[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
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        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
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        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
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
            Total, Improved Pest Control................      16,185,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
              Total, Special Research Grants............     105,214,000
Animal Health and Disease Research (Sec. 1433)..........       2,950,000
1994 Institutions Research Program......................       1,805,000
Rangeland Research......................................         983,000
Graduate Fellowship Grants..............................       3,859,000
Institution Challenge Grants............................       5,654,000
Multicultural Scholars Program..........................       1,241,000
Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants..........       9,237,000
Secondary/2-year Post-secondary.........................         983,000
Capacity Building Grants (1890 Institutions)............      18,250,000
Payments to the 1994 Institutions (Tribal Colleges).....       3,342,000
Alaska Native-serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving 
    Education 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
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Subtotal............................................     721,275,000
Federal Administration:
    Data Information System (REEIS).....................       2,704,000
    Electronic Grants Administration System.............       2,136,000
    Office of Extramural Programs (Grants)..............         440,000
    Peer Panels.........................................         397,000
    Other Federal Administration........................      33,869,000
    Pay Costs...........................................       5,576,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
              Total, Federal Administration.............      45,122,000
Other:
    Supplemental and Alternative Crops..................         835,000
    Aquaculture Centers (Sec. 1475).....................       3,928,000
    Critical Agricultural Materials Act.................       1,083,000
    Sustainable Agriculture.............................      14,500,000
    Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Program...       1,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Other....................................      21,846,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Research and Education Activities........    $788,243,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

      The following is a list of Congressionally Designated 
Projects:

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Research and Education Activities

Congressionally Designated Projects

                                                                  Amount
Special Research Grants:
    Advanced Genetic Technologies, KY...................        $650,000
    Advancing Biofuel Production, TX....................         300,000
    Aegilops Cylindrica, WA.............................         245,000
    Agricultural Diversification, HI....................         153,000
    Agricultural Entrepreneurial Alternatives, PA.......         248,000
    Agricultural Marketing, IL..........................         176,000
    Agriculture Energy Innovation Center, GA............       1,000,000
    Agriculture Science, OH.............................         450,000
    Agroecology/Chesapeake Bay Agro-ecology, MD.........         439,000
    Air Quality, KS, TX.................................       1,090,000
    Animal Science Food Safety Consortium, AR, IA, KS...       1,000,000
    Apple Fire Blight, MI, NY...........................         346,000
    Aquaculture, CA, FL, TX.............................         416,000
    Aquaculture, ID, WA.................................         529,000
    Aquaculture, LA.....................................         150,000
    Aquaculture, MS.....................................         361,000
    Aquaculture, NC.....................................         227,000
    Aquaculture Product and Marketing Development, WV...         550,000
    Armilliaria Root Rot, MI............................         104,000
    Asparagus Production Technologies, WA...............         173,000
    Avian Bioscience, DE................................         150,000
    Babcock Institute, WI...............................         416,000
    Barley for Rural Development, ID, MT................         547,000
    Beef Improvement Research, MO, TX...................         693,000
    Bioactive Foods Research for Health and Food Safety, 
      MA................................................         525,000
    Biodesign and Processing Research Center, VA........         868,000
    Bioenergy Production and Carbon Sequestration, TN...       1,000,000
    Biomass-based Energy Research, MS, OK...............         839,000
    Biotechnology, NC...................................         199,000
    Bovine Tuberculosis, MI, MN.........................         346,000
    Brucellosis Vaccine, MT.............................         305,000
    Cataloging Genes Associated with Drought and Disease 
      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
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      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
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................     $33,869,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
          Total.........................................    $120,054,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

              NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

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

                          EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

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

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Extension Activities

                                                                  Amount
Smith-Lever Sections 3(b) and 3(c)......................    $297,500,000
Smith-Lever Section 3(d):
    Farm Safety.........................................       4,863,000
    Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP)................      68,070,000
    Indian Reservation Agents/Federally-recognized 
      Tribes 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
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
            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
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
            Subtotal....................................     474,527,000
Federal Administration and Special Grants:
    Ag in the Classroom.................................         553,000
    General Administration including Pay Costs..........       8,012,000
    Other Federal Administration and Special Grants.....      11,831,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
            Total, Federal Administration...............      20,396,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
              Total, Extension Activities...............    $494,923,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

