INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Commodity Futures Trading Commission (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $215,000,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of which $35,000,000, shall be for the purchase of information technology until September 30, 2015, and of which $1,420,000 shall be for the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That of the amounts made available for information technology, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may transfer not to exceed $10,000,000 for salaries and expenses: Provided further, That any transfer shall be subject to the notification procedures set forth in section 721 of this Act with respect to a reprogramming 128 STAT. 33 of funds and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with such procedures. Farm Credit Administration limitation on administrative expenses Not to exceed $62,600,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That no funds available to the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to implement or enforce those portions of the final regulation published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2012, (77 Fed. Reg. 60, 582–602), establishing a requirement that Farm Credit System institutions hold an advisory vote on officer compensation.