[House Report 111-279]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
111th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 111-279
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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
2010, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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September 30, 2009.--Ordered to be printed
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Ms. DeLauro, from the Committee of Conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2997]
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
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; 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.
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.
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.
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 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 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. 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, whichever is less, that: (1)
augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2)
reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as
approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings
from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in
existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by
Congress; unless the 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 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''.
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 that have conducted audits and
plant inspections;
(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 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.
(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, Jr.,
Lincoln Davis,
Marcy Kaptur,
Maurice D. 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,
Ben Nelson,
Jack Reed,
Mark L. Pryor,
Arlen Specter,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Sam Brownback,
Robert F. Bennett,
Thad Cochran,
Christopher S. Bond,
Mitch McConnell,
Susan M. 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 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.
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,
Manhattan, KS....................................... 1,500,000
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),
Beltsville, MD...................................... 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, Prosser, WA............................. 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, ME........................................... 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
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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, CA........................................... 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
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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
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
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Total, Improved Pest Control................ 16,185,000
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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 Grants.................................... 3,200,000
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
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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
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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
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Total, Other.................................... 21,846,000
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____________________________________________________
Total, Research and Education Activities........ $788,243,000
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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
Resistance, NM.................................... 176,000
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, NV, WI........................................ 1,339,000
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
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, GA.................................... 209,000
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, NY........................................ 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, MS................................... 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, TN................................... 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 Microbes, CT.................................. 500,000
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, NM..................................... 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, WV........................................ 4,841,000
Wool Research, MT, TX, WY........................... 206,000
World Food and Health Initiative, IL................ 461,000
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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
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
Development....................................... 1,002,000
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
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Subtotal.......................................... $33,869,000
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Total......................................... $120,054,000
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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 Extension.................................. 3,045,000
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
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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 STEM Fields..................... 400,000
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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
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Total, Federal Administration............... 20,396,000
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Total, Extension Activities............... $494,923,000
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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
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Total....................................... $11,831,000
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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
Organic Transition Program.......................... 5,000,000
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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
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Total, Integrated Activities................ $60,022,000
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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)
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Program Amount
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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
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Total, Pest and Disease Exclusion............ 166,694
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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
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Total, Plant & Animal Health Monitoring...... 248,733
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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
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Total, Pest and Disease Management........... 369,106
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Animal Care:
Animal welfare................................... 21,979
Horse protection................................. 500
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Total, Animal Care........................... 22,479
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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
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Total, Scientific and Technical Services..... 87,742
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Information technology infrastructure............ 4,474
Physical security................................ 5,725
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Total, Management initiatives................ 10,199
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Total, Salaries and Expenses............. 904,953
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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
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Project Program Amount
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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.
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
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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
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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.
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
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Project Amount
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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
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Total............................................. 37,382,000
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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
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Project Amount
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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
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Total............................................. 22,111,000
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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 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)
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Total, Loan authorizations.................($13,375,965,000)
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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
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Total, Loan subsidies....................... $238,908,000
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RHIF administration expenses (transfer to RD)........... $468,593,000
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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
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Total, loan subsidies and grants............ $54,993,000
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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
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Total, loan subsidy and grants.............. $97,116,000
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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
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
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Total, loan subsidies and grants............ $568,730,000
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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)
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Subtotal.................................... (7,100,000,000)
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Telecommunications:
Direct, 5 percent........................... (145,000,000)
Direct, Treasury rate....................... (250,000,000)
Direct, FFB................................. (295,000,000)
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Subtotal.................................. (690,000,000)
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____________________________________________________
Total, loan authorizations..............($7,790,000,000)
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RETLP administrative expenses (transfer to RD).......... $39,959,000
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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
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Total............................................. $16,855,829,000
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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
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Total............................................. $58,278,181,000
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COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The conference agreement provides $247,979,000 for the
Commodity Assistance 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]
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Program Budget authority
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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
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Total Salaries & Expenses.................... 2,344,656
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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 $6,000,000 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.
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.