      The following is a list of Congressionally Designated 
Projects:

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Extension Activities

Congressionally Designated Projects

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

                         INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

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

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Integrated Activities

                                                                  Amount
Section 406 Legislative Authority:
    Water Quality.......................................     $12,649,000
    Food Safety.........................................      14,596,000
    Regional Pest Management Centers....................       4,096,000
    Crops at Risk from FQPA Implementation..............       1,365,000
    FQPA Risk Mitigation Program for Major Food Crop 
      Systems...........................................       4,388,000
    Methyl Bromide Transition Program...................       3,054,000
    Organic Transition Program..........................       5,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
            Total, Section 406..........................      45,148,000
International Science and Education Grants Program......       3,000,000
Critical Issues Program.................................         732,000
Regional Rural Development Centers Program..............       1,312,000
Homeland Security, Food and Agriculture Defense 
    Initiative..........................................       9,830,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
            Total, Integrated Activities................     $60,022,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

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

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE--CONGRESSIONALLY DESIGNATED
                                PROJECTS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Project                    Program              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture Compliance            Veterinary                      69,000
 Laboratory Equipment, Delaware.   diagnostics.
Animal management and control,    Wildlife services              496,000
 Mississippi.                      operations.
Beaver Management in North        Wildlife services              208,000
 Carolina.                         operations.
Berryman Institute, Jack          Wildlife services            1,500,000
 Berryman Institute Utah and       methods
 Mississippi Agriculture and       development.
 Forestry Experiment Station.
Bio-safety and antibiotic         Animal health                  240,000
 resistance, University of         monitoring and
 Vermont.                          surveillance.
Bio-Safety Institute for          Biotechnology                  259,000
 Genetically Modified              regulatory
 Agriculture Products.             services.
Blackbird management, North and   Wildlife services              265,000
 South Dakota.                     operations.
Blackbird Management, Louisiana.  Wildlife services               94,000
                                   operations.
Bovine tuberculosis eradication,  Tuberculosis.......            248,000
 Michigan.
California county pest detection  Pest detection.....            619,000
 augmentation program,
 California Department of Food
 and Agriculture.
California county pest detection  Pest detection.....            738,000
 import inspection program,
 California Department of Food
 and Agriculture.
Chronic Wasting Disease           Chronic wasting              1,024,000
 Surveillance, Wisconsin.          disease.
Cogongrass control, Mississippi   Noxious weeds......            208,000
 Department of Agriculture.
Cooperative Livestock Protection  Wildlife services              223,000
 Program Pennsylvania and          operations.
 Pennsylvania Department of
 Agriculture.
Cormorant control, Vermont and    Wildlife services              103,000
 Vermont Fish and Wildlife         operations.
 Department.
Cormorant Control, Michigan.....  Wildlife services              139,000
                                   operations.
Cormorant control, Mississippi..  Wildlife services              223,000
                                   operations.
Crop and Aquaculture Losses in    Wildlife services              207,000
 Southeast Missouri.               operations.
Database of North Carolina's      Animal health                  208,000
 Agricultural Industry for Rapid   monitoring and
 Response.                         surveillance.
Disease prevention, Louisiana     Veterinary                      69,000
 Department of Wildlife and        diagnostics.
 Fisheries.
Greater Yellowstone Interagency   Brucellosis........            650,000
 Brucellosis Committee, MT, ID,
 WY.
Hawaii interline activities.....  Agricultural                 3,000,000
                                   quarantine
                                   inspection.
Hawaii wildlife services          Wildlife services            2,230,000
 activities.                       operations.
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid,           Biological control.            500,000
 University of Tennessee.
Integrated predation management   Wildlife services              280,000
 activities, West Virginia.        operations.
Invasive aquatic species, Lake    Aquaculture........             94,000
 Champlain Fish and Wildlife
 Management Cooperative, Vermont.
Johne's Disease activities,       Johne's disease....            939,000
 Wisconsin.
Mormon crickets, Nevada.........  Grasshopper........          1,000,000
National Agriculture Biosecurity  Veterinary                     500,000
 Center, Kansas.                   diagnostics.
National Biodiversity             Noxious weeds......            200,000
 Conservation Strategy, Kiski
 Basin, Pennsylvania.
National farm animal              Animal health                  343,000
 identification and records,       monitoring and
 Holstein Association, New York    surveillance.
 and Vermont.
National Wildlife Research        Wildlife services              290,000
 Station, Texas A&M.               methods
                                   development.
New Jersey Gypsy Moth Pest        Gypsy moth.........            500,000
 Management.
New Mexico Rapid Syndrome         Animal health                  404,000
 Validation Program, New Mexico    monitoring and
 State University.                 surveillance.
Nez Perce Bio-Control Center,     Noxious weeds......            176,000
 Idaho.
Noxious weed management, Nevada   Noxious weeds......            235,000
 Department of Agriculture.
Remote Diagnostic and Wildlife    Animal health                  700,000
 Disease Surveillance, ND.         monitoring and
                                   surveillance.
Technology to Combat Asian Long-  Emerging plant                 500,000
 Horned Beetles in New York        pests.
 Forests.
Tri-State Predator Control        Wildlife services              926,000
 Program, Idaho, Montana, and      operations.
 Wyoming.
Varroa mite suppression, Hawaii.  Emerging plant                 469,000
                                   pests.
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia      Aquaculture........            588,000
 Monitoring and Management,
 Wisconsin.
Wildlife Services South Dakota,   Wildlife services              519,000
 South Dakota Department of        operations.
 Game, Fish, and Parks.
Wisconsin Livestock               Animal health                1,500,000
 Identification Consortium.        monitoring and
                                   surveillance.
Wolf Predation Management in      Wildlife services              727,000
 Wisconsin, Minnesota, and         operations.
 Michigan.
    TOTAL.......................  ...................         24,410,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           MARKETING SERVICES

