     fractionated land loans, $793,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $321,093,000, of 
     which $313,173,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
     the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.
       Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit 
     Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and 
     conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 
     transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
     notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

       For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
     $80,325,000: Provided, That the funds made available under 
     section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1522(e)) may be used for the Common Information Management 
     System: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses, 
     as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).
       

                              CORPORATIONS

       The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
     authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
     and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
     forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
     corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

       For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be 
     necessary, to remain available until expended.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 reimbursement for net realized losses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
     to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net 
     realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
     pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
     U.S.C. 713a-11): Provided, That of the funds available to the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for 
     the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by 
     the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 
     management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service 
     that are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation 
     business.

                       hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

       For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site 
     investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 
     maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 
     section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and 
     section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6961).

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Natural Resources and Environment, $895,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
     the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including 
     preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
     measures to conserve soil and water (including farm 
     irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for 
     soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
     floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control 
     agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
     plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; 
     dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, 
     and interests therein for use in the plant materials program 
     by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
     exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
     428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of 
     permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft, $887,629,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2011, of which $37,382,000 shall be for 
     the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
     titled ``Congressionally Designated Projects'' in the 
     statement of managers to accompany this Act: Provided, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
     U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and 
     public improvements at plant materials centers, except that 
     the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings 
     and other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to 
     transfer ownership of all land, buildings, and related 
     improvements of the Natural Resources Conservation Service 
     facilities located in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, to the Medicine 
     Bow Conservation District: Provided further, That when 
     buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal 
     land, that the right to use such land is obtained as provided 
     in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.

               watershed and flood prevention operations

       For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
     including but not limited to research, engineering 
     operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of 
     vegetation, rehabilitation of existing works and changes in 
     use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 
     Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 1007-1009), the 
     provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), 
     and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
     activities of the Department, $30,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $22,111,000 shall be for 
     the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
     titled ``Congressionally Designated Projects'' in the 
     statement of managers to accompany this Act: Provided, That 
     not to exceed $12,000,000 of this appropriation shall be 
     available for technical assistance.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

       For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 
     structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 
     Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating 
     to the activities of the Department, $40,161,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                 resource conservation and development

       For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 
     projects for resource conservation and development and for 
     sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 and 
     32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 
     76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f); 
     and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 
     1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $50,730,000: Provided, That not 
     to exceed $3,073,000 shall be available for national 
     headquarters activities.

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                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Rural Development, $895,000.

                Rural Development Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs in the Rural Development 
     mission area, including activities with institutions 
     concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
     cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $201,987,000: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated under this section may be used for 
     advertising and promotional activities that support the Rural 
     Development mission area: Provided further, That not more 
     than $10,000 may be expended to provide modest nonmonetary 
     awards to non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any 
     balances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities 
     Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-
     Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be 
     transferred to and merged with this appropriation.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
     Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
     insurance fund, as follows: $13,121,488,000 for loans to 
     section 502 borrowers, of which $1,121,488,000 shall be for 
     direct loans, and of which $12,000,000,000 shall be for 
     unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $34,412,000 for section 504 
     housing repair loans; $69,512,000 for section 515 rental 
     housing; $129,090,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 
     housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524 site loans; 
     $11,448,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which 
     up to $1,448,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and 
     $4,970,000 for section 523 self-help housing land development 
     loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 
     loans, $213,510,000, of which $40,710,000 shall be for direct 
     loans, and of which $172,800,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 
     504 housing repair loans, $4,422,000; repair, rehabilitation, 
     and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
     $18,935,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed 
     loans, $1,485,000; and credit sales of acquired property, 
     $556,000: Provided, That 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 2009, shall be available through June 30, 2010, 
     for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That 
     section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans funded 
     pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to a 
     guarantee fee and the interest on such loans may not be 
     subsidized: Provided further, That any balances for a 
     demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
     of the section 515 multi-family rental housing properties as 
     authorized by Public Law 109-97 and Public Law 110-5 shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the ``Rural Housing Service, 
     Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program Account''.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $468,593,000 
     shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                       rental assistance program

       For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
     pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or 
     agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
     payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
     502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $980,000,000; and, 
     in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by 
     section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior 
     to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
     program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of 
     this amount, up to $5,958,000 shall be available for debt 
     forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized 
     by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $50,000 
     per project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public 
     agencies to cover direct costs (other than purchase price) 
     incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section 
     502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That of this 
     amount not less than $2,030,000 is available for newly 
     constructed units financed by section 515 of the Housing Act 
     of 1949, and not less than $3,400,000 is for newly 
     constructed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the 
     Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That rental assistance 
     agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 
     year shall be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, 
     That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 
     one-year agreements may be transferred and used for the 
     purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or 
     rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 
     rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 
     Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 
     agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2010 for a farm 
     labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 
     or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another 
     project until such assistance has remained unused for a 
     period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a 
     waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 
     project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 
     receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such 
     recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 
     practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family 
     housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act.

          multi-family housing revitalization program account

       For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
     section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding 
     subsection (b) of such section, for the cost to conduct a 
     housing demonstration program to provide revolving loans for 
     the preservation of low-income multi-family housing projects, 
     and for additional costs to conduct a demonstration program 
     for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 
     rental housing properties described in this paragraph, 
     $43,191,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $16,400,000 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to 
     any low-income household (including those not receiving 
     rental assistance) residing in a property financed with a 
     section 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 
     2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher shall 
     be the difference between comparable market rent for the 
     section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: 
     Provided further, That funds made available for such vouchers 
     shall be subject to the availability of annual 
     appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
     to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers 
     with current regulations and administrative guidance 
     applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the 
     Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
     Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that the 
     amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act 
     is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds 
     for the demonstration programs for the preservation and 
     revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 
     described in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available under this heading, $1,791,000 shall be 
     available for the cost of loans to private nonprofit 
     organizations, or such nonprofit organizations' affiliate 
     loan funds and State and local housing finance agencies, to 
     carry out a housing demonstration program to provide 
     revolving loans for the preservation of low-income multi-
     family housing projects: Provided further, That loans under 
     such demonstration program shall have an interest rate of not 
     more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may defer the interest and 
     principal payment to the Rural Housing Service for up to 3 
     years and the term of such loans shall not exceed 30 years: 
     Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
     heading, $25,000,000 shall be available for a demonstration 
     program for the preservation and revitalization of the 
     sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 
     properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing 
     loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the 
     purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to 
     preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and 
     affordable housing for low-income residents and farm laborers 
     including reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan 
     payments, subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; 
     and other financial assistance including advances, payments 
     and incentives (including the ability of owners to obtain 
     reasonable returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall as part of the 
     preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a 
     restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the 
     restructuring: Provided further, That if the Secretary 
     determines that additional funds for vouchers described in 
     this paragraph are needed, funds for the preservation and 
     revitalization demonstration program may be used for such 
     vouchers: Provided further, That if Congress enacts 
     legislation to permanently authorize a multi-family rental 
     housing loan restructuring program similar to the 
     demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use 
     funds made available for the demonstration program under this 
     heading to carry out such legislation with the prior approval 
     of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress: Provided further, That in addition to any other 
     available funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 
     $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available under 
     this heading, for administrative expenses for activities 
     funded under this heading.

                  mutual and self-help housing grants

       For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $41,864,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
     amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to 
     the amount of Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants allocated 
     by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones 
     for the fiscal year 2009, shall be available through June 30, 
     2010, for communities designated by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.

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                    rural housing assistance grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
     repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 
     for construction defects, and rural housing preservation made 
     by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $45,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 
     grants authorized by section 14204 of the Food, Conservation, 
     and Energy Act of 2008: Provided, That of the total amount 
     appropriated 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 2009, shall be available through June 30, 2010, 
     for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That 
     any balances to carry out a housing demonstration program to 
     provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 
     multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public Law 
     108-447 and Public Law 109-97 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the ``Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing 
     Revitalization Program Account''.

                       farm labor program account

       For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
     authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $19,746,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans 
     and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts.

               rural community facilities program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants 
     for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 
     section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $54,993,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That $6,256,000 of 
     the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
     for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided 
     further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 
     capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 
     housing and community development organizations, low-income 
     rural communities, and Federally Recognized Native American 
     Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community 
     facilities, community and economic development projects in 
     rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
     available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
     intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 
     of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That 
     such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds 
     from other sources, including Federal funds for related 
     activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: 
     Provided further, That $13,902,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities 
     in rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe 
     economic depression (Public Law 106-387), with up to 5 
     percent for administration and capacity building in the State 
     rural development offices: Provided further, That $3,972,000 
     of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, 
     as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided 
     further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
     the amount equal to the amount of Rural Community Facilities 
     Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural 
     Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2009, 
     shall be available through June 30, 2010, for communities 
     designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
     Area Partnership Zones for the rural community programs 
     described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act: Provided further, That sections 381E-H 
     and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
     are not applicable to the funds made available under this 
     heading: Provided further, That any prior balances in the 
     Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program 
     account for programs authorized by section 306 and described 
     in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act be transferred and merged 
     with this account and any other prior balances from the Rural 
     Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that 
     the Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                     rural business program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural 
     business development programs authorized by sections 306 and 
     310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $97,116,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall 
     be made available for a grant to a qualified national 
     organization to provide technical assistance for rural 
     transportation in order to promote economic development and 
     $2,979,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional 
     Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Community 
     Advancement Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) 
     of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which 
     not more than 5 percent may be used for administrative 
     expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading shall be for business grants 
     to benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, 
     including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national 
     organization to provide technical assistance for rural 
     transportation in order to promote economic development: 
     Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Business 
     Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural 
     Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2009, 
     shall be available through June 30, 2010, for communities 
     designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
     Area Partnership Zones for the rural business and cooperative 
     development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided 
     further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds 
     made available under this heading: Provided further, That any 
     prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community 
     Advancement Program account for programs authorized by 
     sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 
     381E(d)(3) of such Act be transferred and merged with this 
     account and any other prior balances from the Rural 
     Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that 
     the Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.

              rural development loan fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
     the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
     $33,536,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, $8,464,000, as authorized by 
     the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which 
     $1,035,000 shall be available through June 30, 2010, for 
     Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and of which 
     $2,070,000 shall be available through June 30, 2010, for 
     Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in 
     accordance with Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such 
     costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
     as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated 
     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 2009, shall be available through June 30, 2010, 
     for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan programs, $4,941,000 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.

            rural economic development loans program account

                    (including rescission of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
     under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
     purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
     creation projects, $33,077,000.
       Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
     payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936, $44,463,000 shall not be 
     obligated and $44,463,000 are rescinded.

                  rural cooperative development grants

       For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
     section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $34,854,000, of which 
     $300,000 shall be for a cooperative research agreement with a 
     qualified academic institution to conduct research on the 
     national economic impact of all types of cooperatives; and of 
     which $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the 
     appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $3,463,000 shall be for 
     cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary 
     focus is to provide assistance to small, socially 
     disadvantaged producers and whose governing board and/or 
     membership is comprised of at least 75 percent socially 
     disadvantaged members; and of which $20,367,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for value-added 
     agricultural product market development grants, as authorized 
     by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).

            rural microenterprise investment program account

       For the cost of loans and grants, $5,000,000 as authorized 
     by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981 et seq.): Provided, That such 
     costs of loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974.

                    rural energy for america program

       For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and grants, 
     under the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
     9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
     U.S.C. 8107), $39,340,000: Provided, That the cost of loan 
     guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
     be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974.

                        Rural Utilities Service

             rural water and waste disposal program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants 
     for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 
     waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 
     306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 
     306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the

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     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $568,730,000, to 
     remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
     $497,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 
     described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which 
     not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural 
     utilities program described in section 306E of such Act: 
     Provided, That $70,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
     this heading shall be for loans and grants including water 
     and waste disposal systems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) 
     and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
     Federally-recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 
     306C(a)(1), and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the 
     State of Hawaii): Provided further, That not less than 
     $65,000,000 of the unobligated balances available for grants 
     authorized by 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act shall be obligated within 90 days of the 
     enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $19,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
     shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and 
     waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, 
     unless the Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, 
     of which $6,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a 
     qualified non-profit multi-state regional technical 
     assistance organization, with experience in working with 
     small communities on water and waste water problems, the 
     principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural 
     communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving 
     the planning, financing, development, operation, and 
     management of water and waste water systems, and of which not 
     less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native 
     American organization to provide technical assistance for 
     rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified 
     national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide 
     technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 
     further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
     the amount equal to the amount of Rural Water and Waste 
     Disposal Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 
     2009, shall be available through June 30, 2010, for 
     communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural utilities 
     programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
     $17,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
     shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities 
     Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants 
     authorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act 
     of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior 
     year balances for high cost energy grants authorized by 
     section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
     918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural 
     Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants Account: Provided 
     further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the 
     funds made available under this heading: Provided further, 
     That any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural 
     Community Advancement Program account programs authorized by 
     sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described 
     in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of such 
     Act be transferred to and merged with this account and any 
     other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural 
     Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary 
     determines is appropriate to transfer.

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as 
     authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 
     made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 
     $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
     rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans 
     pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 5 percent rural 
     telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural 
     telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made 
     pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 
     loans, $295,000,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 
     6106(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, a 
     guaranteed underwriting loan may not be issued until the 
     amendments to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 contained 
     in section 6106(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
     of 2008 are administratively implemented.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $39,959,000, 
     which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.

         distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

       For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication 
     loans, $400,000,000.
       For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services 
     in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., 
     $37,755,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants authorized 
     by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: 
     Provided further, That $4,500,000 shall be made available to 
     those noncommercial educational television broadcast stations 
     that serve rural areas and are qualified for Community 
     Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
     under section 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
     including associated translators and repeaters, regardless of 
     the location of their main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter 
     links, and equipment to allow local control over digital 
     content and programming through the use of high-definition 
     broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting technologies.
       For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 
     601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $28,960,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the cost of direct 
     loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974.
       In addition, $17,976,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 
     transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 
     and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
     950aaa.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, $813,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

       In lieu of the amounts made available in section 14222(b) 
     of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, for 
     necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except 
     section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $16,855,829,000, to 
     remain available through September 30, 2011, of which 
     $1,000,000 may be used to carry out the school community 
     garden pilot program established under section 18(g)(3) of 
     the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1769(g)(3)), and of which $9,865,930,000 is hereby 
     appropriated, $6,747,877,000 shall be derived by transfer 
     from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 
     24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) and $242,022,000 shall be derived by 
     transfer from unobligated and unavailable balances from 
     fiscal year 2009 under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
     1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That of the total amount 
     available, $5,000,000 shall be available to be awarded as 
     competitive grants to implement section 4405 of the Food, 
     Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246), 
     and may be awarded notwithstanding the limitations imposed by 
     sections 4405(b)(1)(A) and 4405(c)(1)(A).

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
     supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
     $7,252,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2011: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(g)(5) of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(g)(5)), not more 
     than $15,000,000 of funds provided in this Act may be used 
     for the purpose of evaluating program performance in the 
     Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and 
     Children: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     17(h)(10)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1786(h)(10)(A)), of the amounts made available under this 
     heading, not less than $14,000,000 shall be used for 
     infrastructure, not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for 
     management information systems, and not less than $80,000,000 
     shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other 
     related activities: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided in this account shall be available for the purchase 
     of infant formula except in accordance with the cost 
     containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in 
     section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided shall be available for activities that are not 
     fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
     agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act.

               supplemental nutrition assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition 
     Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $58,278,181,000, of 
     which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 2011, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 
     amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry 
     out program operations: Provided, That funds provided herein 
     shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food 
     and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That this 
     appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or 
     workfare requirements as may be required by law: Provided 
     further, That funds made available for Employment and 
     Training under this heading shall remain available until 
     expended, notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this heading may be used to enter into 
     contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, 
     or to conduct activities related to program integrity 
     provided that such activities are authorized by the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008.

                      commodity assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and 
     the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by 
     section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act 
     of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food

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     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, $247,979,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2011, of which $6,000,000 shall be for emergency food program 
     infrastructure grants authorized by section 209 of the 
     Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983: Provided, That of the 
     amount provided, $5,000,000 is to begin service in 7 
     additional States that have plans approved by the Department 
     for the commodity supplemental food program: Provided 
     further, That none of these funds shall be available to 
     reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
     donated to the program: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with 
     funds made available in fiscal year 2010 to support the 
     Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002, such funds shall remain available through September 30, 
     2011: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for 
     costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

                   nutrition programs administration

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
     Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 
     assistance program, $147,801,000.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     including not to exceed $158,000 for representation 
     allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act 
     approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $180,367,000: 
     Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or 
     reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
     of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 
     institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the 
     agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 
     1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 
     States Agency for International Development: Provided 
     further, That funds made available for middle-income country 
     training programs and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign 
     Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of 
     offsetting fluctuations in international currency exchange 
     rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, shall remain available until expended.

  food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program 
                                account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program 
     of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480) and the 
     Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,812,000, to be transferred 
     to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service 
     Agency, Salaries and Expenses'': Provided, That funds made 
     available for the cost of agreements under title I of the 
     Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 
     for title I ocean freight differential may be used 
     interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                     food for peace title ii grants

       For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 
     83-480), for commodities supplied in connection with 
     dispositions abroad under title II of such Act, 
     $1,690,000,000, to remain available until expended.

       commodity credit corporation export loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and 
     GSM 103, $6,820,000; to cover common overhead expenses as 
     permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform 
     Act of 1990, of which $6,465,000 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $355,000 shall 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

  mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition 
                             program grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1), $209,500,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That of this amount, the Secretary 
     shall use $10,000,000 to conduct pilot projects to field test 
     new and improved micronutrient fortified food products 
     designed to meet energy and nutrient needs of program 
     participants: Provided further, That the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
     facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
     such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided 
     herein.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
     including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for 
     payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
     Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
     Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of 
     special purpose space in the District of Columbia or 
     elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
     enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
     Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
     certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding 
     section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $3,237,218,000, of which 
     $5,509,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
     specified in the eighth paragraph under ``Food and Drug 
     Administration, Salaries and Expenses'' in the statement of 
     managers to accompany this Act: Provided, That of the amount 
     provided under this heading, $578,162,000 shall be derived 
     from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h 
     shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
     expended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 
     U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2011 
     but collected in fiscal year 2010; $57,014,000 shall be 
     derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
     available until expended; $17,280,000 shall be derived from 
     animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall 
     be credited to this account and remain available until 
     expended; $5,106,000 shall be derived from animal generic 
     drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379f, and shall be 
     credited to this account and shall remain available until 
     expended; and $235,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco 
     product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s and shall be 
     credited to this account and remain available until expended: 
     Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 
     medical device, animal drug, animal generic drug, and tobacco 
     product assessments for fiscal year 2010 received during 
     fiscal year 2010, including any such fees assessed prior to 
     fiscal year 2010 but credited for fiscal year 2010, shall be 
     subject to the fiscal year 2010 limitations: Provided 
     further, That in addition and notwithstanding any other 
     provision under this heading, amounts collected for 
     prescription drug user fees that exceed the fiscal year 2010 
     limitation are appropriated and shall be credited to this 
     account and remain available until expended: Provided 
     further, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, 
     establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 
     31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated: (1) $782,915,000 shall be for the Center for 
     Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 
     $880,104,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and 
     Research and related field activities in the Office of 
     Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $51,545,000 shall 
     be available for the Office of Generic Drugs; (3) 
     $305,249,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation 
     and Research and for related field activities in the Office 
     of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $155,540,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
     $349,262,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 
     Radiological Health and for related field activities in the 
     Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $58,745,000 shall be for 
     the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
     $216,523,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and 
     for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (8) not to exceed $117,225,000 shall be for Rent and 
     Related activities, of which $41,496,000 is for White Oak 
     Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
     Services Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed 
     $171,526,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
     Administration for rent; and (10) $200,129,000 shall be for 
     other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner; 
     the Office of Foods; the Office of the Chief Scientist; the 
     Office of Policy, Planning and Budget; the Office of 
     International Programs; the Office of Administration; and 
     central services for these offices: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds made available under this heading shall be 
     used to transfer funds under section 770(n) of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd): Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be 
     for official reception and representation expenses, not 
     otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner: 
     Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one 
     specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     381, and priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     360n may be credited to this account, to remain available 
     until expended.

                        buildings and facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of 
     or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not 
     otherwise provided, $12,433,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C.

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     1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include multiple 
     year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
     $168,800,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed 
     $25,000 for the expenses for consultations and meetings 
     hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental and other 
     regulatory officials: Provided, That $8,200,000 of the total 
     amount appropriated under this heading shall not be available 
     for obligation until the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
     submits an expenditure plan for fiscal year 2010 to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $54,500,000 (from assessments collected from 
     farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural 
     Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current 
     fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under 
     12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation shall not 
     apply to expenses associated with receiverships.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (including rescissions and transfers of funds)

       Sec. 701.  Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
     appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
     Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall 
     be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
     specifically provided for, of not to exceed 204 passenger 
     motor vehicles, of which 170 shall be for replacement only, 
     and for the hire of such vehicles.
       Sec. 702.  Section 10101 of division B of the Consolidated 
     Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations 
     Act, 2009, (Public Law 110-329) is amended in subsection (b) 
     by inserting at the end the following: ``In carrying out this 
     section, the Secretary may transfer funds into existing or 
     new accounts as determined by the Secretary.''.
       Sec. 703.  The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
     unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by 
     this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 
     balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 
     Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 
     equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, 
     administrative, and information technology services of 
     primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 
     Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
     by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the 
     Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency 
     administrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 
     section shall be available for obligation without the prior 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act or made available to the 
     Department's Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the 
     Department's National Finance Center without prior approval 
     of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress as required by section 712 of this Act: Provided 
     further, That of annual income amounts in the Working Capital 
     Fund of the Department of Agriculture allocated for the 
     National Finance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more 
     than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 
     equipment, including equipment for the improvement and 
     implementation of a financial management plan, information 
     technology, and other systems of the National Finance Center 
     or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National 
     Finance Center: Provided further, That none of the amounts 
     reserved shall be available for obligation unless the 
     Secretary submits notification of the obligation to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate: Provided further, That the limitation on the 
     obligation of funds pending notification to Congressional 
     Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as 
     determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a 
     declared state of emergency that significantly impacts the 
     operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate 
     employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to 
     continue operations of the National Finance Center.
       Sec. 704.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 705.  No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
     pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
     or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
     of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 
     percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the 
     purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out 
     programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
     does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on 
     grants and contracts with such institutions when such 
     indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all 
     agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.
       Sec. 706.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
     the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended 
     to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year for 
     the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund 
     program account, the Rural Electrification and 
     Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural 
     Housing Insurance Fund program account.
       Sec. 707.  Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
     more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
     expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
     panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department of 
     Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
     rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
     awarded grants.
       Sec. 708.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry 
     Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
       Sec. 709.  No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
     be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by 
     this Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of 
     the Department for more than 30 days unless the individual's 
     employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the 
     receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the 
     employee for the period of assignment.
       Sec. 710.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and 
     Drug Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise 
     make available to any non-Department of Agriculture or non-
     Department of Health and Human Services employee questions or 
     responses to questions that are a result of information 
     requested for the appropriations hearing process.
       Sec. 711.  None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
     new information technology systems or significant upgrades, 
     as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
     without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
     concurrence of the Executive Information Technology 
     Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to 
     the Office of the Chief Information Officer without the prior 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     available to the Department of Agriculture for information 
     technology shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior 
     to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information 
     Officer.
       Sec. 712. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
     provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
     collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
     Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
     a reprogramming of funds which--
       (1) creates new programs;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
     restricted;
       (4) relocates an office or employees;
       (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
       (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
     presently performed by Federal employees; unless the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
     notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
       (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of 
     fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
     programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in 
     excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-ever is less, that: 
     (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) 
     reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
     savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a 
     change in existing programs, activities, or projects as 
     approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of 
     such reprogramming of funds.
       (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
     a program or activity not carried out during the previous 
     fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded by this 
     Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
       Sec. 713.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
     part of the President's Budget submission to the Congress of 
     the United States for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
     Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from 
     the previous year due to user fees proposals that have not 
     been enacted into law prior to the submission of the Budget 
     unless such Budget submission identifies which additional 
     spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees 
     proposals are not enacted prior to the date of