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
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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
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Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities Appalachian Fruit Laboratory, $2,000,000 Byrd
Kearneysville, WV
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Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities ARS Biotechnology Lab, Lorman, MS $1,500,000 Cochran Thompson (MS)
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Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities ARS Forage-Animal Production Research $2,000,000 McConnell
Facility, Lexington, KY
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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
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Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities Center for Advanced Viticulture and Tree $3,000,000 Thompson (CA)
Crop Research, Davis, CA
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Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities Center for Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY $3,654,000 Gillibrand Arcuri; Hinchey
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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
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Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities Jamie Whitten Delta States Research $4,000,000 Cochran
Center, Stoneville, MS
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Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities National Plant and Genetics Security $3,500,000 Bond
Center, Columbia, MO
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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
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Potato Pest Management, WI $277,000 Obey
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Veterinary Technology Satellite Program, $1,000,000 Brownback
KS
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Animal Health Research and Diagnostics, $300,000 McConnell
KY
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Animal Waste Management, OK $274,000 Inhofe Boren; Lucas
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Best Practices in Agriculture Waste $300,000 Eshoo
Management, CA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Biotechnology Research, MS $480,000 Cochran; Wicker
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Cellulosic Biomass, SC $469,000 Clyburn
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Center for Agricultural and Rural $412,000 Grassley; Harkin Latham
Development, IA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Center for Food Industry Excellence, TX $946,000 Cornyn Conaway; Neugebauer
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Center for Innovative Food Technology, $793,000 Kaptur
OH
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Center for North American Studies, TX $693,000 Bingaman Edwards (TX)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Center for Renewable Transportation $500,000 Levin; Stabenow Kilpatrick (MI)
Fuel, MI
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Centers for Dairy and Beef Excellence, $340,000 Specter
PA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Clemson University Veterinary Institute, $1,000,000 Graham
SC
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Climate Forecasting, FL $2,494,000 Martinez; Bill Nelson Boyd; Diaz-Balart, Lincoln;
Diaz-Balart, Mario
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Cotton Research, TX $1,730,000 Cornyn; Hutchison Conaway; Neugebauer
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Council for Agriculture Science and $110,000 Harkin
Technology, IA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Dietary Intervention, OH $866,000 Voinovich Kaptur; Turner
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Ethnobotanicals, MD $550,000 Cardin
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Greenhouse Nurseries, OH $1,380,000 Brown Kaptur
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA High Value Horticultural Crops, VA $502,000 Warner; Webb Perriello
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA International Center for Food Technology $750,000 Lugar
Development to Expand Markets, IN
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Kansas Biobased Polymer Initiative $750,000 Brownback
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Mariculture, NC $220,000 Burr; Hagan McIntyre
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Medicinal and Bioactive Crop Research, $300,000 Hutchison Gohmert
TX
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Midwest Agribusiness Trade and $187,000 Grassley; Harkin
Information Center, IA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Mississippi Valley State University, $1,002,000 Cochran Thompson (MS)
Curriculum Development
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Monitoring Agricultural Sewage Sludge $500,000 Kaptur
Application, OH
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA NE Center for Invasive Plants, CT, ME, $295,000 Collins; Snowe DeLauro; Michaud
VT
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Nutrition and Diet Research, CA $925,000 Baca; Lewis (CA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Nutrition Research, NY $188,000 Serrano
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Pasteurization of Shell Eggs, MI $935,000 Levin; Stabenow Dingell
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA PM-10 Study, WA $268,000 Murray Dicks; McMorris Rodgers
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Polymer Research, KS $2,000,000 Brownback Jenkins
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Rural Agriculture Small Business $500,000 Murphy, Tim
Development Program
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Rural Systems, MS $215,000 Cochran; Wicker Thompson (MS)
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point $1,400,000 Obey
Institute for Sustainable Technologies