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

                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

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

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

                   PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

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

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

        LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

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

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

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

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

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

         FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE FUNDING BY ACTIVITY

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

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

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

                          Farm Service Agency

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

                         STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

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

               GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

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

                        DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

           AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement provides a total subsidy of 
$140,608,000 for activities under the Agricultural Credit 
Insurance Fund Program Account, instead of $104,122,000 as 
proposed by the House and the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides for an estimated loan 
program level of $5,083,940,000, instead of $4,151,397,000 as 
proposed by the House and $4,149,457,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $321,093,000 for 
Salaries and Expenses as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
$325,574,000 as proposed by the House.
      The following table reflects the amounts provided in the 
conference agreement:

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

                         Risk Management Agency

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

                              CORPORATIONS

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

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

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

                       HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

                        (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

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

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

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

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

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

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

               WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

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

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

                    WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

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

                 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

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

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

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

                RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

                         Rural Housing Service

              RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account:
    Loan authorizations:
        Single family direct (sec. 502).................($1,121,488,000)
        Single family unsubsidized guaranteed...........(12,000,000,000)
        Rental housing (sec. 515).......................    (69,512,000)
        Multi-family housing guaranteed (sec. 538)......   (129,090,000)
        Housing repair (sec. 504).......................    (34,412,000)
        Credit sales of acquired property...............    (11,448,000)
        Site loans (sec. 524)...........................     (5,045,000)
        Self-help housing land development..............     (4,970,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
            Total, Loan authorizations.................($13,375,965,000)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Loan subsidies:
        Single family direct (sec. 502).................     $40,710,000
        Single family unsubsidized guaranteed...........     172,800,000
        Rental housing (sec. 515).......................      18,935,000
        Multi-family housing guaranteed (sec. 538)......       1,485,000
        Housing repair (sec. 504).......................       4,422,000
        Credit sales of acquired property...............         556,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
            Total, Loan subsidies.......................    $238,908,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
RHIF administration expenses (transfer to RD)...........    $468,593,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

