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2	2	Union Calendar No. 96
3	3	118THCONGRESS
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5	5	STSESSION H. R. 4368
6	6	[Report No. 118–124]
7	7	Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
8	8	Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
9	9	September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
10	10	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11	11	JUNE27, 2023
12	12	Mr. H
13	13	ARRIS, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
14	14	bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
15	15	State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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19	19	A BILL
20	20	Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,
21	21	Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
22	22	programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024,
23	23	and for other purposes.
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27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
28	28	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
29	29	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
30	30	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-4
31	31	riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-5
32	32	tion, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 6
33	33	September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 7
34	34	TITLE I 8
35	35	AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 9
36	36	P
37	37	ROCESSING, RESEARCH, ANDMARKETING 10
38	38	O
39	39	FFICE OF THESECRETARY 11
40	40	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 12
41	41	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 13
42	42	$41,072,000 of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 14
43	43	available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 15
44	44	to exceed $1,578,000 shall be available for the Office of 16
45	45	Homeland Security; not to exceed $2,215,000 shall be 17
46	46	available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed 18
47	47	$7,044,000 shall be available for the Office of Partner-19
48	48	ships and Public Engagement; not to exceed $21,315,000 20
49	49	shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 21
50	50	for Administration, of which $20,440,000 shall be avail-22
51	51	able for Departmental Administration to provide for nec-23
52	52	essary expenses for management support services to of-24
53	53	fices of the Department and for general administration, 25
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57	57	security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 1
58	58	supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec-2
59	59	essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart-3
60	60	ment: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to 4
61	61	an agency in the Administration mission area for salaries 5
62	62	and expenses are available to fund up to one administra-6
63	63	tive support staff for the Office; and not to exceed 7
64	64	$3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant 8
65	65	Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern-9
66	66	mental Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this 10
67	67	Act, including programs involving intergovernmental af-11
68	68	fairs and liaison within the executive branch: Provided fur-12
69	69	ther, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 13
70	70	transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 14
71	71	of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 15
72	72	Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 16
73	73	office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per-17
74	74	cent: Provided further, That the amount made available 18
75	75	under this heading for Departmental Administration shall 19
76	76	be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 20
77	77	for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 21
78	78	required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That 22
79	79	funds made available under this heading for the Office of 23
80	80	the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and 24
81	81	Intergovernmental Affairs shall be transferred to agencies 25
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85	85	of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to 1
86	86	maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided further, 2
87	87	That no funds made available under this heading for the 3
88	88	Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations 4
89	89	may be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment 5
90	90	of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Commit-6
91	91	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the 7
92	92	allocation of these funds by USDA agency: Provided fur-8
93	93	ther, That during any 30 day notification period ref-9
94	94	erenced in section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-10
95	95	culture shall take no action to begin implementation of 11
96	96	the action that is subject to section 716 of this Act or 12
97	97	make any public announcement of such action in any 13
98	98	form. 14
99	99	E
100	100	XECUTIVEOPERATIONS 15
101	101	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 16
102	102	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 17
103	103	Economist, $29,181,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for 18
104	104	grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 19
105	105	7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-20
106	106	able under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to 21
107	107	carry out section 224 of subtitle A of the Department of 22
108	108	Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), 23
109	109	as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115–334. 24
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113	113	OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 1
114	114	For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 2
115	115	Appeals, $16,173,000. 3
116	116	OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 4
117	117	For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 5
118	118	Program Analysis, $11,337,000. 6
119	119	O
120	120	FFICE OF THECHIEFINFORMATIONOFFICER 7
121	121	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-8
122	122	formation Officer, $79,442,000, of which not less than 9
123	123	$66,731,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de-10
124	124	partment. 11
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126	126	FFICE OF THECHIEFFINANCIALOFFICER 12
127	127	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-13
128	128	nancial Officer, $7,118,000. 14
129	129	O
130	130	FFICE OF THEASSISTANTSECRETARY FORCIVIL 15
131	131	R
132	132	IGHTS 16
133	133	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 17
134	134	Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That 18
135	135	funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 19
136	136	Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 20
137	137	to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-21
138	138	fice. 22
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140	140	FFICE OFCIVILRIGHTS 23
141	141	For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 24
142	142	$22,789,000. 25
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146	146	OFFICE OFSAFETY, SECURITY, ANDPROTECTION 1
147	147	For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu-2
148	148	rity, and Protection, $18,800,000. 3
149	149	O
150	150	FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 4
151	151	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 5
152	152	General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 6
153	153	General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 7
154	154	$109,561,000, including such sums as may be necessary 8
155	155	for contracting and other arrangements with public agen-9
156	156	cies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 10
157	157	Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 11
158	158	U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 12
159	159	certain confidential operational expenses, including the 13
160	160	payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 14
161	161	of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen-15
162	162	eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 16
163	163	section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 17
164	164	(Public Law 97–98). 18
165	165	O
166	166	FFICE OF THEGENERALCOUNSEL 19
167	167	For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 20
168	168	Counsel, $44,408,000. 21
169	169	O
170	170	FFICE OFETHICS 22
171	171	For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 23
172	172	$4,277,000. 24
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176	176	OFFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORRESEARCH, 1
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178	178	DUCATION, ANDECONOMICS 2
179	179	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 3
180	180	Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 4
181	181	$1,800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 5
182	182	Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco-6
183	183	nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-7
184	184	able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 8
185	185	the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made 9
186	186	available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be made 10
187	187	available for the Office of the Chief Scientist. 11
188	188	E
189	189	CONOMICRESEARCHSERVICE 12
190	190	For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 13
191	191	Service, $90,612,000. 14
192	192	N
193	193	ATIONALAGRICULTURALSTATISTICSSERVICE 15
194	194	For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 16
195	195	Statistics Service, $187,513,000, of which up to 17
196	196	$46,850,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-18
197	197	sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 19
198	198	for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur-20
199	199	rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 21
