US Appropriations Act Divisions and Agency Funding

In the Senate of the United States,
March 20, 2013.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 933) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.’’, do
pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:
Strike all after the enacting clause, and insert in lieu
thereof:
1 SHORT TITLE

2 SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated
3 and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’.
4 TABLE OF CONTENTS

5 SEC. 2. The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.

2
Sec. 5. Availability of funds.

DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2013

Title I—Agricultural Programs
Title II—Conservation Programs
Title III—Rural Development Programs
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII—General provisions

DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013

Title I—Department of Commerce
Title II—Department of Justice
Title III—Science
Title IV—Related agencies
Title V—General provisions

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2013
Title I—Military Personnel
Title II—Operation and Maintenance
Title III—Procurement
Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
Title V—Revolving and Management Funds
Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs
Title VII—Related agencies
Title VIII—General provisions
Title IX—Overseas contingency operations

DIVISION D—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013

Title I—Departmental management and operations
Title II—Security, enforcement, and investigations
Title III—Protection, preparedness, response, and recovery
Title IV—Research and development, training, and services

DIVISION E—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS,
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013

Title I—Department of Defense
Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs
Title III—Related agencies
Title IV—Overseas contingency operations

DIVISION F—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013

Title I—General Provisions
Title II—Energy and Water Development

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Title III—Financial Services and General Government
Title IV—Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Title V—Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies
Title VI—Legislative Branch
Title VII—Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Title VIII—Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies

DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS

1 REFERENCES

2 SEC. 3. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any
3 reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in division A, B, C, D,
4 or E of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the
5 provisions of that division.
6 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

7 SEC. 4. The explanatory statement regarding this Act
8 printed in the Senate section of the Congressional Record
9 on or about March 11, 2013, by the Chairwoman of the
10 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate shall have the
11 same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and im-
12 plementation of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory
13 statement of a committee of conference.
14 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

15 SEC. 5. Each amount designated in this Act by the
16 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War
17 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
18 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
19 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the
20 President subsequently so designates all such amounts and
21 transmits such designations to the Congress.

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1 DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
2 VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
3 ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
4 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013
5 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of
6 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
7 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, for Agriculture,
8 Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
9 Related Agencies programs and for other purposes, namely:
10 TITLE I
11 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
12 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING
13 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
16 $46,388,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be
17 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to
18 exceed $498,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal
19 Relations; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall be available for
20 the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordina-
21 tion; not to exceed $1,422,000 shall be available for the Of-
22 fice of Advocacy and Outreach; not to exceed $25,046,000
23 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary
24 for Administration, of which $24,242,000 shall be available
25 for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary

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1 expenses for management support services to offices of the
2 Department and for general administration, security, re-
3 pairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and
4 expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the
5 practical and efficient work of the Department; not to ex-
6 ceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant
7 Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro-
8 grams funded by this Act, including programs involving
9 intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive
10 branch; and not to exceed $9,006,000 shall be available for
11 the Office of Communications: Provided, That the Secretary
12 of Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated
13 for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other
14 office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That
15 no appropriation for any office shall be increased or de-
16 creased by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not
17 to exceed $11,000 of the amount made available under this
18 paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall
19 be available for official reception and representation ex-
20 penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the
21 Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made avail-
22 able under this heading for Departmental Administration
23 shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this
24 Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings
25 as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That

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1 funds made available under this heading for the Office of
2 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be
3 transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture
4 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency
5 level: Provided further, That no funds made available under
6 this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Con-
7 gressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from
8 the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has
9 notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
10 of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agen-
11 cy.
12 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
13 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Econo-
15 mist, $16,008,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for grants
16 or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7
17 U.S.C. 3155 and shall be obligated within 90 days of the
18 enactment of this Act.
19 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

20 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
21 sion, $14,225,000.
22 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
24 gram Analysis, $9,049,000.

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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
3 mation Officer, $44,031,000.
4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
6 cial Officer, $6,247,000: Provided, That no funds made
7 available by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR
8 Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary has sub-
9 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
10 of Congress and the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
11 ment Reform of the House of Representatives a report on
12 the Department’s contracting out policies, including agency
13 budgets for contracting out.
14 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL
15 RIGHTS
16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
17 Secretary for Civil Rights, $893,000.
18 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
20 $22,692,000.
21 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL
22 PAYMENTS

24 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
25 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant

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1 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator
2 of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under
3 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the Depart-
4 ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations
5 and other actions needed for the Department and its agen-
6 cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit-
7 able for release to the Administrator of General Services,
8 and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re-
9 pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related
10 costs, $271,336,000, to remain available until expended, of
11 which $175,694,000 shall be available for payments to the
12 General Services Administration for rent; of which
13 $13,473,000 is for payments to the Department of Home-
14 land Security for building security activities; and of which
15 $82,169,000 is for buildings operations and maintenance
16 expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may use unobligated
17 prior year balances of an agency or office that are no longer
18 available for new obligation to cover shortfalls incurred in
19 prior year rental payments for such agency or office: Pro-
20 vided further, That the Secretary is authorized to transfer
21 funds from a Departmental agency to this account to re-
22 cover the full cost of the space and security expenses of that
23 agency that are funded by this account when the actual
24 costs exceed the agency estimate which will be available for
25 the activities and payments described herein.