                       RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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

          MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

                  MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

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

                    RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

                       FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

               RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

                   Rural Business-Cooperative Service

                     RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

              RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

            RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                    (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

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

                  RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

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

            RURAL MICROENTERPRISE INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

                    RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

      The conference agreement provides $39,340,000 for the 
Rural Energy for America Program, instead of $22,000,000 as 
proposed by the House and $68,130,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conference agreement provides for an estimated loan 
program level of $144,209,000; $19,670,000 for loan subsidies; 
and $19,670,000 for grants.
      The 2008 Farm Bill provides $60,000,000 in mandatory 
funding for this program in fiscal year 2010, which provides an 
additional program level of $243,800,000. Therefore, the 
program will have a total program level of $407,679,000 in 
fiscal year 2010.

                 BIOREFINERY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

                        Rural Utilities Service

             RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

   RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans 
    Program Account (RETLP):
    Loan authorizations:
        Electric:
            Direct, 5 percent...........................  ($100,000,000)
            Direct, FFB................................. (6,500,000,000)
            Guaranteed underwriting.....................   (500,000,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
            Subtotal.................................... (7,100,000,000)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    Telecommunications:
            Direct, 5 percent...........................   (145,000,000)
            Direct, Treasury rate.......................   (250,000,000)
            Direct, FFB.................................   (295,000,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
              Subtotal..................................   (690,000,000)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
                Total, loan authorizations..............($7,790,000,000)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
RETLP administrative expenses (transfer to RD)..........     $39,959,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

         DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM

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

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

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

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

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

               SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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

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

                      COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

      The conference agreement provides $247,979,000 for the 
Commodity Assistance Program, instead of $255,570,000 as 
proposed by the House and $233,388,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $171,409,000 for the 
Commodity Supplemental Food Program with the expectation that 
caseload in existing states will expand. Of this amount, 
$5,000,000 is included to begin funding of new states with 
approved USDA plans.
      The conference agreement provides $49,500,000 for 
administrative funding for the Emergency Food Assistance 
Program (TEFAP). In addition, the conference agreement grants 
the Secretary authority to transfer up to an additional 10 
percent from TEFAP commodities for this purpose.
      The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the 
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, $6,000,000 for Emergency 
Food Program Infrastructure Grants, and $1,070,000 for Pacific 
Island Assistance.