200	200	2204g(d) and (f). 22
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204	204	AGRICULTURALRESEARCHSERVICE 1
205	205	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
206	206	For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 3
207	207	Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 4
208	208	or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,000 and 5
209	209	with prior notification and approval of the Committees on 6
210	210	Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and for land 7
211	211	exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 8
212	212	value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 9
213	213	grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 10
214	214	value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 11
215	215	ownership, $1,745,542,000: Provided, That appropriations 12
216	216	hereunder shall be available for the operation and mainte-13
217	217	nance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one 14
218	218	for replacement only: Provided further, That appropria-15
219	219	tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 16
220	220	2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of build-17
221	221	ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 18
222	222	cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed 19
223	223	$500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which 20
224	224	shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 build-21
225	225	ings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 22
226	226	$1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings to be con-23
227	227	structed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and the 24
228	228	cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 25
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232	232	shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 1
233	233	value of the building or $500,000, whichever is greater: 2
234	234	Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 3
235	235	available for entering into lease agreements at any Agri-4
236	236	cultural Research Service location for the construction of 5
237	237	a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by the 6
238	238	Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the lease 7
239	239	shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, and 8
240	240	maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re-9
241	241	moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 10
242	242	agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter-11
243	243	ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza-12
244	244	tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 13
245	245	Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here-14
246	246	under shall be available for granting easements at the 15
247	247	Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 16
248	248	That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-17
249	249	ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 18
250	250	24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro-19
251	251	priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-20
252	252	ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 21
253	253	the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 22
254	254	entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re-23
255	255	search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 24
256	256	that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 25
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260	260	Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 1
261	261	Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 2
262	262	interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 3
263	263	may be received from any State, other political subdivi-4
264	264	sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-5
265	265	lishing or operating any research facility or research 6
266	266	project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 7
267	267	by law. 8
268	268	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 9
269	269	For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im-10
270	270	provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 11
271	271	equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri-12
272	272	cultural research programs of the Department of Agri-13
273	273	culture, where not otherwise provided, up to $16,700,000 14
274	274	to remain available until expended, shall be for the pur-15
275	275	poses, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 16
276	276	the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the re-17
277	277	port accompanying this Act. 18
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279	279	ATIONALINSTITUTE OFFOOD ANDAGRICULTURE 19
280	280	RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 20
281	281	For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 21
282	282	cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 22
283	283	for other expenses, $1,085,221,000 which shall be for the 23
284	284	purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 24
285	285	‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 25
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289	289	and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 1
290	290	Act: Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 2
291	291	institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, His-3
292	292	panic serving institutions education grants, capacity build-4
293	293	ing for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agri-5
294	294	culture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 6
295	295	loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellow-7
296	296	ship and institution challenge grants, grants management 8
297	297	systems, tribal colleges education equity grants, and schol-9
298	298	arships at 1890 institutions shall remain available until 10
299	299	expended: Provided further, That each institution eligible 11
300	300	to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives 12
301	301	no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for 13
302	302	education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian- 14
303	303	serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 15
304	304	institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 16
305	305	awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha-17
306	306	waii: Provided further, That funds for providing grants for 18
307	307	food and agricultural sciences for Alaska Native and Na-19
308	308	tive Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for Insular Areas 20
309	309	shall remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided 21
310	310	further, That funds for education grants for 1890 institu-22
311	311	tions shall be made available to institutions eligible to re-23
312	312	ceive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided fur-24
313	313	ther, That not more than 5 percent of the amounts made 25
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317	317	available by this or any other Act to carry out the Agri-1
318	318	culture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 2
319	319	may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay 3
320	320	administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying 4
321	321	out that authority. 5
322	322	NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 6
323	323	For the Native American Institutions Endowment 7
324	324	Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 8
325	325	note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 9
326	326	EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 10
327	327	For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 11
328	328	Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 12
329	329	Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $564,860,000 13
330	330	which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-14
331	331	fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 15
332	332	Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom-16
333	333	panying this Act: Provided, That funds for extension serv-17
334	334	ices at 1994 institutions and for facility improvements at 18
335	335	1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 19
336	336	Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds 20
337	337	under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 21
338	338	less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for co-22
339	339	operative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the 23
340	340	Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 24
341	341	208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retire-25
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345	345	ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension 1
346	346	agents. 2
347	347	INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 3
348	348	For the integrated research, education, and extension 4
349	349	grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-5
350	350	penses, $41,500,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 6
351	351	in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In-7
352	352	stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 8
353	353	the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 9
354	354	for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re-10
355	355	main available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, 11
356	356	That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 12
357	357	costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple-13
358	358	mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 14
359	359	Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 15
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361	361	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORMARKETING 16
362	362	ANDREGULATORYPROGRAMS 17
363	363	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 18
364	364	Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 19
365	365	$800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 20
366	366	Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro-21