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     the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal 
     year 2011 appropriations Act.
       Sec. 714.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural 
     Development office unless or until the Secretary of 
     Agriculture determines the cost effectiveness and/or 
     enhancement of program delivery: Provided, That not later 
     than 120 days before the date of the proposed closure or 
     relocation, the Secretary notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriation of the House and Senate, and the members of 
     Congress from the State in which the office is located of the 
     proposed closure or relocation and provides a report that 
     describes the justifications for such closures and 
     relocations.
       Sec. 715.  None of the funds made available to the Food and 
     Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or 
     relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug 
     Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. 
     Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits of St. 
     Louis, Missouri.
       Sec. 716.  There is hereby appropriated $499,000 for any 
     authorized Rural Development program purpose, in communities 
     suffering from extreme outmigration and situated in areas 
     that were designated as part of an Empowerment Zone pursuant 
     to section 111 of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 
     2000 (as contained in appendix G of Public Law 106-554).
       Sec. 717.  None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
     2010 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under 
     the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of 
     $20,000,000 shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation for the release of eligible commodities under 
     section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f-1): Provided, That any such funds made 
     available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     only be used pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill 
     Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.
       Sec. 718.  There is hereby appropriated $3,497,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for a grant to the National 
     Center for Natural Products Research for construction or 
     renovation to carry out the research objectives of the 
     natural products research grant issued by the Food and Drug 
     Administration.
       Sec. 719.  Funds made available under section 1240I and 
     section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 
     524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) 
     in the current fiscal year shall remain available until 
     expended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
     year.
       Sec. 720.  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.
       Sec. 721.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the 
     following:
       (1) An Environmental Quality Incentives Program as 
     authorized by sections 1241-240H of the Food Security Act of 
     1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-3839aa(8)), in excess of 
     $1,180,000,000.
       (2) a program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of the 
     Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1012(h)(1)); and
       (3) a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) of section 
     14222 of Public Law 110-246 in excess of $1,123,000,000: 
     Provided, That none of the funds made available in this Act 
     or any other Act shall be used for salaries and expenses to 
     carry out section 19(i)(1)(C) of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of 
     Public Law 110-246 in excess of $25,000,000, including the 
     transfer of funds under subsection (c) of section 14222 of 
     Public Law 110-246, until October 1, 2010: Provided further, 
     That $76,000,000 made available on October 1, 2010, to carry 
     out section 19(i)(1)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 
     110-246 shall be excluded from the limitation described in 
     subsection (b)(2)(A)(iii) of section 14222 of Public Law 110-
     246: Provided further, That all unobligated balances under 
     section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, available as of 
     September 30, 2009, are hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 722.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, 
     direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification 
     Act, or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to 
     receive an insured or direct loan under such Act, shall be 
     eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) of such 
     Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act.
       Sec. 723.  There is hereby appropriated $2,600,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for the construction, 
     interim operations, and necessary demolition needs for 
     establishment of an agricultural pest facility in the State 
     of Hawaii.
       Sec. 724.  There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000 to the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to award grant(s) to develop and 
     field test new food products designed to improve the 
     nutritional delivery of humanitarian food assistance provided 
     through the McGovern-Dole (section 3107 of the Farm Security 
     and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1)) and the 
     Food for Peace title II (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) programs: 
     Provided, That the Secretary shall use the authorities 
     provided under the Research, Education, and Economics mission 
     area of the Department in awarding such grant(s), with 
     priority given to proposals that demonstrate partnering with 
     and in-kind support from the private sector.
       Sec. 725.  None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Agriculture in this Act may be used to 
     implement the risk-based inspection program in the 30 
     prototype locations announced on February 22, 2007, by the 
     Under Secretary for Food Safety, or at any other locations, 
     until the USDA Office of Inspector General has provided its 
     findings to the Food Safety and Inspection Service and the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate on the data used in support of the development 
     and design of the risk-based inspection program and FSIS has 
     addressed and resolved issues identified by OIG.
       Sec. 726.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
     until receipt of the decennial census for the year 2010, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture--
       (1) shall consider--
       (A) the unincorporated area of Los Osos, California, the 
     city of Imperial, California, and the Harrisville Fire 
     District, Rhode Island, to be rural areas for the purposes of 
     eligibility for Rural Utilities Service water and waste 
     disposal loans and grants;
       (B) the incorporated community of Thermalito in Butte 
     County, California, (including individuals and entities with 
     projects within the community) eligible for loans and grants 
     funded under the housing programs of the Rural Housing 
     Service;
       (C) the city of Lumberton, North Carolina, and the city of 
     Sanford, North Carolina (including individuals and entities 
     with projects within the city) eligible for loans and grants 
     funded through the Rural Community Facilities Program 
     Account; and
       (D) the city of Nogales, Arizona (including individuals and 
     entities with projects within the city) eligible for loans 
     and grants funded through the housing programs of the Rural 
     Housing Service; and
       (2) may fund Rural Community Facility Program projects of 
     the Rural Housing Service and Water and Waste Disposal 
     Program projects of the Rural Utilities Service for 
     communities and municipal districts and areas in Connecticut, 
     Massachusetts, and Rhode Island that filed applications for 
     such projects with the appropriate Rural Development field 
     office of the Department of Agriculture prior to August 1, 
     2009, and that such projects were determined by the field 
     office to be eligible for funding.
       Sec. 727.  There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 for 
     section 4404 of Public Law 107-171.
       Sec. 728.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     there is hereby appropriated:
       (1) $3,000,000 of which $2,000,000 shall be for a grant to 
     the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer 
     Protection, and $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the 
     Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Foods, and Markets, as 
     authorized by section 6402 of the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note);
       (2) $350,000 for a grant to the Wisconsin Department of 
     Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection;
       (3) $1,000,000 shall be for development of a prototype for 
     a national carbon inventory and accounting system for 
     forestry and agriculture, to be awarded under full and open 
     competition;
       (4) $1,000,000 for the International Food Protection 
     Training Institute; and
       (5) $200,000 for the Center for Foodborne Illness Research 
     and Prevention.
       Sec. 729.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 
     financial and technical assistance through the Watershed and 
     Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out--
       (1) the Alameda Creek Watershed Project in Alameda County, 
     California;
       (2) the Hurricane Katrina-Related Watershed Restoration 
     project in Jackson County, Mississippi;
       (3) the Pidcock-Mill Creeks Watershed project in Bucks 
     County, Pennsylvania;
       (4) the Farmington River Restoration project in Litchfield 
     County, Connecticut;
       (5) the Lake Oscawana Management and Restoration project in 
     Putnam County, New York;
       (6) the Richland Creek Reservoir in Paulding County, 
     Georgia;
       (7) the Pocasset River Floodplain Management Project in the 
     State of Rhode Island;
       (8) the East Locust Creek Watershed Plan Revision in 
     Missouri, including up to 100 percent of the engineering 
     assistance and 75 percent cost share for construction cost of 
     site RW1;
       (9) the Little Otter Creek Watershed project in Missouri. 
     The sponsoring local organization may obtain land rights by 
     perpetual easements;
       (10) the DuPage County Watershed project in the State of 
     Illinois;
       (11) the Dunloup Creek Watershed Project in Fayette and 
     Raleigh Counties, West Virginia;
       (12) the Dry Creek Watershed project in the State of 
     California; and
       (13) the Upper Clark Fork Watershed project in the State of 
     Montana.
       Sec. 730.  Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``the District of Columbia and'' after the 
     first instance of ``institutions located in'';
       (2) by striking ``ten'' and inserting ``thirteen'';
       (3) by striking ``eight'' and inserting ``eleven''; and
       (4) by inserting ``Connecticut, Nevada, Wisconsin,'' after 
     the first instance of ``States shall be''.

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       Sec. 731.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none 
     of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to prohibit 
     the provision of in-kind support from non-Federal sources 
     under section 412(e)(3) in the form of unrecovered indirect 
     costs not otherwise charged against the grant, consistent 
     with the indirect rate of cost approved for a recipient.
       Sec. 732.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, unobligated balances remaining available at the end of 
     the fiscal year from appropriations made available for 
     salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency 
     and the Rural Development mission area, shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2011, for information 
     technology expenses.
       Sec. 733.  The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize a 
     State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the 
     maximum amount of liquid infant formula specified in 7 C.F.R. 
     246.10 when issuing liquid infant formula to participants.
       Sec. 734. (a) Child Nutrition Programs.--Section 9(b) of 
     the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1758(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(14) Combat pay.--
       ``(A) Definition of combat pay.--In this paragraph, the 
     term `combat pay' means any additional payment under chapter 
     5 of title 37, United States Code, or otherwise designated by 
     the Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion under this 
     paragraph, that is received by or from a member of the United 
     States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone, if 
     the additional pay--
       ``(i) is the result of deployment to or service in a combat 
     zone; and
       ``(ii) was not received immediately prior to serving in a 
     combat zone.
       ``(B) Exclusion.--Combat pay shall not be considered to be 
     income for the purpose of determining the eligibility for 
     free or reduced price meals of a child who is a member of the 
     household of a member of the United States Armed Forces.''.
       (b) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 
     Infants, and Children.--Section 17(d)(2) of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); 
     and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
       ``(C) Combat pay.--For the purpose of determining income 
     eligibility under this section, a State agency shall exclude 
     from income any additional payment under chapter 5 of title 
     37, United States Code, or otherwise designated by the 
     Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion under this 
     subparagraph, that is received by or from a member of the 
     United States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat 
     zone, if the additional pay--
       ``(i) is the result of deployment to or service in a combat 
     zone; and
       ``(ii) was not received immediately prior to serving in a 
     combat zone.''.
       Sec. 735.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for the 
     grant program for the purpose of obtaining and adding to an 
     anhydrous ammonia fertilizer nurse tank a substance to reduce 
     the amount of methamphetamine that can be produced from any 
     anhydrous ammonia removed from the nurse tank as authorized 
     by section 14203 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
     2008 (21 U.S.C. 864a).
       Sec. 736.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by 
     the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention 
     of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code 
     of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 737.  Agencies with jurisdiction for carrying out 
     international food assistance programs under the jurisdiction 
     of this Act, including title II of the Food for Peace Act and 
     the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education Program, 
     shall--
       (1) provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House and the Senate no later than May 1, 2010, the 
     following:
       (A) estimates on cost-savings and programmatic efficiencies 
     that would result from increased use of pre-positioning of 
     food aid commodities and processes to ensure such cargoes are 
     appropriately maintained to prevent spoilage;
       (B) estimates on cost-savings and programmatic efficiencies 
     that would result from the use of longer-term commodity 
     procurement contracts, the proportional distribution of 
     commodity purchases throughout the fiscal year, longer-term 
     shipping contracts, contracts which include shared-risk 
     principles, and adoptions of other commercially acceptable 
     contracting practices;
       (C) estimates on costs of domestic procurement of 
     commodities, domestic inland transportation of food aid 
     commodities, domestic storage (including loading and 
     unloading), foreign storage (including loading and 
     unloading), foreign inland transportation, and ocean freight 
     (including ocean freight as adjusted by the ocean freight 
     differential reimbursement provided by the Secretary of 
     Transportation), and costs relating to allocation and 
     distribution of commodities in recipient countries;
       (D) information on the frequency of delays in transporting 
     food aid commodities, the cause or purpose of any delays 
     (including how those delays are tracked, monitored and 
     resolved), missed schedules by carriers and non-carriers (and 
     resulting program costs due to such delays, including impacts 
     to program beneficiaries);
       (E) information on the methodologies to improve interagency 
     coordination between host governments, the World Food 
     Program, and non-governmental organization to develop more 
     consistent estimates of food aid needs and the number of 
     intended recipients to appropriately inform the purchases of 
     commodities and in order to appropriately plan for commodity 
     procurement for food aid programs;
       (2) provide the matter described under subsection (1) of 
     this section in the form of a consensus report under the 
     signatures of the Secretaries of Agriculture, State, and 
     Transportation; and
       (3) estimates and cost savings analysis for this section 
     shall be derived from periods representative of normal 
     program operations.
       Sec. 738.  There is hereby appropriated $250,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for a grant to the Kansas Farm 
     Bureau Foundation for work-force development initiatives to 
     address out-migration in rural areas.
       Sec. 739.  There is hereby appropriated $800,000 to the 
     Farm Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to 
     demonstrate the use of new technologies that increase the 
     rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private non-
     industrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast of the 
     Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 
     2005.
       Sec. 740. (a) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall 
     establish within the Food and Drug Administration a review 
     group which shall recommend to the Commissioner of Food and 
     Drugs appropriate preclinical, trial design, and regulatory 
     paradigms and optimal solutions for the prevention, 
     diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases: Provided, That the 
     Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall appoint individuals 
     employed by the Food and Drug Administration to serve on the 
     review group: Provided further, That members of the review 
     group shall have specific expertise relating to the 
     development of articles for use in the prevention, diagnosis, 
     or treatment of rare diseases, including specific expertise 
     in developing or carrying out clinical trials.
       (b) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall establish 
     within the Food and Drug Administration a review group which 
     shall recommend to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
     appropriate preclinical, trial design, and regulatory 
     paradigms and optimal solutions for the prevention, 
     diagnosis, and treatment of neglected diseases of the 
     developing world: Provided, That the Commissioner of Food and 
     Drugs shall appoint individuals employed by the Food and Drug 
     Administration to serve on the review group: Provided 
     further, That members of the review group shall have specific 
     expertise relating to the development of articles for use in 
     the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of neglected diseases 
     of the developing world, including specific expertise in 
     developing or carrying out clinical trials: Provided further, 
     That for the purposes of this section the term ``neglected 
     disease of the developing world'' means a tropical disease, 
     as defined in section 524(a)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360n(a)(3)).
       (c) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall--
       (1) submit, not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     establishment of review groups under subsections (a) and (b), 
     a report to Congress that describes both the findings and 
     recommendations made by the review groups under subsections 
     (a) and (b);
       (2) issue, not later than 180 days after submission of the 
     report to Congress under paragraph (1), guidance based on 
     such recommendations for articles for use in the prevention, 
     diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and for such uses 
     in neglected diseases of the developing world; and
       (3) develop, not later than 180 days after submission of 
     the report to Congress under paragraph (1), internal review 
     standards based on such recommendations for articles for use 
     in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases 
     and for such uses in neglected diseases of the developing 
     world.
       Sec. 741.  There is hereby appropriated $2,600,000 to carry 
     out section 1621 of Public Law 110-246 and $3,000,000 to 
     carry out section 1613 of Public Law 110-246.
       Sec. 742.  Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to 
     section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 
     $11,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 743. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to promulgate or implement a poultry products 
     inspection rule allowing processed poultry or processed 
     poultry products to be imported into the United States from 
     the People's Republic of China unless the Secretary of 
     Agriculture formally notifies Congress that the Department 
     will--
       (1) not provide any preferential consideration to any 
     application by the People's Republic of China for 
     authorization to export poultry or poultry products to the 
     United States;
       (2) conduct audits of inspection systems and on-site 
     reviews of slaughter and processing facilities, laboratories 
     and other control operations before any Chinese facilities 
     are certified as eligible to ship poultry or poultry products 
     to the United States and, in subsequent years, to conduct 
     such audits and reviews at least once annually or more 
     frequently as the Secretary determines necessary;
       (3) implement a significantly increased level of port of 
     entry re-inspection;
       (4) establish and conduct a formal and expeditious 
     information sharing program with other countries importing 
     processed poultry or processed poultry products from China 
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       (5) report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations within 120 days of the date of enactment of 
     this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for an indefinite 
     period, with respect to the promulgation or implementation of 
     any poultry products inspection rule authorizing the People's 
     Republic of China to export poultry or poultry products to 
     the United States, including--
       (A) actions taken or to be taken by the Secretary, 
     including new audits and on-site reviews, to implement any 
     poultry products inspection rule authorizing the People's 
     Republic of China to export processed poultry or processed 
     poultry products to the United States;
       (B) actions taken or to be taken by the Secretary, 
     including new audits and on-site reviews, to determine 
     whether the poultry inspection system of the People's 
     Republic of China achieves a level of sanitary protection 
     equivalent to that achieved under United States standards;
       (C) actions taken or to be taken by the Secretary to 
     determine whether the administration and enforcement of the 
     poultry and poultry products inspection system of the 
     People's Republic of China ensures that it achieves a level 
     of sanitary protection equivalent to that achieved under 
     United States standards;
       (D) the level of port of entry re-inspections to be 
     conducted on processed poultry and processed poultry products 
     offered for importation into the United States from the 
     People's Republic of China; and
       (E) a work plan incorporating any understandings or 
     agreements between FSIS and relevant authorities of the 
     People's Republic of China with respect to carrying out the 
     Secretary's assessment of the equivalency of the poultry 
     products inspection system of the People's Republic of China;
       (6) make publicly available, no later than 30 days from the 
     date they are finalized, the reports of any new audits and 
     on-site reviews conducted by the Secretary, and, in addition, 
     when such audit or review is being conducted to determine 
     whether the People's Republic of China's poultry inspection 
     system achieves a level of sanitary protection equivalent to 
     that achieved under United States standards, to make the 
     final report of such audit or review publicly available no 
     later than 30 days prior to the publication of any notice of 
     proposed rulemaking for such determination; and
       (7) make publicly available a list of facilities in the 
     People's Republic of China certified to export poultry or 
     poultry products to the United States and to notify the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations if the number of 
     facilities certified by the People's Republic of China 
     exceeds ten.
       (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used to promulgate any proposed or final rule allowing the 
     importation into the United States of poultry slaughtered or 
     poultry products produced from poultry slaughtered in the 
     People's Republic of China unless such rule is promulgated in 
     accordance with the procedures for significant rules 
     specified in Executive Order 12866.
       (c) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
     with United States obligations under its international trade 
     agreements.
       Sec. 744.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to--
       (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
       (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
     Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
     note; Public Law 104-127); or
       (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code of 
     Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 745. (a) Section 531(g)(7)(F) of the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(g)(7)(F)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting 
     ``(including multiyear assistance)'' after ``assistance''; 
     and
       (2) in clause (i), by inserting ``or multiyear production 
     losses'' after ``a production loss''.
       (b) Section 901(g)(7)(F) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
     U.S.C. 2497(g)(7)(F)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting 
     ``(including multiyear assistance)'' after ``assistance''; 
     and
       (2) in clause (i), by inserting ``or multiyear production 
     losses'' after ``a production loss''.
       Sec. 746. (a) Department of Agriculture Assistance During 
     Pandemic Emergency.--During fiscal year 2010, in any case in 
     which a school is closed for at least 5 consecutive days 
     during a pandemic emergency designation, each household 
     containing at least 1 member who is an eligible child 
     attending the school shall be eligible to receive assistance 
     pursuant to a State agency plan approved under subsection 
     (b).
       (b) Assistance.--To carry out this section, the Secretary 
     of Agriculture may approve State agency plans for temporary 
     emergency standards of eligibility and levels of benefits 
     under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
     seq.) for households with eligible children. Plans approved 
     by the Secretary may provide for supplemental allotments to 
     households receiving benefits under such Act, and issuances 
     to households not already receiving benefits. Such level of 
     benefits shall be determined by the Secretary in an amount 
     not less than the value of meals at the free rate over the 
     course of 5 school days for each eligible child in the 
     household.
       (c) Minimum Closure Requirement.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall not provide assistance under this section 
     in the case of a school that is closed for less than 5 
     consecutive days.
       (d) Use of EBT System.--A State agency may provide 
     assistance under this section through the EBT card system 
     established under section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016).
       (e) Release of Information.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize 
     State educational agencies and school food authorities 
     administering a school lunch program under the Richard B. 
     Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) to 
     release to appropriate officials administering the 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program such information as 
     may be necessary to carry out this section.
       (f) Waivers.--To facilitate implementation of this section, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture may approve waivers of the 
     limits on certification periods otherwise applicable under 
     section 3(f) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
     2012(f)), reporting requirements otherwise applicable under 
     section 5(f) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2014(f)), and other 
     administrative requirements otherwise applicable to State 
     agencies under such Act.
       (g) Funding.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds 
     made available under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) to fund, with the exception of the 
     commodities described in subsection (h), benefits provided 
     under this section.
       (h) Availability of Commodities.--During fiscal year 2010, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture may utilize funds appropriated 
     under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 
     612c) to purchase commodities for emergency distribution in 
     any area of the United States during a pandemic emergency 
     designation.
       (i) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``eligible child'' means a child (as defined 
     in section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)) who, if not for the closure of 
     the school attended by the child during a pandemic emergency 
     designation and due to concerns about an influenza pandemic, 
     would receive free or reduced price school meals under the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 175l 
     et seq.) at the school.
       (2) The term ``pandemic emergency designation'' means the 
     declaration--
       (A) of a public health emergency, based on pandemic 
     influenza, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d); or
       (B) of a domestic emergency, based on pandemic influenza, 
     by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
       (3) The term ``school'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)).
       Sec. 747.  Specific projects contained in the report of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     accompanying this Act (H. Rept. 111-181) that are considered 
     congressional earmarks for purposes of clause 9 of rule XXI 
     of the Rules of the House of Representatives, when intended 
     to be awarded to a for-profit entity, shall be awarded under 
     a full and open competition.
       Sec. 748. (a) There is hereby appropriated $350,000,000 of 
     which $60,000,000 is provided for purchases of cheese and 
     other dairy products under 7 U.S.C. 2036(a) and $290,000,000 
     is provided to the Secretary of Agriculture to assist dairy 
     producers under section 10104 of Public Law 107-171.
       (b)(1) Regulations.--The Secretary of Agriculture may 
     promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement 
     this section.
       (2) Procedure.--The promulgation of the implementing 
     regulations and the administration of this section shall be 
     made without regard to--
       (A) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (B) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (C) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (3) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use the 
     authority provided under section 808 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       Sec. 749. (a) Section 6(e)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(e)(1)(B)) is 
     amended by striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2010''.
       (b) Section 9(f)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(f)(5)) is amended by 
     striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2010''.
       (c)(1) Section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended by 
     striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2010''.
       (2) Section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended by 
     striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2010''.
       (d) Section 18(h)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(h)(5)) is amended by 
     striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2010''.
       (e) Section 21(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(g)(1)(A)(ii)) is 
     amended by striking ``and October 1, 2008'' and inserting 
     ``October 1, 2008, and October 1, 2009''.
       (f) Section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is