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, MI $150,000 Levin; Stabenow
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, OH $500,000 Brown; Voinovich Kaptur
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Vitis Gene Discovery, MO $422,000 Emerson
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Advancing Biofuel Production, TX $300,000 Hutchison Edwards (TX)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aegilops Cylindrica, WA $245,000 Cantwell; Murray Dicks; Hastings (WA); Inslee
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agricultural Diversification, HI $153,000 Akaka; Inouye Hirono
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agricultural Entrepreneurial $248,000 Specter Holden; Shuster; Thompson (PA)
Alternatives, PA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agricultural Marketing, IL $176,000 Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agriculture Energy Innovation Center, GA $1,000,000 Kingston
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agriculture Science, OH $450,000 Voinovich Boccieri; Kaptur
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agroecology/Chesapeake Bay Agro-ecology, $439,000 Bartlett; Cummings; Kratovil;
MD Ruppersberger; Sarbanes
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Air Quality, KS, TX $1,090,000 Cornyn; Hutchison; Roberts Edwards (TX)
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Apple Fire Blight, MI, NY $346,000 Levin; Stabenow Ehlers; Hinchey; Hoekstra;
Rogers (MI); Upton
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aquaculture Product and Marketing $550,000 Byrd
Development, WV
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aquaculture, CA, FL, TX $416,000 Martinez Brown-Waite, Ginny; Davis (CA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aquaculture, ID, WA $529,000 Crapo; Murray; Risch Baird; Dicks; Simpson
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aquaculture, LA $150,000 Landrieu; Vitter Alexander
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aquaculture, MS $361,000 Cochran; Wicker
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aquaculture, NC $227,000 Butterfield; Price (NC)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Armilliaria Root Rot, MI $104,000 Levin; Stabenow Rogers (MI)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Asparagus Production Technologies, WA $173,000 Hastings (WA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Avian bioscience, DE $150,000 Carper; Kaufman Castle
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Babcock Institute, WI $416,000 Baldwin
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Barley for Rural Development, ID, MT $547,000 Baucus; Crapo; Risch; Tester Rehberg; Simpson
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Beef Improvement Research, MO, TX $693,000 Hutchison Rodriguez
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Bioactive Foods Research for Health and $525,000 Kennedy; Kerry Olver
Food Safety, MA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Biodesign and Processing Research $868,000 Warner; Webb Boucher
Center, VA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Bioenergy Production and Carbon $1,000,000 Alexander Davis (TN); Duncan
Sequestration, TN
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Biomass-based Energy Research, MS, OK $839,000 Cochran; Inhofe; Wicker Boren; Harper; Lucas
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Biotechnology, NC $199,000 Etheridge; Miller (NC); Price
(NC)
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Cataloging Genes Associated with Drought $176,000 Bingaman; Tom Udall Teague
and Disease Resistance, NM
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Center for One Medicine, IL $500,000 Burris; Durbin Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Center for Rural Studies, VT $350,000 Leahy
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Childhood Obesity and Nutrition, VT $250,000 Leahy
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Citrus Canker/ Greening, FL $1,217,000 Martinez Crenshaw; Diaz-Balart, Mario;
Posey; Putnam
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Competitiveness of Agricultural $469,000 Murray Baird; Dicks; Hastings (WA);
Products, WA Larsen (WA); McDermott
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Computational Agriculture, NY $131,000 Hinchey
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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
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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)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Cranberry/Blueberry Disease and $550,000 Lautenberg; Menendez Adler (NJ); Holt; LoBiondo;
Breeding, NJ Pallone; Rothman (NJ)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Cranberry/Blueberry, MA $160,000 Kennedy; Kerry Frank (MA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Crop Integration and Production, SD $400,000 Johnson; Thune Herseth Sandlin
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Crop Pathogens, NC $225,000 Burr; Hagan Butterfield; Etheridge; Miller
(NC); Price (NC)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Dairy and Meat Goat Research, TX $200,000 Hutchison
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Dairy Farm Profitability, PA $372,000 Casey; Specter Dahlkemper; Holden; Murtha;
Shuster; Thompson (PA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Delta Revitalization Project, MS $176,000 Cochran; Wicker
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Designing Foods for Health, TX $1,385,000 Hutchison Rodriguez
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Detection and Food Safety, AL $1,748,000 Bright; Rogers (AL)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Drought Mitigation, NE $600,000 Ben Nelson Fortenberry
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Emerald Ash Borer, OH $550,000 Voinovich
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Environmental Research, NY $258,000 Hinchey
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Environmental Risk Factors/Cancer, NY $150,000 Lowey