367	367	grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 22
368	368	to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-23
369	369	fice. 24
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373	373	ANIMAL ANDPLANTHEALTHINSPECTIONSERVICE 1
374	374	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
375	375	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
376	376	For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 4
377	377	Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 5
378	378	representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 6
379	379	the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 7
380	380	$1,168,964,000; of which $514,000, to remain available 8
381	381	until expended, shall be available for the control of out-9
382	382	breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 10
383	383	control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to 11
384	384	the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 12
385	385	which $15,450,000, to remain available until expended, 13
386	386	shall be used for the cotton pests program, including for 14
387	387	cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradi-15
388	388	cation zones; of which $49,683,000, to remain available 16
389	389	until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Serv-17
390	390	ices; of which $3,096,000 shall be for activities under the 18
391	391	authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amend-19
392	392	ed (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $67,430,000, to remain 20
393	393	available until expended, shall be used to support avian 21
394	394	health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available until ex-22
395	395	pended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; 23
396	396	of which $224,521,000, to remain available until ex-24
397	397	pended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, 25
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401	401	$13,637,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 1
402	402	for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which 2
403	403	$21,567,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 3
404	404	for zoonotic disease management; of which $44,617,000, 4
405	405	to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency 5
406	406	preparedness and response; of which $55,562,000, to re-6
407	407	main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 7
408	408	pests; of which $6,500,000, to remain available until ex-8
409	409	pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 9
410	410	which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex-10
411	411	pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 11
412	412	of which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 12
413	413	shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 13
414	414	aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 14
415	415	this heading for wildlife services methods development, 15
416	416	$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-16
417	417	vided further, That of amounts available under this head-17
418	418	ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 18
419	419	available until expended; of which $24,527,000, to remain 19
420	420	available until expended, shall be used to carry out the 20
421	421	science program and transition activities for the National 21
422	422	Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kan-22
423	423	sas: Provided further, That no funds shall be used to for-23
424	424	mulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for 24
425	425	the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 25
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429	429	matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided 1
430	430	further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 2
431	431	purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of air-3
432	432	craft: Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies 4
433	433	which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 5
434	434	industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer 6
435	435	from other appropriations or funds available to the agen-7
436	436	cies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 8
437	437	be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emer-9
438	438	gencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or in-10
439	439	fectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and 11
440	440	for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 12
441	441	of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 13
442	442	8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection 14
443	443	Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended bal-15
444	444	ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes 16
445	445	in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 17
446	446	transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropria-18
447	447	tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 19
448	448	U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased build-20
449	449	ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the 21
450	450	cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 22
451	451	shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 23
452	452	value of the building. 24
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456	456	In fiscal year 2024, the agency is authorized to collect 1
457	457	fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-2
458	458	ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 3
459	459	subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 4
460	460	foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 5
461	461	fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 6
462	462	fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 7
463	463	or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 8
464	464	fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-9
465	465	able until expended, without further appropriation, for 10
466	466	providing such assistance, goods, or services. 11
467	467	A
468	468	GRICULTURALMARKETINGSERVICE 12
469	469	MARKETING SERVICES 13
470	470	For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 14
471	471	Service, $184,668,000, of which $5,004,000 shall be avail-15
472	472	able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 16
473	473	79: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 17
474	474	pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and 18
475	475	repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al-19
476	476	tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 20
477	477	exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 21
478	478	building. 22
479	479	Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 23
480	480	activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 24
481	481	U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to 25
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485	485	the development or maintenance of grain standards under 1
486	486	the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et 2
487	487	seq. 3
488	488	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 4
489	489	Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall 5
490	490	be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-6
491	491	tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 7
492	492	and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 8
493	493	exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 9
494	494	to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 10
495	495	Congress. 11
496	496	FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS , INCOME, AND 12
497	497	SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 13
498	498	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14
499	499	Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-15
500	500	gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-16
501	501	modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 17
502	502	related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 18
503	503	Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 19
504	504	Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans-20
505	505	fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 21
506	506	$21,501,000 for formulation and administration of mar-22
507	507	keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 23
508	508	Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 24
509	509	Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 25
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513	513	PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 1
514	514	For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 2
515	515	and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 3
516	516	marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-4
517	517	tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 5
518	518	$1,235,000. 6
519	519	LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 7
520	520	EXPENSES 8
521	521	Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 9
522	522	be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 10
523	523	and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-11
524	524	tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 12
525	525	other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 13
526	526	exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-14
527	527	mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 15
528	528	O
529	529	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORFOODSAFETY 16
530	530	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 17
531	531	Secretary for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That 18
532	532	funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 19
533	533	Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 20
534	534	to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-21
535	535	fice. 22
536	536	F
537	537	OODSAFETY ANDINSPECTIONSERVICE 23
538	538	For necessary expenses to carry out services author-24
539	539	ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 25
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543	543	Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 1