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     amended by striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2010''.
       (g)(1) From the funds made available under paragraph (5), 
     the Secretary shall carry out demonstration projects to 
     develop and test methods of providing access to food for 
     children in urban and rural areas during the summer months 
     when schools are not in regular session to--
       (A) reduce or eliminate the food insecurity and hunger of 
     children; and
       (B) improve the nutritional status of children.
       (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ``children'' 
     means low-income children, as specified by the Secretary.
       (3)(A) From the funds made available under paragraph (5), 
     the Secretary shall provide for an independent evaluation of 
     the demonstration projects carried out under this subsection, 
     which shall use rigorous methodologies, including--
       (i) random assignment of children or schools, where 
     practicable; or
       (ii) if random assignment of children or schools is not 
     practicable, quasi-experimental or other methods that are 
     capable of producing scientifically valid information 
     regarding which projects are effective in achieving the 
     purposes described in paragraph (1).
       (B)(i) Not later than December 31, 2010, and each December 
     31 thereafter until the completion of the last evaluation 
     conducted under subparagraph (A) the Secretary shall submit 
     to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry of the Senate a report that includes--
       (I) the status of each demonstration project carried out 
     under this subsection; and
       (II) the results of the evaluations conducted under 
     subparagraph (A) for the previous fiscal year.
       (ii) Not later than 120 days after the completion of the 
     last evaluation conducted under subparagraph (A), the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 
     that includes recommendations on how to improve children's 
     access to food during the summer months when school is not in 
     regular session.
       (4) The Secretary may use funds made available under 
     paragraph (5) to pay--
       (A) participant benefits;
       (B) the added administrative expenses incurred by 
     participating organizations as a result of participating in a 
     project under this subsection;
       (C) costs associated with outreach to potential 
     participants and potential sponsoring organizations; and
       (D) costs associated with soliciting, administering, 
     monitoring, and evaluating each demonstration project carried 
     out under this subsection.
       (5)(A) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
     not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection 
     $85,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       (B) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall 
     accept, and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds 
     transferred under subparagraph (A), without further 
     appropriation.
       (h)(1)(A) From the funds made available under subparagraph 
     (C), the Secretary shall provide assistance through grants to 
     State agencies administering the National School Lunch 
     Program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) with the lowest rates of 
     children certified for free meals pursuant to paragraphs (4) 
     and (5) of section 9(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(4); 
     1758(b)(5)) for the purpose of improving such rates.
       (B) Under the terms and conditions established by the 
     Secretary, a State receiving grant funds under this 
     subsection may use such funds to pay costs related to 
     improving the rate of direct certification in such State, 
     including the costs related to--
       (i) making technology improvements;
       (ii) providing technical assistance to local educational 
     agencies;
       (iii) implementing a new or revised direct certification 
     system in such State and in the local educational agencies of 
     such State; and
       (iv) using multiple public means tested benefits programs 
     for the purpose of direct certification.
       (C)(i) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
     not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph 
     $22,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       (ii) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall 
     accept, and shall use to carry out this paragraph the funds 
     transferred under clause (i), without further appropriation.
       (2)(A) From the funds made available under subparagraph 
     (B), the Secretary shall provide technical assistance to 
     assist States receiving grants under paragraph (1), and other 
     States, as appropriate, in improving the rates of direct 
     certification.
       (B)(i) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
     not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph 
     $3,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       (ii) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall 
     accept, and shall use to carry out this paragraph the funds 
     transferred under clause (i), without further appropriation.
       (i)(1) From the funds made available under paragraph (4), 
     in carrying out the special supplemental nutrition program 
     for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786 et seq.) (in 
     this subsection referred to as the ``program'') during fiscal 
     year 2010, the Secretary shall provide performance bonus 
     payments to State agencies that demonstrate--
       (A) the highest proportion of breastfed infants, as 
     compared to other State agencies participating in the 
     program; or
       (B) the greatest improvement in proportion of breastfed 
     infants, as compared to other State agencies participating in 
     the program.
       (2) In providing performance bonus payments to State 
     agencies under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider 
     a State agency's proportion of participating fully breastfed 
     infants.
       (3) A State agency that receives a performance bonus under 
     paragraph (1)--
       (A) shall treat the funds as program income; and
       (B) may transfer the funds to local agencies for use in 
     carrying out the program.
       (4)(A) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
     not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection 
     $5,000,000.
       (B) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall 
     accept, and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds 
     transferred under subparagraph (A), without further 
     appropriation.
       (j)(1) From the funds made available under paragraph (5), 
     the Secretary shall make payments to State educational 
     agencies to award grants to eligible school food authorities 
     for the purchase of equipment for schools under the 
     jurisdiction of such authorities.
       (2)(A) Payments under paragraph (1) shall be allocated to 
     State educational agencies in a manner proportional with each 
     agency's administrative expense allocation under section 
     7(a)(2) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1776(a)(2)).
       (B) If a State educational agency does not accept or use 
     the amounts made available under its allocation in accordance 
     with this subsection, the Secretary shall reallocate such 
     amounts to other State educational agencies, as the Secretary 
     determines necessary.
       (3)(A) Not later than 180 days after receiving an 
     allocation under this subsection, a State educational agency 
     shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 
     school food authorities.
       (B) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 
     ``eligible school food authority'' means a school food 
     authority--
       (i) participating in the National School Lunch Program 
     established under the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Program (42 U.S. C. 1751 et seq.); and
       (ii) that did not receive a grant for equipment assistance 
     under the grant program carried out pursuant to the heading 
     ``Food and Nutrition Service Child Nutrition Programs'' in 
     title I of division A of the American Recovery and 
     Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).
       (C) To qualify to receive a grant under this subsection, an 
     eligible school food authority shall--
       (i) submit an application to a State educational agency at 
     such time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
     the State educational agency may require; or
       (ii) have submitted an application to receive equipment 
     assistance under the grant program carried out pursuant to 
     the heading ``Food and Nutrition Service Child Nutrition 
     Programs'' in title I of division A of the American Recovery 
     and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public law 111-5).
       (D) In awarding grants to eligible school food authorities, 
     a State shall give priority to each eligible school food 
     authority whose application demonstrates that in providing 
     equipment assistance to schools with funds received under 
     this subsection, it will give priority to schools where not 
     less than 50 percent of the enrolled students are eligible 
     for free or reduced price meals under the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).
       (E) Under the terms and conditions established by the 
     Secretary, an eligible school food authority receiving a 
     grant under this subsection shall use such funds to purchase 
     equipment for schools under the jurisdiction of the school 
     food authority--
       (i) to improve the quality of school meals, consistent with 
     the goals of the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans 
     published under section 301 of the National Nutrition 
     Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341);
       (ii) to improve the safety of food served in the school 
     meal programs established under the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.);
       (iii) to improve the overall energy efficiency of school 
     foodservice operations; or
       (iv) for other purposes as established by the Secretary.
       (4) A State educational agency receiving an allocation 
     under this subsection may not use more than 5 percent of such 
     allocation for administrative costs associated with awarding 
     grants to eligible school food authorities in accordance with 
     this subsection.
       (5)(A) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
     not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection 
     $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       (B) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall 
     accept, and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds 
     transferred under subparagraph (A), without further 
     appropriation.

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       (k)(1) The purpose of this subsection is to provide grants, 
     on a competitive basis, to State agencies administering the 
     child and adult care food program established under section 
     17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1766) (referred to in this section as ``the program'') 
     for the purpose of improving the health and nutrition of 
     children in child care settings.
       (2) From the funds made available under paragraph (8), the 
     Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
     State agencies administering the program for the purpose of 
     promoting health and nutrition improvement in child care 
     settings.
       (3) In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary 
     shall give priority to State agencies administering projects 
     under the program that carry out each of the authorized uses 
     of funds described in paragraph (7).
       (4) A State receiving a grant under this subsection shall 
     use not less than 50 percent of such grant funds to award 
     subgrants to institutions for the purpose of conducting the 
     activities described in paragraph (6).
       (5) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 
     ``institution'' has the meaning given such term in section 
     17(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
     (42 U.S.C.1766(a)(2)).
       (6) To be eligible to receive funds under this subsection, 
     a State agency shall submit an application to the Secretary 
     at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
     as the Secretary may require, which shall include--
       (A) a plan to improve the quality of food provided in--
       (i) child care centers; and
       (ii) family or group day care homes; and
       (B) a description of--
       (i) the procedures by which the State agency will use the 
     grant received under this subsection to award subgrants to 
     institutions; and
       (ii) the criteria that the State agency will use in 
     awarding such subgrants.
       (7) In addition to such other activities as the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate, State agencies and institutions 
     may use funds provided under this subsection for activities 
     that--
       (A) promote nutrition and physical activity in child care 
     settings and that reflect the recommendations of--
       (i) the most recent version of the Dietary Guidelines for 
     Americans published under section 301 of the National 
     Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 
     U.S.C. 5341); and
       (ii) the most recent scientific knowledge;
       (B) provide technical assistance and training to sponsors 
     and providers of child care centers and family or group day 
     care homes in implementing State or local initiatives 
     designed to improve the health and nutrition of children;
       (C) perform outreach campaigns on the State or local level 
     that are designed to increase access to the program in 
     underserved areas and populations; and
       (D) make innovative use of technology to provide training 
     and education to promote the nutrition, physical activity, 
     and health of children.
       (8)(A) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
     not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection 
     $8,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       (B) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall 
     accept, and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds 
     transferred under subparagraph (A), without further 
     appropriation.
       (l) For purposes of this section, the term ``Secretary'' 
     means the Secretary of Agriculture.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
     David R. Obey,
     Rosa L. DeLauro,
     Sam Farr,
     Allen Boyd,
     Sanford D. Bishop,
     Lincoln Davis,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     Maurice Hinchey,
     Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.,
     Jo Ann Emerson,
     Rodney Alexander,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Herb Kohl,
     Tom Harkins
     Byron L. Dorgan,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Richard Durbin,
     Tim Johnson,
     Benjamin Nelson,
     Jack Reed,
     Mark Pryor,
     Arlen Specter,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Sam Brownback,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Thad Cochran,
     Kit Bond,
     Mitch McConnell,
     Susan Collins,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2997), making 
     appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2010 and for other purposes, 
     submit the following joint statement to the House and Senate 
     in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the 
     managers and recommended in the accompanying conference 
     report.

                        CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVES

       The statement of the managers remains silent on provisions 
     that were in both the House and Senate bills that remain 
     unchanged by this conference agreement, except as noted in 
     this statement of the managers.
       The conferees agree that executive branch wishes cannot 
     substitute for Congress' own statements as to the best 
     evidence of congressional intentions--that is, the official 
     reports of the Congress. The conferees further point out that 
     funds in this Act must be used for the purposes for which 
     appropriated, as required by section 1301 of title 31 of the 
     United States Code, which provides: ``Appropriations shall be 
     applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were 
     made except as otherwise provided by law.''
       The House and Senate report language that is not changed by 
     the conference is approved by the committee of conference. 
     The statement of managers, while repeating some report 
     language for emphasis, does not intend to negate the language 
     referred to above unless expressly provided herein.
       In cases in which the House or the Senate have directed the 
     submission of a report, such report is to be submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate.
       Hereafter in this statement, ``the Committees'' refers to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

       The conference agreement provides $5,285,000 for the Office 
     of the Secretary as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The conferees direct the Department to provide within 90 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act all reports and 
     studies requested in this statement to the Committees in both 
     an electronic and hard copy format, unless another date is 
     specified for a particular report.
       The conferees are concerned by the lack of timely 
     information on the unprecedented demand for the Agricultural 
     Credit Insurance Fund programs and the loan programs running 
     out of funding half way through the fiscal year. The 
     conferees direct the Department to provide quarterly reports 
     to the Committees on the status of obligations and funds 
     availability for the loan and grant programs provided in this 
     bill. The conferees further direct that if an estimate of 
     loan activity for any program funded in Titles I and III of 
     this Act indicates that a limitation on authority to make 
     commitments for a fiscal year will be reached before the end 
     of that fiscal year, or in any event whenever 75 per centum 
     of the authority to make commitments has been utilized, the 
     Secretary shall promptly so notify the Committees.
       The conference agreement includes a number of items to 
     enhance the ability of USDA, other federal agencies, and non-
     governmental partners to provide humanitarian food assistance 
     throughout the world. Both the McGovern-Dole Food for 
     Education and the Food for Peace Title II programs receive 
     substantial increases from the fiscal year 2009 levels. Also, 
     the conference agreement includes $13,000,000, as requested, 
     for stabilization and reconstruction assistance in Iraq and 
     Afghanistan. In addition, the conference agreement includes 
     provisions relating to the development of products for 
     improved nutrition and field deployment of food assistance, 
     better use of nutrient-fortified foods as a way to improve 
     nutrition and reduce short- and long-term health risks 
     (especially of children), and to direct the primary federal 
     departments responsible for humanitarian food assistance to 
     work jointly to effect greater efficiencies in the execution 
     of these programs.
       The conference agreement provides the Farm Service Agency 
     and Rural Development with two year availability of Salaries 
     and Expenses funding for information technology (IT) 
     spending. The Secretary is directed to provide to the 
     Committees a report on: the efficacy of this provision in 
     fiscal year 2009 on improving the administration and 
     effectiveness of IT spending; the amounts carried over from 
     fiscal year 2009; and the intended uses of these carryover 
     funds.

                       Office of Tribal Relations

       The conference agreement provides $1,000,000 for the Office 
     of Tribal Relations as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                          Executive Operations


                     Office of the Chief Economist

       The conference agreement provides $13,032,000 for the 
     Office of the Chief Economist as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $12,982,000 as proposed by the House.


                       national appeals division

       The conference agreement provides $15,254,000 for the 
     National Appeals Division, instead of $15,289,000 as proposed 
     by the

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     House and $15,219,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                 office of budget and program analysis

       The conference agreement provides $9,436,000 for the Office 
     of Budget and Program Analysis as proposed by the House and 
     the Senate.


                      office of homeland security

       The conference agreement provides $1,859,000 for the Office 
     of Homeland Security as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $2,494,000 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement 
     provides $750,000 for a protective security detail and 
     $115,000 for national intelligence analysis.


                    office of advocacy and outreach

       The conference agreement provides $1,700,000 for the Office 
     of Advocacy and Outreach, instead of $3,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and no funding as proposed by the Senate.


                OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

       The conference agreement provides $61,579,000 for the 
     Office of the Chief Information Officer, instead of 
     $48,541,000 as proposed by the House and $63,579,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement provides 
     increases of $17,000,000 for security assessments, 
     $14,500,000 for security tool deployment, and $12,300,000 for 
     the Agriculture and Security Operations Center.


                 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

       The conference agreement provides $6,566,000 for the Office 
     of the Chief Financial Officer as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $6,466,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees continue to be concerned about assessments, 
     known as Greenbook charges, that the Department charges its 
     agencies for government and department-wide activities, both 
     with the level of spending and the lack of transparency in 
     funding these activities. The conferees understand that the 
     Government Accountability Office (GAO) is completing an audit 
     of these activities, and expect that USDA will comply with 
     and implement in a timely manner all recommendations of the 
     audit. The Department is directed to provide a report to the 
     Committees on the steps being taken to implement the GAO 
     recommendations and to increase transparency into the funding 
     and decision-making mechanisms associated with the Greenbook 
     process. In addition, the Department's report should 
     highlight steps being taken to evaluate the performance of 
     on-going Greenbook activities to determine the benefit to the 
     Department of continuing such activities. Finally, the report 
     should include a discussion of returning assessments to 
     levels consistent with fiscal years 2001 through 2003.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

       The conference agreement provides $895,000 for the Office 
     of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights as proposed by 
     the Senate, instead of $888,000 as proposed by the House.

                         Office of Civil Rights

       The conference agreement provides $23,922,000 for the 
     Office of Civil Rights as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $23,422,000 as proposed by the Senate.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

       The conference agreement provides $806,000 for the Office 
     of the Assistant Secretary for Administration as proposed by 
     the Senate, instead of $700,000 as proposed by the House.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $293,093,000 for 
     Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments, 
     instead of $326,482,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $274,482,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement includes $184,812,000 for rental payments, 
     $13,500,000 for Department of Homeland Security building 
     security, and $94,781,000 for building operations and 
     maintenance.
       The conference agreement includes funds, at the level 
     requested, for the proposed lease consolidation. However, 
     given the need to have accurate estimates for costs and 
     benefits, the conferees direct USDA to conduct an internal 
     review, through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration and including the affected agencies, and 
     submit a new cost benefit analysis, using updated cost and 
     benefit estimates, to the Committees prior to the obligation 
     of any of the funds for this purpose.

                     Hazardous Materials Management


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $5,125,000 for Hazardous 
     Materials Management as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                      Departmental Administration


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $41,319,000 for 
     Departmental Administration as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $37,319,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement includes $13,000,000, as requested, for 
     stabilization and reconstruction activities in Iraq and 
     Afghanistan. The conferees believe that this effort will 
     assist in the stabilization and reconstruction of 
     agricultural production in these countries and that similar 
     efforts merit consideration for regions where chronic and 
     acute hunger has stifled economic and social stability and 
     development and where substantial resources have been 
     directed in the form of emergency assistance.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $3,968,000 for the Office 
     of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.

                        Office of Communications

       The conference agreement provides $9,722,000 for the Office 
     of Communications as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                      Office of Inspector General

       The conference agreement provides $88,725,000 for the 
     Office of Inspector General, instead of $89,281,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $88,025,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement provides increases, as requested, 
     for pay costs, $1,759,000; support for investigations of food 
     safety, $500,000; and audits and investigations of civil 
     rights issues, $500,000. The conference agreement also 
     provides $200,000 for work relating to the National Organic 
     Program (NOP). Specifically, the funding is provided to 
     examine the processes that the NOP uses to protect the 
     integrity of the program.

                     Office of the General Counsel

       The conference agreement provides $43,551,000 for the 
     Office of the General Counsel as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $43,601,000 as proposed by the House.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

       The conference agreement provides $895,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics 
     as proposed by the Senate, instead of $620,000 as proposed by 
     the House.

                       Economic Research Service

       The conference agreement provides $82,478,000 for the 
     Economic Research Service, instead of $82,528,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $82,078,000 as proposed by the Senate. This 
     includes $1,178,000 in employee pay costs and $1,800,000 for 
     research on the economics of environmental service markets 
     and policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Funding 
     for the Organic Production and Market Data Initiative is 
     maintained at not less than $500,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       The conference agreement provides $161,830,000 for the 
     National Agricultural Statistics Service as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate. The conference agreement provides 
     increases of $5,750,000 for restoration of the Agricultural 
     Chemical Use Program; $1,600,000 to provide a data series on 
     bio-energy production and utilization; and $250,000 to 
     complete the analysis and summary of, and to continue data 
     collection related to, the Organic Production Survey.

                     Agricultural Research Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $1,179,639,000 for the 
     Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Salaries and Expenses, 
     instead of $1,157,568,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $1,181,632,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not accept the budget 
     proposals to decrease funds for property management or to 
     transfer the Office of Pest Management Policy to the Office 
     of the Chief Economist, and provides $1,700,000 for the 
     Office of Pest Management Policy in ARS.
       The conference agreement provides the following increases, 
     which are a part of the budget request: $5,937,000 for 
     increased research on human nutrition; $1,052,000 to 
     strengthen grain disease research to protect the world grain 
     supply; $246,000 to index and mine the U.S. seed collections 
     for energy genes; and $2,374,000 for environmental 
     stewardship research.
       The conference agreement provides the following increases: 
     $300,000 for research regarding critical invasive weed 
     problems in the Northwestern United States; $1,500,000 for 
     research related to colony collapse disorder; $300,000 to 
     coordinate research on shellfish and shellfish disease in the 
     Northeast; $1,000,000 to speed efforts to develop Ug99-
     resistant wheat varieties; $1,000,000 for research regarding 
     Asian Citrus Psyllid/Citrus Greening Disease; $3,400,000 for 
     animal disease research; and $600,000 to address regional 
     groundwater problems in the Lower Mississippi River Basin.
       The conference agreement provides an increase of $1,250,000 
     for cranberry research. Specifically, these funds should be 
     used for additional research into cranberry genetic 
     improvement, cranberry insect pest management, and 
     environmental engineering research to develop new 
     technologies and practices that growers will be able to 
     implement to protect and enhance water resources.
       The conference agreement provides $543,000 for the 
     bioenergy feedstock research program at the Mandan, North 
     Dakota, ARS facility.

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       The conferees direct ARS to provide the Committees with a 
     brief summary of research gaps on potential disease 
     transmission arising from interactions between wild and 
     domestic sheep on the range. When preparing this summary, the 
     conferees encourage the Department to work with scientists at 
     the Animal Disease Research Unit, co-located at the 
     University of Idaho and Washington State University, the U.S. 
     Sheep Experiment Station in DuBois, Idaho, and their 
     collaborators.
       The conferees direct ARS to provide the Committees with a 
     report, including staffing and funding requirements, on the 
     feasibility of establishing a warm season grasses research 
     program at the Southern Plains Research Station in Woodward, 
     Oklahoma.
       The conferees direct ARS to continue research at their 
     Grand Forks facility to address obesity and diet-related 
     health issues in rural and Native American communities.
       The following is a list of Congressionally Designated 
     Projects:


                     Agricultural Research Service
                         Salaries and Expenses
                  Congressionally Designated Projects


                                                                 Amount
Animal Vaccines, Greenport, NY...............................$1,518,000
Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory, Manhattan1,500,000
Aquaculture Fisheries Center, ARS, Pine Bluff, AR...............519,000
Aquaculture Initiatives, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, 
  Stuggart, AR................................................1,597,000
Biomass Crop Production, Brookings, SD....................... 1,250,000
Biomedical Materials in Plants (Biotech Foundation), Beltsvil 1,700,000
Bioremediation Research, Beltsville, MD........................ 111,000
Biotechnology Research and Development Center, Washington, DC 3,500,000
Catfish Genome, Auburn, AL..................................... 819,000
Center for Agroforestry, Booneville, AR.........................660,000
Cereal Disease, St. Paul, MN................................... 290,000
Computer Vision Engineer, Kearneysville, WV.................... 400,000
Crop Production and Food Processing, Peoria, IL................ 786,000
Dairy Forage Research Center, Marshfield, WI................. 2,500,000
Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center, Booneville, AR......1,805,000
Diet Nutrition and Obesity Research, New Orleans, LA........... 623,000
Endophyte Research, Booneville, AR..............................994,000
Forage Crop Stress Tolerance and Virus Disease Management, Pros 200,000
Formosan Subterranean Termites Research, New Orleans, LA..... 3,490,000
Foundry Sand By-Products Utilization, Beltsville, MD........... 638,000
Human Nutrition Research, Boston, MA........................... 350,000
Human Nutrition Research, Houston, TX.......................... 300,000
Human Nutrition Research, Kannapolis, NC..................... 1,000,000
Improved Crop Production Practices, Auburn, AL............... 1,293,000
Livestock-Crop Rotation Management, Kutztown, PA............... 349,000
Lyme Disease, 4 Poster Project, Washington, DC................. 700,000
Medicinal and Bioactive Crops, Washington, DC.................. 111,000
Mosquito Trapping Research/West Nile Virus, Gainesville, FL.. 1,454,000
National Bio and Agro Defense Facility, Manhattan, KS.........1,500,000
National Center for Agricultural Law, Beltsville, MD........... 654,000
National Corn to Ethanol Research Pilot Plant, Washington, DC.. 360,000
New England Plant, Soil, and Water Research Laboratory, Orono 2,249,000
Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, ND.......... 543,000
Northwest Center for Small Fruits, Corvallis, OR............... 275,000
Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center Staffing, Hilo, HI.. 700,000
Phytoestrogen Research, New Orleans, LA...................... 1,750,000
Potato Diseases, Beltsville, MD................................. 61,000
Poultry Diseases, Beltsville, MD............................... 408,000
Seismic & Acoustic Technologies in Soils Sedimentation Laboratory, 
  Oxford, MS................................................... 332,000
Sorghum Research, Little Rock, AR...............................135,000
Soybean Genomics, St. Paul, MN................................. 200,000
Subtropical Beef Germplasm, Brooksville, FL.................. 1,033,000
Termite Species in Hawaii, New Orleans, LA..................... 200,000
Tropical Aquaculture Feeds (Oceanic Institute), Hilo, HI..... 1,438,000
Water Management Research Laboratory, Brawley, CA.............. 340,000
Water Use Reduction, Dawson, GA.............................. 1,200,000
Wild Rice, St. Paul, MN........................................ 303,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total....................................................44,138,000


                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       The conference agreement provides $70,873,000 for 
     Agricultural Research Service, Buildings and Facilities, 
     instead of $35,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $47,027,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following is a list of Congressionally Designated 
     Projects:


                     Agricultural Research Service
                        Buildings and Facilities
                  Congressionally Designated Projects


                                                                 Amount
Agricultural Research Center, Logan, UT..................... $4,527,000
Agricultural Research Facility, Beltsville, MD............... 3,000,000
Animal Bioscience Facility, Bozeman, MT...................... 3,654,000
Appalachian Fruit Laboratory, Kearneysville, WV.............. 2,000,000
ARS Biotechnology Lab, Lorman, MS............................ 1,500,000
ARS Forage-Animal Production Research Facility, Lexington, KY 2,000,000
ARS Research and Development Center, Auburn, AL.............. 3,500,000
ARS Waste Management Research Facility, Bowling Green, KY.... 2,000,000
Center for Advanced Viticulture and Tree Crop Research, Davis 3,000,000
Center for Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY.........................3,654,000
Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, Storrs, CT........ 3,654,000
Dairy Forage Agricultural Research Center, Prairie du Sac, WI 4,000,000
Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center, Stoneville, MS... 4,000,000
National Plant and Genetics Security Center, Columbia, MO.... 3,500,000
Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, HI......... 5,000,000
Systems Biology Research Facility, Lincoln, NE............... 3,760,000
U.S. Agricultural Research Station, Salinas, CA.............. 3,654,000
U.S. ARS Laboratory, Canal Point, FL......................... 3,422,000
U.S. ARS Laboratory, Pullman, WA............................. 3,740,000
U.S. ARS Sugarcane Research Laboratory, Houma, LA............ 3,654,000
University of Toledo Greenhouse and Hydroponic Research Complex, 
  Toledo, OH................................................. 3,654,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total....................................................70,873,000