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Environmentally Safe Products, VT $250,000 Leahy
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Expanded Wheat Pasture, OK $223,000 Inhofe Boren; Cole; Lucas
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food and Fuel Initiative, IA $298,000 Grassley; Harkin
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food Marketing Policy Center, CT $401,000 DeLauro
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food Safety Research Consortium, NY $693,000 Hinchey
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food Safety, ME, OK $382,000 Inhofe Boren; Lucas
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food Safety, TX $69,000 Edwards (TX)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food Security, WA $276,000 Cantwell; Murray McDermott
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Forages for Advancing Livestock $473,000 McConnell
Production, KY
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Forestry Research, AR $319,000 Lincoln; Pryor Ross
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Fresh Produce Food Safety, CA $750,000 Boxer; Feinstein Farr
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Genomics for Southern Crop Stress and $797,000 Cochran; Wicker Harper
Disease, MS
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Geographic Information System $1,248,000 Casey; Chambliss; Lincoln; Boozman; Kanjorski
Pryor
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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
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG High Performance Computing, UT $263,000 Bennett
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Human Nutrition, LA $526,000 Landrieu; Vitter
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Human Nutrition, NY $377,000 Hinchey
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Hydroponic Production, OH $124,000 Kaptur
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Improved Dairy Management Practices, PA $243,000 Casey Holden; Platts; Shuster;
Thompson (PA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Improved Fruit Practices, MI $147,000 Levin; Stabenow Ehlers; Rogers (MI)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Increasing Shelf Life of Agricultural $603,000 Crapo; Risch Simpson
Commodities, ID
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Infectious Disease Research, CO $650,000 Bennet; Mark Udall Markey (CO)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Initiative to Improve Blueberry $209,000 Chambliss Bishop (GA); Kingston; Marshall
Production and Efficiency, GA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Inland Marine Aquaculture, VA $400,000 Warner; Webb Boucher
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Institute for Food Science and $775,000 Lincoln; Pryor Boozman
Engineering, AR
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Integrated Economic and Technical $188,000 Lugar
Analysis of Sustainable Biomass Energy
Systems, IN
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Integrated Production Systems, OK $177,000 Inhofe Boren; Cole; Lucas
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Joint US-China Biotechnology Research $210,000 Bennett
and Extension, UT
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Leopold Center Hypoxia Project, IA $105,000 Harkin
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Livestock and Dairy Policy, NY, TX $693,000 Gillibrand; Schumer Edwards (TX); Hinchey
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Maple Research, VT $165,000 Leahy
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Meadow Foam, OR $180,000 Merkley; Wyden Wu
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Michigan Biotechnology Consortium $384,000 Rogers (MI)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Midwest Center for Bioenergy Grasses, IN $188,000 Lugar
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Midwest Poultry Consortium, IA $471,000 Grassley; Harkin; Klobuchar Latham
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Milk Safety, PA $821,000 Casey; Specter Carney; Holden; Platts;
Shuster; Thompson (PA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Molluscan Shellfish, OR $253,000 Merkley; Wyden Schrader; Wu
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Multi-commodity Research, OR $244,000 Merkley; Wyden DeFazio; Schrader; Walden; Wu
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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)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG National Center for Soybean Technology, $690,000 Bond
MO
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Nematode Resistance Genetic Engineering, $209,000 Bingaman; Tom Udall Teague
NM
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Nevada Arid Rangelands Initiative, NV $500,000 Reid
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG New Century Farm, IA $350,000 Grassley; Harkin Boswell; Latham
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG New Crop Opportunities, KY $525,000 McConnell
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG New Satellite and Computer-Based $654,000 Cochran; Wicker
Technology for Agriculture, MS
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Oil Resources from Desert Plants, NM $176,000 Bingaman; Tom Udall Teague
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Organic Cropping, OR $149,000 Merkley; Wyden DeFazio; Schrader; Wu
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Organic Cropping, WA $264,000 Cantwell; Murray Dicks; Hastings (WA); Larsen
(WA); McDermott; Smith (WA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Organic waste utilization, NM $69,000 Bingaman; Tom Udall
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Peach Tree Short Life Research $195,000 Graham Brown (SC)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Perennial Wheat, WA $98,000 Cantwell; Murray Dicks; McMorris Rodgers
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Phytosensors for Crop Security and $1,000,000 Davis (TN); Duncan
Precision Agriculture, TN
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Pierce's Disease, CA $2,000,000 Boxer; Feinstein Calvert; Capps; Farr; Thompson
