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JANUARY 13, 2014

RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 113-32

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE

AMENDMENT TO THE TEXT OF H.R. 3547

[Showing the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014]

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appro-2

priations Act, 2014’’. 3

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 4

The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 5

Sec. 1. Short Title. Sec. 2. Table of Contents. Sec. 3. References. Sec. 4. Explanatory Statement. Sec. 5. Statement of Appropriations. Sec. 6. Availability of Funds. Sec. 7. Technical Allowance for Estimating Differences. Sec. 8. Launch Liability Extension.

DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-TIONS ACT, 2014

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 Agencies and Food and Drug Administration Title VII—General Provisions

DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

Title I—Department of Commerce Title II—Department of Justice Title III—Science Title IV—Related Agencies Title V—General Provisions

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2 DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT,

2014

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 Title X—Military Disability Retirement and Survivor Benefit Annuity Restora-

tion

DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

Title I—Corps of Engineers—Civil Title II—Department of the Interior Title III—Department of Energy Title IV—Independent Agencies Title V—General Provisions

DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

Title I—Department of the Treasury Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the

President Title III—The Judiciary Title IV—District of Columbia Title V—Independent Agencies Title VI—General Provisions—This Act Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia

DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

Title I—Departmental Management and Operations Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Title IV—Research, Development, Training, and Services Title V—General Provisions

DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

Title I—Department of the Interior Title II—Environmental Protection Agency Title III—Related Agencies



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3 Title IV—General Provisions

DIVISION H—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-PRIATIONS ACT, 2014

Title I—Department of Labor Title II—Department of Health and Human Services Title III—Department of Education Title IV—Related Agencies Title V—General Provisions

DIVISION I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

Title I—Legislative Branch Title II—General Provisions

DIVISION J—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

Title I—Department of Defense Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs Title III—Related Agencies Title IV—General Provisions

DIVISION K—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

Title I—Department of State and Related Agency Title II—United States Agency for International Development Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance Title IV—International Security assistance Title V—Multilateral Assistance Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance Title VII—General Provisions Title VIII—Overseas Contingency Operations

DIVISION L—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

Title I—Department of Transportation Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development Title III—Related Agencies Title IV—General Provisions—This Act

SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 1

Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 2

to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 3

be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-4

sion. 5



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4 SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 1

The explanatory statement regarding this Act, print-2

ed in the House of Representatives section of the Congres-3

sional Record on or about January 15, 2014 by the Chair-4

man of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, 5

shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation 6

of funds and implementation of divisions A through L of 7

this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 8

committee of conference. 9

SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 10

The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 11

of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 12

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. 13

SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 14

Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress 15

for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-16

rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 17

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall 18

be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the Presi-19

dent subsequently so designates all such amounts and 20

transmits such designations to the Congress. 21

SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ALLOWANCE FOR ESTIMATING DIF-22

FERENCES. 23

If, for fiscal year 2014, new budget authority pro-24

vided in appropriation Acts exceeds the discretionary 25

spending limit for any category set forth in section 251(c) 26



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of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 1

Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the Con-2

gressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre-3

tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 4

2014 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man-5

agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but not 6

to exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted discre-7

tionary spending limits for all categories for that fiscal 8

year. 9

SEC. 8. LAUNCH LIABILITY EXTENSION. 10

Section 50915(f) of title 51, United States Code, is 11

amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 12

‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 13



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DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-1

VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-2

ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 3

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014 4

TITLE I 5

AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 6

PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING 7

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 8

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 9

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 10

$43,778,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 11

available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 12

to exceed $498,000 shall be available for the Office of 13

Tribal Relations; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall be avail-14

able for the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency 15

Coordination; not to exceed $1,209,000 shall be available 16

for the Office of Advocacy and Outreach; not to exceed 17

$23,590,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-18

ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,786,000 19

shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro-20

vide for necessary expenses for management support serv-21

ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis-22

tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis-23

cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 24

for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 25



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the Department; not to exceed $3,869,000 shall be avail-1

able for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres-2

sional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this 3

Act, including programs involving intergovernmental af-4

fairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to 5

exceed $8,065,000 shall be available for the Office of Com-6

munications: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture 7

is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 8

of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the 9

Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appro-10

priation for any office shall be increased or decreased by 11

more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed 12

$11,000 of the amount made available under this para-13

graph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be 14

available for official reception and representation ex-15

penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 16

Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made avail-17

able under this heading for Departmental Administration 18

shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 19

Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 20

as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That 21

funds made available under this heading for the Office of 22

Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 23

transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 24

funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 25



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level: Provided further, That no funds made available 1