               National Institute of Food and Agriculture


                   RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

       The conference agreement provides $788,243,000 for Research 
     and Education Activities, instead of $711,523,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $757,821,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides funding for research on 
     Global Change and UV Monitoring as requested in the budget, 
     to be spent as the agency determines appropriate.
       The conference agreement provides $1,339,000 for the Food 
     and Agriculture Policy Research Institute, of which $340,000 
     shall be used to conduct an analysis of rangeland, cattle, 
     and hay with the University of Nevada-Reno.
       The conference agreement provides $1,436,000 for a 
     competitive potato breeding research program to be 
     administered in the same manner and for the same purposes as 
     in fiscal year 2009.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:


               National Institute of Food and Agriculture
                   Research and Education Activities


                                                                 Amount
Hatch Act..................................................$215,000,000
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry........................29,000,000

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Evans-Allen Program (1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University)..48,500,000
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative....................262,482,000
Special Research Grants......................................89,029,000
                                                 Improved Pest Control:
    Expert IPM Decision Support System..........................156,000
    Integrated Pest Management................................2,415,000
    Minor Crop Pest Management (IR-4)........................12,180,000
    Pest Management Alternatives..............................1,434,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total, Improved Pest Control...........................16,185,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
        Total, Special Research Grants......................105,214,000
Animal Health and Disease Research (Sec. 1433)................2,950,000
1994 Institutions Research Program............................1,805,000
Rangeland Research..............................................983,000
Graduate Fellowship Grants....................................3,859,000
Institution Challenge Grants..................................5,654,000
Multicultural Scholars Program................................1,241,000
Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants................9,237,000
Secondary/2-year Post-secondary.................................983,000
Capacity Building Grants (1890 Institutions).................18,250,000
Payments to the 1994 Institutions (Tribal Colleges)...........3,342,000
Alaska Native-serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Education Gr3,200,000
Resident Instruction Grants for Insular Areas...................900,000
Distance Education Grants for Insular Areas.....................750,000
Sun Grant Program.............................................2,250,000
New Era Rural Technology Program................................875,000
Veterinary Medical Services Act...............................4,800,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Subtotal..................................................721,275,000
Federal Administration:
  Data Information System (REEIS).............................2,704,000
  Electronic Grants Administration System.....................2,136,000
  Office of Extramural Programs (Grants)........................440,000
  Peer Panels...................................................397,000
  Other Federal Administration...............................33,869,000
  Pay Costs...................................................5,576,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
        Total, Federal Administration........................45,122,000
Other:
  Supplemental and Alternative Crops............................835,000
  Aquaculture Centers (Sec. 1475).............................3,928,000
  Critical Agricultural Materials Act.........................1,083,000
  Sustainable Agriculture....................................14,500,000
  Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Program...........1,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, Other.............................................21,846,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, Research and Education Activities...............$788,243,000
                                                       ================


       The following is a list of Congressionally Designated 
     Projects:


               National Institute of Food and Agriculture
                   Research and Education Activities
                  Congressionally Designated Projects


                                                                 Amount
Special Research Grants:
    Advanced Genetic Technologies, KY..........................$650,000
    Advancing Biofuel Production, TX............................300,000
    Aegilops Cylindrica, WA.....................................245,000
    Agricultural Diversification, HI............................153,000
    Agricultural Entrepreneurial Alternatives, PA...............248,000
    Agricultural Marketing, IL..................................176,000
    Agriculture Energy Innovation Center, GA..................1,000,000
    Agriculture Science, OH.....................................450,000
    Agroecology/Chesapeake Bay Agro-ecology, MD.................439,000
    Air Quality, KS, TX.......................................1,090,000
    Animal Science Food Safety Consortium, AR, IA, KS.........1,000,000
    Apple Fire Blight, MI, NY...................................346,000
    Aquaculture, CA, FL, TX.....................................416,000
    Aquaculture, ID, WA.........................................529,000
    Aquaculture, LA.............................................150,000
    Aquaculture, MS.............................................361,000
    Aquaculture, NC.............................................227,000
    Aquaculture Product and Marketing Development, WV...........550,000
    Armilliaria Root Rot, MI....................................104,000
    Asparagus Production Technologies, WA.......................173,000
    Avian Bioscience, DE........................................150,000
    Babcock Institute, WI.......................................416,000
    Barley for Rural Development, ID, MT........................547,000
    Beef Improvement Research, MO, TX...........................693,000
    Bioactive Foods Research for Health and Food Safety, MA.....525,000
    Biodesign and Processing Research Center, VA................868,000
    Bioenergy Production and Carbon Sequestration, TN.........1,000,000
    Biomass-based Energy Research, MS, OK.......................839,000
    Biotechnology, NC...........................................199,000
    Bovine Tuberculosis, MI, MN.................................346,000
    Brucellosis Vaccine, MT.....................................305,000
    Cataloging Genes Associated with Drought and Disease Resista176,000
    Center for One Medicine, IL.................................500,000
    Center for Rural Studies, VT................................350,000
    Childhood Obesity and Nutrition, VT.........................250,000
    Citrus Canker/ Greening, FL...............................1,217,000
    Competitiveness of Agricultural Products, WA................469,000
    Computational Agriculture, NY...............................131,000
    Cool Season Legume Research, ID, ND, WA.....................350,000
    Cotton Insect Management and Fiber Quality, GA..............346,000
    Cranberry/Blueberry Disease and Breeding, NJ................550,000
    Cranberry/Blueberry, MA.....................................160,000
    Crop Integration and Production, SD.........................400,000
    Crop Pathogens, NC..........................................225,000
    Dairy and Meat Goat Research, TX............................200,000
    Dairy Farm Profitability, PA................................372,000
    Delta Revitalization Project, MS............................176,000
    Designing Foods for Health, TX............................1,385,000
    Detection and Food Safety, AL.............................1,748,000
    Drought Mitigation, NE......................................600,000
    Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX..............................1,160,000
    Emerald Ash Borer, OH.......................................550,000
    Environmental Research, NY..................................258,000
    Environmental Risk Factors/Cancer, NY.......................150,000
    Environmentally Safe Products, VT...........................250,000
    Expanded Wheat Pasture, OK..................................223,000
    Floriculture, HI............................................300,000
    Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute, IA, MO, NV1,339,000
    Food and Fuel Initiative, IA................................298,000
    Food Marketing Policy Center, CT............................401,000
    Food Safety Research Consortium, NY.........................693,000
    Food Safety, ME, OK.........................................382,000
    Food Safety, TX..............................................69,000
    Food Security, WA...........................................276,000
    Forages for Advancing Livestock Production, KY..............473,000
    Forestry Research, AR.......................................319,000
    Fresh Produce Food Safety, CA...............................750,000
    Genomics for Southern Crop Stress and Disease, MS...........797,000
    Geographic Information System.............................1,248,000
    Grain Sorghum, KS, TX.....................................1,000,000
    Grass Seed Cropping for Sustainable Agriculture, ID, OR, WA.313,000
    High Performance Computing, UT..............................263,000
    Human Nutrition, LA.........................................526,000
    Human Nutrition, NY.........................................377,000
    Hydroponic Production, OH...................................124,000

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    Improved Dairy Management Practices, PA.....................243,000
    Improved Fruit Practices, MI................................147,000
    Increasing Shelf Life of Agricultural Commodities, ID.......603,000
    Infectious Disease Research, CO.............................650,000
    Initiative to Improve Blueberry Production and Efficiency, G209,000
    Inland Marine Aquaculture, VA...............................400,000
    Institute for Food Science and Engineering, AR..............775,000
    Integrated Economic and Technical Analysis of Sustainable Biomass 
      Energy Systems, IN........................................188,000
    Integrated Production Systems, OK...........................177,000
    International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ.....................401,000
    Invasive Plant Management, MT...............................270,000
    Joint US-China Biotechnology Research and Extension, UT.....210,000
    Leopold Center Hypoxia Project, IA..........................105,000
    Livestock and Dairy Policy, NY, TX..........................693,000
    Maple Research, VT..........................................165,000
    Meadow Foam, OR.............................................180,000
    Michigan Biotechnology Consortium...........................384,000
    Midwest Center for Bioenergy Grasses, IN....................188,000
    Midwest Poultry Consortium, IA..............................471,000
    Milk Safety, PA.............................................821,000
    Minor Use Animal Drugs......................................429,000
    Molluscan Shellfish, OR.....................................253,000
    Multi-commodity Research, OR................................244,000
    National Beef Cattle Genetic Evaluation Consortium, CO, GA, 655,000
    National Center for Soybean Technology, MO..................690,000
    Nematode Resistance Genetic Engineering, NM.................209,000
    Nevada Arid Rangelands Initiative, NV.......................500,000
    New Century Farm, IA........................................350,000
    New Crop Opportunities, KY..................................525,000
    New Satellite and Computer-based Technology for Agriculture,654,000
    Oil Resources from Desert Plants, NM........................176,000
    Organic Cropping, OR........................................149,000
    Organic Cropping, WA........................................264,000
    Organic Waste Utilization, NM................................69,000
    Peach Tree Short Life Research..............................195,000
    Perennial Wheat, WA..........................................98,000
    Phytophthora Research, GA...................................178,000
    Phytophthora Research, MI...................................346,000
    Phytosensors for Crop Security and Precision Agriculture, 1,000,000
    Pierce's Disease, CA......................................2,000,000
    Policy Analyses for National Secure and Sustainable Food, Fiber, 
      Forestry and Energy Program, TX...........................200,000
    Potato Cyst Nematode, ID....................................349,000
    Precision Agriculture, AL...................................419,000
    Precision Agriculture, KY...................................671,000
    Preharvest Food Safety, KS..................................500,000
    Preservation and Processing Research, OK....................174,000
    Protein Production for Research to Combat Viruses and Microb500,000
    Protein Utilization, IA.....................................600,000
    Rangeland Ecosystems Dynamics, ID...........................300,000
    Regional Barley Gene Mapping Project, OR....................471,000
    Regionalized Implications of Farm Programs, MO, TX..........595,000
    Renewable Energy and Products, ND.........................1,000,000
    Rice Agronomy, MO...........................................174,000
    Ruminant Nutrition Consortium, MT, ND, SD, WY...............563,000
    Rural Policies Institute, IA, MO, NE........................889,000
    Rural Renewable Energy Research and Education Center, WI....500,000
    Russian Wheat Aphid, CO.....................................250,000
    Seed Technology, SD.........................................350,000
    Small Fruit Research, ID, OR, WA............................307,000
    Soil-borne Disease Prevention in Irrigated Agriculture, NM..187,000
    Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium, NM..................350,000
    Southwest Consortium for Plant Genetics and Water Resources,271,000
    Soybean Cyst Nematode, MO...................................556,000
    Soybean Research, IL........................................745,000
    Specialty Crops, AR.........................................175,000
    Specialty Crops, IN.........................................235,000
    STEEP IV--Water Quality in Northwest........................444,000
    Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources, PA...........142,000
    Sustainable Agriculture, CA.................................357,000
    Sustainable Agriculture, MI.................................266,000
    Sustainable Beef Supply, MT.................................682,000
    Sustainable Engineered Materials from Renewable Sources, VA.485,000
    Sustainable Production and Processing Research for Lowbush 
      Specialty Crops, ME.......................................200,000
    Swine and Other Animal Waste Management, NC.................349,000
    Technology for Irrigated Vegetable Production, SC...........500,000
    Texas Obesity Research Project..............................500,000
    Tick Borne Disease Prevention, RI...........................280,000
    Tillage, Silviculture, Waste Management, LA.................200,000
    Tri-state Joint Peanut Research, AL.........................413,000
    Tropical and Subtropical Research/T-Star..................6,677,000
    Tropical Aquaculture, FL....................................300,000
    Virtual Plant Database Enhancement Project, MO..............588,000
    Virus-free Wine Grape Cultivars, WA.........................260,000
    Viticulture Consortium, CA, NY, PA........................1,454,000
    Water Conservation, KS......................................500,000
    Water Use Efficiency and Water Quality Enhancements, GA.....346,000
    Wetland Plants, LA..........................................200,000
    Wheat Genetic Research, KS................................1,000,000
    Wildlife/Livestock Disease Research Partnership, WY.........300,000
    Wood Utilization, AK, ID, LA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, OR, TN, 4,841,000
    Wool Research, MT, TX, WY...................................206,000
    World Food and Health Initiative, IL........................461,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal..............................................$86,185,000
Other Federal Administration:
    Ag-based Industrial Lubricants, IA..........................405,000
    Agriculture Development in the American Pacific.............400,000
    Agriculture Waste Utilization, WV...........................500,000
    Animal Health Research and Diagnostics, KY..................300,000
    Animal Waste Management, OK.................................274,000
    Applied Agriculture and Environmental Research, CA..........693,000
    Aquaculture, OH.............................................623,000
    Aquaculture Research and Education Center, PA...............300,000
    Best Practices in Agriculture Waste Management, CA..........300,000
    Biotechnology Research, MS..................................480,000
    Cellulosic Biomass, SC......................................469,000
    Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, IA...........412,000
    Center for Food Industry Excellence, TX.....................946,000
    Center for Innovative Food Technology, OH...................793,000
    Center for North American Studies, TX.......................693,000

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    Center for Renewable Transportation Fuel, MI................500,000
    Centers for Dairy and Beef Excellence, PA...................340,000
    Clemson University Veterinary Institute, SC...............1,000,000
    Climate Forecasting, FL...................................2,494,000
    Cotton Research, TX.......................................1,730,000
    Council for Agriculture Science and Technology, IA..........110,000
    Dietary Intervention, OH....................................866,000
    Ethnobotanicals, MD.........................................550,000
    Farmland Preservation, OH...................................160,000
    Florida Biomass to Biofuels Conversion Program, FL..........300,000
    Greenhouse Nurseries, OH..................................1,380,000
    High Value Horticultural Crops, VA..........................502,000
    International Center for Food Technology Development to Expand 
      Markets, IN...............................................750,000
    Kansas Biobased Polymer Initiative..........................750,000
    Mariculture, NC.............................................220,000
    Medicinal and Bioactive Crop Research, TX...................300,000
    Midwest Agribusiness Trade and Information Center, IA.......187,000
    Mississippi Valley State University, Curriculum Developmen1,002,000
    Monitoring Agricultural Sewage Sludge Application, OH.......500,000
    NE Center for Invasive Plants, CT, VT, ME...................295,000
    Nutrition Research, NY......................................188,000
    Nutrition and Diet Research, CA.............................925,000
    Pasteurization of Shell Eggs, MI............................935,000
    PM-10 Study, WA.............................................268,000
    Polymer Research, KS......................................2,000,000
    Rural Agriculture Small Business Development Program........500,000
    Rural Systems MS............................................215,000
    Shrimp Aquaculture AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS, SC, TX.............2,908,000
    Sustainable Agricultural Freshwater Conservation, TX......1,434,000
    University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point Institute for Sustainable 
      Technologies............................................1,400,000
    Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, MI............................150,000
    Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, OH............................500,000
    Vitis Gene Discovery, MO....................................422,000
    Water Pollutants, WV........................................500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal..............................................$33,869,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
        Total..............................................$120,054,000
                                                       ================



              NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

       The conference agreement provides $11,880,000 for the 
     Native American Institutions Endowment Fund as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.


                          EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

       The conference agreement provides $494,923,000 for 
     Extension Activities, instead of $485,466,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $491,292,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:


               National Institute of Food and Agriculture
                          Extension Activities


                                                                 Amount
Smith-Lever Sections 3(b) and 3(c).........................$297,500,000
Smith-Lever Section 3(d):
  Farm Safety.................................................4,863,000
  Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP).......................68,070,000
  Indian Reservation Agents/Federally-recognized Tribes Extens3,045,000
  New Technologies for Ag Extension...........................1,750,000
  Pest Management.............................................9,938,000
  Sustainable Agriculture.....................................4,705,000
  Children, Youth, and Families at Risk.......................8,412,000
  Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification.................486,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total Section 3(d) Programs...........................101,269,000
1890 Colleges and Tuskegee...................................42,677,000
1890 Facilities Grants (Sec. 1447)...........................19,770,000
Renewable Resources Extension Act (RREA)......................4,068,000
Rural Health and Safety Education.............................1,738,000
Extension Services at the 1994 Institutions...................4,321,000
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database........................1,000,000
Grants to Youth Serving Institutions..........................1,784,000
Women and Minorities in SIEM Fields.............................400,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal..............................................474,527,000
Federal Administration and Special Grants:
  Ag in the Classroom...........................................553,000
  General Administration including Pay Costs..................8,012,000
  Other Federal Administration and Special Grants............11,831,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total, Federal Administration..........................20,396,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
        Total, Extension Activities........................$494,923,000
                                                       ================


       The following is a list of Congressionally Designated 
     Projects:


               National Institute of Food and Agriculture
                          Extension Activities
                  Congressionally Designated Projects


                                                                 Amount
Other Federal Administration and Special Grants:
  Childhood Farm Safety (IA)....................................$75,000
  Conservation Technology Transfer (WI).........................376,000
  Dairy Education (IA)..........................................175,000
  Diabetes Detection and Prevention (WA,PA)...................1,033,000
  E-commerce (MS)...............................................231,000
  Efficient Irrigation (NM, TX)...............................1,610,000
  Extension Specialist (MS)......................................98,000
  Food Production Education (VT)................................120,000
  Health Education Leadership (KY)..............................590,000
  Income Enhancement Demonstration (OH).........................864,000
  Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (WI)....................400,000
  Invasive Phragmites Control and Outreach (MI).................155,000
  Iowa Vitality Center..........................................250,000
  Maine Cattle Health Assurance Program.........................700,000
  National Center for Farm Safety (IA)..........................170,000
  Nutrition Enhancement (WI)....................................950,000
  Ohio-Israel Agriculture Initiative...........................700,000-
  Pilot Technology Transfer (OK, MS)............................209,000
  Pilot Technology Transfer (WI)................................174,000
  Potato Integrated Pest Management (ME)........................450,000
  Potato Pest Management (WI)...................................277,000
  Range Improvement (NM)........................................223,000
  University of Wisconsin-Extension Northern Aquaculture Demonstration 
    Facility....................................................450,000
  Urban Horticulture (WI).......................................376,000
  Urban Horticulture and Marketing (IL).........................175,000
  Veterinary Technology Satellite Program (KS)................1,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total.................................................$11,831,000
                                                       ================



                         INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

       The conference agreement provides $60,022,000 for 
     Integrated Activities as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $56,864,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:


               National Institute of Food and Agriculture
                         Integrated Activities


                                                                 Amount
Section 406 Legislative Authority:
  Water Quality.............................................$12,649,000
  Food Safety................................................14,596,000
  Regional Pest Management Centers............................4,096,000
  Crops at Risk from FQPA Implementation......................1,365,000
  FQPA Risk Mitigation Program for Major Food Crop Systems....4,388,000
  Methyl Bromide Transition Program...........................3,054,000

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  Organic Transition Program..................................5,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total, Section 406.....................................45,148,000
International Science and Education Grants Program............3,000,000
Critical Issues Program.........................................732,000
Regional Rural Development Centers Program....................1,312,000
Homeland Security, Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative....9,830,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total, Integrated Activities..........................$60,022,000
                                                       ================


  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       The conference agreement provides $895,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs 
     as proposed by the Senate, instead of $753,000 as proposed by 
     the House.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $904,953,000 for the 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Salaries 
     and Expenses, instead of $881,019,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $909,394,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

               ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
                        (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Program                               Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pest and Disease Exclusion:
    Agricultural quarantine inspection...............            $29,000
    Cattle ticks.....................................             13,157
    Foreign animal diseases/FMD......................              4,004
    Fruit fly exclusion and detection................             62,920
    Import-export inspection.........................             13,298
    Overseas technical and trade operations..........             16,172
    Screwworm........................................             27,714
    Tropical bont tick...............................                429
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Pest and Disease Exclusion............            166,694
Plant and Animal Health Monitoring:
    Animal health monitoring & surveillance..........            121,667
    Animal and plant health regulatory enforcement...             13,983
    Avian influenza..................................             60,243
    Emergency management systems.....................             15,794
    National veterinary stockpile....................              3,757
    Pest detection...................................             28,113
    Select Agents....................................              5,176
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Plant & Animal Health Monitoring......            248,733
Pest and Disease Management:
    Aquaculture......................................              6,560
    Biological control...............................             10,467
    Brucellosis......................................              9,707
    Chronic wasting disease..........................             16,875
    Contingency fund.................................              2,058
    Cotton Pests.....................................             23,390
    Emerging plant pests.............................            158,769
    Golden nematode..................................                831
    Grasshopper and Mormon cricket...................              5,578
    Gypsy moth.......................................              5,420
    Imported fire ant................................              1,902
    Johne's disease..................................              6,876
    Noxious weeds....................................              1,990
    Plum pox.........................................              2,206
    Pseudorabies.....................................              2,510
    Scrapie..........................................             17,906
    Tuberculosis.....................................             16,764
    Wildlife services operations.....................             77,780
    Witchweed........................................              1,517
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Pest and Disease Management...........            369,106
Animal Care:
    Animal welfare...................................             21,979
    Horse protection.................................                500
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Animal Care...........................             22,479
Scientific and Technical Services:
    Biotechnology regulatory services................             13,050
    Environmental Compliance.........................              2,715
    Plant methods development labs...................              9,949
    Veterinary biologics.............................             17,325
    Veterinary diagnostics...........................             26,073
    Wildlife services methods development............             18,630
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Scientific and Technical Services.....             87,742
    Information technology infrastructure............              4,474
    Physical security................................              5,725
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Management initiatives................             10,199
------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total, Salaries and Expenses.............            904,953
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The conference agreement includes $5,300,000 for the 
     National Animal Identification System (NAIS). After receiving 
     $142,000,000 in funding since fiscal year 2004, APHIS has 
     registered about 37 percent of all premises, far below what 
     should have been achieved given this substantial investment. 
     The conferees are concerned that this lack of progress will 
     prohibit APHIS from implementing an effective national system 
     that would provide needed animal health and livestock market 
     benefits. The conferees are aware that USDA recently 
     concluded a national listening tour to develop a more 
     comprehensive understanding of how to design and deliver a 
     successful animal identification system. Now that the 
     listening tour has concluded, the conferees expect APHIS to 
     provide the Committees with a complete and detailed strategic 
     plan for the program, including tangible outcomes, measurable 
     goals, specific milestones, and necessary resources for the 
     entire program. Given the $5,300,000 investment in this 
     conference agreement and the $142,000,000 that Congress has 
     already provided for NAIS, the conferees expect APHIS to make 
     demonstrable progress in effectively implementing the animal 
     identification system. If significant progress is not made, 
     the conferees will consider eliminating funding for the 
     program.
       The conference agreement provides $5,188,000 for viral 
     hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS). The conferees strongly 
     encourage APHIS to prioritize VHS resources to regions where 
     the agency has confirmed cases.
       The conference agreement includes $350,000 for the 
     Trichinae certification program.
       The conference agreement includes $26,073,000 for 
     veterinary diagnostics, which includes an increase of 
     $1,657,000.
       The conference agreement includes $158,769,000 for Emerging 
     Plant Pests. Included in this amount is $44,656,000 for 
     citrus health; $33,021,000 for Asian long-horned beetle; 
     $22,983,000 for glassy-winged sharpshooter; $5,347,000 for 
     sudden oak death; $2,151,000 for Karnal bunt; $37,205,000 for 
     emerald ash borer, including an increase of $2,500,000 for 
     operations and improved eradication methods; $8,327,000 for 
     potato cyst nematode; $1,008,000 for light brown apple moth; 
     $1,500,000 for sirex woodwasp; $2,102,000 for miscellaneous 
     pests; and $469,000 for varroa mite suppression.
       The conference agreement includes $16,764,000 for bovine 
     tuberculosis, which includes $2,000,000 for indemnity and 
     depopulation. Bovine tuberculosis funds not necessary to meet 
     indemnity and depopulation needs may be used for management 
     and control of bovine tuberculosis.
       The following is a list of Congressionally Designated 
     Projects:

