DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Funds

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, [$4,550,000] $5,051,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, [$848,000] $893,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, [$764,000] $804,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of Tribal Relations, [$448,000] $498,000, to support communication and consultation activities with Federally Recognized Tribes, as well as other requirements established by law.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch, [$3,576,000] $3,869,000: Provided, That these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level[: Provided further, That no funds made available by this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be available to the Department for support of activities of congressional relations].

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, [$848,000] $893,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, [$848,000] $893,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, [$770,000] $811,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, [$848,000] $893,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, [$848,000] $893,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development, [$848,000] $893,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, [$770,000] $811,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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The Office of the Secretary is responsible for the overall planning, coordination and administration of the Department's programs. This includes the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, Assistant Secretaries, and their immediate staffs, who provide top policy guidance for the Department; maintain relationships with agricultural organizations and others in the development of farm programs; and provide liaison with the Executive Office of the President and Members of Congress on all matters pertaining to agricultural policy.

Funds are proposed for the Office of the Secretary's account for (1) negotiating and monitoring trade agreements; and (2) for technical trade support in the areas of biotechnology, sanitary and phyto-sanitary issues. The 2013 Budget requests $17 million, a slight increase above the 2012 enacted level.

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The Secretary is authorized to accept and administer gifts and bequests of real and personal property to facilitate the work of the Department. Property and the proceeds thereof are used in accordance with the terms of the gift or bequest (7 U.S.C. 2269).

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The Common Computing Environment provides the shared information technology platform for the three Service Center Agencies (the Farm Service Agency, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Rural Development agencies).

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This fund finances, by advances or reimbursements, certain central services in the Department of Agriculture, including duplicating and other visual information services; broadcast media services; supply services; centralized financial management systems; centralized automated data processing systems for payroll, personnel, and related services; voucher payments services; telecommunications services; and information technology systems.

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For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, [$11,177,000] $12,008,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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The Office of the Chief Economist advises the Secretary of Agriculture on the economic implications of Department policies, programs and proposed legislation. The Office serves as a focal point for USDA's economic intelligence and analysis; projections related to agricultural commodity markets; risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis related to domestic and international food and agriculture; policy direction for renewable energy development; coordination, analysis and advice on climate change and environmental market activities; and is responsible for coordination and review of all commodity and aggregate agricultural and food-related data used to develop outlook and situation material within the Department. The 2013 Budget requests $12 million, a slight increase above the 2012 enacted level.

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For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, [$12,841,000] $14,225,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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The National Appeals Division (NAD) is responsible for listening to farmers and other rural program participants concerning their disputes with certain agencies within the Department of Agriculture through fair and impartial administrative hearings and appeals. The 2013 Budget requests $14 million, a $1.4 million increase above the 2012 enacted level. This increase is needed to ensure that NAD can carry out its full range of responsibilities and to meet statutory deadlines, workload requirements, and demands for deciding complex cases on a timely basis throughout the United States.

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For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, [$21,000,000] $22,692,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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The Office of Civil Rights provides overall leadership responsibility for all Department-wide civil rights activities, including employment opportunity and program non-discrimination policy development, analysis, coordination, and compliance. The Office is responsible for providing leadership in the implementation of best practices that will create an environment where a diverse workforce is valued as a source of strength. The Office has the responsibility for monitoring program activities to ensure that all USDA programs are delivered in a non-discriminatory manner. The 2013 Budget requests $23 million, an increase of $1.7 million above the 2012 enacted level. The increase will be used to support the EEO services contract for conflict cases; support the administrative personnel contract; increase USDA-wide civil rights training; increase EEO and compliance reviews; and increase field program complaint investigations.

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This funding is requested to settle claims of discrimination filed between July 1, 1997 and October 31, 2009 arising out of the delivery of USDA credit programs. The Department has determined that many claims were inadequately resolved during the applicable two-year statute of limitations under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. As a result, USDA is requesting the funding above and will also request necessary legislative authority to extend the statute of limitations for these claims so they can be properly resolved.

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For Departmental Administration, [$24,165,000] $29,647,000, to provide for necessary expenses for management support services to offices of the Department and for general administration, security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information Officer, $44,031,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, [$5,650,000] $6,247,000: Provided, That no funds made available by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A-76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the Department's contracting out policies, including agency budgets for contracting out.

For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, [$8,946,000] $9,049,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination, [$1,321,000] $1,496,000.