under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary 2

for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 3

days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the 4

Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations 5

of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these 6

funds by USDA agency. 7

EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 8

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 9

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 10

Economist, $16,777,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 11

grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 12

7 U.S.C. 3155 and shall be obligated within 90 days of 13

the enactment of this Act. 14

NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 15

For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-16

sion, $12,841,000. 17

OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 18

For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 19

Program Analysis, $9,064,000. 20

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 21

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-22

formation Officer, $44,031,000, of which not less than 23

$27,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the De-24

partment. 25



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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 1

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-2

nancial Officer, $6,213,000: Provided, That no funds 3

made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 4

FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary 5

has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 6

both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight 7

and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 8

a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in-9

cluding agency budgets for contracting out. 10

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 11

RIGHTS 12

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 13

Secretary for Civil Rights, $893,000. 14

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 15

For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 16

$21,400,000. 17

AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL 18

PAYMENTS 19


For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-21

ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 22

to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-23

trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-24

culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 25



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of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 1

alterations and other actions needed for the Department 2

and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-3

figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 4

General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-5

provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-6

ties, and for related costs, $233,000,000, to remain avail-7

able until expended, of which $164,470,000 shall be avail-8

able for payments to the General Services Administration 9

for rent; of which $13,800,000 is for payments to the De-10

partment of Homeland Security for building security ac-11

tivities; and of which $54,730,000 is for buildings oper-12

ations and maintenance expenses: Provided, That the Sec-13

retary may use unobligated prior year balances of an agen-14

cy or office that are no longer available for new obligation 15

to cover shortfalls incurred in prior year rental payments 16

for such agency or office: Provided further, That the Sec-17

retary is authorized to transfer funds from a Depart-18

mental agency to this account to recover the full cost of 19

the space and security expenses of that agency that are 20

funded by this account when the actual costs exceed the 21

agency estimate which will be available for the activities 22

and payments described herein. 23



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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 1


For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-3

culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 4

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 5

9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 6

Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,592,000, to remain avail-7

able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 8

funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 9

Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 10

of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 11

pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 12

lands. 13

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 14

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 15

General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 16

General Act of 1978, $89,902,000, including such sums 17

as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-18

ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 19

to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 20

and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden-21

tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform-22

ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 23

General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 24

of Public Law 97–98. 25



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OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 1

For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 2

Counsel, $41,202,000. 3

OFFICE OF ETHICS 4

For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 5

$3,440,000. 6

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 7

EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 8

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 9

Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 10

$893,000. 11

ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 12

For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 13

Service, $78,058,000. 14

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 15

For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 16

Statistics Service, $161,206,000, of which up to 17

$44,545,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-18

sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 19

for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur-20

rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 21

2204g(d) and (f). 22



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AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 1

SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2

For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 3

Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 4

or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 5

for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 6

equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 7

to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 8

total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-9

eral ownership, $1,122,482,000: Provided, That appro-10

priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 11

and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 12

exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 13

appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 14

U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 15

of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-16

vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 17

exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 18

which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 19

10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 20

to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 21

building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 22

of the current replacement value of the building or 23

$375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 24

limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 25



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apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 1

at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-2

tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 3

at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 4

further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 5

replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 6

April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 7

appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 8

easements at any Agricultural Research Service location 9

for the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 10

entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re-11

search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 12

that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 13

Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 14

Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 15

interest of the United States: Provided further, That sec-16

tion 732(b) of division A of Public Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 17

587) is amended by adding at the end the following new 18

sentence: ‘‘The conveyance authority provided by this sub-19

section expires September 30, 2015, and all conveyances 20

under this subsection must be completed by that date.’’: 21

Provided further, That funds may be received from any 22

State, other political subdivision, organization, or indi-23

vidual for the purpose of establishing or operating any re-24



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search facility or research project of the Agricultural Re-1

search Service, as authorized by law. 2

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 3

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 4

For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 5

cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 6

for other expenses, $772,559,000, which shall be for the 7

purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 8

‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 9

and Education Activities’’ in the explanatory statement 10

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 11

A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for re-12

search grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 13

1890 institutions, capacity building for non-land-grant 14

colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research 15

initiative, Critical Agricultural Materials Act, veterinary 16

medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate 17

fellowship and institution challenge grants, and grants 18

management systems shall remain available until ex-19

pended: Provided further, That each institution eligible to 20

receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no 21

less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for 22

education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian- 23

serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 24

institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 25



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awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha-1

waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 2

1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 3

eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222. 4

NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 5

For the Native American Institutions Endowment 6

Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 7

note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 8

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 9

For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 10

Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 11

Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $469,191,000, 12

which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-13

fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 14

Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory 15

statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 16

division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds 17

for facility improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain 18

available until expended: Provided further, That institu-19

tions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for co-20

operative extension receive no less than $1,000,000: Pro-21

vided further, That funds for cooperative extension under 22

sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 23

343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 24



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shall be available for retirement and employees’ compensa-1

tion costs for extension agents. 2

INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 3

For the integrated research, education, and extension 4

grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-5

penses, $35,317,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 6

in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In-7

stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 8

the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 9

matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-10

vided, That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense 11

Initiative shall remain available until September 30, 2015. 12

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 13

AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 14


Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 16

$893,000. 17

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 18



For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 21

Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 22

representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 23

the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 24

$821,721,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 25



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until expended, shall be available for the control of out-1

breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 2

control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to 3

the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 4

which $12,720,000, to remain available until expended, 5

shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share 6

purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 7

zones; of which $35,339,000, to remain available until ex-8

pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 9

which $697,000 shall be for activities under the authority 10

of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 11

U.S.C. 1831); of which $52,340,000, to remain available 12

until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of 13


shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 15


shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $8,826,000, to 17

remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 18

rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $54,000,000, to re-19

main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 20

pests; of which $3,722,000, to remain available until ex-21

pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 22

which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex-23

pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 24

of which $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, 25



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shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 1

aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 2

this heading for wildlife services methods development, 3

$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-4

vided further, That of amounts available under this head-5

ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 6

available until expended: Provided further, That no funds 7

shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 8

eradication program for the current fiscal year that does 9

not require minimum matching by the States of at least 10

40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 11

be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 12

and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall 13

be for replacement only: Provided further, That in addi-14

tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 15

agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec-16

retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 17

available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart-18

ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail-19

able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi-20

cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani-21

mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 22

with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro-23

tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 24

and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 25



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7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 1

for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 2

shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 3

further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 4

pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter-5

ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 6

otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 7

during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 8

current replacement value of the building. 9

In fiscal year 2014, the agency is authorized to collect 10

fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-11

ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 12

subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 13

foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 14

fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 15

fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 16

or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 17

fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-18

able until expended, without further appropriation, for 19

providing such assistance, goods, or services. 20

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 21

For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-22

nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-23

teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 24

authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 25



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authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail-1

able until expended. 2

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 3

MARKETING SERVICES 4

For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 5

Service, $79,914,000: Provided, That this appropriation 6

shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 7

alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 8

the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 9

shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 10

value of the building. 11

Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 12

activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 13

U.S.C. 9701). 14

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 15

Not to exceed $60,435,000 (from fees collected) shall 16

be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-17

tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 18

and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 19

exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 20

to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 21

Congress. 22



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FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 1

SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 2


Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-4

gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-5

modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 6

related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 7

Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 8

Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise 9

provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 10

for formulation and administration of marketing agree-11

ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 12

Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 13

PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 14

For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 15

and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 16

marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-17

tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 18

$1,363,000. 19

GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS 20

ADMINISTRATION 21


For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 23

Packers and Stockyards Administration, $40,261,000: 24

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ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 1

of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 2

any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 3

10 percent of the current replacement value of the build-4

ing. 5

LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 6

EXPENSES 7

Not to exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 8

be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 9

and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-10

tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 11

other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 12

exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-13

mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 14

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 15


Secretary for Food Safety, $811,000. 17

FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 18

For necessary expenses to carry out services author-19

ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 20

Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 21

Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for representation 22

allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 23

Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 24

$1,010,689,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-25



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ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-1

oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 2

Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 3

(7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 4

Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 5

shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 6

That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 7

be employed during fiscal year 2014 for purposes dedi-8

cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 9

Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That 10

the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue im-11

plementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246: 12

Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 13

pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and 14

repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al-15

tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 16

exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 17

building. 18

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND 19

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 20


Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 22

$893,000. 23



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FARM SERVICE AGENCY 1



For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 4

$1,177,926,000: Provided, That the Secretary is author-5

ized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not 6

the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 7

program payments for all programs administered by the 8

Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available 9

to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced 10

to and merged with this account: Provided further, That 11

funds made available to county committees shall remain 12

available until expended. 13

STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 14

For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-15

tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 16

5106), $3,782,000. 17

GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 18

For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 19

groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 20

the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 21

$5,526,000, to remain available until expended. 22



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DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 1

