AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD

AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2010

HEARINGS
BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
ROSA L. DELAURO, Connecticut, Chairwoman
SAM FARR, California
ALLEN BOYD, Florida
SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia
LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois

JACK KINGSTON, Georgia

TOM LATHAM, Iowa
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Obey, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Lewis, as Ranking
Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

MARTHA FOLEY, LESLIE BARRACK, JASON WELLER, and MATT SMITH,

Staff Assistants

PART 2
TESTIMONY OF INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND
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AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2010

HEARINGS
BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
ROSA L. DELAURO, Connecticut, Chairwoman
SAM FARR, California
ALLEN BOYD, Florida
SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia
LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois

JACK KINGSTON, Georgia

TOM LATHAM, Iowa
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Obey, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Lewis, as Ranking
Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

MARTHA FOLEY, LESLIE BARRACK, JASON WELLER, and MATT SMITH,

Staff Assistants

PART 2
TESTIMONY OF INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND
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DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman
JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
NITA M. LOWEY, New York
E. SERRANO, New York
JOSE
ROSA L. DELAURO, Connecticut
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
ED PASTOR, Arizona
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
CHET EDWARDS, Texas
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
SAM FARR, California
JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
ALLEN BOYD, Florida
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia
MARION BERRY, Arkansas
BARBARA LEE, California
ADAM SCHIFF, California
MICHAEL HONDA, California
BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota
STEVE ISRAEL, New York
TIM RYAN, Ohio
C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas
LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado

JERRY LEWIS, California

C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New
Jersey
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
TOM LATHAM, Iowa
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
KAY GRANGER, Texas
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
KEN CALVERT, California
JO BONNER, Alabama
STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio
TOM COLE, Oklahoma

BEVERLY PHETO, Clerk and Staff Director

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Alexander, Jay .........................................................................................................
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Barnett, J. A .............................................................................................................
Becker, Jeanne .........................................................................................................
Belle, S. M ................................................................................................................
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Blankman, James ....................................................................................................
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Gardner, B. E ...........................................................................................................
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McGahee, Selvin ......................................................................................................
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Part 2Testimony of Interested Individuals and Organizations
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1994 Institutions ...................................................................................................... 105

Ad Hoc Coalition in Support of Sustained Funding for Food Aid .......................
38
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) .................................................. 89, 99, 102, 123
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) ......... 48, 91, 94, 101, 114, 117, 119,
144, 174
Alabama Catfish Producers .................................................................................... 242
Alaska Shellfish Institute ....................................................................................... 227
Alliance for Community Trees ................................................................................ 153
American Beekeeping Federation ....................................................................... 188, 196
American Cargo Transport Corp............................................................................. 38, 44
American Dietetic Association ................................................................................
48
American Farm Bureau Federation.................................................................... 109, 129
American Forest and Paper Association ................................................................
American Forest Foundation .................................................................................. 153
American Honey Producers Association, Inc ......................................................... 180
American Indian Higher Education Consortium .................................................. 104
American Malting Barley Association ....................................................................
48
American Maritime Congress.................................................................................. 38, 44
American Maritime Officers.................................................................................... 38, 44
American Maritime Officers Service...................................................................... 38, 44
American Nursery and Landscape Association ................................................. 129, 153
American Peanut Council........................................................................................ 38, 44
American Public Power Association .......................................................................
20
American Society for Microbiology ......................................................................... 114
American Society for Microbiology .........................................................................
55
American Society for Nutrition ............................................................................. 48, 173
American Society of Agronomy ...............................................................................
94
American Soybean Association ......................................................................... 38, 44, 49
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.......................... 30, 34, 68, 112, 153, 204
Animal Fighting Enforcement ................................................................................
35
Animal Welfare Act Enforcement ...........................................................................
34
Animal Welfare Information Center ......................................................................
36
Animal Welfare ........................................................................................................
32
Antimicrobial Resistance ......................................................................................... 115
AquaCenter .............................................................................................................. 238
Aquatic Plant Management Society .......................................................................
49
ARS.......................................................... 7, 30, 82, 92, 94, 114, 123, 173, 176, 178, 183
Asian Longhorned Beetle ........................................................................................ 154
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges .........................................
49
BeeCeuticals Organics ............................................................................................. 188
Beeologics, Inc .......................................................................................................... 188
Bhusal Argo Farm, Chitwan, Nepal ....................................................................... 188
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Biofuels ..................................................................................................................... 117