                   NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

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

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

                     FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

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

       COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

      The conferees direct FDA to provide all reports and 
studies requested in this statement to the Committees in both 
an electronic and hard copy format within 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act, unless another date is specified for a 
particular report.
      The conference agreement includes no less than 
$92,966,000 for the generic drugs program, of which $51,545,000 
is for the Office of Generic Drugs, which is an increase of 
$10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 level.
      The conference agreement includes an increase of 
$2,000,000 for the cosmetics program, bringing total funding 
for cosmetics activities at FDA to $10,200,000.
      The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for 
Demonstration Grants for Improving Pediatric Device 
Availability, as authorized by the Food and Drug Administration 
Amendments Act of 2007.
      The conference agreement includes $18,000,000 for the 
critical path initiative, including not less than $6,000,000 
for critical path partnerships. Of the $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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  Extension                    Pilot Technology Transfer, MS, OK            $209,000  Cochran; Inhofe; Wicker          Boren; Cole; Lucas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Food Marketing Policy Center, CT             $401,000                                   DeLauro
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Food Safety Research Consortium, NY          $693,000                                   Hinchey
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Integrated Production Systems, OK            $177,000  Inhofe                           Boren; Cole; Lucas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ      $401,000  Bingaman; Johnson; Thune; Tom    Grijalva; Herseth Sandlin;
                                                                                                                                 Udall                            Ortiz; Pastor (AZ)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Invasive Plant Management, MT                $270,000  Baucus; Tester                   Rehberg
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Joint US-China Biotechnology Research        $210,000  Bennett
                                                                          and Extension, UT
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Leopold Center Hypoxia Project, IA           $105,000  Harkin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Livestock and Dairy Policy, NY, TX           $693,000  Gillibrand; Schumer              Edwards (TX); Hinchey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Maple Research, VT                           $165,000  Leahy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Meadow Foam, OR                              $180,000  Merkley; Wyden                   Wu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Michigan Biotechnology Consortium            $384,000                                   Rogers (MI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Midwest Center for Bioenergy Grasses, IN     $188,000  Lugar
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Midwest Poultry Consortium, IA               $471,000  Grassley; Harkin; Klobuchar      Latham
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Nevada Arid Rangelands Initiative, NV        $500,000  Reid
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          New Century Farm, IA                         $350,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Boswell; Latham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          New Crop Opportunities, KY                   $525,000  McConnell
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          New Satellite and Computer-Based             $654,000  Cochran; Wicker
                                                                          Technology for Agriculture, MS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Oil Resources from Desert Plants, NM         $176,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Teague
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Organic Cropping, OR                         $149,000  Merkley; Wyden                   DeFazio; Schrader; Wu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Organic Cropping, WA                         $264,000  Cantwell; Murray                 Dicks; Hastings (WA); Larsen
                                                                                                                                                                  (WA); McDermott; Smith (WA)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Organic waste utilization, NM                 $69,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Peach Tree Short Life Research               $195,000  Graham                           Brown (SC)
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Perennial Wheat, WA                           $98,000  Cantwell; Murray                 Dicks; McMorris Rodgers
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Phytophthora Research, GA                    $178,000  Chambliss; Isakson               Bishop (GA); Kingston; Marshall
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Precision Agriculture, KY                    $671,000  McConnell
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Preharvest Food Safety, KS                   $500,000  Brownback; Roberts               Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran
                                                                                                                                                                  (KS); Tiahrt
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Preservation and Processing Research, OK     $174,000  Inhofe                           Boren; Lucas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Protein Production for Research to           $500,000                                   DeLauro; Murphy (CT)
                                                                          Combat Viruses and Microbes, CT
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Protein Utilization, IA                      $600,000  Grassley; Harkin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Rangeland Ecosystems Dynamics, ID            $300,000  Crapo; Risch
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Regional Barley Gene Mapping Project, OR     $471,000  Cantwell; Klobuchar; Merkley;    Dicks; Hastings (WA); McCollum;
                                                                                                                                 Murray; Wyden                    McDermott; McMorris Rodgers;
                                                                                                                                                                  Peterson; Schrader; Walden; Wu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Rice Agronomy, MO                            $174,000                                   Emerson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Ruminant Nutrition Consortium, MT, ND,       $563,000  Johnson; Thune                   Herseth Sandlin
                                                                          SD, WY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Rural Policies Institute, IA, MO, NE         $889,000  Harkin                           Emerson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Rural Renewable Energy Research and          $500,000                                   Obey
                                                                          Education Center, WI
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Soil-Borne Disease Prevention in             $187,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Teague