544	544	Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation 2
545	545	allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 3
546	546	Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 4
547	547	$1,197,067,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-5
548	548	ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-6
549	549	oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 7
550	550	Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 8
551	551	(7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 9
552	552	Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 10
553	553	shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 11
554	554	That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 12
555	555	be employed during fiscal year 2024 for purposes dedi-13
556	556	cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 14
557	557	Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 15
558	558	seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 16
559	559	available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-17
560	560	ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 18
561	561	cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 19
562	562	shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 20
563	563	value of the building. 21
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567	567	TITLE II 1
568	568	FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 2
569	569	PROGRAMS 3
570	570	O
571	571	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORFARM 4
572	572	P
573	573	RODUCTION ANDCONSERVATION 5
574	574	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 6
575	575	Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 7
576	576	$901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 8
577	577	Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva-9
578	578	tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 10
579	579	to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-11
580	580	fice. 12
581	581	F
582	582	ARMPRODUCTION ANDCONSERVATIONBUSINESS 13
583	583	C
584	584	ENTER 14
585	585	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
586	586	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 16
587	587	For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 17
588	588	Conservation Business Center, $231,302,000: Provided, 18
589	589	That $60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the cur-19
590	590	rent fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm 20
591	591	Security and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 21
592	592	3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged with this ac-22
593	593	count. 23
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597	597	FARMSERVICEAGENCY 1
598	598	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
599	599	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
600	600	For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 4
601	601	$1,215,307,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall 5
602	602	be for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and 6
603	603	anticipated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county of-7
604	604	fices and farm loan officers and shall be available until 8
605	605	September 30, 2025: Provided, That not more than 50 9
606	606	percent of the funding made available under this heading 10
607	607	for information technology related to farm program deliv-11
608	608	ery may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 12
609	609	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-13
610	610	gress, and receives written or electronic notification of re-14
611	611	ceipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 15
612	612	(1) identifies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) 16
613	613	the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 17
614	614	and the mission benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated 18
615	615	lifecycle cost for the entirety of the project/investment, in-19
616	616	cluding estimates for development as well as maintenance 20
617	617	and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) dem-21
618	618	onstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent 22
619	619	with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 23
620	620	Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applica-24
621	621	ble lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) 25
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625	625	subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning 1
626	626	and investment control requirements; and (3) has been re-2
627	627	viewed by the Government Accountability Office and ap-3
628	628	proved by the Committees on Appropriations of both 4
629	629	Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency 5
630	630	shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of 6
631	631	fiscal year 2024 to the Committees on Appropriations and 7
632	632	the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for 8
633	633	each project/investment that is operational (a) current 9
634	634	performance against key indicators of customer satisfac-10
635	635	tion, (b) current performance of service level agreements 11
636	636	or other technical metrics, (c) current performance against 12
637	637	a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown 13
638	638	of current and planned spending on operational enhance-14
639	639	ments or upgrades, and (e) an assessment of whether the 15
640	640	investment continues to meet business needs as intended 16
641	641	as well as alternatives to the investment: Provided further, 17
642	642	That the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facili-18
643	643	ties, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity 19
644	644	Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro-20
645	645	grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 21
646	646	other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 22
647	647	activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac-23
648	648	count: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 24
649	649	under this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made available 25
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653	653	to county committees, to remain available until expended: 1
654	654	Provided further, That, notwithstanding the preceding pro-2
655	655	viso, any funds made available to county committees in 3
656	656	the current fiscal year that the Administrator of the Farm 4
657	657	Service Agency deems to exceed or not meet the amount 5
658	658	needed for the county committees may be transferred to 6
659	659	or from the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses: 7
660	660	Provided further, That none of the funds available to the 8
661	661	Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service 9
662	662	Agency county offices: Provided further, That none of the 10
663	663	funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 11
664	664	to permanently relocate county based employees that 12
665	665	would result in an office with two or fewer employees with-13
666	666	out prior notification and approval of the Committees on 14
667	667	Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 15
668	668	STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 16
669	669	For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-17
670	670	tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 18
671	671	5106), $6,000,000. 19
672	672	GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 20
673	673	For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 21
674	674	groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 22
675	675	the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 23
676	676	$7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 24
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680	680	DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 1
681	681	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2
682	682	For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 3
683	683	payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 4
684	684	products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 5
685	685	may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-6
686	686	vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 7
687	687	in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-8
688	688	scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 9
689	689	Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-10
690	690	tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 11
691	691	12). 12
692	692	AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 13
693	693	ACCOUNT 14
694	694	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 15
695	695	For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-16
696	696	rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 17
697	697	seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer-18
698	698	gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac-19
699	699	quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 20
700	700	U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 21
701	701	1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and 22
702	702	Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) 23
703	703	to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit In-24
704	704	surance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed 25
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708	708	farm ownership loans and $3,100,000,000 for farm owner-1
709	709	ship direct loans; $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guar-2
710	710	anteed operating loans and $1,633,000,000 for direct op-3
711	711	erating loans; emergency loans, $37,667,000; Indian tribe 4
712	712	land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conserva-5
713	713	tion loans, $150,000,000; relending program, 6
714	714	$61,426,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 7
715	715	$5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 8
716	716	$60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the 9
717	717	pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll 10