 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE--CONGRESSIONALLY DESIGNATED
                                PROJECTS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Project                    Program              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture Compliance            Veterinary                      69,000
 Laboratory Equipment, Delaware.   diagnostics.
Animal management and control,    Wildlife services              496,000
 Mississippi.                      operations.
Beaver Management in North        Wildlife services              208,000
 Carolina.                         operations.
Berryman Institute, Jack          Wildlife services            1,500,000
 Berryman Institute Utah and       methods
 Mississippi Agriculture and       development.
 Forestry Experiment Station.
Bio-safety and antibiotic         Animal health                  240,000
 resistance, University of         monitoring and
 Vermont.                          surveillance.
Bio-Safety Institute for          Biotechnology                  259,000
 Genetically Modified              regulatory
 Agriculture Products.             services.
Blackbird management, North and   Wildlife services              265,000
 South Dakota.                     operations.
Blackbird Management, Louisiana.  Wildlife services               94,000
                                   operations.
Bovine tuberculosis eradication,  Tuberculosis.......            248,000
 Michigan.
California county pest detection  Pest detection.....            619,000
 augmentation program,
 California Department of Food
 and Agriculture.
California county pest detection  Pest detection.....            738,000
 import inspection program,
 California Department of Food
 and Agriculture.
Chronic Wasting Disease           Chronic wasting              1,024,000
 Surveillance, Wisconsin.          disease.
Cogongrass control, Mississippi   Noxious weeds......            208,000
 Department of Agriculture.
Cooperative Livestock Protection  Wildlife services              223,000
 Program Pennsylvania and          operations.
 Pennsylvania Department of
 Agriculture.
Cormorant control, Vermont and    Wildlife services              103,000
 Vermont Fish and Wildlife         operations.
 Department.
Cormorant Control, Michigan.....  Wildlife services              139,000
                                   operations.
Cormorant control, Mississippi..  Wildlife services              223,000
                                   operations.
Crop and Aquaculture Losses in    Wildlife services              207,000
 Southeast Missouri.               operations.
Database of North Carolina's      Animal health                  208,000
 Agricultural Industry for Rapid   monitoring and
 Response.                         surveillance.
Disease prevention, Louisiana     Veterinary                      69,000
 Department of Wildlife and        diagnostics.
 Fisheries.
Greater Yellowstone Interagency   Brucellosis........            650,000
 Brucellosis Committee, MT, ID,
 WY.
Hawaii interline activities.....  Agricultural                 3,000,000
                                   quarantine
                                   inspection.
Hawaii wildlife services          Wildlife services            2,230,000
 activities.                       operations.
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid,           Biological control.            500,000
 University of Tennessee.
Integrated predation management   Wildlife services              280,000
 activities, West Virginia.        operations.
Invasive aquatic species, Lake    Aquaculture........             94,000
 Champlain Fish and Wildlife
 Management Cooperative, Vermont.
Johne's Disease activities,       Johne's disease....            939,000
 Wisconsin.
Mormon crickets, Nevada.........  Grasshopper........          1,000,000
National Agriculture Biosecurity  Veterinary                     500,000
 Center, Kansas.                   diagnostics.
National Biodiversity             Noxious weeds......            200,000
 Conservation Strategy, Kiski
 Basin, Pennsylvania.
National farm animal              Animal health                  343,000
 identification and records,       monitoring and
 Holstein Association, New York    surveillance.
 and Vermont.
National Wildlife Research        Wildlife services              290,000
 Station, Texas A&M.               methods
                                   development.
New Jersey Gypsy Moth Pest        Gypsy moth.........            500,000
 Management.
New Mexico Rapid Syndrome         Animal health                  404,000
 Validation Program, New Mexico    monitoring and
 State University.                 surveillance.

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Nez Perce Bio-Control Center,     Noxious weeds......            176,000
 Idaho.
Noxious weed management, Nevada   Noxious weeds......            235,000
 Department of Agriculture.
Remote Diagnostic and Wildlife    Animal health                  700,000
 Disease Surveillance, ND.         monitoring and
                                   surveillance.
Technology to Combat Asian Long-  Emerging plant                 500,000
 Horned Beetles in New York        pests.
 Forests.
Tri-State Predator Control        Wildlife services              926,000
 Program, Idaho, Montana, and      operations.
 Wyoming.
Varroa mite suppression, Hawaii.  Emerging plant                 469,000
                                   pests.
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia      Aquaculture........            588,000
 Monitoring and Management,
 Wisconsin.
Wildlife Services South Dakota,   Wildlife services              519,000
 South Dakota Department of        operations.
 Game, Fish, and Parks.
Wisconsin Livestock               Animal health                1,500,000
 Identification Consortium.        monitoring and
                                   surveillance.
Wolf Predation Management in      Wildlife services              727,000
 Wisconsin, Minnesota, and         operations.
 Michigan.
    TOTAL.......................  ...................         24,410,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       The conference agreement provides $4,712,000 for the Animal 
     and Plant Health Inspection Service, Buildings and Facilities 
     as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service


                           MARKETING SERVICES

       The conference agreement provides $91,148,000 for 
     Agricultural Marketing Service, Marketing Services, instead 
     of $90,848,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $6,967,000 for the 
     National Organic Program, including an increase of $300,000 
     to enhance accreditation and oversight capabilities.


                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes a limitation of 
     $64,583,000 for Limitation on Administrative Expenses as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.


    FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $20,056,000 for Funds for 
     Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 for Web-Based 
     Supply Chain Management (WBSCM). The conferees understand 
     that with previous funds, the WBSCM system has been 
     established and is currently operational. The conferees note 
     that $10,000,000 in additional funding is now available for 
     other Section 32 activities.


                   PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

       The conference agreement provides $1,334,000 for Payments 
     to States and Possessions as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $41,964,000 for the Grain 
     Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Salaries 
     and Expenses as proposed by the House, instead of $41,564,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.


        LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes a limitation of 
     $42,463,000 for Limitation on Inspection and Weighing 
     Services Expenses as proposed by the House and the Senate.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       The conference agreement provides $813,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Food Safety as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $622,000 as proposed by the House.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       The conference agreement provides $1,018,520,000 for the 
     Food Safety and Inspection Service as proposed by the House 
     and the Senate.


         FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE FUNDING BY ACTIVITY

Food Safety & Inspection:
  Federal..................................................$903,067,000
  State.....................................................$65,654,000
  International.............................................$19,445,000
CODEX........................................................$3,884,000
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure.............$26,470,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total..................................................$1,018,520,000

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

       The conference agreement provides $895,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
     Services as proposed by the Senate, instead of $662,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       The conferees are aware of the impacts to agriculture 
     caused by exceptional drought conditions currently faced by 
     certain states. The conferees expect the Secretary to use all 
     available authorities to provide relief to agricultural 
     producers who have incurred drought related losses.
       The conferees direct the Foreign Agricultural Service to 
     provide the Committees with a report on the status of the 
     agency's reorganization. The report should include a 
     discussion of any anticipated modification to existing office 
     structures.
       The conferees recognize that the domestic cut flower 
     industry has worked to remain competitive by using the latest 
     in horticultural science and experimenting with and growing 
     new varieties of flowers. Despite this, the domestic cut 
     flower industry has experienced a significant decline in its 
     share of the U.S. cut flower market. The conferees urge the 
     Secretary to use available resources to support domestic 
     flower growers in their efforts to develop an efficient and 
     environmentally friendly transportation, storage, and 
     distribution system to better compete with foreign producers.

                          Farm Service Agency


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $1,253,777,000 for the 
     Farm Service Agency (FSA), Salaries and Expenses, instead of 
     $1,248,777,000 as proposed by the House and $1,603,777,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Given the complexity and scale of FSA's information 
     technology (IT) improvement initiative, the conferees seek to 
     ensure that FSA successfully and cost-effectively delivers 
     the modernized systems relevant to the Department's 
     submission under Section 300 of OMB Circular A-11. Moreover, 
     the conferees recognize that achieving FSA's IT modernization 
     goals depends on coordination and integration with other IT 
     initiatives across the Department that are beyond FSA's 
     control.
       Accordingly, the conferees direct the Department to submit 
     to the Committees a description of how the Department will 
     coordinate and oversee the interdependent planning and 
     implementation of FSA's IT modernization initiative with all 
     other related Department IT modernization initiatives.
       Furthermore, the conferees direct the Department to submit 
     to the Committees an expenditure plan for all past-and 
     current-year funds allocated for FSA IT systems modernization 
     and stabilization activities since fiscal year 2008 that 
     describes:
       1. The FSA IT projects funded;
       2. The expected performance capabilities and mission 
     benefits of each of these projects;
       3. The estimated and completed project cost, schedule, and 
     system operation milestones with target dates;
       4. The estimated and actual costs associated with attaining 
     these milestones;
       5. A comparison of the project cost, schedule, and 
     milestones to those provided in fiscal year 2008; and
       6. The processes, tools, contracts, and human capital in 
     place or planned to accomplish effective management and 
     oversight of the projects.
       After the initial expenditure plan, the Department is to 
     provide reports by April 1, 2010, and by August 1, 2010, that 
     provide updates on the cost, schedule, and system operation 
     milestones. To the extent milestones are missed, the report 
     is to provide a summary of the reasons why and plans for 
     corrective actions.
       The conferees recommend that funds be allocated to 
     implement the National Agriculture Imagery Program, with 
     images collected nationally on an annual basis, in order to 
     provide the maximum benefit for USDA programs and other users 
     of these images. The conferees encourage the Secretary to 
     utilize all appropriate imagery sources to meet programmatic 
     requirements.


                         STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $4,369,000 for State 
     Mediation Grants as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $4,000,000 as proposed by the House.


               GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

       The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for the 
     Grassroots Source Water Protection Program as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate.


                        DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides an appropriation of such 
     sums as may be necessary for the Dairy Indemnity Program as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.


           AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides a total subsidy of 
     $140,608,000 for activities under the Agricultural Credit 
     Insurance Fund Program Account, instead of $104,122,000 as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.

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       The conference agreement provides for an estimated loan 
     program level of $5,083,940,000, instead of $4,151,397,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $4,149,457,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $321,093,000 for Salaries 
     and Expenses as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $325,574,000 as proposed by the House.
       The following table reflects the amounts provided in the 
     conference agreement:

Farm Ownership Loans:
  Direct.................................................($650,000,000)
  Subsidy....................................................26,520,000
  Guaranteed............................................(1,500,000,000)
  Subsidy.....................................................5,550,000
Farm Operating Loans:
  Direct...............................................($1,000,000,000)
  Subsidy....................................................47,400,000
  Unsubsidized Guaranteed...............................(1,500,000,000)
  Subsidy....................................................35,100,000
  Subsidized Guaranteed...................................(170,000,000)
  Subsidy....................................................23,902,000
Indian Tribe Land Acquisition...............................(3,940,000)
Conservation:
  Direct...................................................(75,000,000)
  Subsidy.....................................................1,065,000
  Guaranteed...............................................(75,000,000)
  Subsidy.......................................................278,000
Indian Highly Fractionated Land............................(10,000,000)
  Subsidy.......................................................793,000
Boll Weevil Eradication...................................(100,000,000)
ACIF Expenses:
  Salaries and Expenses....................................$313,173,000
  Administrative Expenses.....................................7,920,000

                         Risk Management Agency

       The conference agreement provides $80,325,000 for the Risk 
     Management Agency as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $79,425,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                              CORPORATIONS

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

       The conference agreement provides an appropriation of such 
     sums as may be necessary for the Federal Crop Insurance Fund 
     as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund


                 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides an appropriation of such 
     sums as may be necessary for Reimbursement for Net Realized 
     Losses of the Commodity Credit Corporation as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate.


                       HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

                        (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

       The conference agreement provides a limitation of 
     $5,000,000 for Hazardous Waste Management as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate.

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

       The conference agreement provides $895,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment 
     as proposed by the Senate, instead of $774,000 as proposed by 
     the House.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                        CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

       The conference agreement provides $887,629,000 for 
     Conservation Operations, instead of $874,397,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $949,577,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $9,930,000 for the 
     Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative; $10,965,000 for the 
     Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program; $11,088,000 
     for Plant Materials Centers; $93,939,000 for the Soil Surveys 
     Program; and $755,975,000 for Conservation Technical 
     Assistance.
       The following is a list of Congressionally Designated 
     Projects:

     NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE--CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
                  CONGRESSIONALLY DESIGNATED PROJECTS-
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Project                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accelerated Soil Mapping Survey, WY.....................        $200,000
Agricultural Development and Resource Conservation,            1,400,000
 Hawaii RC&D Councils, HI...............................
Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center, MS-..........         939,000
Appropriate Wetland and Wet-Mesic Species, IA-..........         134,000
Assistance to Improve Water Quality for Tarrant County,          336,000
 TX.....................................................
Audubon conservation curriculum.........................         333,000
Best Management Practices and Master Farmer Special              267,000
 Research Grant with LSU, LA............................
Cane Run Creek Watershed Remediation, KY................         400,000
Carson City Waterfall Fire Restoration, Carson City, NV-         375,000
CEMSA with Iowa Soybean Association, IA.................         288,000
Center for Invasive Species Eradication, Texas AgriLife        1,000,000
 Research, College Station, TX..........................
Chenier Plain Sustainability Initiative, McNeese State           500,000
 University, LA.........................................
Chesapeake Bay Activities...............................       3,998,000
Conservation Fuels Management and Restoration Wildlife           269,000
 Support Group, NV......................................
Conservation Internships, Wisconsin Land and Water               120,000
 Conservation Association, WI...........................
Conservation Planning, MA and WI........................         423,000
Conservation Technical Assistance in New Jersey, NJ-....         236,000
Conservation Technical Assistance, NRCS TN..............       1,000,000
Conservation Technology Transfer, University of                  516,000
 Wisconsin, WI..........................................
Cooperative Agreement with Tufts University, CT-........         333,000
Deer Creek Watershed Conservation and Restoration, MD-..         400,000
Delta Conservation Demonstration, Washington County, MS-         376,000
Delta Water Study, NRCS MS..............................         235,000
Farm Viability Program, VT..............................         300,000
Fountain Creek Watershed Project, CO....................         500,000
Genesee River Watershed, NY.............................         500,000
Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission                 2,423,000
 Cooperative Agreement, GA..............................
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, WI...............         835,000
Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment          404,000
 Control................................................
Great Plain Riparian Initiative, National Wild Turkey            500,000
 Federation, NE.........................................
Green Institute, FL.....................................         267,000
Green River Water Quality and Biological Diversity               100,000
 Project, Western Kentucky Research Foundation, KY-.....
Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education Watershed              300,000
 Project, Texas State University, TX....................
Hawaii Plant Materials Center, HI.......................         106,000
Hungry Canyons Alliance, IA.............................         282,000
Illinois Conservation Initiative, Illinois Department of         576,000
 Natural Resources, IL..................................
Kentucky Soil Erosion Control, KY.......................         724,000
Long Island Sound Watershed, NY.........................         133,000
Massaro Community Farm, CT..............................         300,000
Maumee Watershed Hydrological and Flood Mitigation, OH-.         667,000
Mississippi Conservation Initiative, NRCS MS-...........       2,000,000
Mojave Water Agency Non-Native Plant Removal, CA-.......         667,000
Municipal Water District of Orange County for Efficient          150,000
 Irrigation, CA.........................................
Nitrate Pollution Reduction, NRCS RI....................         155,000
Operation Oak Program...................................         267,000
Pace University Land Use Law Center, White Plains, NY-..         133,000
Pastureland Management/Rotational Grazing, NY-..........         400,000
Phosphorous Loading in Lake Champlain, Poultney                  179,000
 Conservation District, VT..............................
Phosphorous Reduction Cooperative Agreement, Kansas            1,000,000
 Livestock Foundation, KS...............................
Potomac River Tributary Strategy, NRCS WV...............         168,000
Quabbin to Cardigan Conservation Initiative, NH-........         282,000
Range Revegetation for Fort Hood, TX....................         333,000
Riparian Restoration along the Rio Grande, Pecos, and            200,000
 Canadian Rivers, New Mexico Association of Soil and
 Water Conservation Districts, NM.......................
Risk Management Initiative, NRCS WV.....................         673,000
Sand County Foundation, WI..............................         892,000
Soil Phosphorus Studies, NRCS WV........................         202,000
Soil Surveys, NRCS RI...................................         134,000
Technical Assistance Grants to Kentucky Soil                     545,000
 Conservation Districts, Kentucky Division of
 Conservation, KY.......................................
Technical Assistance to Livestock/Poultry Producers, NC-         300,000
Town of Cary Swift Creek Stream Bank Restoration, NC-...         199,000
UMASS-Amherst Ecological Conservation Initiative, MA-...         140,000
Upper White River Basin Water Quality, MO...............         287,000
Utah Conservation Initiative, NRCS UT...................       2,500,000
Water Quality Protection Program for the Monterey Bay            400,000
 Sanctuary, CA..........................................
Watershed Agricultural Council, NY......................         480,000
Watershed Demonstration Project, IA-....................         134,000
Watershed Planning Staff, NRCS Pacific Island Area-.....         500,000
Watershed Protection Plan for Hood County, TX-..........          67,000
Yankee Tank Dam, NRCS KS................................       1,000,000
                                                         ---------------
      Total.............................................      37,382,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

               WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

       The conference agreement provides $30,000,000 for Watershed 
     and Flood Prevention Operations, instead of $20,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $24,394,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       NRCS is expected to make progress to continue and/or to 
     provide financial/technical assistance for the next phase for 
     the following Congressionally Designated Projects:

 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE--WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION
             OPERATIONS CONGRESSIONALLY DESIGNATED PROJECTS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Project                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alameda Creek Watershed Project, CA.....................       1,337,000
Ashley Valley Flood Control, Uintah County, UT..........         300,000
Big Slough Watershed Project, AR........................          57,000
Departee Creek Watershed Project, AR....................         110,000
Dry Creek Watershed, City of Rocklin, CA................         500,000
Dunloup Creek Watershed Project, NRCS WV................       1,500,000
DuPage County Watershed, IL.............................       1,000,000
Farmington River Restoration Project, Riverton, CT......         500,000
Hurricane Katrina Related Watershed Restoration Project,         229,000
 MS.....................................................
Lahaina Watershed, NRCS HI..............................       1,000,000
Lake Oscawana Management and Restoration Plan, NY.......         400,000
Little Sioux Watershed Project, IA......................       1,146,000
Lost River, NRCS WV.....................................       4,000,000
Lower Hamakua Ditch Watershed Project, HI...............       1,800,000
Missouri Watershed Projects, NCRS MO....................       2,000,000
Pidcock-Mill Creeks Watershed Project, PA...............         573,000
Pocasset River Watershed, NRCS RI.......................       2,000,000
Richland Creek Reservoir, Paulding County, GA...........         100,000
Soap Creek Watershed Project, IA........................         984,000
South Fork of the Licking River Watershed Project, OH...         125,000
Upcountry Maui Watershed Project, HI....................       2,000,000
Upper Clark Fork Watershed, Watershed Restoration                200,000
 Coalition, MT..........................................
Wailuku-Alenaio Watershed Project, HI...................         250,000
      Total.............................................      22,111,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

       The conference agreement provides $40,161,000 for the 
     Watershed Rehabilitation Program as proposed by the House and 
     the Senate.


                 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

       The conference agreement provides $50,730,000 for Resource 
     Conservation and Development as proposed by the House, 
     instead of the Senate proposal which would have given the 
     Secretary the option of providing up to $50,730,000 for the 
     program within the Conservation Operations account.

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       The conference agreement provides $895,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Rural Development as proposed by 
     the Senate, instead of $660,000 as proposed by the House.
       The Department is directed to work with other appropriate 
     federal agencies to submit a report by September 30, 2010, to 
     the Committees regarding tourism opportunities in rural 
     America. This report should identify existing federal 
     programs that provide assistance to rural small businesses 
     for purposes of market development and business opportunities 
     in the area of tourism and to make recommendations for the 
     improvement of such programs.
       Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Department 
     shall transmit a plan to the Committees to streamline the 
     grant process for water and waste water disposal grants for 
     rural Alaskan communities and Alaska Native villages. The 
     plan shall include an explanation of how it will reduce the 
     paperwork burden on rural Alaskan communities and Alaska 
     Native villages and the time to process applications and take 
     into account logistical issues that affect the construction

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     season, including the timing and length of the construction 
     season and the barge schedule. In developing the plan, the 
     Department shall consult with the appropriate officials from 
     the Environmental Protection Agency, the Indian Health 
     Service, the State of Alaska, the Alaska Native Tribal Health 
     Consortium, and affected Indian tribes.


                RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $201,987,000 for Rural 
     Development Salaries and Expenses, instead of $193,987,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $207,237,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Of the amount provided, the conference agreement 
     provides that not less than $3,500,000 will be for projects 
     and additional staffing associated with maintaining the 
     compliance, safety, and soundness of the portfolio of loans 
     guaranteed through the Rural Development mission area 
     programs.

                         Rural Housing Service


              RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides a total subsidy of 
     $238,908,000 for activities under the Rural Housing Insurance 
     Fund Program Account, instead of $158,589,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $242,720,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides for an estimated loan 
     program level of $13,375,965,000, instead of $7,590,897,000 
     as proposed by the House and $13,480,978,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides for a transfer of 
     $468,593,000 to the Rural Development Salaries and Expenses 
     account as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The following table reflects the amounts in the conference 
     agreement:

Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account:
                                                   Loan authorizations:
    Single family direct (sec. 502)....................($1,121,488,000)
    Single family unsubsidized guaranteed..............(12,000,000,000)
    Rental housing (sec. 515)..............................(69,512,000)
    Multi-family housing guaranteed (sec. 538)............(129,090,000)
    Housing repair (sec. 504)..............................(34,412,000)
    Credit sales of acquired property......................(11,448,000)
    Site loans (sec. 524)...................................(5,045,000)
    Self-help housing land development......................(4,970,000)
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total, Loan authorizations......................($13,375,965,000)
                                                       ================

Loan subsidies:
    Single family direct (sec. 502).........................$40,710,000
    Single family unsubsidized guaranteed...................172,800,000
    Rental housing (sec. 515)................................18,935,000
    Multi-family housing guaranteed (sec. 538)................1,485,000
    Housing repair (sec. 504).................................4,422,000
    Credit sales of acquired property...........................556,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total, Loan subsidies................................$238,908,000
                                                       ================

RHIF administration expenses (transfer to RD)..............$468,593,000
                                                       ================



                       RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       The conference agreement provides $980,000,000 for the 
     Rental Assistance Program as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.


          MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement provides $43,191,000 for the 
     Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program Account, instead 
     of $31,756,000 as proposed by the House and $39,651,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees are concerned about the accelerating growth 
     in the costs of the housing voucher pilot program. The 
     Secretary is directed to provide a report to the Committees 
     articulating options to continue voucher assistance in the 
     future. This report would clarify if the Department intends 
     for vouchers to be limited in duration or ongoing. The report 
     should also provide cost estimates of the options, including 
     FTE costs if the administration recommends not to end the 
     pilot.


                  MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $41,864,000 for Mutual 
     and Self-Help Housing Grants, instead of $45,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $38,727,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                    RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $45,500,000 for Rural 
     Housing Assistance Grants as proposed by the House, instead 
     of $41,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                       FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement provides $19,746,000 for the Farm 
     Labor Program Account, instead of $22,523,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $16,968,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement provides for an estimated loan program 
     level of $27,319,000; $9,873,000 for loan subsidies; and 
     $9,873,000 for grants.


               RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $54,993,000 for the Rural 
     Community Facilities Program Account as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $51,091,000 as proposed by the House.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

Community Facilities:
    Direct loans.........................................($294,962,000)
    Direct subsidy............................................3,864,000
    Guaranteed loans......................................(206,417,000)
    Guaranteed subsidy........................................6,626,000
    Grants...................................................20,373,000
Rural community development initiative........................6,256,000
Economic impact initiative grants............................13,902,000
Tribal college grants.........................................3,972,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total, loan subsidies and grants......................$54,993,000
                                                       ================


                   Rural Business-Cooperative Service


                     RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $97,116,000 for the Rural 
     Business Program Account as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

Business and Industry:
    Guaranteed loans.....................................($993,002,000)
    Guaranteed subsidy.......................................52,927,000
Rural business enterprise grants.............................38,727,000
Rural business opportunity grants.............................2,483,000
Delta regional authority......................................2,979,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total, loan subsidy and grants........................$97,116,000
                                                       ================



              RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides an estimated loan program 
     level of $33,536,000, with a subsidy of $8,464,000, for the 
     Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides for a transfer of 
     $4,941,000 to the Rural Development Salaries and Expenses 
     account as proposed by the House and the Senate.


            RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                    (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides an estimated loan program 
     level of $33,077,000 for the Rural Economic Development Loan 
     Program Account as proposed by the House and the Senate.


                  RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $34,854,000 for Rural 
     Cooperative Development Grants, instead of $30,636,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $38,854,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $7,924,000 for 
     cooperative development grants; $2,800,000 for a cooperative 
     agreement for the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural 
     Areas program; $3,463,000 for cooperatives or associations of 
     cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to 
     small, socially disadvantaged producers; $300,000 for a 
     cooperative research agreement with a qualified academic 
     institution; and $20,367,000 for the value-added agricultural 
     product market development grant program.


            RURAL MICROENTERPRISE INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for the Rural 
     Microenterprise Investment Program Account, instead of no 
     funding as proposed by the House and $22,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. The conference agreement provides for an 
     estimated loan program level of $11,710,000; $2,500,000 for 
     loan subsidies; and $2,500,000 for grants.
       The 2008 Farm Bill provided $4,000,000 each in fiscal years 
     2009 and 2010 for this program. The proposed rule for this 
     new program has not been published and the program does not 
     expect to begin awarding funding until late spring/early 
     summer of 2010. The conferees provide an additional 
     $5,000,000; therefore, the program will have a total of 
     $13,000,000 in funding available when the program begins. 
     This will provide a program level of $36,945,000.


                    RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

       The conference agreement provides $39,340,000 for the Rural 
     Energy for America Program, instead of $22,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $68,130,000 as proposed by the

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     Senate. The conference agreement provides for an estimated 
     loan program level of $144,209,000; $19,670,000 for loan 
     subsidies; and $19,670,000 for grants.
       The 2008 Farm Bill provides $60,000,000 in mandatory 
     funding for this program in fiscal year 2010, which provides 
     an additional program level of $243,800,000. Therefore, the 
     program will have a total program level of $407,679,000 in 
     fiscal year 2010.


                 BIOREFINERY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement provides no funding for the 
     Biorefinery Assistance Program Account as proposed by the 
     House, instead of $17,339,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     2008 Farm Bill provides $245,000,000 in mandatory funding for 
     this program in fiscal year 2010, which provides a program 
     level of $690,725,000. The proposed rule for this new program 
     has not been published and is not expected to be published 
     until late 2010.

                        Rural Utilities Service


             RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $568,730,000 for the 
     Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account as proposed by 
     the Senate, instead of $556,268,000 as proposed by the House.

Water and Waste:
  Direct loans.........................................($1,022,163,000)
  Direct subsidy.............................................77,071,000
  Guaranteed loans........................................($75,000,000)
  Grants....................................................469,228,000
Solid waste management grants.................................3,441,000
  Water well system grants......................................993,000
  Water and waste water revolving funds.........................497,000
  High energy cost grants....................................17,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total, loan subsidies and grants.....................$568,730,000
                                                       ================



   RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides for an estimated loan 
     program level of $7,790,000,000 for activities under the 
     Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program 
     Account as proposed by the Senate, instead of $7,290,000,000 
     as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement provides for a transfer of 
     $39,959,000 to the Rural Development Salaries and Expenses 
     account as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The conferees understand the Department is publishing 
     revised regulations that will ensure the diversification of 
     applicants for the guaranteed underwriting loan program.
       The following table reflects the amounts in the conference 
     agreement:

Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account 
    (RETLP):
                                                   Loan authorizations:
    Electric:
      Direct, 5 percent..................................($100,000,000)
      Direct, FFB.......................................(6,500,000,000)
      Guaranteed underwriting.............................(500,000,000)
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal..........................................(7,100,000,000)
                                                       ================

                                                    Telecommunications:
      Direct, 5 percent...................................(145,000,000)
      Direct, Treasury rate...............................(250,000,000)
      Direct, FFB.........................................(295,000,000)
                                                       ________________
                                                       
        Subtotal..........................................(690,000,000)
                                                       ================

          Total, loan authorizations...................($7,790,000,000)
                                                       ================

RETLP administrative expenses (transfer to RD)..............$39,959,000
                                                       ================



         DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM

       The conference agreement provides for an estimated loan 
     program level of $400,000,000 for broadband 
     telecommunications as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $531,699,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $28,960,000 for broadband 
     telecommunications loan subsidies as proposed by the House, 
     instead of $38,495,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $37,755,000 for distance 
     learning and telemedicine grants as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $34,755,000 as proposed by the House, of which 
     $4,500,000 is for public broadcasting system grants.
       The conference agreement includes $17,976,000 for broadband 
     telecommunications grants as proposed by the House, instead 
     of $13,406,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

       The conference agreement provides $813,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
     Services as proposed by the Senate, instead of $623,000 as 
     proposed by the House.

                       Food and Nutrition Service


                        CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $16,855,829,000 for Child 
     Nutrition Programs, instead of $16,799,584,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $16,801,584,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Included in the total is an appropriated amount of 
     $9,865,930,000 and a transfer from section 32 of 
     $6,989,899,000.
       The conference agreement provides $2,338,000 to allow the 
     agency to increase efforts to work directly with state and 
     local administrators to provide technical assistance to 
     promote accuracy in payments, and to develop appropriate 
     improvement strategies. Funding will support increased 
     technical assistance to states in areas such as data 
     analysis, policy interpretation and training development.
       The conference agreement provides the following for Child 
     Nutrition programs:
Child Nutrition Programs:
  School lunch program...................................$9,967,068,000
  School breakfast program................................2,920,391,000
  Child and adult care food program.......................2,640,923,000
  Summer food service program...............................387,264,000
  Special milk program.......................................12,673,000
  State administrative expenses.............................193,258,000
  Commodity procurement.....................................685,876,000
  Team nutrition.............................................15,016,000
  Coordinated review..........................................5,751,000
  Food safety education.......................................2,510,000
  Computer support and processing.............................9,525,000
  CACFP training and technical assistance.....................3,537,000
  Studies and other activities................................5,338,000
  Hunger free community.......................................5,000,000
  Healthier U.S. school challenge...............................699,000
  School community garden pilot...............................1,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
Total...................................................$16,855,829,000
                                                       ================



SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN 
                                 (WIC)

       The conference agreement provides $7,252,000,000 for the 
     Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and 
     Children (WIC), instead of $7,541,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $7,552,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes an increase of 
     $392,000,000 to support participation and food costs, 
     including $162,000,000 that was requested in the budget for 
     program improvements. Both food costs and participation 
     estimates have decreased significantly since the budget 
     request was submitted in May. The conference agreement makes 
     significant program improvements, including $80,000,000 for 
     breastfeeding support initiatives, $60,000,000 for State 
     management information systems, and $14,000,000 for 
     infrastructure improvements. The conference agreement also 
     includes language that exempts military combat pay from WIC 
     eligibility determination.
       The conference agreement provides funding to increase the 
     cash value of the fruit and vegetable vouchers for all women 
     up to the Institute of Medicine recommendation. The conferees 
     direct the Department to accomplish implementation by issuing 
     an Interim Final Rule within sixty days of enactment, with a 
     comment period not to exceed February 1, 2010. To facilitate 
     implementation, the conferees direct the Department to 
     immediately notify State WIC agencies of the impending 
     increase in the cash value of the fruit and vegetable 
     vouchers, streamline the implementation process for State WIC 
     agencies, and provide necessary technical assistance to 
     expedite full implementation of the increased cash value of 
     fruit and vegetable vouchers within six months of enactment.


               SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       The conference agreement provides $58,278,181,000 for the 
     Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, instead of 
     $61,351,846,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program:
  Benefits..............................................$49,623,933,000
  State Administrative Cost...............................3,043,000,000
  Employment & Training.....................................380,902,000
  Other Program Costs........................................94,036,000
  Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)..112,797,000
  Associated Activities......................................10,000,000
  Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands...............12,148,000
  Contingency Reserve.....................................3,000,000,000
  Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico....................1,746,351,000
  Nutrition Assistance for American Samoa.....................7,014,000
  Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).................248,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Total.............................................$58,278,181,000
                                                       ================



                      COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       The conference agreement provides $247,979,000 for the 
     Commodity Assistance

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     Program, instead of $255,570,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $233,388,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $171,409,000 for the 
     Commodity Supplemental Food Program with the expectation that 
     caseload in existing states will expand. Of this amount, 
     $5,000,000 is included to begin funding of new states with 
     approved USDA plans.
       The conference agreement provides $49,500,000 for 
     administrative funding for the Emergency Food Assistance 
     Program (TEFAP). In addition, the conference agreement grants 
     the Secretary authority to transfer up to an additional 10 
     percent from TEFAP commodities for this purpose.
       The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the 
     Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, $6,000,000 for Emergency 
     Food Program Infrastructure Grants, and $1,070,000 for 
     Pacific Island Assistance.


                   NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

       The conference agreement provides $147,801,000 for 
     Nutrition Programs Administration as proposed by the House 
     and the Senate.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $180,367,000 for the 
     Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of $177,136,000 as proposed 
     by the House.


  FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM 
                                ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $2,812,000 for 
     administrative expenses for the Food For Peace Title I Direct 
     Credit and Food for Progress Program Account, to be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm 
     Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses'', as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate.


                     FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $1,690,000,000 for Food 
     For Peace Title II Grants as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.


       COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides $6,820,000 for the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans Program Account as 
     proposed by the House and Senate.


  McGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION 
                             PROGRAM GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $209,500,000 for the 
     McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child 
     Nutrition Program Grants, instead of $199,500,000 as proposed 
     by the House and the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 to conduct 
     pilot projects to develop, pilot, and field test new and 
     improved micronutrient fortified products designed to meet 
     the energy and nutrient needs of populations served by the 
     McGovern-Dole Food for Education program. These funds may be 
     provided to non-governmental organizations and international 
     agencies to provide technical assistance to carry out 
     improvements in the products distributed through the 
     McGovern-Dole program. The conferees direct the Secretary to 
     provide the Committees with an initial report detailing how 
     the Department will implement this pilot project and semi-
     annual reports thereafter on the results of this pilot, 
     including information on the products developed and/or 
     improved and the projects selected.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides total appropriations for 
     the Food and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses, 
     including Prescription Drug User Fee Act, Medical Device User 
     Fee and Modernization Act, Animal Drug User Fee Act, Animal 
     Generic Drug User Fee, and Family Smoking Prevention and 
     Tobacco Control Act collections, of $3,237,218,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
     instead of $3,230,218,000 as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate. The conference agreement provides a direct 
     appropriation of $2,344,656,000, instead of $2,337,656,000 as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

           FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, SALARIES AND EXPENSES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Program                          Budget authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foods................................................            782,915
    Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.....            236,418
    Field Activities.................................            546,497
Human Drugs..........................................            464,814
    Center for Drug Evaluation and Research..........            336,588
    Field Activities.................................            128,226
Biologics............................................            206,438
    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.....            166,182
    Field Activities.................................             40,256
Animal Drugs & Feeds.................................            135,475
    Center for Veterinary Medicine...................             82,452
    Field Activities.................................             53,023
Device & Radiological Products.......................            315,377
    Center for Devices and Radiological Health.......            234,974
    Field Activities.................................             80,403
National Center for Toxicological Research...........             58,745
Other Activities.....................................            143,712
White Oak Consolidation..............................             38,536
Other Rent & Rent-Related............................             52,622
GSA Rent.............................................            146,022
                                                      ------------------
        Total Salaries & Expenses....................          2,344,656
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The conferees direct FDA to provide all reports and studies 
     requested in this statement to the Committees in both an 
     electronic and hard copy format within 90 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, unless another date is specified for a 
     particular report.
       The conference agreement includes no less than $92,966,000 
     for the generic drugs program, of which $51,545,000 is for 
     the Office of Generic Drugs, which is an increase of 
     $10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 level.
       The conference agreement includes an increase of $2,000,000 
     for the cosmetics program, bringing total funding for 
     cosmetics activities at FDA to $10,200,000.
       The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for 
     Demonstration Grants for Improving Pediatric Device 
     Availability, as authorized by the Food and Drug 
     Administration Amendments Act of 2007.
       The conference agreement includes $18,000,000 for the 
     critical path initiative, including not less than $6,000,000 
     for critical path partnerships. Of the ,000,000 provided for 
     critical path partnerships, $2,000,000 shall be used to 
     support research partnerships for the treatment or rapid 
     diagnosis of tropical diseases. The conferees are 
     particularly concerned with improving treatments for 
     tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant TB.
       The conference agreement includes funding for the following 
     items, as included in the budget: $174,000 for the Interstate 
     Shellfish Sanitation Commission; $2,077,000 for the National 
     Center for Food Safety and Technology; $1,608,000 for the 
     National Center for Natural Products Research; and $1,650,000 
     for the New Mexico State University Agricultural Products 
     Food Safety Laboratory. The conferees further expect FDA to 
     continue all projects, activities and programs as included in 
     the fiscal year 2010 budget request, unless otherwise 
     specified.
       The conferees direct that in future budget requests, all 
     performance measures and outputs, such as number of staff 
     hired and number of inspections performed, be measured 
     according to budget authority requests. The conferees further 
     direct FDA to provide any performance measures and outputs 
     related to proposed and/or current law user fees separately 
     and independent of one another, as well as independent from 
     budget authority requests.
       The conferees request the FDA report on adverse events and 
     seizures associated with brand and generic anti-epileptic 
     drugs. Specifically, the agency should examine the 
     pharmacokinetic profiles of ``A'' rated anti-epileptic drugs 
     from different manufacturers of the same therapeutic agent. 
     The Committee directs the FDA to submit a report not later 
     than September 30, 2010, detailing whether the agency 
     believes that any changes to the current bioequivalence 
     testing should be recommended.
       The conferees direct FDA, working with appropriate Federal 
     agencies, to conduct a study and prepare a report on the 
     challenges associated with imported seafood. The report shall 
     include, by product and country of origin, the number of 
     physical inspections of seafood products offered for import 
     in the previous fiscal year, and the percentage of inspected 
     seafood products that do not meet applicable food safety laws 
     and the reason the products do not meet such standards. The 
     report shall also include an analysis of the imported seafood 
     products that are most susceptible to violations of 
     applicable food safety standards, the aquaculture and 
     mariculture practices that are of greatest concern to FDA, 
     and propose methods for improving policies and procedures to 
     ensure the safety of imported seafood.
       The conferees direct that the FDA provide to the Committees 
     on Appropriations in the House and Senate; the Committees on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions in the Senate; and the Committees on 
     Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce in the House of 
     Representatives any recommendations on the need to establish 
     labeling standards for personal care products for which 
     organic content claims are made, including whether FDA should 
     have pre-market approval authority for personal care product 
     labeling.


                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       The conference agreement provides $12,433,000 for Food and 
     Drug Administration, Buildings and Facilities as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES


                  commodity futures trading commission

       The conference agreement provides $168,800,000 for the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), instead of 
     $160,600,000 as proposed by the House and $177,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

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       The conferees expect the CFTC to focus increased funds 
     solely on additional FTEs and the agency's central mission to 
     regulate futures and options markets in the United States.

                       Farm Credit Administration


                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes a limitation of 
     $54,500,000 on administrative expenses of the Farm Credit 
     Administration as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS


             (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       Section 701.--The conference agreement includes language 
     making funds available for the purchase, replacement, and 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles.
       Section 702.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding transfers of funds.
       Section 703.--The conference agreement includes language 
     allowing for unobligated balances to be transferred to the 
     Working Capital Fund.
       Section 704.--The conference agreement includes language 
     limiting the funding provided in the bill to one year, unless 
     otherwise specified.
       Section 705.--The conference agreement includes language 
     limiting indirect costs on cooperative agreements between the 
     Department of Agriculture and nonprofit organizations to 10 
     percent.
       Section 706.--The conference agreement includes language 
     making appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for 
     the cost of direct and guaranteed loans available until 
     expended to disburse obligations for certain Rural 
     Development programs.
       Section 707.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding advisory committees.
       Section 708.--The conference agreement includes language 
     prohibiting the use of funds to establish an inspection panel 
     at the Department of Agriculture.
       Section 709.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding detailed employees.
       Section 710.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding the appropriations hearing process.
       Section 711.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding the transfer of funds to the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer and information technology funding 
     obligations.
       Section 712.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding the reprogramming of funds.
       Section 713.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding user fee proposals.
       Section 714.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding the closure or relocation of Rural Development 
     offices.
       Section 715.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding the closure or relocation of a Food and Drug 
     Administration office.
       Section 716.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding outmigration.
       Section 717.--The conference agreement includes language 
     allowing for reimbursement of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian 
     Trust.
       Section 718.--The conference agreement provides funding for 
     the National Center for Natural Products Research.
       Section 719.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding the availability of funds for certain conservation 
     programs.
       Section 720.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding government-sponsored news stories.
       Section 721.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding mandatory programs.
       Section 722.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding eligibility for certain rural development programs.
       Section 723.--The conference agreement provides funding for 
     an agriculture pest facility in Hawaii.
       Section 724.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding humanitarian food assistance.
       Section 725.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding meat inspection.
       Section 726.--The conference agreement includes language 
     providing that certain locations shall be considered eligible 
     for certain rural development programs.
       Section 727.--The conference agreement provides funding for 
     the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships.
       Section 728.--The conference agreement provides funding for 
     certain projects.
       Section 729.--The conference agreement includes language 
     authorizing certain watershed projects.
       Section 730.--The conference agreement includes language 
     amending the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
       Section 731.--The conference agreement includes language 
     modifying matching requirements for certain research grants.
       Section 732.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding the availability of funding for the Farm Service 
     Agency and Rural Development.
       Section 733.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding infant formula.
       Section 734.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding the exemption of military combat pay from 
     determining eligibility for certain nutrition programs.
       Section 735.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding a program authorized in Public Law 110-246.
       Section 736.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding first-class travel.
       Section 737.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding international food assistance.
       Section 738.--The conference agreement provides funding to 
     address out-migration in rural areas.
       Section 739.--The conference agreement includes language 
     establishing a forestry pilot program for lands affected by 
     Hurricane Katrina.
       Section 740.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding rare and neglected diseases.
       Section 741.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding two programs authorized in Public Law 110-246.
       Section 742.--The conference agreement includes language 
     rescinding certain funds.
       Section 743.--The conference agreement includes language 
     relating to the export of poultry products to the United 
     States.
       Section 744.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding the Federal Meat Inspection and other acts.
       Section 745.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding producer access to risk management products.
       Section 746.--The conference agreement includes language 
     relating to assistance during a pandemic emergency.
       Section 747.--The conference agreement includes language 
     relating to for-profit entities.
       Section 748.--The conference agreement includes 
     $350,000,000 to provide assistance to dairy producers. Of 
     this total, $60,000,000 will be provided to purchase surplus 
     cheese and other dairy products to be distributed through 
     food banks and similar locations to help fight hunger. The 
     balance of these funds is provided for use by the Secretary 
     to supplement income to producers and ease financial risk due 
     to historic low prices for milk. The conferees expect the 
     Secretary to utilize these funds in a way that provides 
     actual benefit to dairy producers in a timely manner.
       Section 749.--The conference agreement includes language 
     relating to child nutrition programs.

   DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

       Following is a list of congressional earmarks and 
     congressionally directed spending items (as defined in clause 
     9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
     and rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     respectively) included in the conference report or the 
     accompanying joint statement of managers, along with the name 
     of each Senator, House Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner who submitted a request to the Committee of 
     jurisdiction for each item so identified. Neither the 
     conference report nor the joint statement of managers 
     contains any limited tax benefits or limited tariff benefits 
     as defined in the applicable House or Senate rules. Pursuant 
     to clause 9(b) of rule XXI the rules of the House of 
     Representatives, neither the conference report nor the joint 
     statement of managers contains any congressional earmarks, 
     limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits that were 
     not (1) committed to the conference committee by either House 
     or (2) in a report of a committee of either House on this 
     bill or on a companion measure.