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2

For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 3

payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 4

products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 5

may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-6

vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 7

in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-8

scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 9

Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-10

tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 11

12). 12

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 13

ACCOUNT 14


For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-16

rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 17

seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer-18

gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac-19

quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 20

U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 21

1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 22

(25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricul-23

tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,000,000,000 24

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for farm ownership direct loans; $1,500,000,000 for un-1

subsidized guaranteed operating loans and 2

$1,195,620,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 3

loans, $34,658,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 4

$2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 5

$150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 6

$10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 7

loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 8

deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 9

of boll weevil eradication program loans. 10

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 11

grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 12

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 13

as follows: farm ownership, $4,428,000 for direct loans; 14

farm operating loans, $65,520,000 for direct operating 15

loans, $18,300,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating 16

loans, emergency loans, $1,698,000, to remain available 17

until expended; and Indian highly fractionated land loans, 18

$68,000. 19

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 20

carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 21

$314,719,000, of which $306,998,000 shall be transferred 22

to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 23

Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 24



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Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 1

Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 2

operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 3

loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro-4

vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 5

Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad-6

vance of any transfer. 7

RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 8

For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 9

Agency, $71,496,000: Provided, That not to exceed 10

$1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-11

resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 12

CORPORATIONS 13

The following corporations and agencies are hereby 14

authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 15

funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-16

poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 17

contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 18

limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 19

Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 20

out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 21

fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-22

inafter provided. 23



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FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 1

For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 2

Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 3

as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 4

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 5

REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 6


For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-8

essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 9

net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim-10

bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 11

1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 12

available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec-13

tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 14

(15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 15

Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 16

transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-17

ice for information resource management activities of the 18

Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com-19

modity Credit Corporation business. 20

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 21

(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 22

For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 23

Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for 24

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and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 1

of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 2

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 3

9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 4

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TITLE II 1

CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 2

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 3

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 4


Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 6

$893,000. 7

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 8

CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 9

For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-10

sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 11

including preparation of conservation plans and establish-12

ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 13

farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-14

ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 15

to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-16

trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-17

tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 18

soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 19

water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 20

program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 21

cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 22

3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter-23

ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-24

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$812,939,000, to remain available until September 30, 1

2015: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 2

available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and 3

improvement of buildings and public improvements at 4

plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 5

and improvements to other buildings and other public im-6

provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 7

That when buildings or other structures are erected on 8

non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob-9

tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 10

WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 11

Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 12

Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $12,000,000 is pro-13

vided. 14



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TITLE III 1

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 2

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 3

DEVELOPMENT 4


Secretary for Rural Development, $893,000. 6

RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7


For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-9

tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De-10

velopment mission area, including activities with institu-11

tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-12

tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 13

$203,424,000: Provided, That no less than $20,000,000 14

shall be for the Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: 15

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-16

sion of law, funds appropriated under this heading may 17

be used for advertising and promotional activities that 18

support the Rural Development mission area: Provided 19

further, That any balances available from prior years for 20

the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and 21

the Rural Business—Cooperative Service salaries and ex-22

penses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with 23

this appropriation. 24



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RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 1

RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 2



rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 5

Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 6

rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $900,000,000 7

shall be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for 8

unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $26,280,000 for section 9

504 housing repair loans; $28,432,000 for section 515 10

rental housing; $150,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 11

multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales 12

of single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for 13

section 523 self-help housing land development loans; and 14

$5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 15

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 16

the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 17

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 18

502 loans, $24,480,000 shall be for direct loans; section 19

504 housing repair loans, $2,176,000; and repair, rehabili-20

tation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 21

$6,656,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 22

level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 23

under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 24

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tees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 1

of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such 2

loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That appli-3

cants in communities that have a current rural area waiv-4

er under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 5

U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area 6

for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided 7

under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 8

available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 9

loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct 10

loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 11

to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing 12

grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 13

1949 until June 1, 2014. 14

In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 15

contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, 16

$13,992,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 17

farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 18

grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail-19

able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans-20

ferred to and merged with this account. 21



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appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-1