718	718	weevil eradication program loans. 11
719	719	For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 12
720	720	grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 13
721	721	in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 14
722	722	as follows: $3,507,000 for emergency loans, to remain 15
723	723	available until expended; and $27,598,000 for direct farm 16
724	724	operating loans, $1,483,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 17
725	725	farm operating loans, $19,368,000 for the relending pro-18
726	726	gram,$1,577,000 for Indian highly fractionated land 19
727	727	loans, and $258,000 for boll weevil eradication program 20
728	728	loans. 21
729	729	In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 22
730	730	carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 23
731	731	$326,053,000: Provided, That of this amount, 24
732	732	$305,803,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 25
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736	736	appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex-1
737	737	penses’’. 2
738	738	Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 3
739	739	Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 4
740	740	operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 5
741	741	loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro-6
742	742	vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 7
743	743	Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad-8
744	744	vance of any transfer. 9
745	745	R
746	746	ISKMANAGEMENTAGENCY 10
747	747	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
748	748	For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 12
749	749	Agency, $63,637,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the 13
750	750	amount appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 14
751	751	be available for compliance and integrity activities re-15
752	752	quired under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop In-16
753	753	surance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall 17
754	754	be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such pur-18
755	755	pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 19
756	756	be available for official reception and representation ex-20
757	757	penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 21
758	758	N
759	759	ATURALRESOURCESCONSERVATIONSERVICE 22
760	760	CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 23
761	761	For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-24
762	762	sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 25
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766	766	including preparation of conservation plans and establish-1
767	767	ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 2
768	768	farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-3
769	769	ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 4
770	770	to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-5
771	771	trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-6
772	772	tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 7
773	773	soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 8
774	774	water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 9
775	775	program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 10
776	776	cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 11
777	777	3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter-12
778	778	ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-13
779	779	ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 14
780	780	$911,399,000, to remain available until September 30, 15
781	781	2025, of which up to $18,748,000, to remain available 16
782	782	until expended, shall be for the purposes, and in the 17
783	783	amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 18
784	784	‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom-19
785	785	panying this Act: Provided further, That appropriations 20
786	786	hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 21
787	787	for construction and improvement of buildings and public 22
788	788	improvements at plant materials centers, except that the 23
789	789	cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings 24
790	790	and other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: 25
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794	794	Provided further, That when buildings or other structures 1
795	795	are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such 2
796	796	land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 3
797	797	CORPORATIONS 4
798	798	The following corporations and agencies are hereby 5
799	799	authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 6
800	800	funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-7
801	801	poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 8
802	802	contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 9
803	803	limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 10
804	804	Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 11
805	805	out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 12
806	806	fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-13
807	807	inafter provided. 14
808	808	F
809	809	EDERALCROPINSURANCECORPORATIONFUND 15
810	810	For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 16
811	811	Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 17
812	812	as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 18
813	813	C
814	814	OMMODITYCREDITCORPORATIONFUND 19
815	815	REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 20
816	816	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 21
817	817	For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-22
818	818	essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 23
819	819	net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim-24
820	820	bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 25
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824	824	1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 1
825	825	available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec-2
826	826	tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 3
827	827	(15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 4
828	828	Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 5
829	829	transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-6
830	830	ice for information resource management activities of the 7
831	831	Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com-8
832	832	modity Credit Corporation business: Provided further, 9
833	833	That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro-10
834	834	priations of the House and Senate in writing 15 days prior 11
835	835	to the obligation or commitment of any emergency funds 12
836	836	from the Commodity Credit Corporation. 13
837	837	HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 14
838	838	(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 15
839	839	For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 16
840	840	Corporation shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for 17
841	841	site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 18
842	842	and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 19
843	843	of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 20
844	844	Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 21
845	845	9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 22
846	846	Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 23
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850	850	TITLE III 1
851	851	RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 2
852	852	O
853	853	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORRURAL 3
854	854	D
855	855	EVELOPMENT 4
856	856	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 5
857	857	Secretary for Rural Development, $800,000: Provided, 6
858	858	That funds made available by this Act to an agency in 7
859	859	the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex-8
860	860	penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup-9
861	861	port staff for the Office. 10
862	862	R
863	863	URALDEVELOPMENT 11
864	864	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
865	865	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 13
866	866	For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-14
867	867	tration and implementation of Rural Development pro-15
868	868	grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 16
869	869	development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 17
870	870	and for cooperative agreements; $331,087,000: Provided 18
871	871	further, That of the amount made available under this 19
872	872	heading, no less than $75,000,000, to remain available 20
873	873	until expended, shall be for information technology ex-21
874	874	penses. Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-22
875	875	sion of law, funds appropriated under this heading may 23
876	876	be used for advertising and promotional activities that 24
877	877	support Rural Development programs: Provided further, 25
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881	881	That in addition to any other funds appropriated for pur-1
882	882	poses authorized by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 2
883	883	1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected under 3
884	884	such section, as amended by this Act, will immediately be 4
885	885	credited to this account and will remain available until ex-5
886	886	pended for such purposes. 6
887	887	R
888	888	URALHOUSINGSERVICE 7
889	889	RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 8
890	890	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 9
891	891	For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-10
892	892	rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 11
893	893	Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 12
894	894	rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $880,691,000 13
895	895	shall be for Section 502 direct loans; $5,000,000 for a 14
896	896	Single Family Housing Relending demonstration program 15
897	897	for Native American Tribes; and $30,000,000,000 for Sec-16