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1 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

3 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
4 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental
5 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
6 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery
7 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,992,000, to remain avail-
8 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and
9 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous
10 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency
11 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements
12 pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal
13 lands.
14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
16 eral, including employment pursuant to the Inspector Gen-
17 eral Act of 1978, $89,016,000, including such sums as may
18 be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with
19 public agencies and private persons pursuant to section
20 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and including
21 not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational
22 expenses, including the payment of informants, to be ex-
23 pended under the direction of the Inspector General pursu-
24 ant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law
25 97–98.

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1 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
3 Counsel, $45,074,000.
4 OFFICE OF ETHICS
5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics,
6 $3,405,000.
7 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
8 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
10 retary for Research, Education and Economics, $893,000.
11 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
12 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
13 ice, $77,397,000.
14 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
15 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
16 Statistics Service, $179,477,000, of which up to $62,500,000
17 shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri-
18 culture.
19 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research
22 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange,
23 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for
24 land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal
25 value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the

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1 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value
2 of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership,
3 $1,101,853,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
4 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air-
5 craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement
6 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall
7 be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction,
8 alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but
9 unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one
10 building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses
11 or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000,
12 and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved
13 at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of alter-
14 ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed
15 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building
16 or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That
17 the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall
18 not apply to modernization or replacement of existing fa-
19 cilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That ap-
20 propriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-
21 ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Pro-
22 vided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply
23 to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of
24 April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That
25 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting

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1 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location for
2 the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal enti-
3 ty for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Research
4 Service and a condition of the easements shall be that upon
5 completion the facility shall be accepted by the Secretary,
6 subject to the availability of funds herein, if the Secretary
7 finds that acceptance of the facility is in the interest of the
8 United States: Provided further, That section 732(b) of divi-
9 sion A of Public Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 587) is amended
10 by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The con-
11 veyance authority provided by this subsection expires Sep-
12 tember 30, 2013, and all conveyances under this subsection
13 must be completed by that date.’’: Provided further, That
14 funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
15 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
16 tablishing or operating any research facility or research
17 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized
18 by law.
19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
20 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

21 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
22 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and
23 for other expenses, $738,638,000, which shall be for the pur-
24 poses, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Na-
25 tional Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and

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1 Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this Act:
2 Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 institu-
3 tions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capacity
4 building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agri-
5 culture and food research initiative, Critical Agricultural
6 Materials Act, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multi-
7 cultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution chal-
8 lenge grants, and grants management systems shall remain
9 available until expended: Provided further, That each insti-
10 tution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen pro-
11 gram receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided further,
12 That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Na-
13 tive Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to in-
14 dividual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institu-
15 tions with funds awarded equally to each of the States of
16 Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds for edu-
17 cation grants for 1890 institutions shall be made available
18 to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221
19 and 3222.
20 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

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

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1 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

2 For payments to States, the District of Columbia,
3 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the
4 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $475,854,000,
5 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
6 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri-
7 culture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accompanying
8 this Act: Provided, That funds for facility improvements at
9 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended:
10 Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds
11 under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no
12 less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for coop-
13 erative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-
14 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of
15 Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retirement and
16 employees’ compensation costs for extension agents.
17 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

18 For the integrated research, education, and extension
19 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
20 penses, $21,482,000, which shall be for the purposes, and
21 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Insti-
22 tute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the
23 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for the
24 Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain avail-
25 able until September 30, 2014.

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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

2 REGULATORY PROGRAMS
4 retary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $893,000.
5 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE


8 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant
9 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for rep-
10 resentation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the
11 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085),
12 $821,851,000, of which $1,500,000, to remain available
13 until expended, shall be available for the control of out-
14 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for
15 control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to
16 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which
17 $15,970,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
18 used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes
19 or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which
21 for Animal Health Technical Services; of which $696,000
22 shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse Pro-
23 tection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which
25 used to support avian health; of which $4,335,000, to re-

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1 main available until expended, shall be for information
2 technology infrastructure; of which $153,950,000, to remain
3 available until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests;
4 of which, $9,068,000, to remain available until expended,
5 shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of
6 which $56,638,000, to remain available until expended,
7 shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $2,750,000, to
8 remain available until expended, shall be for the National
9 Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain
10 available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program
11 for indemnities; of which $1,500,000, to remain available
12 until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage manage-
13 ment program for aviation safety: Provided, That of
14 amounts available under this heading for wildlife services
15 methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available
16 until expended: Provided further, That of amounts available
17 under this heading for the screwworm program, $4,971,000
18 shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
19 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a
20 brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year
21 that does not require minimum matching by the States of
22 at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropria-
23 tion shall be available for the operation and maintenance
24 of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which
25 two shall be for replacement only: Provided further, That