                                                                          Irrigated Agriculture, NM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium,      $350,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Heinrich; Teague
                                                                          NM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Southwest Consortium for Plant Genetics      $271,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Grijalva; Pastor (AZ); Teague
                                                                          and Water Resources, NM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Soybean Cyst Nematode, MO                    $556,000  Bond                             Emerson
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Soybean Research, IL                         $745,000  Burris; Durbin                   Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Specialty Crops, AR                          $175,000  Lincoln; Pryor
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Specialty Crops, IN                          $235,000                                   Ellsworth
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          STEEP IV--Water Quality in Northwest         $444,000  Crapo; Merkley; Murray; Risch;   Dicks; Hastings (WA); McMorris
                                                                                                                                 Wyden                            Rodgers; Simpson; Walden; Wu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Agriculture and Natural          $142,000  Specter                          Dent; Holden; Platts; Shuster;
                                                                          Resources, PA                                                                           Thompson (PA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Agriculture, CA                  $357,000                                   Farr
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Agriculture, MI                  $266,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Ehlers; Rogers (MI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Beef Supply, MT                  $682,000  Baucus                           Rehberg
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Engineered Materials from        $485,000  Warner; Webb                     Boucher
                                                                          Renewable Sources, VA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Sustainable Production and Processing        $200,000  Collins, Snowe                   Michaud; Pingree (ME)
                                                                          Research for Lowbush Specialty Crops,
                                                                          ME
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Swine and Other Animal Waste Management,     $349,000  Hagan                            Etheridge; Price (NC)
                                                                          NC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Technology for Irrigated Vegetable           $500,000                                   Spratt
                                                                          Production, SC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Texas Obesity Research Project               $500,000                                   Johnson, Eddie Bernice
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Tick Borne Disease Prevention, RI            $280,000  Reed                             Kennedy; Langevin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Tillage, Silviculture, Waste Management,     $200,000  Landrieu                         Alexander
                                                                          LA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Tri-state Joint Peanut Research, AL          $413,000                                   Bright
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Tropical and Subtropical Research/T-Star   $6,677,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Bordallo; Hirono;
                                                                                                                                                                  Putnam; Young (FL)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Tropical Aquaculture, FL                     $300,000                                   Castor (FL); Putnam
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Virtual Plant Database Enhancement           $588,000  Bond                             Carnahan
                                                                          Project, MO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Virus-free Wine Grape Cultivars, WA          $260,000  Cantwell; Murray                 Dicks; Hastings (WA); Inslee;
                                                                                                                                                                  Larsen (WA); McDermott;
                                                                                                                                                                  McMorris Rodgers
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Viticulture Consortium, CA, NY, PA         $1,454,000  Boxer                            Farr; Hinchey; Thompson (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Water Conservation, KS                       $500,000  Brownback; Roberts               Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran
                                                                                                                                                                  (KS); Tiahrt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Water Use Efficiency and Water Quality       $346,000  Chambliss; Isakson               Bishop (GA); Kingston; Marshall
                                                                          Enhancements, GA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Wetland Plants, LA                           $200,000  Landrieu                         Alexander
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Institute of Food and Agriculture  SRG                          Wheat Genetic Research, KS                 $1,000,000  Brownback; Roberts               Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran
                                                                                                                                                                  (KS); Tiahrt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Bio-Safety Institute for Genetically         $259,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Latham
                                                                          Modified Agriculture Products
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Blackbird management, North and South        $265,000  Conrad; Dorgan; Johnson
                                                                          Dakota
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Cormorant control, Vermont and Vermont       $103,000  Leahy
                                                                          Fish and Wildlife Department
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Cormorant Control, Michigan                  $139,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Stupak
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Cormorant control, Mississippi               $223,000  Cochran
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Hawaii wildlife services activities        $2,230,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Bordallo; Hirono
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, University of        $500,000  Alexander
                                                                          Tennessee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Integrated predation management              $280,000  Byrd
                                                                          activities, West Virginia
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Johne's Disease activities, Wisconsin        $939,000                                   Kagen; Obey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  Salaries and expenses        Mormon crickets, Nevada                    $1,000,000  Reid