898	898	tion 502 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $25,000,000 for 17
899	899	section 504 housing repair loans; $60,000,000 for section 18
900	900	515 rental housing; $400,000,000 for section 538 guaran-19
901	901	teed multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit 20
902	902	sales of single family housing acquired property; 21
903	903	$5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop-22
904	904	ment loans; and $5,000,000 for section 524 site develop-23
905	905	ment loans. 24
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909	909	For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 1
910	910	the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 2
911	911	the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 3
912	912	502 loans, $86,660,000 shall be for direct loans; Single 4
913	913	Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 5
914	914	Native American Tribes, $2,288,000; section 504 housing 6
915	915	repair loans, $4,337,000; section 523 self-help housing 7
916	916	land development loans, $637,000; section 524 site devel-8
917	917	opment loans, $477,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and 9
918	918	new construction of section 515 rental housing, 10
919	919	$20,998,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 11
920	920	level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 12
921	921	under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 13
922	922	any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guaran-14
923	923	tees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 15
924	924	of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such 16
925	925	loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That appli-17
926	926	cants in communities that have a current rural area waiv-18
927	927	er under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 19
928	928	U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area 20
929	929	for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided 21
930	930	under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 22
931	931	available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 23
932	932	loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct 24
933	933	loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 25
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937	937	to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing 1
938	938	grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 2
939	939	1949 until June 1, 2024: Provided further, That the Sec-3
940	940	retary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to 4
941	941	nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to 5
942	942	facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) 6
943	943	multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit organi-7
944	944	zations and public housing authorities that commit to keep 8
945	945	such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program 9
946	946	for a period of time as determined by the Secretary, with 10
947	947	such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the fol-11
948	948	lowing: allow such nonprofit entities and public housing 12
949	949	authorities to earn a Return on Investment on their own 13
950	950	resources to include proceeds from low income housing tax 14
951	951	credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and devel-15
952	952	oper loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; 16
953	953	and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associ-17
954	954	ated with owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset 18
955	955	Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property. 19
956	956	In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 20
957	957	including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 21
958	958	502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 22
959	959	$34,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 23
960	960	demonstration program for the preservation and revital-24
961	961	ization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 25
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965	965	rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 1
966	966	multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro-2
967	967	priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 3
968	968	has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur-4
969	969	pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in-5
970	970	come residents and farm laborers including reducing or 6
971	971	eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi-7
972	972	nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other fi-8
973	973	nancial assistance including advances, payments and in-9
974	974	centives (including the ability of owners to obtain reason-10
975	975	able returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 11
976	976	Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the preser-12
977	977	vation and revitalization agreement, obtain a restrictive 13
978	978	use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc-14
979	979	turing. 15
980	980	In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 16
981	981	contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 17
982	982	Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), 18
983	983	$9,525,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 19
984	984	farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 20
985	985	grants and contracts. 21
986	986	In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 22
987	987	carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 23
988	988	$412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 24
989	989	‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 25
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993	993	RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 1
994	994	For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-2
995	995	newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 3
996	996	of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 4
997	997	in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house-5
998	998	holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous-6
999	999	ing Act of 1949, $1,606,926,000, and in addition such 7
1000	1000	sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) 8
1001	1001	of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 9
1002	1002	1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec-10
1003	1003	tion 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance 11
1004	1004	agreements entered into or renewed during the current fis-12
1005	1005	cal year shall be funded for a one-year period: Provided 13
1006	1006	further, That upon request by an owner of a project fi-14
1007	1007	nanced by an existing loan under section 514 or 515 of 15
1008	1008	the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assistance 16
1009	1009	agreement for a period of 20 years or until the term of 17
1010	1010	such loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations: 18
1011	1011	Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain-19
1012	1012	ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans-20
1013	1013	ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction, main-21
1014	1014	tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 22
1015	1015	preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 23
1016	1016	under title V of the Act: Provided further, That notwith-24
1017	1017	standing any other provision of the Act, the Secretary may 25
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1021	1021	recapture rental assistance provided under agreements en-1
1022	1022	tered into prior to fiscal year 2024 for a project the Sec-2
1023	1023	retary determines no longer needs rental assistance and 3
1024	1024	use such recaptured funds for current needs: Provided fur-4
1025	1025	ther, That such recaptured funds shall remain available 5
1026	1026	for obligation in fiscal year 2024 for the purposes specified 6
1027	1027	under the heading: Provided further, That such recaptured 7
1028	1028	rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be ap-8
1029	1029	plied to another farm labor multi-family housing project 9
1030	1030	financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act. 10
1031	1031	RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT 11
1032	1032	For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 12
1033	1033	under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not-13
1034	1034	withstanding subsection (b) of such section, $48,000,000, 14
1035	1035	to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 15
1036	1036	funds made available under this heading shall be available 16
1037	1037	for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 17
1038	1038	(including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 18
1039	1039	in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has 19
1040	1040	been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 20
1041	1041	2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 21
1042	1042	shall be the difference between comparable market rent 22
1043	1043	for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 23
1044	1044	unit: Provided further, That funds made available for such 24
1045	1045	vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap-25
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1049	1049	propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 1
1050	1050	to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 2
1051	1051	vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid-3
1052	1052	ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 4
1053	1053	by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 5
1054	1054	Development: Provided further, That in addition to any 6
1055	1055	other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more 7
1056	1056	than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made 8
1057	1057	available under this heading, for administrative expenses 9
1058	1058	for activities funded under this heading. 10
1059	1059	MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 11
1060	1060	For grants and contracts pursuant to section 12
