123STA T .5 53 PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 0 9TI T LEV II G E N E RA L P R O VI S IONS (INCLUD IN GRES CISSI O N A ND T RANS F ERS OF FUNDS ) SEC .701 . With i n th eu nit l i m it ofc o s tfi x e dby l aw, a p p r opria - tions and authori z ations made for the D epartment of A g riculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be a v ailable for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 32 7 passenger motor vehicles, of which 31 5 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. SEC. 702. New obligational authority provided for the following appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended
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Farm Service Agency, sala- ries and expenses funds made available to county committees; For- eign Agricultural Service, middle-income country training program, and up to $ 2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria- tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, sub j ect to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. SEC. 703. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Wor k ing Capital Fund for the ac q uisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for the financial manage- ment modernization initiative and the delivery of financial, adminis- trative, and information technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: Provide d, That none of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fu r th er, That none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the Department ’ s Working Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the Department’s National Finance Center without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 712 of this Act. SEC. 70 4 . No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 705. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar arrangements between the U nited States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institu- tions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. SEC. 70 6 . Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 7USC2 2 09bnote.