Biotechnology Industry Association .......................................................................
49
Blue Iris Fish Farm, LLC ....................................................................................... 210
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) ........................................................... 151
Bovine Tuberculosis ................................................................................................. 151
Brian Allee, Portland, OR ....................................................................................... 222
Broadband Grants and Loans .................................................................................
20
C.C. Lynch & Associates, Inc .................................................................................. 178
Calalas Water Haven, Inc ...................................................................................... 204
California Almond Board ........................................................................................ 129
California Avocado Commission ............................................................................. 129
California Citrus Quality Council .......................................................................... 129
California Dried Plum Board .................................................................................. 129
California Fig Advisory Board ................................................................................ 129
California Grape & Tree Fruit League .................................................................. 129
California Processed Onion and Garlic Research Committee .............................. 129
California Special Crops Council ............................................................................ 129
California Strawberry Commission ........................................................................ 129
California Tree Fruit Agreement ............................................................................ 129
Carmean Pest Management .................................................................................... 189
Catfish Farmers of Arkansas .................................................................................. 235
Cherry Marketing Institute, Inc ............................................................................. 129
City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation Bureau of Forestry ....... 153
City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works, Forestry Division ................... 153
Civilian Conservation Corps. ..................................................................................
45
Climate Change.................................................................................................... 115, 146
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana .................................................................. 178
Colony Collapse Disorder...................................................... 87, 146, 181, 188, 194, 195
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum ...................................................... 138
Combination Products Coalition .............................................................................
80
Commodity Supplemental Food Program ................................................................ 2, 13
Congressman Elton Gallegly ...................................................................................
1
Congressman Sander M. Levin ...............................................................................
2
Conservation Operations ....................................................................................... 60, 157
Conservation Stewardship Program .......................................................................
66
Cooperative
State
Research
Education
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Extension
Service
(CSREES)....................................................... 18, 29, 35, 68, 90, 94, 99, 104, 116, 123
Cranberry Institute ................................................................................................. 129
Crop Science Society of America ............................................................................
94
Crumpler Plastic Pipe, Inc ...................................................................................... 178
Davey Institute ........................................................................................................ 153
Defenders of Wildlife ............................................................................................... 189
Del Monte Foods ...................................................................................................... 129
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ..................................................................
49
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association ............................................................. 249
Emerald Ashborer .................................................................................................... 155
Emergency Management Systems/Disaster Planning for Animals .....................
36
Entomological Foundation ...................................................................................... 189
Environmental Investigation Agency .....................................................................
75
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) ............................................. 139
ERS ................................................................................................. 99, 102, 121, 123, 170
Farm Service Agency ............................................................................................. 99, 102
FDA, Information Technology .................................................................................
71
FDA, Office of Womens Health .............................................................................. 70, 72
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ................................ 144

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Florida Citrus Mutual ............................................................................................. 129

Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association ............................................................... 129
Florida Home Partnership ...................................................................................... 161
Florida Non-Profit Housing, Inc ............................................................................. 163
Florida State University .........................................................................................
18
Florida Tomato Exchange ....................................................................................... 129
Food Aid ...................................................................................................................
41
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ..................................................... 55, 70, 80, 111
Food and Nutrition Service .....................................................................................
93
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) .......................................... 111
Food for Peace ..........................................................................................................
42
Food Products Association ...................................................................................... 129
Food Safety..................................................................................... 55, 111, 115, 145, 147
Foreign Agriculture Service .................................................................................. 30, 112
Fresno Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides ............................................... 189
Friends of Agricultural ResearchBeltsville, Inc .................................................
82
FSIS ..........................................................................................................................
1
G.E. Consulting LLC ............................................................................................... 189
Global Food and Nutrition, Inc ............................................................................... 38, 44
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission ..............................................
50
Gulf Restoration Network ....................................................................................... 178
H5N1 Virus ..............................................................................................................
55
Haagen-Dazs......................................................................................................... 189, 196
Habitat Gardening ................................................................................................... 189
Hallmark Westland .................................................................................................
1
Harrison Fish Farm, Inc ......................................................................................... 207
Hawaii Fish Company ............................................................................................. 197
Hawaiian Sealife, Inc .............................................................................................. 201
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) ......................................... 148
Holder Timmons Engineering, LLC ....................................................................... 215
Honey Bee and Pollinator Research............................................. 87, 182, 188, 194, 195
Horse Protection Act Enforcement .........................................................................
34
Horse Slaughter .......................................................................................................
33
Housing Assistance Council .................................................................................... 165
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act ........................................................................ 1, 32
Humane Society of the United States ....................................................................
32
Idaho Potato Commission ....................................................................................... 129
Illegal Logging .........................................................................................................
76
Institute of Food Technologists ...............................................................................
49
International Maple Syrup Institute ...................................................................... 153
International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots ....................................... 38, 44
Investigative and Enforcement Services, APHIS ..................................................
35
Izaak Walton League of America ...........................................................................
65
Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center ................................................................... 189
Joliet Urban Garden Alliance ................................................................................. 189
Lacey Act ..................................................................................................................
75
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation .................................................................. 178
Liberty Maritime Corporation................................................................................. 38, 44
Louisiana Hypoxia Working Group ........................................................................ 176
Louisiana Wildlife Federation ................................................................................ 178
Lower Mississippi River Sub-Basin Committee on Hypoxia ................................ 178
Maersk Line, Ltd...................................................................................................... 38, 44
Maine Aquaculture Association .............................................................................. 245
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association .............................................................. 38, 44
Maritime Institute for Research and Industrial Development............................. 39, 44

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Market Access Program......................................................................................... 30, 112

McGovern-Dole .........................................................................................................
30
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Program ..................................................
68
Michigan State Horticultural Society .................................................................... 129
Michigan Vegetable Council, Inc ............................................................................ 129
Minor Crop Farmer Alliance ................................................................................... 128
National Corn Growers Association........................................................................ 39, 44
National Agricultural Statistics Service................................ 31, 99, 102, 113, 123, 128
National Association of State Foresters ................................................................. 153
National Association of Wheat Growers .......................................................... 39, 44, 49
National Barley Growers Association ....................................................................
49
National Barley Improvement Committee .............................................................
49
National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research ............................... 48, 49, 119
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives...................................................... 39, 44, 129
National CSFP Association .....................................................................................
13
National Drinking Water Clearinghouse ...............................................................
22
National Environmental Services Center ..............................................................
22
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ................................................................. 157
National Oat Improvement Committee .................................................................
49
National Oilseed Processors Association ................................................................ 39, 44
National Onion Association .................................................................................... 129
National Organic Coalition .....................................................................................
88
National Organic Program ............................................................................ 88, 124, 136
National Potato Council ............................................................................ 28, 39, 44, 129
National Rural Housing Coalition ...................................................................... 161, 170
National Sunflower Association ..............................................................................
49
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition ..........................................................
99
National Wheat Improvement Committee .............................................................
49
Native American Endowment Fund ....................................................................... 107
Natural Biodiversity ................................................................................................ 153
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)........ 50, 60, 69, 92, 94, 132, 140, 157
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ............................ 153
North American Maple Syrup Council, Inc ........................................................... 153
North American Millers Association .....................................................................
49
North Central Washington Fieldmans Association .............................................. 129
North Central Weed Science Society ......................................................................
49
Northeastern Weed Science Society .......................................................................
49
Northwest Horticultural Council ............................................................................ 129
Omeg Orchards, Inc ................................................................................................. 189
Organic Farming Research Foundation ................................................................. 123
Organic Transitions Research ................................................................................ 101
Phytophthora Ramorum .......................................................................................... 154
Pickle Packers International, Inc ...........................................................................
7
Pierce County Beekeepers Association .................................................................. 189
Pohnpei State Government .....................................................................................
4
Pollinator Partnership ......................................................................................... 189, 196
Produce Marketing Association .............................................................................. 129
Purdue University ................................................................................................... 153
Quagga and Zebra Mussel Prevention ................................................................... 133
RCALF United Stockgrowers of America ............................................................ 147
Red River Valley Association ..................................................................................
60
Regional Aquaculture Center Program, CSREES ... 197, 201, 207, 210, 212, 215, 218,
222, 227, 231, 235, 238, 242, 245, 249
Regional Aquaculture Center Program ..................................................................
4
Resource Conservation and Development ..............................................................
63