penses’’. 2

RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 3

For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-4

newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 5

or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 6

payments for eligible households as authorized by section 7

502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, 8

$1,110,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be 9

necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to 10

liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 11

out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) 12

of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 13

entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year 14

shall be funded for a 1-year period: Provided further, That 15

any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 1- 16

year agreements may be transferred and used for the pur-17

poses of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or reha-18

bilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental 19

assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: 20

Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 21

agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2014 for a 22

farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 23

section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for 24

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unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such 1

project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assist-2

ance or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants 3

who are not receiving such assistance: Provided further, 4

That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 5

practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family 6

housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the 7

Act. 8

MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 9

ACCOUNT 10

For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 11

under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not-12

withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi-13

tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 14

preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous-15

ing properties described in this paragraph, $32,575,000, 16

to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 17

funds made available under this heading, $12,575,000, 18

shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low- 19

income household (including those not receiving rental as-20

sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 21

515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 22

2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 23

shall be the difference between comparable market rent 24

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unit: Provided further, That funds made available for such 1

vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap-2

propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 3

to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 4

vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid-5

ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 6

by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 7

Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de-8

termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 9

this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec-10

retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 11

for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 12

rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro-13

vided further, That of the funds made available under this 14

heading, $20,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra-15

tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 16

sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 17

properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 18

housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex-19

pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi-20

cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 21

providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi-22

dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 23

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including advances, payments and incentives (including 1

the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in-2

vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 3

That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 4

revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 5

consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 6

further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 7

funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 8

funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra-9

tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur-10

ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 11

authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 12

program similar to the demonstration program described 13

herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 14

the demonstration program under this heading to carry 15

out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit-16

tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-17

vided further, That in addition to any other available 18

funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 19

$1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 20

under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi-21

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MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 1

For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2

523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 3

1490c), $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 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

$32,239,000, to remain available until expended. 9

RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 10



rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 13

and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 14

Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for di-15

rect loans and $59,543,000 for guaranteed loans. 16

For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 17

of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con-18

gressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,775,000, to remain 19

available until expended. 20

For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 21

programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 22

section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 23

Development Act, $28,745,000, to remain available until 24

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propriated under this heading shall be available for a 1

Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur-2

ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 3

capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 4

housing and community development organizations, low- 5

income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na-6

tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 7

housing, community facilities, community and economic 8

development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 9

That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri-10

vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro-11

posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 12

assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-13

nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 14

including Federal funds for related activities, in an 15

amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 16

That $5,778,000 of the amount appropriated under this 17

heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 18

communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco-19

nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per-20

cent for administration and capacity building in the State 21

rural development offices: Provided further, That 22

$4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-23

ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 24

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Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 1

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 2

not applicable to the funds made available under this 3

heading. 4

RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 5

RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 6


For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 8

rural business development programs authorized by sec-9

tions 306 and 310B and described in subsections (f) and 10

(g) of section 310B and section 381E(d)(3) of the Consoli-11

dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $96,539,000, to 12

remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 13

amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 14

$500,000 shall be made available for one grant to a quali-15

fied national organization to provide technical assistance 16

for rural transportation in order to promote economic de-17

velopment and $3,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta 18

Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any 19

Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as de-20

scribed in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and 21

Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent 22

may be used for administrative expenses: Provided further, 23

That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 24

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Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 1

for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide 2

technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 3

promote economic development: Provided further, That 4

sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 5

Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made 6

available under this heading. 7

RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 8


For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-10

ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 11

9812(a)), $18,889,000. 12

For the cost of direct loans, $4,082,000, as author-13

ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 14

9812(a)), of which $531,000 shall be available through 15

June 30, 2014, for Federally Recognized Native American 16

Tribes; and of which $1,021,000 shall be available through 17

June 30, 2014, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 18

determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro-19

vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 20

such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-21

gressional Budget Act of 1974. 22

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 23

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to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-1

ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 2

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 3

ACCOUNT 4

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 5

For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-6

ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 7

for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 8

and job creation projects, $33,077,000. 9

Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 10

credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 11

Electrification Act of 1936, $172,000,000 shall not be ob-12

ligated and $172,000,000 are rescinded. 13

RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 14

For rural cooperative development grants authorized 15

under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 16

Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $26,050,000, of 17

which $2,250,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 18

the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-19

gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 20

for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 21

cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 22

disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di-23

rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in-24

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groups; and of which $15,000,000, to remain available 1

until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod-2

uct market development grants, as authorized by section 3

231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 4

U.S.C. 1632a). 5

RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 6

For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under 7

the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 8

9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 9

2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $3,500,000: Provided, That the 10

cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 11

such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-12

gressional Budget Act of 1974. 13

RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 14

RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 15


For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 17

grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, 18

and solid waste management programs authorized by sec-19

tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de-20

scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 21

381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-22

ment Act, $462,371,000, to remain available until ex-23

pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail-24

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306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 1