(CA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Policy Analyses for National Secure and $200,000 Hutchison
Sustainable Food, Fiber, Forestry and
Energy Program, TX
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Potato Cyst Nematode, ID $349,000 Crapo; Risch Simpson
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Precision Agriculture, AL $419,000 Aderholt; Griffith
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Precision Agriculture, KY $671,000 McConnell
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Preharvest Food Safety, KS $500,000 Brownback; Roberts Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran
(KS); Tiahrt
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Preservation and Processing Research, OK $174,000 Inhofe Boren; Lucas
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Protein Production for Research to $500,000 DeLauro; Murphy (CT)
Combat Viruses and Microbes, CT
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Protein Utilization, IA $600,000 Grassley; Harkin
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Rangeland Ecosystems Dynamics, ID $300,000 Crapo; Risch
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Renewable Energy and Products, ND $1,000,000 Conrad; Dorgan Pomeroy
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Rice Agronomy, MO $174,000 Emerson
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Ruminant Nutrition Consortium, MT, ND, $563,000 Johnson; Thune Herseth Sandlin
SD, WY
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Rural Policies Institute, IA, MO, NE $889,000 Harkin Emerson
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Rural Renewable Energy Research and $500,000 Obey
Education Center, WI
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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
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium, $350,000 Bingaman; Tom Udall Heinrich; Teague
NM
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Soybean Cyst Nematode, MO $556,000 Bond Emerson
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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
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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
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Sustainable Engineered Materials from $485,000 Warner; Webb Boucher
Renewable Sources, VA
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Technology for Irrigated Vegetable $500,000 Spratt
Production, SC
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Texas Obesity Research Project $500,000 Johnson, Eddie Bernice
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Tick Borne Disease Prevention, RI $280,000 Reed Kennedy; Langevin
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Tillage, Silviculture, Waste Management, $200,000 Landrieu Alexander
LA
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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
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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
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Viticulture Consortium, CA, NY, PA $1,454,000 Boxer Farr; Hinchey; Thompson (CA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Water Conservation, KS $500,000 Brownback; Roberts Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran
(KS); Tiahrt
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Water Use Efficiency and Water Quality $346,000 Chambliss; Isakson Bishop (GA); Kingston; Marshall
Enhancements, GA
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Wetland Plants, LA $200,000 Landrieu Alexander
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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
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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)
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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
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Bio-safety and antibiotic resistance, $240,000 Leahy
University of Vermont
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Bio-Safety Institute for Genetically $259,000 Grassley; Harkin Latham
Modified Agriculture Products
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Blackbird management, North and South $265,000 Conrad; Dorgan; Johnson
Dakota
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Blackbird Management, Louisiana $94,000 Landrieu Alexander
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Bovine tuberculosis eradication, $248,000 Levin; Stabenow
Michigan
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses California County Pest Detection $619,000 Feinstein Cardoza; Costa; Farr; Filner;
Augmentation Program Honda; Schiff
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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
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance, $1,024,000 Kagen; Obey
Wisconsin
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Cogongrass control, Mississippi $208,000 Cochran
Department of Agriculture
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Cooperative Livestock Protection Program $223,000 Casey; Specter Holden
Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Cormorant control, Vermont and Vermont $103,000 Leahy
Fish and Wildlife Department
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Cormorant Control, Michigan $139,000 Levin; Stabenow Stupak
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Cormorant control, Mississippi $223,000 Cochran
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Crop and Aquaculture Losses in Southeast $207,000 Emerson
Missouri
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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
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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
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Hawaii interline activities $3,000,000 Akaka; Inouye Abercrombie, Hirono
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Hawaii wildlife services activities $2,230,000 Akaka; Inouye Abercrombie; Bordallo; Hirono