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1 in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of
2 the agricultural production industry of this country, the
3 Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds
4 available to the agencies or corporations of the Department
5 such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only
6 in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con-
7 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry,
8 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections
9 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7
10 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the
11 Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any
12 unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emer-
13 gency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged
14 with such transferred amounts: Provided further, That ap-
15 propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law
16 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased
17 buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided
18 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
19 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value
20 of the building.
21 In fiscal year 2013, the agency is authorized to collect
22 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance,
23 goods, or services requested by States, other political sub-
24 divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign
25 governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are

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1 structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is
2 reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
3 ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall
4 be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until ex-
5 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such
6 assistance, goods, or services.
7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
9 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
10 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as
11 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
12 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail-
13 able until expended.
14 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
15 MARKETING SERVICES
16 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing
17 Service, $78,863,000: Provided, That this appropriation
18 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
19 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but
20 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
21 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value
22 of the building.
23 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
24 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
25 U.S.C. 9701).

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1 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

2 Not to exceed $62,592,000 (from fees collected) shall be
3 obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative
4 expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/
5 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed
6 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the
7 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
8 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

9 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)


11 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August
12 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity
13 program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
14 operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart-
15 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife
16 Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in
17 this Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 for formulation
18 and administration of marketing agreements and orders
19 pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
20 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
21 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

22 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus
23 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
24 keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
25 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,331,000.

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1 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
2 ADMINISTRATION

4 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Pack-
5 ers and Stockyards Administration, $40,261,000: Provided,
6 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law
7 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings
8 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
9 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
10 rent replacement value of the building.
11 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

12 EXPENSES

13 Not to exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be
14 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and
15 weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities
16 require additional supervision and oversight, or other un-
17 controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded
18 by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees
19 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY
22 retary for Food Safety, $811,000.
23 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
24 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized
25 by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products

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1 Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in-
2 cluding not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances
3 and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved
4 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,001,427,000; and in
5 addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from
6 fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as au-
7 thorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
8 tion and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That
9 funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication
10 Infrastructure system shall remain available until ex-
11 pended: Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time
12 equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year
13 2013 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and en-
14 forcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act:
15 Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspection
16 Service shall continue implementation of section 11016 of
17 Public Law 110–246: Provided further, That this appro-
18 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)
19 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve-
20 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during the
21 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
22 ment value of the building.

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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

2 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
4 retary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
5 $893,000.
6 FARM SERVICE AGENCY


9 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency,
10 $1,208,290,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized
11 to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the
12 funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make pro-
13 gram payments for all programs administered by the Agen-
14 cy: Provided further, That other funds made available to
15 the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and
16 merged with this account: Provided further, That funds
17 made available to county committees shall remain available
18 until expended.
19 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

20 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
21 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106),
22 $4,369,000.
23 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or
25 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of

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1 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2),
2 $5,500,000, to remain available until expended.
3 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity
6 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy
7 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as
8 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-
9 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary
10 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-
11 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
12 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
13 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–
14 12).
15 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT


18 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
19 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.)
20 and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency
21 loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition
22 loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989),
23 guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and
24 Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488) to
25 be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insur-

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1 ance Fund, as follows: $1,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm
2 ownership loans and $475,000,000 for farm ownership di-
3 rect loans; $1,500,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed op-
4 erating loans and $1,050,090,000 for direct operating loans;
5 emergency loans, $34,658,000; Indian tribe land acquisi-
6 tion loans, $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans,
7 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans,
8 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans,
9 $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the
10 pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll
11 weevil eradication program loans.
12 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants,
13 including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section
14 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows:
15 farm ownership, $20,140,000 for direct loans; farm oper-
16 ating loans, $58,490,000 for direct operating loans,
17 $17,850,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans,
18 emergency loans, $1,317,000, to remain available until ex-
19 pended; and Indian highly fractionated land loans,
20 $173,000.
21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
22 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
23 $312,897,000, of which $304,977,000 shall be transferred to
24 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service
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1 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural
2 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, op-
3 erating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans
4 may be transferred among these programs: Provided, That
5 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
6 gress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any trans-
7 fer.
8 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
9 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agen-
10 cy, $74,900,000: Provided, That the funds made available
11 under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
12 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be used for the Common Information
13 Management System: Provided further, That not to exceed
14 $1,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
15 tation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).
16 CORPORATIONS
17 The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
18 thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds
19 and borrowing authority available to each such corporation
20 or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts
21 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations
22 as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation
23 Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
24 grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for
25 such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

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1 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
2 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
3 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may
4 be necessary, to remain available until expended.
5 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
6 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES


8 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
9 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for
10 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed,
11 pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15
12 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to
13 the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the
14 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C.
15 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri-
16 cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to
17 and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa-
18 tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul-
19 tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor-
20 poration business.
21 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

22 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

23 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor-
24 poration shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site in-
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1 maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of
2 section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
3 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
4 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation
5 and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961).
6 TITLE II
7 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL
9 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
11 retary for Natural Resources and Environment, $893,000.
12 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
13 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

14 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions
15 of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including
16 preparation of conservation plans and establishment of
17 measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga-
18 tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil
19 and water management as may be necessary to prevent
20 floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul-
21 tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant
22 materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis-
23 semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and
24 interests therein for use in the plant materials program by
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1 exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
2 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement
3 of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and
4 maintenance of aircraft, $830,998,000, to remain available
5 until September 30, 2014: Provided, That appropriations
6 hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for
7 construction and improvement of buildings and public im-
8 provements at plant materials centers, except that the cost
9 of alterations and improvements to other buildings and
10 other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Pro-
11 vided further, That when buildings or other structures are
12 erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land
13 is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.
14 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

15 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed
16 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $14,700,000 is pro-
17 vided.
18 TITLE III
19 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL
21 DEVELOPMENT
23 retary for Rural Development, $893,000.