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Cooperative Agreement with Tufts             $333,000  Dodd                             Courtney; DeLauro
                                                                          University, CT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Deer Creek Watershed Conservation and        $400,000  Cardin                           Bartlett; Kratovil;
                                                                          Restoration, MD                                                                         Ruppersberger
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Farm Viability Program, VT                   $300,000  Leahy                            Welch
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Fountain Creek Watershed Project, CO         $500,000                                   Salazar
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Great Plain Riparian Initiative,             $500,000  Ben Nelson
                                                                          National Wild Turkey Federation, NE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Green Institute, FL                          $267,000                                   Boyd
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Green River Water Quality and Biological     $100,000  McConnell
                                                                          Diversity Project, Western Kentucky
                                                                          Research Foundation, KY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Hawaii Plant Materials Center, HI            $106,000                                   Abercrombie; Hirono
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Hungry Canyons Alliance, IA                  $282,000  Grassley; Harkin                 King (IA)
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Illinois Conservation Initiative,            $576,000  Durbin
                                                                          Illinois Department of Natural
                                                                          Resources , IL
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Kentucky Soil Erosion Control, KY            $724,000  Bunning; McConnell               Rogers (KY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Long Island Sound Watershed, NY              $133,000                                   Lowey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Massaro Community Farm, CT                   $300,000                                   DeLauro
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Maumee Watershed Hydrological and Flood      $667,000                                   Kaptur
                                                                          Mitigation, OH
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Mississippi Conservation Initiative,       $2,000,000  Cochran
                                                                          NRCS MS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Mojave Water Agency Non-Native Plant         $667,000                                   Lewis (CA)
                                                                          Removal, CA
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Operation Oak Program                        $267,000  Chambliss; Cochran; Graham       Berry; Bishop (GA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Pace University Land Use Law Center,         $133,000                                   Lowey
                                                                          White Plains, NY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Pastureland Management/Rotational            $400,000                                   Arcuri
                                                                          Grazing, NY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Phosphorous Loading in Lake Champlain,       $179,000  Leahy
                                                                          Poultney Conservation District, VT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Phosphorous Reduction Cooperative          $1,000,000  Brownback
                                                                          Agreement, Kansas Livestock Foundation,
                                                                          KS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Potomac River Tributary Strategy, NRCS       $168,000  Byrd
                                                                          WV
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Quabbin to Cardigan Conservation             $282,000  Shaheen                          Hodes
                                                                          Initiative, NH
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Sand County Foundation, WI                   $892,000                                   Baldwin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Soil Phosphorus Studies, NRCS WV             $202,000  Byrd
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Soil Surveys, NRCS RI                        $134,000  Reed
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Technical Assistance Grants to Kentucky      $545,000  Bunning; McConnell               Rogers (KY)
                                                                          Soil Conservation Districts, Kentucky
                                                                          Division of Conservation, KY
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Technical Assistance to Livestock/           $300,000                                   Price (NC)
                                                                          Poultry Producers, NC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Town of Cary Swift Creek Stream Bank         $199,000  Hagan                            Miller (NC)
                                                                          Restoration, NC
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      UMASS-Amherst Ecological Conservation        $140,000  Kennedy; Kerry
                                                                          Initiative, MA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Upper White River Basin Water Quality,       $287,000                                   Blunt
                                                                          MO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Utah Conservation Intitiative, NRCS UT     $2,500,000  Bennett
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Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Water Quality Protection Program for the     $400,000                                   Farr
                                                                          Monterey Bay Sanctuary, CA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Watershed Agricultural Council, NY           $480,000                                   Hinchey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Watershed Demonstration Project, IA          $134,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Boswell; King (IA); Latham;
                                                                                                                                                                  Loebsack
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Watershed Planning Staff, NRCS Pacific       $500,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Hirono
                                                                          Island Area
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Watershed Protection Plan for Hood            $67,000                                   Edwards (TX)
                                                                          County, TX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Conservation Operations      Yankee Tank Dam, NRCS KS                   $1,000,000  Brownback; Roberts
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Alameda Creek Watershed Project, CA        $1,337,000                                   Stark
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Ashley Valley Flood Control, Uintah          $300,000  Hatch