For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach, [$1,209,000] $1,422,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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Departmental Management comprises the following offices:

Departmental Administration includes offices that provide staff support to policy officials and overall direction and coordination of the Department. These activities include Department-wide programs for human resources management, ethics, occupational safety and health management, real and personal property management, acquisitions and contracting, motor vehicle and aircraft management, supply management, participation of small and disadvantaged businesses, service-disabled veterans programs, and the regulatory hearing and administrative proceedings conducted by the Administrative Law Judges, and Judicial Officer. The 2013 Budget requests $30 million, an increase of $5.5 million above the 2012 enacted level.

The Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 required the establishment of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) for all major Federal agencies. The Act requires USDA to maximize the value of information technology acquisitions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of USDA programs. To meet the intent of the law and to provide a Departmental focus for information resources management issues, Secretary's Memorandum 1030–30, dated August 8, 1996, established the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). The CIO serves as the primary advisor to the Secretary on Information Technology (IT) issues. OCIO provides leadership for the Department's information and IT management activities in support of USDA program delivery. The 2013 Budget requests $44 million for OCIO, the same amount that was provided in the 2012 enacted level.

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) was established in 1995 under authority provided in Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1953 (7 U.S.C. 2201) to comply with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990. The OCFO focuses on the Department's financial and performance management activities to improve program delivery and assure maximum contribution to the Secretary's Strategic Goals. The 2013 Budget requests $6 million, a slight increase above the 2012 enacted level.

The Office of Budget and Program Analysis (OBPA) coordinates the preparation of Departmental budget estimates, regulations, and legislative reports; administers systems for the allotment and apportionment of funds; provides analysis of USDA program issues, draft regulations, and budget proposals; participates in strategic planning; and provides assistance to USDA policy makers in the development and execution of desired policies and programs. The 2013 Budget requests $9 million, a slight increase above the 2012 enacted level.

The Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination formulates emergency preparedness policies and objectives for USDA. The Staff directs and coordinates all of the Department's program activities that support USDA emergency programs and liaison functions with the Congress, the Department of Homeland Security, and other Federal Departments and agencies involving homeland security, natural disasters, other emergencies, and agriculture-related international civil emergency planning and intelligence activities. The 2013 Budget requests $1.5 million, a slight increase above the 2012 enacted level.

The Office of Advocacy and Outreach (OAO) improves access to USDA programs and enhances the viability and profitability of small farms and ranches, beginning farmers and ranchers, and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers ensuring that the Department and its programs are open and transparent . The Department is committed to ensuring that all USDA constituents, including historically underserved groups, have the opportunity to participate in and benefit from the programs offered by the Department. The 2013 Budget requests $1.4 million, a slight increase above the 2012 enacted level.

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USDA's BioPreferred Program is charged with administering the voluntary USDA Certified Biobased Product label, which was mandated by both the 2002 and 2008 Farm Bills. In 2011, USDA authorized the use of a label for biobased products that producers can use in advertising their products. To ensure the integrity of the label, the Budget requests authority for USDA to: (1) impose civil penalties on companies who misuse the label; and (2) assess each producer who applies to use the label a fee to fund a program audit. This fee, which will begin to be collected once authorizing legislation is enacted, has been given broad support by potential users who commented on the labels proposed rule, which was issued in May 2010.

For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), [$3,592,000] $3,992,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Department has the responsibility to meet the same standards for environmental cleanup and regulatory compliance regarding hazardous wastes and hazardous substances as private businesses. With substantial commitments under these Acts, the Hazardous Materials Management account was established as a central fund so that the Department's agencies may be reimbursed for their cleanup efforts. The Department determines what projects to fund by using objective criteria that identify what sites pose the greatest threats to public health and the environment. The 2013 Budget requests $3.9 million, a slight increase above the 2012 enacted level.

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For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, [$230,416,000] $244,057,000, to remain available until expended, of which [$164,470,000] $189,167,000 shall be available for payments to the General Services Administration for rent [; of which $13,800,000] and for payments to the Department of Homeland Security for building security activities; and of which [$52,146,000] $54,890,000 is for buildings operations and maintenance expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may use unobligated prior year balances of an agency or office that are no longer available for new obligation to cover shortfalls incurred in prior year rental payments for such agency or office: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds from a Departmental agency to this account to recover the full cost of the space and security expenses of that agency that are funded by this account when the actual costs exceed the agency estimate which will be available for the activities and payments described herein. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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This account finances the General Services Administration's fees for rental of space and the Department of Homeland Security's security-related fees. The appropriation covers all fees for all regular appropriated accounts within the Department of Agriculture with the exception of the Forest Service. This account also finances the day to day operations, repair, improvement and maintenance activities of two buildings in the Headquarters complex and the George Washington Carver Center in Beltsville, Md.