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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
4 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De-
5 velopment mission area, including activities with institu-
6 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
7 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;
8 $206,857,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
9 provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading
10 may be used for advertising and promotional activities that
11 support the Rural Development mission area: Provided fur-
12 ther, That any balances available from prior years for the
13 Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the
14 Rural Business—Cooperative Service salaries and expenses
15 accounts shall be transferred to and merged with this appro-
16 priation.
17 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
18 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT


21 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the
22 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural
23 housing insurance fund, as follows: $900,000,000 shall be
24 for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for unsub-
25 sidized guaranteed loans; $27,952,000 for section 504 hous-

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1 ing repair loans; $31,277,000 for section 515 rental hous-
2 ing; $150,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family
3 housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family
4 housing acquired property; and $5,000,000 for section 523
5 self-help housing land development loans.
6 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
7 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of
8 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section
9 502 loans, $53,730,000 shall be for direct loans; section 504
10 housing repair loans, $3,821,000; and repair, rehabilita-
11 tion, and new construction of section 515 rental housing,
12 $11,000,000: Provided, That to support the loan program
13 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under
14 this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees
15 to cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant
16 to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C.
17 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be sub-
18 sidized: Provided further, That applicants in communities
19 that have a current rural area waiver under section 541
20 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treat-
21 ed as living in a rural area for purposes of section 502
22 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Provided
23 further, That of the total amount appropriated in this para-
24 graph, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing
25 Insurance Fund Program Account funds allocated by the

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1 Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for
2 the fiscal year 2012, shall be available through June 30,
3 2013, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agri-
4 culture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: Pro-
5 vided further, That of the amounts available under this
6 paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less than
7 $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for individuals
8 whose homes will be built pursuant to a program funded
9 with a mutual and self help housing grant authorized by
10 section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2013.
11 In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and
12 contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486,
13 $16,526,000, to remain available until expended, for direct
14 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing
15 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail-
16 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans-
17 ferred to and merged with this account.
20 $410,627,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
21 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-
22 penses’’.
23 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

24 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
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1 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or
2 payments for eligible households as authorized by section
3 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $907,128,000;
4 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author-
5 ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred
6 prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance
7 program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That
8 of this amount not less than $3,000,000 is available for
9 newly constructed units financed under sections 514 and
10 516 of the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That
11 rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during
12 the current fiscal year shall be funded for a 1-year period:
13 Provided further, That any unexpended balances remaining
14 at the end of such 1-year agreements may be transferred
15 and used for the purposes of any debt reduction; mainte-
16 nance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects;
17 preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized
18 under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as-
19 sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to
20 fiscal year 2013 for a farm labor multi-family housing
21 project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may
22 not be recaptured for use in another project until such as-
23 sistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive
24 months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking
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1 tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided fur-
2 ther, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the
3 extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-
4 family housing project financed under section 514 or 516
5 of the Act.
6 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

7 ACCOUNT

8 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized
9 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwith-
10 standing subsection (b) of such section, and for additional
11 costs to conduct a demonstration program for the preserva-
12 tion and revitalization of multi-family rental housing prop-
13 erties described in this paragraph, $27,782,000, to remain
14 available until expended: Provided, That of the funds made
15 available under this heading, $10,000,000, shall be avail-
16 able for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household
17 (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing in
18 a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been
19 prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That
20 the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between
21 comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the
22 tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That funds
23 made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the
24 availability of annual appropriations: Provided further,
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1 ticable, administer such vouchers with current regulations
2 and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 hous-
3 ing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Depart-
4 ment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided fur-
5 ther, That if the Secretary determines that the amount
6 made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is not
7 needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for
8 the demonstration program for the preservation and revital-
9 ization of multi-family rental housing properties described
10 in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds made
11 available under this heading, $17,782,000 shall be available
12 for a demonstration program for the preservation and revi-
13 talization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family
14 rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA
15 multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro-
16 priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has
17 sufficient resources to preserve the project for the purpose
18 of providing safe and affordable housing for low-income
19 residents and farm laborers including reducing or elimi-
20 nating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, re-
21 ducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial as-
22 sistance including advances, payments and incentives (in-
23 cluding the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns
24 on investment) required by the Secretary: Provided further,
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1 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement
2 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided fur-
3 ther, That if the Secretary determines that additional funds
4 for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, funds
5 for the preservation and revitalization demonstration pro-
6 gram may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That
7 if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a
8 multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program
9 similar to the demonstration program described herein, the
10 Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstra-
11 tion program under this heading to carry out such legisla-
12 tion with the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
13 priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That
14 in addition to any other available funds, the Secretary may
15 expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program
16 funds made available under this heading, for administra-
17 tive expenses for activities funded under this heading.
18 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