                                             Operations                   County, UT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Big Slough Watershed Project, AR              $57,000                                   Berry
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Departee Creek Watershed Project, AR         $110,000                                   Berry
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Dry Creek Watershed, City of Rocklin, CA     $500,000  Feinstein
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Dunloup Creek Watershed Project, NRCS WV   $1,500,000  Byrd
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   DuPage County Watershed, IL                $1,000,000  Durbin
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Farmington River Restoration Project,        $500,000  Dodd; Lieberman                  Larson (CT)
                                             Operations                   Riverton, CT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Hurricane Katrina Related Watershed          $229,000  Wicker                           Taylor
                                             Operations                   Restoration Project, MS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Lahaina Watershed, NRCS HI                 $1,000,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Hirono
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Lake Oscawana Management and Restoration     $400,000                                   Hall (NY)
                                             Operations                   Plan, NY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Little Sioux Watershed Project, IA         $1,146,000  Grassley; Harkin                 King (IA)
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Lost River, NRCS WV                        $4,000,000  Byrd
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Lower Hamakua Ditch Watershed Project,     $1,800,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Hirono
                                             Operations                   HI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Missouri Watershed Projects, NRCS MO       $2,000,000  Bond
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Pidcock-Mill Creeks Watershed Project,       $573,000                                   Murphy, Patrick
                                             Operations                   PA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Pocasset River Watershed, NRCS RI          $2,000,000  Reed
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Richland Creek Reservoir, Paulding           $100,000                                   Gingrey (GA)
                                             Operations                   County, GA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Soap Creek Watershed Project, IA             $984,000  Grassley; Harkin                 Loebsack
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   South Fork of the Licking River              $125,000  Brown                            Space
                                             Operations                   Watershed Project, OH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Upcountry Maui Watershed Project, HI       $2,000,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Hirono
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Upper Clark Fork Watershed, Watershed        $200,000  Tester
                                             Operations                   Restoration Coalition, MT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural Resources Conservation Service      Watershed/Flood Prevention   Wailuku-Alenaio Watershed Project, HI        $250,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Hirono
                                             Operations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Food and Drug Administration                Salaries and expenses        Dietary supplements research, National     $1,608,000  Cochran; Wicker                  Childers
                                                                          Center for Natural Products Research,
                                                                          Oxford, Mississippi
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Food and Drug Administration                Salaries and expenses        ISSC vibrio vulnificus education             $174,000  Vitter                           Melancon
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Food and Drug Administration                Salaries and expenses        National Center for Food Safety and        $2,077,000  Durbin                           Jackson (IL); Lipinski
                                                                          Technology, IL
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Food and Drug Administration                Salaries and expenses        New Mexico State University Agricultural   $1,650,000  Bingaman; Tom Udall              Teague
                                                                          Products Food Safety Laboratory
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Provision                                                        Agricultural pest facility, Hawaii         $2,600,000  Akaka; Inouye                    Abercrombie; Hirono
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Provision                                                        Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship    $3,000,000                                   Emerson; Kaptur; McGovern
                                                                          Program and the Mickey Leland
                                                                          International Hunger Fellowship Program
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Provision                                                        Dairy Market Development, Wisconsin        $2,000,000  Kohl                             Obey
                                                                          Department of Agriculture, Trade, and
                                                                          Consumer Protection
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Provision                                                        Center for Foodborne Illness Research        $200,000                                   DeLauro
                                                                          and Prevention
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Provision                                                        International Food Protection Training     $1,000,000  Levin; Stabenow                  Schauer
                                                                          Institute
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Provision                                                        Market Development, Vermont Agency of      $1,000,000  Leahy
                                                                          Agriculture, Foods, and Markets
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Provision                                                        Phase II construction, National Center     $3,497,000  Cochran; Wicker
                                                                          for Natural Products Research, Oxford,
                                                                          Mississippi
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Provision                                                        Prototype for a National Carbon            $1,000,000                                   Lewis (CA)
                                                                          Inventory and Accounting System
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Provision                                                        Specialty Markets, Wisconsin Department      $350,000  Kohl                             Kagen
                                                                          of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer
                                                                          Protection
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

                                  
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