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Rural Business Cooperative Service............................................................. 92, 100, 102

Rural Development .............................................................................................. 161, 165
Rural Housing Service ......................................................................................... 163, 171
Rural Utility Service ...............................................................................................
20
Safe Drinking Water Act .........................................................................................
22
Saint Johns United Church of Christ, Phoenixville, PA .................................... 87, 189
Santa Clara Valley Water District, San Jose, CA ............................................. 131, 133
Seafarers International Union ................................................................................ 39, 44
Sealift, Inc................................................................................................................. 39, 44
Sierra club ................................................................................................................ 189
Sirex Woodwasp ....................................................................................................... 155
Smithaquatic Consulting ......................................................................................... 231
Society for Womens Health Research ....................................................................
70
Society of American Florists................................................................................ 129, 153
Society of Municipal Arborists ................................................................................ 153
Soil Science Society of America ..............................................................................
94
Southern Weed Science Society ..............................................................................
49
Special Potato Grant Program ................................................................................
29
State University of New York ................................................................................. 153
Sterling Caviar, LLC ............................................................................................... 218
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program ......................... 66, 92, 101
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education ................................................ 205
The Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics ...............................
49
The Nature Conservancy ........................................................................................ 153
The Peanut Foundation ...........................................................................................
49
The Pennsylvania Game Commission .................................................................... 153
The Wildlife Society .................................................................................................
68
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation ................................................ 189
Thomas Wilson, Baltimore City, MD ..................................................................... 194
Tosi Maritime Consultants, LLC ............................................................................ 39, 44
Traceability .............................................................................................................. 147
Transportation Institute .......................................................................................... 39, 44
Tribal Colleges and Universities ............................................................................ 104
U.S. Apple Association ............................................................................................ 130
U.S. Canola Association ..........................................................................................
49
U.S. Dry Bean Council L ............................................................................................ 39, 44
U.S. Dry Pea & Lentil Council ................................................................. 39, 44, 49, 130
U.S. Hop Industry Plant Protection Committee ................................................... 130
U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc L ..................................................................................... 39, 44
Union of Concerned Scientists ................................................................................ 153
United Fresh Produce Association ......................................................................... 129
United Maritime Group, LLC ................................................................................. 39, 44
University of Georgia .............................................................................................. 153
University of Illinois ................................................................................................
49
USA Rice Federation ............................................................................................... 39, 44
Veterinary Student Loan Forgiveness ...................................................................
35
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia ............................................................................... 212
Washington Association of Wine and Grape Growers .......................................... 130
Washington State Potato Commission ................................................................... 130
Water and Wastewater Grants and Loans ............................................................
22
Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations ........................................................
61
Watershed Rehabilitation .......................................................................................
62
Watershed Survey and Planning ............................................................................
62
We Can Take It ........................................................................................................
45
Weed Science Society of America ...........................................................................
49

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Western Growers Association .................................................................................

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy ......................................................................
Western Pistachio Association ................................................................................
Western Society of Weed Science ...........................................................................
White Wave Foods ...................................................................................................
Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine ...................................................................
Wildlife Services ......................................................................................................
Winston & Strawn, LLP ..........................................................................................
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program ....................................................
Womens Health Research Coalition ......................................................................

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