19 For grants and contracts pursuant to section
20 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c),
21 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
22 That of the total amount appropriated under this heading,
23 the amount equal to the amount of Mutual and Self-Help
24 Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area
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1 able through June 30, 2013, for communities designated by
2 the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part-
3 nership Zones.
4 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

5 For grants for very low-income housing repair and
6 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing
7 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m,
8 $33,136,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
9 That of the total amount appropriated under this heading,
10 the amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing Assist-
11 ance Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic
12 Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall be
13 available through June 30, 2013, for communities des-
14 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic
15 Area Partnership Zones.
16 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 rect loans as authorized by section 306 and described in
20 section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
21 velopment Act, $2,200,000,000 for direct loans and
22 $57,481,000 for guaranteed loans.
23 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of
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1 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,880,000, to remain available
2 until expended.
3 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities
4 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in sec-
5 tion 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
6 opment Act, $28,428,000, to remain available until ex-
7 pended: Provided, That $6,121,000 of the amount appro-
8 priated under this heading shall be available for a Rural
9 Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That
10 such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and
11 ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and
12 community development organizations, low-income rural
13 communities, and Federally Recognized Native American
14 Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community
15 facilities, community and economic development projects in
16 rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be
17 made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public
18 intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro-
19 gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur-
20 ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide
21 matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds
22 for related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro-
23 vided: Provided further, That $5,938,000 of the amount ap-
24 propriated under this heading shall be to provide grants
25 for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemploy-

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1 ment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106–
2 387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity
3 building in the State rural development offices: Provided
4 further, That $3,369,000 of the amount appropriated under
5 this heading shall be available for community facilities
6 grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19)
7 of such Act: Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
8 propriated under this heading, the amount equal to the
9 amount of Rural Community Facilities Program Account
10 funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area
11 Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall be avail-
12 able through June 30, 2013, for communities designated by
13 the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part-
14 nership Zones: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and
15 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
16 are not applicable to the funds made available under this
17 heading.
18 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE
19 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT


21 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the
22 rural business development programs authorized by sections
23 306 and 310B and described in subsections (f) and (g) of
24 section 310B and section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated
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1 available until expended: Provided, That of the amount ap-
2 propriated under this heading, not to exceed $1,000,000
3 shall be made available for two grants to qualified national
4 organizations to provide technical assistance for rural
5 transportation in order to promote economic development
6 and $3,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional
7 Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Commu-
8 nity Advancement Program purpose as described in section
9 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
10 Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for ad-
11 ministrative expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of
12 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for
13 business grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native
14 American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a quali-
15 fied national organization to provide technical assistance
16 for rural transportation in order to promote economic de-
17 velopment: Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
18 propriated under this heading, the amount equal to the
19 amount of Rural Business Program Account funds allocated
20 by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership
21 Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall be available through
22 June 30, 2013, for communities designated by the Secretary
23 of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones
24 for the rural business and cooperative development pro-
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1 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That
2 sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and
3 Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made
4 available under this heading.
5 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT


7 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
8 by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
9 $18,889,000.
10 For the cost of direct loans, $6,052,000, as authorized
11 by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
12 of which $900,000 shall be available through June 30, 2013,
13 for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of
14 which $2,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2013,
15 for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in ac-
16 cordance with Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such
17 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
18 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
19 of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
20 priated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount
21 of Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account funds
22 allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Part-
23 nership Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall be available
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1 Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner-
2 ship Zones.
3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
4 the direct loan programs, $4,438,000 shall be transferred
5 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
6 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.
7 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
8 ACCOUNT
9 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

10 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
11 under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the
12 purpose of promoting rural economic development and job
13 creation projects, $33,077,000.
14 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of
15 credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
16 Electrification Act of 1936, $180,000,000 shall not be obli-
17 gated and $180,000,000 are rescinded.
18 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

19 For rural cooperative development grants authorized
20 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
21 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $27,706,000, of which
22 $2,250,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
23 propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro-
24 vided, That not to exceed $3,456,000 shall be for grants for
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1 groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged
2 groups and a majority of the boards of directors or gov-
3 erning boards of which are comprised of individuals who
4 are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which
6 for value-added agricultural product market development
7 grants, as authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural
8 Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).
9 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

10 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under
11 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section
12 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
13 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $3,400,000: Provided, That the cost
14 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such
15 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
16 Budget Act of 1974.
17 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
18 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT


20 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and
21 grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and
22 solid waste management programs authorized by sections
23 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in
24 sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the
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1 $524,466,000, to remain available until expended, of which
2 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural util-
3 ities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act,
4 and of which not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for
5 the rural utilities program described in section 306E of
6 such Act: Provided, That $66,500,000 of the amount appro-
7 priated under this heading shall be for loans and grants
8 including water and waste disposal systems grants author-
9 ized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm
10 and Rural Development Act, Federally recognized Native
11 American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the Depart-
12 ment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii):
13 Provided further, That funding provided for section 306D
14 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may
15 be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325
16 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That not more
17 than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D
18 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may
19 be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical
20 assistance programs and not more than 2 percent of the
21 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated
22 Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by a consor-
23 tium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–
24 83 for training and technical assistance programs: Pro-
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1 appropriated under this heading shall be for technical as-
2 sistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant
3 to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary
4 makes a determination of extreme need, of which $5,750,000
5 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified non-profit
6 multi-state regional technical assistance organization, with
7 experience in working with small communities on water
8 and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such
9 grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations
10 of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, de-
11 velopment, operation, and management of water and waste
12 water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall
13 be for a qualified national Native American organization
14 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for
15 tribal communities: Provided further, That not to exceed
16 $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
17 shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza-
18 tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
19 ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not
20 to exceed $3,400,000 shall be for solid waste management
21 grants: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
22 priated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount
23 of Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account funds
24 allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Part-
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1 through June 30, 2013, for communities designated by the
2 Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner-
3 ship Zones for the rural utilities programs described in sec-
4 tion 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
5 opment Act: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the
6 amount appropriated under this heading shall be trans-
7 ferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service,
8 High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants au-
9 thorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act
10 of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior
11 year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by sec-
12 tion 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
13 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural
14 Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account: Pro-
15 vided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Con-
16 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not appli-
17 cable to the funds made available under this heading.
19 rect loans as authorized by section 1006a of title 16 of the
20 United States Code, except for the limitations contained in
21 the last sentence of such section, for projects whose features
22 include agricultural water supply benefits, groundwater
23 protection, environmental enhancement and flood control,
24 $40,000,000: Provided, That such loans shall be made by
25 the Rural Utilities Service.

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1 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

2 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT


4 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans
5 as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec-
6 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be
7 made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans,
8 $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that
9 Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed under-
10 writing loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; cost
11 of money rural telecommunications loans, $690,000,000:
12 Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the
13 construction, acquisition, or improvement of fossil-fueled
14 electric generating plants (whether new or existing) that
15 utilize carbon sequestration systems.
18 $34,467,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with
19 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and
20 Expenses’’.
21 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

22 PROGRAM

23 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
24 cation loans, $42,239,000.

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1 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
2 ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et
3 seq., $24,950,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
4 vided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants
5 authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
6 Development Act: Provided further, That funding provided
7 under this heading for grants under 379G of the Consoli-
8 dated Farm and Rural Development Act may only be pro-
9 vided to entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria for
10 a consortium as established by this section: Provided fur-
11 ther, That $3,000,000 shall be made available to those non-
12 commercial educational television broadcast stations that
13 serve rural areas and are qualified for Community Service
14 Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under
15 section 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934, includ-
16 ing associated translators and repeaters, regardless of the
17 location of their main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter
18 links, and equipment to allow local control over digital con-
19 tent and programming through the use of high-definition
20 broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting technologies.
21 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by sec-
22 tion 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,000,000, to re-
23 main available until expended: Provided, That the cost of
24 direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
25 gressional Budget Act of 1974.

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1 In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until ex-
2 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
3 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and
4 Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C.
5 950aaa.
6 TITLE IV
7 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,
9 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES
11 retary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services,
12 $811,000.
13 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
14 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS


16 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B.
17 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.),
18 except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
19 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21;
20 $19,916,436,000, to remain available through September
21 30, 2014, of which such sums as are made available under
22 section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy
23 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this Act,
24 shall be merged with and available for the same time period
25 and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total

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1 amount available, $16,504,000 shall be available to carry
2 out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
3 1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount
4 available, $35,000,000 shall be available to provide competi-
5 tive grants to State agencies for subgrants to local edu-
6 cational agencies and schools to purchase the equipment
7 needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and
8 to help support the establishment, maintenance, or expan-
9 sion of the school breakfast program.
10 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

11 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
13 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of
14 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
15 $7,046,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
16 2014: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of
17 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)),
18 not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding
19 peer counselors and other related activities, $14,000,000
20 shall be used for infrastructure, and $35,000,000 shall be
21 used for management information systems: Provided fur-
22 ther, That funds made available for the purposes specified
23 in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall
24 only be made available upon a determination by the Sec-
25 retary that funds are available to meet caseload require-

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1 ments without the use of funds in the contingency reserve
2 that are without fiscal year limitation: Provided further,
3 That none of the funds provided in this account shall be
4 available for the purchase of infant formula except in ac-
5 cordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding
6 requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided
7 further, That none of the funds provided shall be available
8 for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal
9 Government departments or agencies unless authorized by
10 section 17 of such Act.
11 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nu-
13 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $77,290,160,000,
14 of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
15 tember 30, 2014, shall be placed in reserve for use only in
16 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary
17 to carry out program operations: Provided, That funds pro-
18 vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section
19 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further,
20 That of the funds made available under this heading,
21 $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition education serv-
22 ices to state agencies and Federally recognized tribes par-
23 ticipating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian
24 Reservations: Provided further, That this appropriation
25 shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re-