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, University of $500,000 Alexander
Tennessee
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Integrated predation management $280,000 Byrd
activities, West Virginia
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Invasive aquatic species, Lake Champlain $94,000 Leahy
Fish and Wildlife Management
Cooperative, Vermont
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Johne's Disease activities, Wisconsin $939,000 Kagen; Obey
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Mormon crickets, Nevada $1,000,000 Reid
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses National Agriculture Biosecurity Center, $500,000 Brownback; Roberts Moore (KS); Moran (KS); Tiahrt
Kansas
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses National Biodiversity Conservation $200,000 Murtha
Strategy, Kiski Basin, Pennsylvania
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses National farm animal identification and $343,000 Leahy
records, Holstein Association, New York
and Vermont
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses National Wildlife Research Station, $290,000 Hutchison Ortiz
Texas A&M
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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
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Nez Perce Bio-Control Center, Idaho $176,000 Crapo; Risch Simpson
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Noxious weed management, Nevada $235,000 Reid
Department of Agriculture
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Remote Diagnostic and Wildlife Disease $700,000 Conrad; Dorgan Pomeroy
Surveillance, ND
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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
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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
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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
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Wildlife Services South Dakota, South $519,000 Johnson
Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and
Parks
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Wisconsin Livestock Identification $1,500,000 Kagen; Obey
Consortium
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Wolf Predation Management in Wisconsin, $727,000 Oberstar
Minnesota, and Michigan
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Accelerated Soil Mapping Survey, WY $200,000 Enzi
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Agricultural Development and Resource $1,400,000 Akaka; Inouye Hirono
Conservation, Hawaii RC&D Councils, HI
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Agricultural Wildlife Conservation $939,000 Cochran
Center, MS
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Appropriate Wetland and Wet-Mesic $134,000 Grassley; Harkin Braley
Species, IA
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Assistance to Improve Water Quality for $336,000 Barton (TX); Granger
Tarrant County, TX
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Audubon conservation curriculum $333,000 Moran (VA)
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Best Management Practices and Master $267,000 Landrieu Alexander
Farmer Special Research Grant with LSU,
LA
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Cane Run Creek Watershed Remediation, KY $400,000 Chandler
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Carson City Waterfall Fire Restoration, $375,000 Heller
Carson City, NV
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations CEMSA with Iowa Soybean Association, IA $288,000 Grassley; Harkin Boswell; King (IA); Latham;
Loebsack
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Center for Invasive Species Eradication, $1,000,000 Hutchison
Texas AgriLife Research, TX
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Chenier Plain Sustainability Initiative, $500,000 Landrieu
McNeese State University, LA
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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
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Conservation Fuels Management and $269,000 Reid
Restoration, Wildfire Support Group, NV
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Conservation Internships, Wisconsin Land $120,000 Kohl
and Water Conservation Association, WI
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Conservation Planning, MA and WI $423,000 Kennedy; Kerry Frank (MA)
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Conservation Technical Assistance in New $236,000 Lautenberg; Menendez Holt; Rothman (NJ)
Jersey, NJ
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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
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Cooperative Agreement with Tufts $333,000 Dodd Courtney; DeLauro
University, CT
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Deer Creek Watershed Conservation and $400,000 Cardin Bartlett; Kratovil;
Restoration, MD Ruppersberger
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Delta Conservation Demonstration, $376,000 Cochran
Washington County, MS
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Delta Water Study, NRCS MS $235,000 Cochran
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Farm Viability Program, VT $300,000 Leahy Welch
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Fountain Creek Watershed Project, CO $500,000 Salazar
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Genesee River Watershed, NY $500,000 Lee (NY)
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Georgia Soil and Water Conservation $2,423,000 Chambliss Kingston; Marshall; Scott (GA)
Commission Cooperative Agreement, GA
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Grosvenor Center for Geographic $300,000 Hutchison Doggett
Education Watershed Project, Texas
State University, TX
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, $835,000 Kohl Obey
WI
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil $404,000 Levin; Stabenow; Voinovich Ehlers