1061	1061	523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 13
1062	1062	1490c), $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 14
1063	1063	RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 15
1064	1064	For grants for very low-income housing repair and 16
1065	1065	rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 17
1066	1066	Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 18
1067	1067	$35,000,000, to remain available until expended. 19
1068	1068	RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 20
1069	1069	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 21
1070	1070	For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-22
1071	1071	rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 23
1072	1072	and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 24
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1076	1076	Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di-1
1077	1077	rect loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 2
1078	1078	For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 3
1079	1079	grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 4
1080	1080	in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 5
1081	1081	for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 6
1082	1082	section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 7
1083	1083	Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 8
1084	1084	$327,636,000, to remain available until expended, of 9
1085	1085	which up to $312,037,648 shall be for the purposes, and 10
1086	1086	in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti-11
1087	1087	tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom-12
1088	1088	panying this Act: Provided, That $5,000,000 of the 13
1089	1089	amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 14
1090	1090	for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided 15
1091	1091	further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop 16
1092	1092	the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community- 17
1093	1093	based housing and community development organizations, 18
1094	1094	low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized 19
1095	1095	Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 20
1096	1096	housing, community facilities, community and economic 21
1097	1097	development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 22
1098	1098	That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri-23
1099	1099	vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro-24
1100	1100	posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 25
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1104	1104	assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-1
1105	1105	nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 2
1106	1106	including Federal funds for related activities, in an 3
1107	1107	amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 4
1108	1108	That any unobligated balances from prior year appropria-5
1109	1109	tions under this heading for the cost of direct loans, loan 6
1110	1110	guarantees and grants, including amounts deobligated or 7
1111	1111	cancelled, may be made available to cover the subsidy costs 8
1112	1112	for direct loans and or loan guarantees under this heading 9
1113	1113	in this fiscal year: Provided further, That no amounts may 10
1114	1114	be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso from 11
1115	1115	amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 12
1116	1116	emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolu-13
1117	1117	tion on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-14
1118	1118	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or that were specified 15
1119	1119	in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres-16
1120	1120	sionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 17
1121	1121	for division A of Public Law 117-328 described in section 18
1122	1122	4 in the matter preceding such division A: Provided fur-19
1123	1123	ther, That $6,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 20
1124	1124	this heading shall be available for community facilities 21
1125	1125	grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 22
1126	1126	306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 23
1127	1127	381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 24
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1131	1131	Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 1
1132	1132	available under this heading. 2
1133	1133	R
1134	1134	URALBUSINESS—COOPERATIVESERVICE 3
1135	1135	RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 4
1136	1136	For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 5
1137	1137	rural business development programs authorized by sec-6
1138	1138	tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 7
1139	1139	(g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 8
1140	1140	Development Act, $68,840,000, to remain available until 9
1141	1141	expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 10
1142	1142	under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 11
1143	1143	available for one grant to a qualified national organization 12
1144	1144	to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 13
1145	1145	order to promote economic development and $6,000,000 14
1146	1146	shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 15
1147	1147	U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional 16
1148	1148	Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa-17
1149	1149	lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 18
1150	1150	for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 19
1151	1151	as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm 20
1152	1152	and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 21
1153	1153	percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 22
1154	1154	further, That of the amount appropriated under this head-23
1155	1155	ing, not to exceed $100,000 shall be made available for 24
1156	1156	one or more qualified state technology councils to promote 25
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1160	1160	private-sector economic development in the bio-sciences: 1
1161	1161	Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appro-2
1162	1162	priated under this heading shall be for business grants to 3
1163	1163	benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, in-4
1164	1164	cluding $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national orga-5
1165	1165	nization to provide technical assistance for rural transpor-6
1166	1166	tation in order to promote economic development: Pro-7
1167	1167	vided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the 8
1168	1168	Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 9
1169	1169	applicable to funds made available under this heading. 10
1170	1170	INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 11
1171	1171	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
1172	1172	For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-13
1173	1173	ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-14
1174	1174	count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $16,000,000. 15
1175	1175	For the cost of direct loans, $4,856,000, as author-16
1176	1176	ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-17
1177	1177	count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $331,000 shall be avail-18
1178	1178	able through June 30, 2024, for Federally Recognized Na-19
1179	1179	tive American Tribes; and of which $663,000 shall be 20
1180	1180	available through June 30, 2024, for Mississippi Delta Re-21
1181	1181	gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 22
1182	1182	Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the 23
1183	1183	cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 24
1184	1184	502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 25
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1188	1188	In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 1
1189	1189	the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the 2
1190	1190	appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-3
1191	1191	penses’’. 4
1192	1192	RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 5
1193	1193	ACCOUNT 6
1194	1194	For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-7
1195	1195	ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 8
1196	1196	Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop-9
1197	1197	ment and job creation projects, $75,000,000. 10
1198	1198	The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 11
1199	1199	of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro-12
1200	1200	moting rural economic development and job creation 13
1201	1201	projects shall not exceed $15,000,000. 14
1202	1202	RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 15
1203	1203	For rural cooperative development grants authorized 16
1204	1204	under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 17
1205	1205	Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $19,600,000, of 18
1206	1206	which $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 19
1207	1207	the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-20
1208	1208	gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 21
1209	1209	for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 22
1210	1210	cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 23
1211	1211	disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di-24
1212	1212	rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in-25
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1216	1216	dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 1
1217	1217	groups; and of which $8,000,000, to remain available until 2
1218	1218	expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product 3
1219	1219	market development grants, as authorized by section 210A 4
1220	1220	of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. 5
1221	1221	RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 6
1222	1222	For the principal amount of direct loans as author-7
1223	1223	ized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 8
1224	1224	Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $5,000,000. 9