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1 quirements as may be required by law: Provided further,
2 That funds made available for Employment and Training
3 under this heading shall remain available until expended,
4 notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition
5 Act of 2008: Provided further, That funds made available
6 under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and
7 employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct
8 activities related to program integrity provided that such
9 activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of
10 2008.
11 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance
13 and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au-
14 thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer
15 Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency
16 Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nu-
17 clear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of
18 the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003
19 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition
20 Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri-
21 tion Act of 1966, $253,952,000, to remain available through
22 September 30, 2014: Provided, That none of these funds
23 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
24 poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided
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1 effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2013 to
2 support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program,
3 as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and
4 Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain
5 available through September 30, 2014: Provided further,
6 That of the funds made available under section 27(a) of
7 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)),
8 the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for costs associated
9 with the distribution of commodities.
10 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and
12 Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition
13 assistance program, $143,505,000: Provided, That of the
14 funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the pur-
15 poses of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as amended
16 by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246.
17 TITLE V
18 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
19 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE


22 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
23 Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for representation
24 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the
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1 $176,789,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad-
2 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expend-
3 itures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and pri-
4 vate organizations and institutions under agreements exe-
5 cuted pursuant to the agricultural food production assist-
6 ance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance
7 programs of the United States Agency for International De-
8 velopment: Provided further, That funds made available for
9 middle-income country training programs, funds made
10 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural
11 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to
12 $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-
13 tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in inter-
14 national currency exchange rates, subject to documentation
15 by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available
16 until expended.
17 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR

18 PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT


20 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit
21 program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–
22 480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,806,000,
23 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
24 for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’: Pro-
25 vided, That funds made available for the cost of agreements

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1 under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and
2 Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differen-
3 tial may be used interchangeably between the two accounts
4 with prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations of
5 both Houses of Congress.
6 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

7 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
8 wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
9 ing interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public
10 Law 83–480, as amended), for commodities supplied in
11 connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said
12 Act, $1,435,000,000, to remain available until expended.
13 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

14 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
16 section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
17 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $184,000,000, to remain
18 available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity
19 Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa-
20 cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing
21 such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro-
22 vided herein.

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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

2 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT


4 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
5 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,
6 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,806,000; to cover common over-
7 head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity
8 Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the
9 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,452,000
10 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
11 for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’,
12 and of which $354,000 shall be transferred to and merged
13 with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries
14 and Expenses’’.
15 TITLE VI
16 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG
17 ADMINISTRATION
18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
19 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION


21 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
22 tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
23 hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
24 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of
25 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in

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1 this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District
2 of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency
3 expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved
4 by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Sec-
5 retary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwith-
6 standing section 521 of Public Law 107–188;
7 $4,223,295,000: Provided, That of the amount provided
8 under this heading, $718,669,000 shall be derived from pre-
9 scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and
10 shall be credited to this account and remain available until
11 expended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21
12 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2014
13 but collected in fiscal year 2013; $97,722,000 shall be de-
14 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.
15 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain
16 available until expended; $299,000,000 shall be derived
17 from human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.
18 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and remain
19 available until expended; $20,242,000 shall be derived from
20 biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21
21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and
22 remain available until expended; $23,848,000 shall be de-
23 rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.
24 379j–12, and shall be credited to this account and remain
25 available until expended; $6,031,000 shall be derived from

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1 animal generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–
2 21, and shall be credited to this account and remain avail-
3 able until expended; $505,000,000 shall be derived from to-
4 bacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and
5 shall be credited to this account and remain available until
6 expended; $12,925,000 shall be derived from food and feed
7 recall fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, and shall be
8 credited to this account and remain available until ex-
9 pended; $15,367,000 shall be derived from food reinspection
10 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, and shall be credited
11 to this account and remain available until expended; and
12 amounts derived from voluntary qualified importer pro-
13 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, and shall be
14 credited to this account and remain available until ex-
15 pended: Provided further, That in addition and notwith-
16 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts
17 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device user
18 fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological
19 product user fees, animal drug user fees, and animal generic
20 drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal year 2013
21 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited to this
22 account and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
23 ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de-
24 vice, animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for
25 fiscal year 2013 received during fiscal year 2013, including

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1 any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2013 but credited
2 for fiscal year 2013, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2013
3 limitations: Provided further, That none of these funds shall
4 be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user
5 fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That
6 of the total amount appropriated: (1) $887,162,000 shall
7 be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
8 and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af-
9 fairs; (2) $1,261,369,000 shall be for the Center for Drug
10 Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the
11 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $329,708,000 shall be for
12 the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for
13 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs;
14 (4) $167,576,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Med-
15 icine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
16 latory Affairs; (5) $393,988,000 shall be for the Center for
17 Devices and Radiological Health and for related field ac-
18 tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $59,429,000
19 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research;
20 (7) $482,398,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod-
21 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
22 latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $168,971,000 shall be for
23 Rent and Related activities, of which $61,713,000 is for
24 White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to
25 the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not to ex-

