Salaries and Expenses

A1: The attached apportionment includes unobligated balances, carried over from FY 2023, estimated receipts and anticipated spending authority from offsetting collections. To the extent authorized by law, these amounts may be increased or decreased for indefinite appropriations, actual unobligated balances, actual recoveries of prior year obligations, actual reimbursements earned, including reimbursements and offsetting collections from non-Federal/Federal sources, contributions from non-Federal/Federal sources, and release of contingency funds without further action by OMB. Transfer of funds authorized by law to or from any of the accounts listed may be made without further action by OMB. [Rationale: Footnote signifies that this TAFS has received or may receive an automatic apportionment.]

B3: OMB Bulletin No. 23-02 authorizes that, Division A of H.R. 5860 (the Continuing Appropriations Act , 2024 (CR)) provides continuing appropriations for the period October 1, 2023 through November 17, 2023 and amended with P.L. 118-22 and further by P.L. 118-35, the "Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024," which provides fiscal year 2024 appropriations to Federal agencies through March 1, 2024, for continuing projects and activities funded in four appropriations bills.. As of October 1, 2023, there is automatic apportioning to each applicable Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol (TAFS), as specified in section 3 of this Bulletin, the pro-rata share of the rate for operations provided by section 101 of this CR, and any extensions thereof, as well as amounts in any section that provides a CR rate for operations other than that provided by section 101. This line represents the amount precluded from use based on the CR.

B4: OMB Bulletin No. 23-02 states that a NET may be transferred from the annual appropriations provided for by the CR to the no year TAS 12-0403. The NET is less than the pro-rata share provided for by the CR %, instead, the need during the CR period was identified and that determined amount is being used for the transfer.

B5: Public Law 115-334 (132 STAT. 4883), the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, as amended by PL 118-22, the "Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024" authorizes the Commodity Credit Corporation to transfer $3,000,000 each year from 2019 to 2024, for the Secretary to use to carry out SEC. 9002, Biobased Markets Program. Sequestration is at 5.7 percent for FY24.

B5: Public Law 115-334 (132 STAT. 4883), the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, as amended by PL 118-22, the "Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024" authorizes the Commodity Credit Corporation to transfer $3,000,000 each year from 2019 to 2024, for the Secretary to use to carry out SEC. 9002, Biobased Markets Program. Sequestration is at 5.7 percent for FY24.

B1: Public Laws 116-6, 116-94, and 116-260 authorize that of the funds available under this section, not more than four percent of the funds can be used for administrative costs to carry out this pilot program and up to three percent may be utilized for technical assistance and predevelopment planning activities to support the most rural communities.

B2: Public Laws 117-58 authorize that, : and up to three percent of the amounts provided under this heading in this Act shall be for technical assistance and predevelopment planning activities to support rural communities, of which $5,000,000 shall have a priority for the establishment and growth of cooperatives to offer broadband.

A2: To the extent authorized by law, these amounts may be increased or decreased for indefinite appropriations, actual reimbursements earned, including reimbursements and offsetting collections from non-Federal/Federal sources, contributions from non-Federal/Federal sources, and release of contingency funds without further action by OMB. Transfer of funds authorized by law to or from any of the accounts listed may be made without further action by OMB. [Rationale: Footnote signifies that this TAFS has received or may receive an automatic apportionment.]

B1: 12X1951and 12X0403, Line 1011: Discretionary transfer of funds from the Rural Development Disaster Assistance Fund, account 12X0405, per the Congressional Apppropriation Committees notifications, signed by Secretary Vilsack on 4 January, 2024.

B3: OMB Bulletin No. 23-02 states that a NET may be transferred from the annual appropriations provided for by the CR to the no year TAS 12-0403. The NET is less than the pro-rata share provided for by the CR %, instead, the need during the CR period was identified and that determined amount is being used for the transfer.

B4: Amounts on this apportionment are rounded up to ensure apportioned amounts reflect actual resources available per section 120.21 of OMB Circular A-11. As a result, amounts shown as budgetary resources may be lower than actual amounts reported on the SF-133.

A1: This apportionment provides actual unobligated balances carried over from FY 2023. To the extent authorized by law, these amounts may be adjusted for indefinite appropriations, actual unobligated balances, actual recoveries of prior year obligations, actual reimbursements earned, including reimbursements and offsetting collections from non-Federal/Federal sources, contributions from non-Federal/Federal sources, and release of contingency funds. Transfer of funds authorized by law to or from any of the accounts listed may be made without further action by OMB. This apportionment also makes available interests payments to Treasury on borrowings and capitalized costs. [Rationale: Footnote signifies that this TAFS has received or may receive an automatic apportionment.]