$993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 2

described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That 3


ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 5

waste disposal systems grants authorized by 6

306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 7

Rural Development Act, Federally recognized Native 8

American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the De-9

partment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Ha-10

waii): Provided further, That funding provided for section 11

306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 12

Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to 13

section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That 14

not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for sec-15

tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-16

ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 17

and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 18

percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the 19

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 20

used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 21

Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance 22

programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 23


ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 25



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and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 1

Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex-2

treme need, of which $6,000,000 shall be made available 3

for a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional 4

technical assistance organization, with experience in work-5

ing with small communities on water and waste water 6

problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to 7

assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 8

in improving the planning, financing, development, oper-9

ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 10

and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali-11

fied national Native American organization to provide 12

technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com-13

munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 14


ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi-16

zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as-17

sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 18

not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste manage-19

ment grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 20

amount appropriated under this heading shall be trans-21

ferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, 22

High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants au-23

thorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act 24

of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior 25



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year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by 1

section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 2

U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the 3

Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Ac-4

count: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 5

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 6

not applicable to the funds made available under this 7

heading. 8


rect loans as authorized by section 1006a of title 16 of 10

the United States Code, except for the limitations con-11

tained in the last sentence of such section as well as limita-12

tions in section 1002 of title 16, as determined by the Sec-13

retary, for projects whose features include agricultural 14

water supply benefits, groundwater protection, and envi-15

ronmental enhancement, $40,000,000: Provided, That 16

such loans shall be made by the Rural Utilities Service: 17

Provided further, That the Secretary may treat these 18

projects as works of improvement pursuant to Public Law 19

83–566: Provided further, That the Secretary may adopt 20

a watershed plan developed by the Army Corps of Engi-21

neers with respect to such projects. 22



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RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1

LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 2


The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 4

as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec-5

trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 6

made as follows: loans made pursuant to section 306 of 7

that Act, rural electric, $5,000,000,000; guaranteed un-8

derwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 9

5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money 10

rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursu-11

ant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 12

loans, $690,000,000: Provided, That up to 13

$2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi-14

tion, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 15

plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon se-16

questration systems. 17



$34,478,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 20

with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 21

and Expenses’’. 22



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DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 1

PROGRAM 2

For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-3

cation loans, $34,483,000. 4

For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 5

services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 6

et seq., $24,323,000, to remain available until expended: 7

Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for 8

grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 9

Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 10

provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the 11

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 12

be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri-13

teria for a consortium as established by this section: Pro-14

vided further, That $2,000,000 shall be made available to 15

those noncommercial educational television broadcast sta-16

tions that serve rural areas and are qualified for Commu-17

nity Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broad-18

casting under section 396(k) of the Communications Act 19

of 1934, including associated translators and repeaters, 20

regardless of the location of their main transmitter, stu-21

dio-to-transmitter links, and equipment to allow local con-22

trol over digital content and programming through the use 23

of high-definition broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting 24

technologies. 25



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For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 1

section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,500,000, 2

to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 3

cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 4

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 5

In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until 6

expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 7

transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 8

and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 9

U.S.C. 950aaa. 10



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TITLE IV 1

DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 2

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 3

NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES 4


Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 6

$811,000. 7

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 8

CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 9


For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 11

Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 12

seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 13

1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 14

21; $19,287,957,000, to remain available through Sep-15

tember 30, 2015, of which such sums as are made avail-16

able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 17

and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 18

amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available 19

for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 20

Provided, That of the total amount available, $17,004,000 21

shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu-22

trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 23

further, That of the total amount available, $25,000,000 24

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agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 1

schools to purchase the equipment needed to serve 2

healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support 3

the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 4

breakfast program. 5

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 6

WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 7

For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-8

plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 9

of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 10

$6,715,841,000, to remain available through September 11

30, 2015, of which such sums as are necessary to restore 12

the contingency reserve to $125,000,000 shall be placed 13

in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allo-14

cated as the Secretary deemed necessary, notwithstanding 15

section 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should 16

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