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                                                                  AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
                                                                            [Presidentially Directed Spending Items]
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                                                                                                                                                      Requester(s)
                 Agency                        Account                        Project                      Amount     --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                            Administration               Senate                   House
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National Institute of Food and           SRG                  Global Change/UVB Radiation                  $1,408,000  The President
 Agriculture
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National Institute of Food and           SRG                  Minor Use Animal Drugs                         $429,000  The President                                     Hinchey; Latham
 Agriculture
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Rural Development                        Rural coop grants    Appropriate Technology Transfer for          $2,800,000  The President            Baucus; Feinstein;       Boozman; Carney; Farr;
                                                               Rural Areas                                                                       Harkin; Johnson;         Hinchey; Rehberg
                                                                                                                                                 Lincoln; Pryor;
                                                                                                                                                 Specter; Tester-
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                                                                  AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
                                                                            [Congressionally Directed Spending Items]
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                                                                                                                                                          Requester(s)
                  Agency                              Account                             Project                     Amount   -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                             Senate                           House
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Agricultural Research Center, Logan, UT    $4,527,000  Bennett
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Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Agricultural Research Facility,            $3,000,000  Cardin; Mikulski                 Hoyer
                                                                          Beltsville, MD
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Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Animal Bioscience Facility, Bozeman, MT    $3,654,000  Baucus; Tester                   Rehberg
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Appalachian Fruit Laboratory,              $2,000,000  Byrd
                                                                          Kearneysville, WV
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     ARS Biotechnology Lab, Lorman, MS          $1,500,000  Cochran                          Thompson (MS)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     ARS Forage-Animal Production Research      $2,000,000  McConnell
                                                                          Facility, Lexington, KY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     ARS Research and Development Center,       $3,500,000  Shelby                           Rogers (AL)
                                                                          Auburn, AL
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Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     ARS Waste Management Research Facility,    $2,000,000  McConnell
                                                                          Bowling Green, KY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Center for Advanced Viticulture and Tree   $3,000,000                                   Thompson (CA)
                                                                          Crop Research, Davis, CA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Center for Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY      $3,654,000  Gillibrand                       Arcuri; Hinchey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Center of Excellence for Vaccine           $3,654,000  Dodd; Lieberman                  DeLauro
                                                                          Research, Storrs, CT
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Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Dairy Forage Agricultural Research         $4,000,000  Kohl
                                                                          Center, Prairie du Sac, WI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Jamie Whitten Delta States Research        $4,000,000  Cochran
                                                                          Center, Stoneville, MS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     National Plant and Genetics Security       $3,500,000  Bond
                                                                          Center, Columbia, MO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Pacific Basin Agricultural Research        $5,000,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Hirono
                                                                          Center, Hilo, HI
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Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     Systems Biology Research Facility,         $3,760,000  Ben Nelson                       Fortenberry
                                                                          Lincoln, NE
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Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     U.S. Agricultural Research Station,        $3,654,000                                   Farr
                                                                          Salinas, CA
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Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     U.S. ARS Laboratory, Canal Point, FL       $3,422,000  Martinez; Bill Nelson            Boyd; Grayson; Hastings (FL);
                                                                                                                                                                  Melancon; Wasserman Schultz
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Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     U.S. ARS Laboratory, Pullman, WA           $3,740,000  Cantwell; Murray                 Hastings (WA); Inslee; Larsen
                                                                                                                                                                  (WA); McDermott; McMorris
                                                                                                                                                                  Rodgers; Smith (WA)
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Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     U.S. ARS Sugarcane Research Laboratory,    $3,654,000  Landrieu; Vitter                 Alexander; Melancon
                                                                          Houma, LA
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Agricultural Research Service               Buildings and facilities     University of Toledo Greenhouse and        $3,654,000  Brown                            Kaptur
                                                                          Hydroponic Research Complex, Toledo, OH
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Animal Vaccines, Greenport, NY             $1,518,000                                   DeLauro
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research   $1,500,000  Brownback
                                                                          Laboratory, Manhattan, KS
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Aquaculture Fisheries Center, ARS, Pine      $519,000  Lincoln; Pryor                   Berry; Ross
                                                                          Bluff, AR
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Aquaculture Initiatives, Harbor Branch     $1,597,000  Martinez
                                                                          Oceanographic Institute, Stuggart, AR
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Biomass Crop Production, Brookings, SD     $1,250,000  Johnson; Thune                   Herseth Sandlin
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Biomedical Materials in Plants (Biotech    $1,700,000  Cardin; Mikulski                 Hoyer
                                                                          Foundation), Beltsville, MD
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Bioremediation Research, Beltsville, MD      $111,000  Cardin                           Blumenauer
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Biotechnology Research and Development     $3,500,000  Durbin                           Schock
                                                                          Center, Washington, DC
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Catfish Genome, Auburn, AL                   $819,000                                   Rogers (AL)
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Center for Agroforestry, Booneville, AR      $660,000  Bond                             Emerson
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Cereal Disease, St. Paul, MN                 $290,000  Chambliss; Johnson; Klobuchar;   McMorris Rodgers
                                                                                                                                 Murray
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Computer Vision Engineer, Kearneysville,     $400,000  Byrd
                                                                          WV
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Crop Production and Food Processing,         $786,000                                   Schock
                                                                          Peoria, IL
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Dairy Forage Research Center,              $2,500,000  Kohl
                                                                          Marshfield, WI
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research          $1,805,000  Lincoln; Pryor                   Berry; Ross
                                                                          Center, Booneville, AR
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Diet Nutrition and Obesity Research, New     $623,000  Landrieu; Vitter
                                                                          Orleans, LA
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Endophyte Research, Booneville, AR           $994,000  Lincoln; Pryor                   Blumenauer; Boozman; Ross;
                                                                                                                                                                  Schrader
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Forage Crop Stress Tolerance and Virus       $200,000  Murray                           Hastings
                                                                          Disease Management, Prosser, WA
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Formosan Subterranean Termites Research,   $3,490,000  Landrieu                         Alexander
                                                                          New Orleans, LA
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Foundry Sand By-Products Utilization,        $638,000  Cardin                           Hoyer
                                                                          Beltsville, MD
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Human Nutrition Research, Boston, MA         $350,000  Kennedy; Kerry                   Capuano; Markey (MA)
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Human Nutrition Research, Houston, TX        $300,000  Hutchison                        Bishop (GA)
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Human Nutrition Research, Kannapolis, NC   $1,000,000  Burr; Hagan                      Kissell
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Improved Crop Production Practices,        $1,293,000  Sessions                         Aderholt; Bachus; Rogers (AL)
                                                                          Auburn, AL
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Livestock-Crop Rotation Management,          $349,000  Casey                            Gerlach
                                                                          Kutztown, PA
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Lyme Disease, 4 Poster Project,              $700,000                                   DeLauro
                                                                          Washington, DC
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Medicinal and Bioactive Crops,               $111,000  Hutchison                        Hoyer
                                                                          Washington, DC
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Mosquito Trapping Research/West Nile       $1,454,000                                   DeLauro
                                                                          Virus, Gainesville, FL
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        National Bio and Agro Defense Facility,    $1,500,000  Brownback
                                                                          Manhattan, KS
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        National Center for Agricultural Law,        $654,000  Harkin; Lincoln; Pryor           Boozman
                                                                          Beltsville, MD
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        National Corn to Ethanol Research Pilot      $360,000                                   Shimkus
                                                                          Plant, Washington, DC
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        New England Plant, Soil, and Water         $2,249,000  Collins
                                                                          Research Laboratory, Orono, ME
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Northern Great Plains Research               $543,000  Conrad; Dorgan                   Pomeroy
                                                                          Laboratory, Mandan, ND
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Northwest Center for Small Fruits,           $275,000  Merkley; Murray; Wyden           Blumenauer; Hastings (WA);
                                                                          Corvallis, OR                                                                           Larsen (WA); McDermott;
                                                                                                                                                                  Schrader; Simpson; Walden; Wu
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Pacific Basin Agricultural Research          $700,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Hirono
                                                                          Center Staffing, Hilo, HI
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Phytoestrogen Research, New Orleans, LA    $1,750,000  Landrieu                         Cao; Kaptur
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Potato Diseases, Beltsville, MD               $61,000  Cardin                           Hoyer; Larsen (WA)
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Poultry Diseases, Beltsville, MD             $408,000  Cardin; Mikulski                 Hoyer
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Seismic and Acoustic Technologies in         $332,000  Cochran
                                                                          Soils Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford,
                                                                          MS
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Sorghum Research, Little Rock, AR            $135,000  Lincoln; Pryor                   Snyder
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Soybean Genomics, St. Paul, MN               $200,000  Klobuchar                        Walz
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Subtropical Beef Germplasm, Brooksville,   $1,033,000                                   Brown-Waite, Ginny
                                                                          FL
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Termite Species in Hawaii, New Orleans,      $200,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Hirono
                                                                          LA
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Tropical Aquaculture Feeds (Oceanic        $1,438,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Hirono
                                                                          Institute), Hilo, HI
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Water Management Research Laboratory,        $340,000  Boxer; Feinstein                 Filner
                                                                          Brawley, CA
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Water Use Reduction, Dawson, GA            $1,200,000  Chambliss; Isakson               Bishop (GA); Johnson (GA);
                                                                                                                                                                  Kingston; Marshall; Scott (GA)
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Agricultural Research Service               Salaries and expenses        Wild Rice, St. Paul, MN                      $303,000  Klobuchar                        Peterson
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Childhood Farm Safety, IA                     $75,000  Grassley; Harkin
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Conservation Technology Transfer, WI         $376,000  Kohl
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Dairy Education, IA                          $175,000  Harkin                           Latham
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Diabetes Detection and Prevention, WA,     $1,033,000  Murray                           Fattah; Smith (WA)
                                                                          PA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    E-commerce, MS                               $231,000  Cochran; Wicker
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX               $1,610,000  Bingaman; Cornyn; Hutchison      Edwards (TX); Reyes; Rodriguez;
                                                                                                                                                                  Teague
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Extension specialist, MS                      $98,000  Cochran; Wicker
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Food Production Education, VT                $120,000  Sanders
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Health Education Leadership, KY              $590,000  McConnell
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Income Enhancement Demonstration, OH         $864,000                                   Kaptur
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Institute for Sustainable Agriculture,       $400,000  Kohl
                                                                          WI
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Invasive Phragmites Control and              $155,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Dingell
                                                                          Outreach, MI
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Iowa Vitality Center                         $250,000  Grassley; Harkin
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Maine Cattle Health Assurance Program        $700,000  Collins
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    National Center for Farm Safety, IA          $170,000  Harkin                           Braley
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Nutrition Enhancement, WI                    $950,000  Kohl
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Ohio-Israel Agriculture Initiative           $700,000  Brown; Voinovich
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Pilot Technology Transfer, MS, OK            $209,000  Cochran; Inhofe; Wicker          Boren; Cole; Lucas
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Pilot Technology Transfer, WI                $174,000                                   Obey
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Potato Integrated Pest Management, ME        $450,000  Collins; Snowe                   Michaud
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Potato Pest Management, WI                   $277,000                                   Obey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Range Improvement, NM                        $223,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Teague
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    University of Wisconsin-Extension            $450,000                                   Obey
                                                                          Northern Aquaculture Demonstration
                                                                          Facility
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Urban Horticulture and Marketing, IL         $175,000  Durbin                           Davis (IL); Jackson (IL)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Urban Horticulture, WI                       $376,000  Kohl
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Veterinary Technology Satellite Program,   $1,000,000  Brownback
                                                                          KS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Ag-Based Industrial Lubricants, IA           $405,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Braley (IA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Agriculture Development in the American      $400,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Bordallo; Hirono
                                                                          Pacific
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Agriculture Waste Utilization, WV            $500,000  Byrd
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Animal Health Research and Diagnostics,      $300,000  McConnell
                                                                          KY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Animal Waste Management, OK                  $274,000  Inhofe                           Boren; Lucas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Applied Agriculture and Environmental        $693,000  Boxer; Feinstein                 Capps; Cardoza; Costa; Farr;
                                                                          Research, CA                                                                            Napolitano; Schiff; Thompson
                                                                                                                                                                  (CA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Aquaculture Research and Education           $300,000  Specter                          Brady (PA); Sestak
                                                                          Center, PA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Aquaculture, OH                              $623,000  Brown                            Kaptur
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Best Practices in Agriculture Waste          $300,000                                   Eshoo
                                                                          Management, CA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Biotechnology Research, MS                   $480,000  Cochran; Wicker
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Cellulosic Biomass, SC                       $469,000                                   Clyburn
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Center for Agricultural and Rural            $412,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Latham
                                                                          Development, IA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Center for Food Industry Excellence, TX      $946,000  Cornyn                           Conaway; Neugebauer
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Center for Innovative Food Technology,       $793,000                                   Kaptur
                                                                          OH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Center for North American Studies, TX        $693,000  Bingaman                         Edwards (TX)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Center for Renewable Transportation          $500,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Kilpatrick (MI)
                                                                          Fuel, MI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Centers for Dairy and Beef Excellence,       $340,000  Specter
                                                                          PA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Clemson University Veterinary Institute,   $1,000,000  Graham
                                                                          SC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Climate Forecasting, FL                    $2,494,000  Martinez; Bill Nelson            Boyd; Diaz-Balart, Lincoln;
                                                                                                                                                                  Diaz-Balart, Mario
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Cotton Research, TX                        $1,730,000  Cornyn; Hutchison                Conaway; Neugebauer
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Council for Agriculture Science and          $110,000  Harkin
                                                                          Technology, IA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Dietary Intervention, OH                     $866,000  Voinovich                        Kaptur; Turner
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Ethnobotanicals, MD                          $550,000  Cardin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Farmland Preservation, OH                    $160,000  Brown                            LaTourette
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Florida Biomass to Biofuels Conversion       $300,000  Martinez; Bill Nelson            Brown, Corrine; Klein (FL);
                                                                          Program, FL                                                                             Kosmas; Wexler
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Greenhouse Nurseries, OH                   $1,380,000  Brown                            Kaptur
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        High Value Horticultural Crops, VA           $502,000  Warner; Webb                     Perriello
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        International Center for Food Technology     $750,000  Lugar
                                                                          Development to Expand Markets, IN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Kansas Biobased Polymer Initiative           $750,000  Brownback
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Mariculture, NC                              $220,000  Burr; Hagan                      McIntyre
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Medicinal and Bioactive Crop Research,       $300,000  Hutchison                        Gohmert
                                                                          TX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Midwest Agribusiness Trade and               $187,000  Grassley; Harkin
                                                                          Information Center, IA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Mississippi Valley State University,       $1,002,000  Cochran                          Thompson (MS)
                                                                          Curriculum Development
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Monitoring Agricultural Sewage Sludge        $500,000                                   Kaptur
                                                                          Application, OH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        NE Center for Invasive Plants, CT, ME,       $295,000  Collins; Snowe                   DeLauro; Michaud
                                                                          VT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Nutrition and Diet Research, CA              $925,000                                   Baca; Lewis (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Nutrition Research, NY                       $188,000                                   Serrano
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Pasteurization of Shell Eggs, MI             $935,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Dingell
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        PM-10 Study, WA                              $268,000  Murray                           Dicks; McMorris Rodgers
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Polymer Research, KS                       $2,000,000  Brownback                        Jenkins
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Rural Agriculture Small Business             $500,000                                   Murphy, Tim
                                                                          Development Program
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Rural Systems, MS                            $215,000  Cochran; Wicker                  Thompson (MS)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Shrimp Aquaculture, AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS,    $2,908,000  Cochran; Wicker                  Abercrombie; Grijalva; Hirono;
                                                                          SC, TX                                                                                  Ortiz; Pastor (AZ)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Sustainable Agricultural Freshwater        $1,434,000                                   Reyes; Rodriguez
                                                                          Conservation, TX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point      $1,400,000                                   Obey
                                                                          Institute for Sustainable Technologies
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, MI             $150,000  Levin; Stabenow
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, OH             $500,000  Brown; Voinovich                 Kaptur
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Vitis Gene Discovery, MO                     $422,000                                   Emerson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  RE/FA                        Water Pollutants, WV                         $500,000  Byrd
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Advanced Genetic Technologies, KY            $650,000  McConnell
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Advancing Biofuel Production, TX             $300,000  Hutchison                        Edwards (TX)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Aegilops Cylindrica, WA                      $245,000  Cantwell; Murray                 Dicks; Hastings (WA); Inslee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Agricultural Diversification, HI             $153,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Hirono
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Agricultural Entrepreneurial                 $248,000  Specter                          Holden; Shuster; Thompson (PA)
                                                                          Alternatives, PA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Agricultural Marketing, IL                   $176,000                                   Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Agriculture Energy Innovation Center, GA   $1,000,000                                   Kingston
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Agriculture Science, OH                      $450,000  Voinovich                        Boccieri; Kaptur
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Agroecology/Chesapeake Bay Agro-ecology,     $439,000                                   Bartlett; Cummings; Kratovil;
                                                                          MD                                                                                      Ruppersberger; Sarbanes
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Air Quality, KS, TX                        $1,090,000  Cornyn; Hutchison; Roberts       Edwards (TX)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Animal Science Food Safety Consortium,     $1,000,000  Grassley; Harkin; Lincoln;       Berry; Boozman; Latham
                                                                          AR, IA, KS                                             Pryor; Roberts
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Apple Fire Blight, MI, NY                    $346,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Ehlers; Hinchey; Hoekstra;
                                                                                                                                                                  Rogers (MI); Upton
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Aquaculture Product and Marketing            $550,000  Byrd
                                                                          Development, WV
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Aquaculture, CA, FL, TX                      $416,000  Martinez                         Brown-Waite, Ginny; Davis (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Aquaculture, ID, WA                          $529,000  Crapo; Murray; Risch             Baird; Dicks; Simpson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Aquaculture, LA                              $150,000  Landrieu; Vitter                 Alexander
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Aquaculture, MS                              $361,000  Cochran; Wicker
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Aquaculture, NC                              $227,000                                   Butterfield; Price (NC)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Armilliaria Root Rot, MI                     $104,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Rogers (MI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Asparagus Production Technologies, WA        $173,000                                   Hastings (WA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Avian bioscience, DE                         $150,000  Carper; Kaufman                  Castle
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Babcock Institute, WI                        $416,000                                   Baldwin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Barley for Rural Development, ID, MT         $547,000  Baucus; Crapo; Risch; Tester     Rehberg; Simpson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Beef Improvement Research, MO, TX            $693,000  Hutchison                        Rodriguez
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Bioactive Foods Research for Health and      $525,000  Kennedy; Kerry                   Olver
                                                                          Food Safety, MA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Biodesign and Processing Research            $868,000  Warner; Webb                     Boucher
                                                                          Center, VA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Bioenergy Production and Carbon            $1,000,000  Alexander                        Davis (TN); Duncan
                                                                          Sequestration, TN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Biomass-based Energy Research, MS, OK        $839,000  Cochran; Inhofe; Wicker          Boren; Harper; Lucas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Biotechnology, NC                            $199,000                                   Etheridge; Miller (NC); Price
                                                                                                                                                                  (NC)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Bovine Tuberculosis, MI, MN                  $346,000  Klobuchar; Levin; Stabenow       Rogers (MI); McCollum;
                                                                                                                                                                  Peterson; Stupak
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Brucellosis Vaccine, MT                      $305,000  Baucus; Tester                   Rehberg
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Cataloging Genes Associated with Drought     $176,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Teague
                                                                          and Disease Resistance, NM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Center for One Medicine, IL                  $500,000  Burris; Durbin                   Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Center for Rural Studies, VT                 $350,000  Leahy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Childhood Obesity and Nutrition, VT          $250,000  Leahy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Citrus Canker/ Greening, FL                $1,217,000  Martinez                         Crenshaw; Diaz-Balart, Mario;
                                                                                                                                                                  Posey; Putnam
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Competitiveness of Agricultural              $469,000  Murray                           Baird; Dicks; Hastings (WA);
                                                                          Products, WA                                                                            Larsen (WA); McDermott
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Computational Agriculture, NY                $131,000                                   Hinchey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Cool Season Legume Research, ID, ND, WA      $350,000  Cantwell; Conrad; Crapo;         Dicks; Hastings (WA); McMorris
                                                                                                                                 Dorgan; Murray; Risch            Rodgers; Pomeroy; Simpson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Cotton Insect Management and Fiber           $346,000  Chambliss; Isakson               Bishop (GA); Johnson (GA);
                                                                          Quality, GA                                                                             Marshall; Scott (GA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Cranberry/Blueberry Disease and              $550,000  Lautenberg; Menendez             Adler (NJ); Holt; LoBiondo;
                                                                          Breeding, NJ                                                                            Pallone; Rothman (NJ)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Cranberry/Blueberry, MA                      $160,000  Kennedy; Kerry                   Frank (MA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Crop Integration and Production, SD          $400,000  Johnson; Thune                   Herseth Sandlin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Crop Pathogens, NC                           $225,000  Burr; Hagan                      Butterfield; Etheridge; Miller
                                                                                                                                                                  (NC); Price (NC)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Dairy and Meat Goat Research, TX             $200,000  Hutchison
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Dairy Farm Profitability, PA                 $372,000  Casey; Specter                   Dahlkemper; Holden; Murtha;
                                                                                                                                                                  Shuster; Thompson (PA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Delta Revitalization Project, MS             $176,000  Cochran; Wicker
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Designing Foods for Health, TX             $1,385,000  Hutchison                        Rodriguez
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Detection and Food Safety, AL              $1,748,000                                   Bright; Rogers (AL)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Drought Mitigation, NE                       $600,000  Ben Nelson                       Fortenberry
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX               $1,160,000  Bingaman; Cornyn; Hutchison;     Edwards (TX); Heinrich; Ortiz;
                                                                                                                                 Tom Udall                        Reyes; Rodriguez
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Emerald Ash Borer, OH                        $550,000  Voinovich
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Environmental Research, NY                   $258,000                                   Hinchey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Environmental Risk Factors/Cancer, NY        $150,000                                   Lowey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Environmentally Safe Products, VT            $250,000  Leahy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Expanded Wheat Pasture, OK                   $223,000  Inhofe                           Boren; Cole; Lucas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Floriculture, HI                             $300,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Hirono
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Food and Agriculture Policy Research       $1,339,000  Bond; Grassley; Harkin; Reid     Emerson; Latham
                                                                          Institute, IA, MO, NV, WI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Food and Fuel Initiative, IA                 $298,000  Grassley; Harkin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Food Marketing Policy Center, CT             $401,000                                   DeLauro
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Food Safety Research Consortium, NY          $693,000                                   Hinchey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Food Safety, ME, OK                          $382,000  Inhofe                           Boren; Lucas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Food Safety, TX                               $69,000                                   Edwards (TX)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Food Security, WA                            $276,000  Cantwell; Murray                 McDermott
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Forages for Advancing Livestock              $473,000  McConnell
                                                                          Production, KY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Forestry Research, AR                        $319,000  Lincoln; Pryor                   Ross
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Fresh Produce Food Safety, CA                $750,000  Boxer; Feinstein                 Farr
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Genomics for Southern Crop Stress and        $797,000  Cochran; Wicker                  Harper
                                                                          Disease, MS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Geographic Information System              $1,248,000  Casey; Chambliss; Lincoln;       Boozman; Kanjorski
                                                                                                                                 Pryor
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Grain Sorghum, KS, TX                      $1,000,000  Brownback; Roberts               Edwards (TX); Jenkins; Moore
                                                                                                                                                                  (KS); Moran (KS); Neugebauer;
                                                                                                                                                                  Tiahrt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Grass Seed Cropping for Sustainable          $313,000  Merkley; Murray; Wyden           Dicks; McMorris Rodgers;
                                                                          Agriculture, ID, OR, WA                                                                 Schrader; Wu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          High Performance Computing, UT               $263,000  Bennett
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Human Nutrition, LA                          $526,000  Landrieu; Vitter
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Human Nutrition, NY                          $377,000                                   Hinchey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Hydroponic Production, OH                    $124,000                                   Kaptur
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Improved Dairy Management Practices, PA      $243,000  Casey                            Holden; Platts; Shuster;
                                                                                                                                                                  Thompson (PA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Improved Fruit Practices, MI                 $147,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Ehlers; Rogers (MI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Increasing Shelf Life of Agricultural        $603,000  Crapo; Risch                     Simpson
                                                                          Commodities, ID
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Infectious Disease Research, CO              $650,000  Bennet; Mark Udall               Markey (CO)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Initiative to Improve Blueberry              $209,000  Chambliss                        Bishop (GA); Kingston; Marshall
                                                                          Production and Efficiency, GA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Inland Marine Aquaculture, VA                $400,000  Warner; Webb                     Boucher
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Institute for Food Science and               $775,000  Lincoln; Pryor                   Boozman
                                                                          Engineering, AR
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Integrated Economic and Technical            $188,000  Lugar
                                                                          Analysis of Sustainable Biomass Energy
                                                                          Systems, IN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Integrated Production Systems, OK            $177,000  Inhofe                           Boren; Cole; Lucas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ      $401,000  Bingaman; Johnson; Thune; Tom    Grijalva; Herseth Sandlin;
                                                                                                                                 Udall                            Ortiz; Pastor (AZ)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Invasive Plant Management, MT                $270,000  Baucus; Tester                   Rehberg
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Joint US-China Biotechnology Research        $210,000  Bennett
                                                                          and Extension, UT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Leopold Center Hypoxia Project, IA           $105,000  Harkin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Livestock and Dairy Policy, NY, TX           $693,000  Gillibrand; Schumer              Edwards (TX); Hinchey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Maple Research, VT                           $165,000  Leahy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Meadow Foam, OR                              $180,000  Merkley; Wyden                   Wu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Michigan Biotechnology Consortium            $384,000                                   Rogers (MI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Midwest Center for Bioenergy Grasses, IN     $188,000  Lugar
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Midwest Poultry Consortium, IA               $471,000  Grassley; Harkin; Klobuchar      Latham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Milk Safety, PA                              $821,000  Casey; Specter                   Carney; Holden; Platts;
                                                                                                                                                                  Shuster; Thompson (PA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Molluscan Shellfish, OR                      $253,000  Merkley; Wyden                   Schrader; Wu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Multi-commodity Research, OR                 $244,000  Merkley; Wyden                   DeFazio; Schrader; Walden; Wu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          National Beef Cattle Genetic Evaluation      $655,000  Bennet; Chambliss; Schumer       Hinchey; Markey (CO); Scott
                                                                          Consortium, CO, GA, NY                                                                  (GA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          National Center for Soybean Technology,      $690,000  Bond
                                                                          MO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Nematode Resistance Genetic Engineering,     $209,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Teague
                                                                          NM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Nevada Arid Rangelands Initiative, NV        $500,000  Reid
