123STA T .5 32 PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 0 9unders e ctio n 406 o f t h e Ag ricu l tur a l R esearch ,Ex tension, and Education Refor m Act of 19 9 8(7U.S . C . 76 2 6 ) , $ 41,990,000, including $12,649,000 for the w ater q ualit yp rogram, $14, 5 96,000 for the food safety program, $4,096,000 for the regional pest management centers program, $4, 3 88,000 for the F ood Q uality P rotection Act ris k mitigation program for ma j or food crop systems, $1,365,000 for the crops affected b y Food Quality Protection Act implementation, $3,054,000 for the methyl bromide transition pro - gram, and $1,842,000 for the organic transition program
for a competiti v e international science and education grants program authori z ed under section 1459A of the N ational Agricultural Research, Extension, and T eaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to remain available until expended, $3,000,000; for grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)( B ) of Public L aw 89 – 106, as amended, $732,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for the critical issues program; $1,312,000 for the regional rural development centers program; and $9,830,000 for the Food and Agriculture D efense I nitiative authorized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available until September 30, 2010. OF F ICEO F TH EU ND E R SECRET A R Y FOR M AR K ETIN G AND REG UL ATORY PROGRA MS For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $737,000. ANIMAL AND PLANT H EALTH INS P ECTION SER V ICE SALARIES AND E X PENSES ( INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS ) For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec- tion Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), $876,675,000, of which $23,494,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘ ‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Congressionally-des- ignated Projects ’ ’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which $2,025,000 shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency condi- tions; of which $29,590,000 shall be used for the cotton pests pro- gram for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which $14,500,000 shall be for a National Animal Identification program, of which $3,500,000 is for informa- tion technology infrastructure and services, and $9,395,000 is for field implementation, and $1,605,000 is for program administration; of which $60,594,000 shall be used to prevent and control avian influenza and shall remain available until expended; of which $1,015,000 of the plum pox program shall remain available until September 30, 2010
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d , That funds provided for the contin- gency fund to meet emergency conditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly program, emerging plant pests, cotton pests program, grasshopper and mormon cricket program, the National V eterinary Stockpile, up to $12,895,000 in animal health monitoring