Erosion and Sediment Control
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Great Plain Riparian Initiative, $500,000 Ben Nelson
National Wild Turkey Federation, NE
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Green Institute, FL $267,000 Boyd
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Green River Water Quality and Biological $100,000 McConnell
Diversity Project, Western Kentucky
Research Foundation, KY
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Hawaii Plant Materials Center, HI $106,000 Abercrombie; Hirono
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Hungry Canyons Alliance, IA $282,000 Grassley; Harkin King (IA)
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Illinois Conservation Initiative, $576,000 Durbin
Illinois Department of Natural
Resources , IL
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Kentucky Soil Erosion Control, KY $724,000 Bunning; McConnell Rogers (KY)
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Long Island Sound Watershed, NY $133,000 Lowey
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Massaro Community Farm, CT $300,000 DeLauro
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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
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Mojave Water Agency Non-Native Plant $667,000 Lewis (CA)
Removal, CA
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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
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Nitrate Pollution Reduction, NRCS RI $155,000 Reed
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Operation Oak Program $267,000 Chambliss; Cochran; Graham Berry; Bishop (GA)
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Pace University Land Use Law Center, $133,000 Lowey
White Plains, NY
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Pastureland Management/Rotational $400,000 Arcuri
Grazing, NY
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Phosphorous Loading in Lake Champlain, $179,000 Leahy
Poultney Conservation District, VT
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Phosphorous Reduction Cooperative $1,000,000 Brownback
Agreement, Kansas Livestock Foundation,
KS
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Potomac River Tributary Strategy, NRCS $168,000 Byrd
WV
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Quabbin to Cardigan Conservation $282,000 Shaheen Hodes
Initiative, NH
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Range Revegetation for Fort Hood, TX $333,000 Carter; Edwards (TX)
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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
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Risk Management Initiative, NRCS WV $673,000 Byrd
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Sand County Foundation, WI $892,000 Baldwin
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Soil Phosphorus Studies, NRCS WV $202,000 Byrd
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Soil Surveys, NRCS RI $134,000 Reed
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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
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Technical Assistance to Livestock/ $300,000 Price (NC)
Poultry Producers, NC
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Town of Cary Swift Creek Stream Bank $199,000 Hagan Miller (NC)
Restoration, NC
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations UMASS-Amherst Ecological Conservation $140,000 Kennedy; Kerry
Initiative, MA
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Upper White River Basin Water Quality, $287,000 Blunt
MO
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Utah Conservation Intitiative, NRCS UT $2,500,000 Bennett
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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
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Watershed Demonstration Project, IA $134,000 Grassley; Harkin Boswell; King (IA); Latham;
Loebsack
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Watershed Planning Staff, NRCS Pacific $500,000 Akaka; Inouye Hirono
Island Area
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Watershed Protection Plan for Hood $67,000 Edwards (TX)
County, TX
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Yankee Tank Dam, NRCS KS $1,000,000 Brownback; Roberts
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Alameda Creek Watershed Project, CA $1,337,000 Stark
Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Ashley Valley Flood Control, Uintah $300,000 Hatch
Operations County, UT
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Big Slough Watershed Project, AR $57,000 Berry
Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Departee Creek Watershed Project, AR $110,000 Berry
Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Dry Creek Watershed, City of Rocklin, CA $500,000 Feinstein
Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Dunloup Creek Watershed Project, NRCS WV $1,500,000 Byrd
Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention DuPage County Watershed, IL $1,000,000 Durbin
Operations
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Farmington River Restoration Project, $500,000 Dodd; Lieberman Larson (CT)
Operations Riverton, CT
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Hurricane Katrina Related Watershed $229,000 Wicker Taylor
Operations Restoration Project, MS
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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
year 2010........................................... 123,919,720
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 year 2010.................................. -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, Jr.,
Lincoln Davis,
Marcy Kaptur,
Maurice D. 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,
Ben Nelson,
Jack Reed,
Mark L. Pryor,
Arlen Specter,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Sam Brownback,
Robert F. Bennett,
Thad Cochran,
Christopher S. Bond,
Mitch McConnell,
Susan M. Collins,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.