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1 ceed $213,352,000 shall be for payments to the General
2 Services Administration for rent; and (10) $259,342,000
3 shall be for other activities, including the Office of the Com-
4 missioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods and Vet-
5 erinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco Prod-
6 ucts, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office
7 of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central
8 services for these offices: Provided further, That the Sec-
9 retary may, prior to the due date for such fees, accept pay-
10 ment of prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees,
11 human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological product
12 user fees, animal drug user fees and animal generic drug
13 user fees authorized for fiscal year 2014, and that amounts
14 of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2014 for which the Sec-
15 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2013 shall not be in-
16 cluded in amounts provided under this heading: Provided
17 further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall
18 be for official reception and representation expenses, not
19 otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner:
20 Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to
21 section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
22 (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made
23 available under this heading for other activities: Provided
24 further, That funds may be transferred from one specified

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1 activity to another with the prior approval of the Commit-
2 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
3 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42
4 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21
5 U.S.C. 381, and priority review user fees authorized by 21
6 U.S.C. 360n may be credited to this account, to remain
7 available until expended.
8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
10 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
11 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where
12 not otherwise provided, $5,320,000, to remain available
13 until expended.
14 INDEPENDENT AGENCY
15 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
16 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

17 Not to exceed $63,300,000 (from assessments collected
18 from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agri-
19 cultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during
20 the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as au-
21 thorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limita-
22 tion shall not apply to expenses associated with receiver-
23 ships.

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1 TITLE VII
2 GENERAL PROVISIONS
3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
5 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
6 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this
7 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those
8 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 204 passenger
9 motor vehicles of which 170 shall be for replacement only,
10 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith-
11 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger
12 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to
13 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational
14 costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public
15 safety.
16 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
17 Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated
18 balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act
19 or any other available unobligated discretionary balances
20 of the Department of Agriculture that are remaining avail-
21 able at the end of the fiscal year, to the Working Capital
22 Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment
23 necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and
24 information technology services of primary benefit to the
25 agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such transferred

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1 funds to remain available until expended: Provided, That
2 none of the funds made available by this Act or any other
3 Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund with-
4 out the prior approval of the agency administrator: Pro-
5 vided further, That none of the funds transferred to the
6 Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be
7 available for obligation without written notification to and
8 the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
9 both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the
10 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the
11 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for
12 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De-
13 partment’s National Finance Center without written notifi-
14 cation to and prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
15 priations of both Houses of Congress as required by section
16 726 of this Act: Provided further, That of annual income
17 amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department
18 of Agriculture allocated for the National Finance Center,
19 the Secretary may reserve not more than 4 percent for the
20 replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including
21 equipment for the improvement and implementation of a
22 financial management plan, information technology, and
23 other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any
24 unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen-
25 ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved

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1 shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub-
2 mits written notification of the obligation to the Committees
3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
4 Senate: Provided further, That the limitation on the obliga-
5 tion of funds pending notification to Congressional Com-
6 mittees shall not apply to any obligation that, as deter-
7 mined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a de-
8 clared state of emergency that significantly impacts the op-
9 erations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate em-
10 ployees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to
11 continue operations of the National Finance Center.
12 SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in
13 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
14 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
15 SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
16 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative
17 agreements or similar arrangements between the United
18 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
19 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the
20 agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange-
21 ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between
22 the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
23 ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such
24 institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a

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1 similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
2 provided in this Act.
3 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
4 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
5 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available
6 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current
7 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
8 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
9 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and
10 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.
11 SEC. 706. Funds made available by this Act under title
12 II of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may
13 only be used to provide assistance to recipient nations if
14 adequate monitoring and controls, as determined by the Ad-
15 ministrator of the U.S. Agency for International Develop-
16 ment, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is re-
17 ceived by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food
18 shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappro-
19 priate purposes.
20 SEC. 707. None of the funds made available to the De-
21 partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire
22 new information technology systems or significant up-
23 grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information
24 Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
25 cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-

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1 nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
2 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
3 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
4 transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer
5 without written notification to and the prior approval of
6 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
7 gress: Provided further, That none of the funds available
8 to the Department of Agriculture for information technology
9 shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt
10 of written approval by the Chief Information Officer.
11 SEC. 708. Funds made available under section 1240I
12 and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and
13 section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
14 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall remain available
15 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current
16 fiscal year.
17 SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
18 any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an
19 insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Elec-
20 trification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility that
21 is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such
22 Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section
23 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower
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1 SEC. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
2 for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricul-
3 tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of
4 1998, none of the funds in this or any other Act may be
5 used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support from non-
6 Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) of such Act in the
7 form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise charged
8 against the grant, consistent with the indirect rate of cost
9 approved for a recipient.
10 SEC. 711. Except as otherwise specifically provided by
11 law, unobligated balances from appropriations made avail-
12 able for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Serv-
13 ice Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall
14 remain available through September 30, 2014, for informa-
15 tion technology expenses.
16 SEC. 712. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize
17 a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed
18 the maximum amount of liquid infant formula specified in
19 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant formula to par-
20 ticipants.
21 SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
22 made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel
23 by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in con-
24 travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of
25 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.

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