Deficiency in Rental Payments

The 2013 Budget requests $244 million, an increase of $13.6 million above the 2012 enacted level. The increase includes $11 million for rental payments to GSA, a decrease of $0.327 million for payments to the Department of Homeland Security, and an increase of $2.7 million to cover operation, maintenance, major and minor repairs in the 2 building D.C. headquarters complex and the George Washington Carver Center in Beltsville, MD. This account has a deficiency due to prior year shortfalls in rental payments incurred between 2004 and 2008. USDA successfully reduced the deficiency from $24 million to $6 million in 2011 and anticipates paying off the remainder of the deficiency in 2012.

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For necessary expenses of the Office of Communications, [$8,065,000] $9,006,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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The mission of the Office of Communications (OC) is to provide leadership, expertise, management and coordination to develop and implement successful communication strategies and products that advance the mission of the USDA and priorities of the government, while serving and engaging the public in a fair, equal, transparent and easily accessible manner. OC delivers information about USDA programs and policies in a consistent, timely fashion. The 2013 Budget requests $9 milllion, a slight increase above the 2012 enacted level. The increase will enhance the flexibility and streamline the content management process, allowing OC to further improve customer service through a fully integrated web communication program and provide contractual support for one year to implement the USDA Web Modernization and Migration Initiative.

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For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, [$85,621,000] $89,016,000, including such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–98. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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The Office of Inspector General provides the Secretary and Congress with information or intelligence about fraud, other serious problems, mismanagement, and deficiencies in Department programs and operations, recommends corrective action, and reports on the progress made in correcting the problems. The Office reviews existing and proposed legislation and regulations and makes recommendations to the Secretary and Congress regarding the impact these laws have on the Department's programs and the prevention and detection of fraud and mismanagement in such programs. The Office provides policy direction and conducts, supervises, and coordinates all audits and investigations. The Office supervises and coordinates other activities in the Department and between the Department and other Federal, State and local government agencies whose purposes are to: a) promote economy and efficiency; b) prevent and detect fraud and mismanagement; and c) identify and prosecute people involved in fraud or mismanagement.

The Budget request of $89 million is an increase of $3.4 million above the 2012 enacted level. Increase includes $0.468 million to support the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency; $0.162 million to support Investigator training requirements; and $2.8 million to support OIG audits and investigations.

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For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, [$39,345,000] $45,074,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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The Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture provides all legal advice, counsel, and services to the Secretary and to all agencies, offices, and corporations of the Department on all aspects of their operations. It represents the Department in administrative proceedings; nonlitigation debt collection proceedings; State water rights adjudications; proceedings before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeal, the Merit System Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commision, the USDA Office of Administrative Law Judges, and other Federal agencies; and, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, in judicial proceedings and litigation in the Federal and State courts. All attorneys and related support personnel devoted to those efforts are under the supervision of the General Counsel. The 2013 Budget requests $45 million, an increase of $5.7 million above the 2012 enacted level, to increase staff by 32 FTE to handle an increased workload and for information and telecommunications technology improvments.

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For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, [$77,723,000] $77,397,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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The Economic Research Service provides economic and other social science research and analysis to inform public and private decision making on agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America. The Agency's mission is to anticipate food, agricultural, agri-environmental, and rural development issues that are on the horizon, and to conduct sound, peer-reviewed economic research. ERS is also the primary source of statistical indicators that, among other things, gauge the health of the farm sector (including farm income estimates and projections), assess the current and expected performance of the agricultural sector (including trade), and provide measures of food security here and abroad. Most of the Agency's research is conducted by a highly-trained staff of economists and social scientists through an intramural program of research, market outlook, and analysis.

Five principles characterize ERS' core program: 1) Research that builds on unique or confidential data sources at the Federal level and is inherent in the role of a Federal Statistical Agency, including the Agricultural Resource Management Survey and associated farm and farm household finance estimates and research, consumer data, and development of USDA's commodity market outlook; 2) Research that provides coordination for a national perspective or framework, setting a single standard; 3) Research that requires a sustained investment and large teams; 4) Research that directly services the U.S. Government or USDA's long-term national goals such as the cost to the economy of sickness and premature death due to foodborne illnesses for FSIS, rural definition analysis for Rural Development, and conservation program options for theFarm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service; and 5) Research that addresses questions with short-run payoff or has immediate policy implications.