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          New Century Farm, IA                         $350,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Boswell; Latham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          New Crop Opportunities, KY                   $525,000  McConnell
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          New Satellite and Computer-Based             $654,000  Cochran; Wicker
                                                                          Technology for Agriculture, MS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Oil Resources from Desert Plants, NM         $176,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Teague
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Organic Cropping, OR                         $149,000  Merkley; Wyden                   DeFazio; Schrader; Wu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Organic Cropping, WA                         $264,000  Cantwell; Murray                 Dicks; Hastings (WA); Larsen
                                                                                                                                                                  (WA); McDermott; Smith (WA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Organic waste utilization, NM                 $69,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Peach Tree Short Life Research               $195,000  Graham                           Brown (SC)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Perennial Wheat, WA                           $98,000  Cantwell; Murray                 Dicks; McMorris Rodgers
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Phytophthora Research, GA                    $178,000  Chambliss; Isakson               Bishop (GA); Kingston; Marshall
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Phytophthora Research, MI                    $346,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Conyers; Dingell; Ehlers;
                                                                                                                                                                  Hoekstra; Rogers (MI); Upton
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Phytosensors for Crop Security and         $1,000,000                                   Davis (TN); Duncan
                                                                          Precision Agriculture, TN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Pierce's Disease, CA                       $2,000,000  Boxer; Feinstein                 Calvert; Capps; Farr; Thompson
                                                                                                                                                                  (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Policy Analyses for National Secure and      $200,000  Hutchison
                                                                          Sustainable Food, Fiber, Forestry and
                                                                          Energy Program, TX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Potato Cyst Nematode, ID                     $349,000  Crapo; Risch                     Simpson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Precision Agriculture, AL                    $419,000                                   Aderholt; Griffith
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Precision Agriculture, KY                    $671,000  McConnell
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Preharvest Food Safety, KS                   $500,000  Brownback; Roberts               Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran
                                                                                                                                                                  (KS); Tiahrt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Preservation and Processing Research, OK     $174,000  Inhofe                           Boren; Lucas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Protein Production for Research to           $500,000                                   DeLauro; Murphy (CT)
                                                                          Combat Viruses and Microbes, CT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Protein Utilization, IA                      $600,000  Grassley; Harkin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Rangeland Ecosystems Dynamics, ID            $300,000  Crapo; Risch
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Regional Barley Gene Mapping Project, OR     $471,000  Cantwell; Klobuchar; Merkley;    Dicks; Hastings (WA); McCollum;
                                                                                                                                 Murray; Wyden                    McDermott; McMorris Rodgers;
                                                                                                                                                                  Peterson; Schrader; Walden; Wu
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Regionalized Implications of Farm            $595,000                                   Edwards (TX); Emerson
                                                                          Programs, MO, TX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Renewable Energy and Products, ND          $1,000,000  Conrad; Dorgan                   Pomeroy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Rice Agronomy, MO                            $174,000                                   Emerson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Ruminant Nutrition Consortium, MT, ND,       $563,000  Johnson; Thune                   Herseth Sandlin
                                                                          SD, WY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Rural Policies Institute, IA, MO, NE         $889,000  Harkin                           Emerson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Rural Renewable Energy Research and          $500,000                                   Obey
                                                                          Education Center, WI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Russian Wheat Aphid, CO                      $250,000  Bennet; Mark Udall               Markey (CO)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Seed Technology, SD                          $350,000  Johnson; Thune                   Herseth Sandlin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Small Fruit Research, ID, OR, WA             $307,000  Cantwell; Crapo; Merkley;        Baird; Blumenauer; Dicks;
                                                                                                                                 Murray; Risch; Wyden             Hastings (WA); Inslee; Larsen
                                                                                                                                                                  (WA); Schrader; Simpson;
                                                                                                                                                                  Walden; Wu
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Soil-Borne Disease Prevention in             $187,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Teague
                                                                          Irrigated Agriculture, NM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium,      $350,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Heinrich; Teague
                                                                          NM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Southwest Consortium for Plant Genetics      $271,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Grijalva; Pastor (AZ); Teague
                                                                          and Water Resources, NM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Soybean Cyst Nematode, MO                    $556,000  Bond                             Emerson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Soybean Research, IL                         $745,000  Burris; Durbin                   Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Specialty Crops, AR                          $175,000  Lincoln; Pryor
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Specialty Crops, IN                          $235,000                                   Ellsworth
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          STEEP IV--Water Quality in Northwest         $444,000  Crapo; Merkley; Murray; Risch;   Dicks; Hastings (WA); McMorris
                                                                                                                                 Wyden                            Rodgers; Simpson; Walden; Wu
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Agriculture and Natural          $142,000  Specter                          Dent; Holden; Platts; Shuster;
                                                                          Resources, PA                                                                           Thompson (PA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Agriculture, CA                  $357,000                                   Farr
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Agriculture, MI                  $266,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Ehlers; Rogers (MI)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Beef Supply, MT                  $682,000  Baucus                           Rehberg
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Engineered Materials from        $485,000  Warner; Webb                     Boucher
                                                                          Renewable Sources, VA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Production and Processing        $200,000  Collins, Snowe                   Michaud; Pingree (ME)
                                                                          Research for Lowbush Specialty Crops,
                                                                          ME
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Swine and Other Animal Waste Management,     $349,000  Hagan                            Etheridge; Price (NC)
                                                                          NC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Technology for Irrigated Vegetable           $500,000                                   Spratt
                                                                          Production, SC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Texas Obesity Research Project               $500,000                                   Johnson, Eddie Bernice
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Tick Borne Disease Prevention, RI            $280,000  Reed                             Kennedy; Langevin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Tillage, Silviculture, Waste Management,     $200,000  Landrieu                         Alexander
                                                                          LA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Tri-state Joint Peanut Research, AL          $413,000                                   Bright
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Tropical and Subtropical Research/T-Star   $6,677,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Bordallo; Hirono;
                                                                                                                                                                  Putnam; Young (FL)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Tropical Aquaculture, FL                     $300,000                                   Castor (FL); Putnam
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Virtual Plant Database Enhancement           $588,000  Bond                             Carnahan
                                                                          Project, MO
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Virus-free Wine Grape Cultivars, WA          $260,000  Cantwell; Murray                 Dicks; Hastings (WA); Inslee;
                                                                                                                                                                  Larsen (WA); McDermott;
                                                                                                                                                                  McMorris Rodgers
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Viticulture Consortium, CA, NY, PA         $1,454,000  Boxer                            Farr; Hinchey; Thompson (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Water Conservation, KS                       $500,000  Brownback; Roberts               Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran
                                                                                                                                                                  (KS); Tiahrt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Water Use Efficiency and Water Quality       $346,000  Chambliss; Isakson               Bishop (GA); Kingston; Marshall
                                                                          Enhancements, GA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Wetland Plants, LA                           $200,000  Landrieu                         Alexander
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Wheat Genetic Research, KS                 $1,000,000  Brownback; Roberts               Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran
                                                                                                                                                                  (KS); Tiahrt
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Wildlife/Livestock Disease Research          $300,000  Barrasso
                                                                          Partnership, WY
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Wood Utilization, AK, ID, LA, ME, MI,      $4,841,000  Burr; Byrd; Cochran; Collins;    Butterfield; DeFazio; Harper;
                                                                          MN, MS, NC, OR, TN, WV                                 Crapo; Klobuchar; Landrieu;      Michaud; Miller (NC);
                                                                                                                                 Levin; Risch; Snowe; Stabenow;   Oberstar; Price (NC); Rogers
                                                                                                                                 Wicker; Wyden                    (MI); Schrader; Wu
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Wool Research, MT, TX, WY                    $206,000                                   Conaway; Rodriguez
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          World Food and Health Initiative, IL         $461,000  Burris; Durbin                   Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL)
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Agriculture Compliance Laboratory             $69,000  Carper; Kaufman                  Castle
                                                                          Equipment, Delaware
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Animal management and control,               $496,000  Cochran
                                                                          Mississippi
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Beaver Management in North Carolina          $208,000                                   Price (NC)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Berryman Institute, Jack Berryman          $1,500,000  Bennett; Cochran; Wicker
                                                                          Institute Utah and Mississippi
                                                                          Agriculture and Forestry Experiment
                                                                          Station
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Bio-safety and antibiotic resistance,        $240,000  Leahy
                                                                          University of Vermont
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Bio-Safety Institute for Genetically         $259,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Latham
                                                                          Modified Agriculture Products
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Blackbird management, North and South        $265,000  Conrad; Dorgan; Johnson
                                                                          Dakota
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Blackbird Management, Louisiana               $94,000  Landrieu                         Alexander
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Bovine tuberculosis eradication,             $248,000  Levin; Stabenow
                                                                          Michigan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        California County Pest Detection             $619,000  Feinstein                        Cardoza; Costa; Farr; Filner;
                                                                          Augmentation Program                                                                    Honda; Schiff
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        California County Pest Detection Import      $738,000  Boxer; Feinstein                 Cardoza; Costa; Farr; Filner;
                                                                          Inspection Program                                                                      Honda; Schiff
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance,      $1,024,000                                   Kagen; Obey
                                                                          Wisconsin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Cogongrass control, Mississippi              $208,000  Cochran
                                                                          Department of Agriculture
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Cooperative Livestock Protection Program     $223,000  Casey; Specter                   Holden
                                                                          Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania
                                                                          Department of Agriculture
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Cormorant control, Vermont and Vermont       $103,000  Leahy
                                                                          Fish and Wildlife Department
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Cormorant Control, Michigan                  $139,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Stupak
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Cormorant control, Mississippi               $223,000  Cochran
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Crop and Aquaculture Losses in Southeast     $207,000                                   Emerson
                                                                          Missouri
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Database of North Carolina's                 $208,000  Burr                             Etheridge; Kissell; McIntyre;
                                                                          Agricultural Industry for Rapid                                                         Miller (NC); Price (NC)
                                                                          Response
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Disease prevention, Louisiana Department      $69,000  Landrieu                         Melancon
                                                                          of Wildlife and Fisheries
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Greater Yellowstone Interagency              $650,000  Barrasso; Baucus; Crapo; Enzi;   Rehberg; Simpson
                                                                          Brucellosis Committee, MT, ID, WY                      Risch; Tester
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Hawaii interline activities                $3,000,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie, Hirono
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Hawaii wildlife services activities        $2,230,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Bordallo; Hirono
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, University of        $500,000  Alexander
                                                                          Tennessee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Integrated predation management              $280,000  Byrd
                                                                          activities, West Virginia
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Invasive aquatic species, Lake Champlain      $94,000  Leahy
                                                                          Fish and Wildlife Management
                                                                          Cooperative, Vermont
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Johne's Disease activities, Wisconsin        $939,000                                   Kagen; Obey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Mormon crickets, Nevada                    $1,000,000  Reid
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        National Agriculture Biosecurity Center,     $500,000  Brownback; Roberts               Moore (KS); Moran (KS); Tiahrt
                                                                          Kansas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        National Biodiversity Conservation           $200,000                                   Murtha
                                                                          Strategy, Kiski Basin, Pennsylvania
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        National farm animal identification and      $343,000  Leahy
                                                                          records, Holstein Association, New York
                                                                          and Vermont
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        National Wildlife Research Station,          $290,000  Hutchison                        Ortiz
                                                                          Texas A&M
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        New Jersey Gypsy Moth Pest Management        $500,000  Lautenberg; Menendez             LoBiondo; Pallone; Pascrell;
                                                                                                                                                                  Rothman (NJ); Sires; Smith
                                                                                                                                                                  (NJ)
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        New Mexico Rapid Syndrome Validation         $404,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Heinrich; Teague
                                                                          Program, New Mexico State University
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Nez Perce Bio-Control Center, Idaho          $176,000  Crapo; Risch                     Simpson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Noxious weed management, Nevada              $235,000  Reid
                                                                          Department of Agriculture
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Remote Diagnostic and Wildlife Disease       $700,000  Conrad; Dorgan                   Pomeroy
                                                                          Surveillance, ND
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Technology to Combat Asian Long-Horned       $500,000  Gillibrand; Schumer              Arcuri; Higgins; Maffei;
                                                                          Beetles in New York Forests                                                             McHugh; Tonko
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Tri-State Predator Control Program,          $926,000  Barrasso; Baucus; Crapo; Enzi;   Simpson
                                                                          Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming                            Risch; Tester
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Varroa mite suppression, Hawaii              $469,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie, Hirono
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Monitoring      $588,000                                   Kagen; Obey
                                                                          and Management, Wisconsin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Wildlife Services South Dakota, South        $519,000  Johnson
                                                                          Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and
                                                                          Parks
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Wisconsin Livestock Identification         $1,500,000                                   Kagen; Obey
                                                                          Consortium
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Wolf Predation Management in Wisconsin,      $727,000                                   Oberstar
                                                                          Minnesota, and Michigan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Accelerated Soil Mapping Survey, WY          $200,000  Enzi
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Agricultural Development and Resource      $1,400,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Hirono
                                                                          Conservation, Hawaii RC&D Councils, HI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Agricultural Wildlife Conservation           $939,000  Cochran
                                                                          Center, MS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Appropriate Wetland and Wet-Mesic            $134,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Braley
                                                                          Species, IA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Assistance to Improve Water Quality for      $336,000                                   Barton (TX); Granger
                                                                          Tarrant County, TX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Audubon conservation curriculum              $333,000                                   Moran (VA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Best Management Practices and Master         $267,000  Landrieu                         Alexander
                                                                          Farmer Special Research Grant with LSU,
                                                                          LA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Cane Run Creek Watershed Remediation, KY     $400,000                                   Chandler
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Carson City Waterfall Fire Restoration,      $375,000                                   Heller
                                                                          Carson City, NV
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      CEMSA with Iowa Soybean Association, IA      $288,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Boswell; King (IA); Latham;
                                                                                                                                                                  Loebsack
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Center for Invasive Species Eradication,   $1,000,000  Hutchison
                                                                          Texas AgriLife Research, TX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Chenier Plain Sustainability Initiative,     $500,000  Landrieu
                                                                          McNeese State University, LA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Chesapeake Bay Activities                  $3,998,000                                   Bartlett; Connolly (VA);
                                                                                                                                                                  Edwards (MD); Kratovil; Moran
                                                                                                                                                                  (VA); Norton; Ruppersberger;
                                                                                                                                                                  Sarbanes; Scott (VA); Van
                                                                                                                                                                  Hollen
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Conservation Fuels Management and            $269,000  Reid
                                                                          Restoration, Wildfire Support Group, NV
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Conservation Internships, Wisconsin Land     $120,000  Kohl
                                                                          and Water Conservation Association, WI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Conservation Planning, MA and WI             $423,000  Kennedy; Kerry                   Frank (MA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Conservation Technical Assistance in New     $236,000  Lautenberg; Menendez             Holt; Rothman (NJ)
                                                                          Jersey, NJ
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Conservation Technical Assistance, NRCS    $1,000,000  Alexander
                                                                          TN
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Conservation Technology Transfer,            $516,000  Kohl
                                                                          University of Wisconsin, WI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Cooperative Agreement with Tufts             $333,000  Dodd                             Courtney; DeLauro
                                                                          University, CT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Deer Creek Watershed Conservation and        $400,000  Cardin                           Bartlett; Kratovil;
                                                                          Restoration, MD                                                                         Ruppersberger
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Delta Conservation Demonstration,            $376,000  Cochran
                                                                          Washington County, MS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Delta Water Study, NRCS MS                   $235,000  Cochran
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Farm Viability Program, VT                   $300,000  Leahy                            Welch
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Fountain Creek Watershed Project, CO         $500,000                                   Salazar
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Genesee River Watershed, NY                  $500,000                                   Lee (NY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Georgia Soil and Water Conservation        $2,423,000  Chambliss                        Kingston; Marshall; Scott (GA)
                                                                          Commission Cooperative Agreement, GA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Grosvenor Center for Geographic              $300,000  Hutchison                        Doggett
                                                                          Education Watershed Project, Texas
                                                                          State University, TX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative,       $835,000  Kohl                             Obey
                                                                          WI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil           $404,000  Levin; Stabenow; Voinovich       Ehlers
                                                                          Erosion and Sediment Control
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Great Plain Riparian Initiative,             $500,000  Ben Nelson
                                                                          National Wild Turkey Federation, NE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Green Institute, FL                          $267,000                                   Boyd
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Green River Water Quality and Biological     $100,000  McConnell
                                                                          Diversity Project, Western Kentucky
                                                                          Research Foundation, KY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Hawaii Plant Materials Center, HI            $106,000                                   Abercrombie; Hirono
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Hungry Canyons Alliance, IA                  $282,000  Grassley; Harkin                 King (IA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Illinois Conservation Initiative,            $576,000  Durbin
                                                                          Illinois Department of Natural
                                                                          Resources , IL
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Kentucky Soil Erosion Control, KY            $724,000  Bunning; McConnell               Rogers (KY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Long Island Sound Watershed, NY              $133,000                                   Lowey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Massaro Community Farm, CT                   $300,000                                   DeLauro
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Maumee Watershed Hydrological and Flood      $667,000                                   Kaptur
                                                                          Mitigation, OH
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Mississippi Conservation Initiative,       $2,000,000  Cochran
                                                                          NRCS MS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Mojave Water Agency Non-Native Plant         $667,000                                   Lewis (CA)
                                                                          Removal, CA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Municipal Water District of Orange           $150,000  Boxer; Feinstein                 Calvert; Miller, Gary;
                                                                          County for Efficient Irrigation, CA                                                     Rohrabacher; Sanchez, Loretta
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Nitrate Pollution Reduction, NRCS RI         $155,000  Reed
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Operation Oak Program                        $267,000  Chambliss; Cochran; Graham       Berry; Bishop (GA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Pace University Land Use Law Center,         $133,000                                   Lowey
                                                                          White Plains, NY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Pastureland Management/Rotational            $400,000                                   Arcuri
                                                                          Grazing, NY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Phosphorous Loading in Lake Champlain,       $179,000  Leahy
                                                                          Poultney Conservation District, VT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Phosphorous Reduction Cooperative          $1,000,000  Brownback
                                                                          Agreement, Kansas Livestock Foundation,
                                                                          KS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Potomac River Tributary Strategy, NRCS       $168,000  Byrd
                                                                          WV
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Quabbin to Cardigan Conservation             $282,000  Shaheen                          Hodes
                                                                          Initiative, NH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Range Revegetation for Fort Hood, TX         $333,000                                   Carter; Edwards (TX)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Riparian Restoration along the Rio           $200,000  Bingaman
                                                                          Grande, Pecos, and Canadian Rivers, New
                                                                          Mexico Association of Soil and Water
                                                                          Conservation Districts, NM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Risk Management Initiative, NRCS WV          $673,000  Byrd
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Sand County Foundation, WI                   $892,000                                   Baldwin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Soil Phosphorus Studies, NRCS WV             $202,000  Byrd
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Soil Surveys, NRCS RI                        $134,000  Reed
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Technical Assistance Grants to Kentucky      $545,000  Bunning; McConnell               Rogers (KY)
                                                                          Soil Conservation Districts, Kentucky
                                                                          Division of Conservation, KY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Technical Assistance to Livestock/           $300,000                                   Price (NC)
                                                                          Poultry Producers, NC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Town of Cary Swift Creek Stream Bank         $199,000  Hagan                            Miller (NC)
                                                                          Restoration, NC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      UMASS-Amherst Ecological Conservation        $140,000  Kennedy; Kerry
                                                                          Initiative, MA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Upper White River Basin Water Quality,       $287,000                                   Blunt
                                                                          MO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Utah Conservation Intitiative, NRCS UT     $2,500,000  Bennett
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Water Quality Protection Program for the     $400,000                                   Farr
                                                                          Monterey Bay Sanctuary, CA
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Watershed Agricultural Council, NY           $480,000                                   Hinchey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Watershed Demonstration Project, IA          $134,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Boswell; King (IA); Latham;
                                                                                                                                                                  Loebsack
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Watershed Planning Staff, NRCS Pacific       $500,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Hirono
                                                                          Island Area
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Watershed Protection Plan for Hood            $67,000                                   Edwards (TX)
                                                                          County, TX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Yankee Tank Dam, NRCS KS                   $1,000,000  Brownback; Roberts
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Alameda Creek Watershed Project, CA        $1,337,000                                   Stark
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Ashley Valley Flood Control, Uintah          $300,000  Hatch
                                             Operations                   County, UT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Big Slough Watershed Project, AR              $57,000                                   Berry
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Departee Creek Watershed Project, AR         $110,000                                   Berry
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Dry Creek Watershed, City of Rocklin, CA     $500,000  Feinstein
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Dunloup Creek Watershed Project, NRCS WV   $1,500,000  Byrd
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   DuPage County Watershed, IL                $1,000,000  Durbin
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Farmington River Restoration Project,        $500,000  Dodd; Lieberman                  Larson (CT)
                                             Operations                   Riverton, CT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Hurricane Katrina Related Watershed          $229,000  Wicker                           Taylor
                                             Operations                   Restoration Project, MS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Lahaina Watershed, NRCS HI                 $1,000,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Hirono
                                             Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Lake Oscawana Management and Restoration     $400,000                                   Hall (NY)
                                             Operations                   Plan, NY
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Little Sioux Watershed Project, IA         $1,146,000  Grassley; Harkin                 King (IA)
                                             Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Lost River, NRCS WV                        $4,000,000  Byrd
                                             Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Lower Hamakua Ditch Watershed Project,     $1,800,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Hirono
                                             Operations                   HI
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Missouri Watershed Projects, NRCS MO       $2,000,000  Bond
                                             Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Pidcock-Mill Creeks Watershed Project,       $573,000                                   Murphy, Patrick
                                             Operations                   PA
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Pocasset River Watershed, NRCS RI          $2,000,000  Reed
                                             Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Richland Creek Reservoir, Paulding           $100,000                                   Gingrey (GA)
                                             Operations                   County, GA
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Soap Creek Watershed Project, IA             $984,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Loebsack
                                             Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   South Fork of the Licking River              $125,000  Brown                            Space
                                             Operations                   Watershed Project, OH
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Upcountry Maui Watershed Project, HI       $2,000,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Hirono
                                             Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Upper Clark Fork Watershed, Watershed        $200,000  Tester
                                             Operations                   Restoration Coalition, MT
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Wailuku-Alenaio Watershed Project, HI        $250,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Hirono
                                             Operations
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Food and Drug Administration                Salaries and expenses        Dietary supplements research, National     $1,608,000  Cochran; Wicker                  Childers
                                                                          Center for Natural Products Research,
                                                                          Oxford, Mississippi
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Food and Drug Administration                Salaries and expenses        ISSC vibrio vulnificus education             $174,000  Vitter                           Melancon
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Food and Drug Administration                Salaries and expenses        National Center for Food Safety and        $2,077,000  Durbin                           Jackson (IL); Lipinski
                                                                          Technology, IL
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Food and Drug Administration                Salaries and expenses        New Mexico State University Agricultural   $1,650,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Teague
                                                                          Products Food Safety Laboratory
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General Provision                                                        Agricultural pest facility, Hawaii         $2,600,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Hirono
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General Provision                                                        Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship    $3,000,000                                   Emerson; Kaptur; McGovern
                                                                          Program and the Mickey Leland
                                                                          International Hunger Fellowship Program
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General Provision                                                        Dairy Market Development, Wisconsin        $2,000,000  Kohl                             Obey
                                                                          Department of Agriculture, Trade, and
                                                                          Consumer Protection
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General Provision                                                        Center for Foodborne Illness Research        $200,000                                   DeLauro
                                                                          and Prevention
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General Provision                                                        International Food Protection Training     $1,000,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Schauer
                                                                          Institute
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General Provision                                                        Market Development, Vermont Agency of      $1,000,000  Leahy
                                                                          Agriculture, Foods, and Markets
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General Provision                                                        Phase II construction, National Center     $3,497,000  Cochran; Wicker
                                                                          for Natural Products Research, Oxford,
                                                                          Mississippi
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General Provision                                                        Prototype for a National Carbon            $1,000,000                                   Lewis (CA)
                                                                          Inventory and Accounting System
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General Provision                                                        Specialty Markets, Wisconsin Department      $350,000  Kohl                             Kagen
                                                                          of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer
                                                                          Protection
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General Provision                                                        Workforce development and out-migration,     $250,000  Brownback
                                                                          Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation
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                        FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2010 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2009 amount, the 2010 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2010 
     follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2009......$120,966,466
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal yea123,919,720
House bill, fiscal year 2010................................123,843,248
Senate bill, fiscal year 2010...............................124,520,248
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2010......................121,230,291
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2009........+263,825
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal ye-2,689,429
  House bill, fiscal year 2010...............................-2,612,957
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2010..............................-3,289,957
     David R. Obey,
     Rosa L. DeLauro,
     Sam Farr,
     Allen Boyd,
     Sanford D. Bishop,
     Lincoln Davis,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     Maurice Hinchey,
     Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.,
     Jo Ann Emerson,
     Rodney Alexander,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Herb Kohl,
     Tom Harkin,
     Byron L. Dorgan,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Richard Durbin,
     Tim Johnson,
     Benjamin Nelson,
     Jack Reed,
     Mark Pryor,
     Arlen Specter,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Sam Brownback,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Thad Cochran,
     Kit Bond,
     Mitch McConnell,
     Susan Collins,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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