ERS draws on the expertise of external collaborators through grants and cooperative research agreements for issues that require expertise beyond the scope of the current program or that require knowledge of state or regional issues. Areas of research that are supported by extramural agreements include: 1) Analyses requested by the Congress and USDA program agencies on high priority topics including food deserts, potential market and environmental effects of feedstocks for advanced biofuels, and local food marketing channels; 2) The Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP), which funds economic research on USDA's domestic food and nutrition assistance programs, including major research themes of diet and nutritional outcomes, food program targeting and delivery, and program dynamics and administration; 3) The Economics of Markets for Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (EMAGG), which funds economic research in three broad areas related to U.S. agricultural participation in proposed greenhouse gas markets that apply directly to participation in all markets for environmental services; and 4) The Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management (PREISM), which funds extramural research to support the economic basis of decision making concerning invasive species issues, policies, and programs.

The 2013 budget request of $77,397,000 is slightly less than the 2012 enacted budget level for ERS, and funds ERS' core programs. Additional funds received from other Governmental agencies may also be available for support of economic research and analysis.

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For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, [$158,616,000] $179,477,000, of which up to [$41,639,000] $62,500,000 shall be available until expended for the Census of Agriculture. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) provides the official National and State estimates of acreage, yield, and production of crops, stocks, value and expenditures associated with farm commodities, and inventory, values, and expenditures of livestock items. Data on approximately 120 crops and 45 livestock products are covered in over 500 reports issued each year. In addition, the Census of Agriculture, which is conducted every five years, provides comprehensive data on the Nation's agricultural industry down to the county level.

Agricultural Estimates._The work under this activity is conducted through 46 field offices serving the 50 States and Puerto Rico; most of these offices are operated as joint State and Federal services. Cooperative arrangements with State agencies provide additional State and county data. In order to support Administration priorities and improve efficiency, NASS has carefully completed a comprehensive review of existing programs to determine which programs are most critical to serving agency goals, with evaluations based on the following priorities: 1) Principal Economic Indicator data; 2) data which directly impact the market; 3) data necessary to implement the USDA programs which provide payments to farmers and are used to administer the farm safety net for producers; and 4) data for which there are no other publicly available sources of information. NASS has achieved success through several efficiencies: 1) completing the installation of equipment for and migration of the agency to the Centralized Local Area Network servers; 2) redesigning systems to work in a centralized virtual environment to enhance standardization and efficiency; 3) opening the National Operations Center to provide an infrastructure for increased telephone data collection capacity in a centralized environment, to centrally locate sampling frame activities and experts, and to improve training of telephone and field interviewers through focused and deliberate delivery of a standardized training protocol; 4) designing an innovative client computer assisted Personal Interviewing solution to facilitate quality and efficiency increases in our data collection program; 5) completing its second 48 state Cropland Data Layer in 2011 for the 2010 crop year with higher resolution, improving the accuracy of the classifications and the precision of the acreage estimates generated; and 6) installing video conferencing capabilities in its headquarters and field office locations, facilitating travel savings.

Census of Agriculture._The Census of Agriculture is conducted every five years to take a snapshot of America's agriculture. The Census helps to measure trends and new developments in the agricultural sector of our Nation's economy. The Census is critical because it provides the only source of comparable and consistent detailed data about agriculture at the county level. NASS carefully reviewed existing programs to improve efficiency. The 2013 Budget request includes an increase to reflect the normal activity levels related to the cyclical nature of the 5-year Census of Agriculture program. 2013 represents the highest level of funding during the Census' five year cycle. Funding will be used to conduct peak data collection activities and processing for the Census of Agriculture. The additional funding is necessary for significant increases in data collection costs. In order to achieve an acceptable level of response in every county, or county equivalent, in the United States, NASS will conduct extensive phone follow-up to mail and web non-respondents. Additionally, NASS will conduct personal interviews for a small group of farmers and ranchers whose operations are critical because of their size or type of specialized agriculture production. NASS will also use field enumeration to collect information from minority and disadvantaged populations, such as American Indians and Hispanic producers. Historically, these groups have been hard to reach and under-represented in the Census.
The 2013 request of $179,477,000 for NASS includes $62.5 million for the Census of Agriculture, is an increase of $20,861,000 over 2012 for cyclical needs for data collection including follow up contacts by phone or in person, and for data processing. Funding for onging programs in Agricultural Estimates, which will continue at the 2012 level of about $117 million, includes an increase of $3.4 million to improve the quality of survey data, offset by $3.4 million in savings due to improved efficiency.
Miscellaneous funds received from local organizations, commodity groups, and others are available for dissemination of reports and for survey work conducted under cooperative agreements (7 U.S.C. 450b, 450h, 3318b).

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For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, [$1,094,647,000] $1,102,565,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds may be received from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.)

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