1225	1225	For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under 10
1226	1226	the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 11
1227	1227	379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 12
1228	1228	Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s). 13
1229	1229	RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 14
1230	1230	For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under 15
1231	1231	the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 16
1232	1232	9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 17
1233	1233	2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000. 18
1234	1234	R
1235	1235	URALUTILITIESSERVICE 19
1236	1236	RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 20
1237	1237	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 21
1238	1238	For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-22
1239	1239	rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 23
1240	1240	and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 24
1241	1241	Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 25
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1245	1245	$1,000,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 1
1246	1246	guaranteed loans. 2
1247	1247	For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 3
1248	1248	grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 4
1249	1249	in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 5
1250	1250	for rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 6
1251	1251	waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 7
1252	1252	306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sec-8
1253	1253	tions 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the 9
1254	1254	Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 10
1255	1255	$587,120,000, to remain available until expended, of 11
1256	1256	which up to $120,101,362 shall be for the purposes, and 12
1257	1257	in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti-13
1258	1258	tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom-14
1259	1259	panying this Act, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall 15
1260	1260	be available for the rural utilities program described in 16
1261	1261	section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to ex-17
1262	1262	ceed $4,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 18
1263	1263	program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, 19
1264	1264	That not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amount appro-20
1265	1265	priated under this heading shall be for grants authorized 21
1266	1266	by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 22
1267	1267	Development Act in addition to funding authorized by sec-23
1268	1268	tion 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 24
1269	1269	$30,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-25
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1273	1273	ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 1
1274	1274	waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 2
1275	1275	306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 3
1276	1276	Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recog-4
1277	1277	nized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) 5
1278	1278	of such Act: Provided further, That funding provided for 6
1279	1279	section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-7
1280	1280	opment Act may be provided to a consortium formed pur-8
1281	1281	suant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided fur-9
1282	1282	ther, That not more than 2 percent of the funding pro-10
1283	1283	vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 11
1284	1284	Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alas-12
1285	1285	ka for training and technical assistance programs and not 13
1286	1286	more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 14
1287	1287	306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 15
1288	1288	Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to sec-16
1289	1289	tion 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical 17
1290	1290	assistance programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 18
1291	1291	$37,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-19
1292	1292	ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 20
1293	1293	and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 21
1294	1294	Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex-22
1295	1295	treme need, of which $8,500,000 shall be made available 23
1296	1296	for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional 24
1297	1297	technical assistance organization, with experience in work-25
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1301	1301	ing with small communities on water and waste water 1
1302	1302	problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to 2
1303	1303	assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 3
1304	1304	in improving the planning, financing, development, oper-4
1305	1305	ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 5
1306	1306	and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali-6
1307	1307	fied national Native American organization to provide 7
1308	1308	technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com-8
1309	1309	munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 9
1310	1310	$21,817,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-10
1311	1311	ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi-11
1312	1312	zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as-12
1313	1313	sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 13
1314	1314	not to exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made available 14
1315	1315	under this heading shall be for solid waste management 15
1316	1316	grants. 16
1317	1317	RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 17
1318	1318	LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 18
1319	1319	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19
1320	1320	The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees 20
1321	1321	as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of 21
1322	1322	the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 22
1323	1323	936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaran-23
1324	1324	teed rural electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of 24
1325	1325	that Act, $2,167,000,000; cost of money direct loans made 25
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1329	1329	pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of 1
1330	1330	one percent in 4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), 2
1331	1331	of that Act, $4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 3
1332	1332	loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, $900,000,000; 4
1333	1333	and for cost-of-money rural telecommunications loans 5
1334	1334	made pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of that Act, 6
1335	1335	$690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall 7
1336	1336	be used for the construction, acquisition, design, engineer-8
1337	1337	ing or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 9
1338	1338	plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sub-10
1339	1339	surface utilization and storage systems. 11
1340	1340	For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 12
1341	1341	305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 13
1342	1342	U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, 14
1343	1343	as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 15
1344	1344	of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 16
1345	1345	$7,176,000. 17
1346	1346	In addition, $3,578,000 to remain available until ex-18
1347	1347	pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security 19
1348	1348	and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro-20
1349	1349	vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by 21
1350	1350	the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon-22
1351	1351	strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 23
1352	1352	In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 24
1353	1353	carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 25
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1357	1357	$33,270,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 1
1358	1358	‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 2
1359	1359	DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 3
1360	1360	PROGRAM 4
1361	1361	For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 5
1362	1362	services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 6
1363	1363	et seq., $56,973,000, to remain available until expended, 7
1364	1364	of which up to $6,972,570 shall be for the purposes, and 8
1365	1365	in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti-9
1366	1366	tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom-10
1367	1367	panying this Act: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be 11
1368	1368	made available for grants authorized by section 379G of 12
1369	1369	the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Pro-13
1370	1370	vided further, That funding provided under this heading 14
1371	1371	for grants under section 379G of the Consolidated Farm 15
1372	1372	and Rural Development Act may only be provided to enti-16
1373	1373	ties that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 17
1374	1374	as established by this section. 18
1375	1375	For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 19
1376	1376	sections 601 and 602 of the Rural Electrification Act, 20
1377	1377	$2,037,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 21
1378	1378	That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 22
1379	1379	502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 23
1380	1380	For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 24
1381	1381	pilot program established by section 779 of division A of 25
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1385	1385	the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 1
1386	1386	115–141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 2
1387	1387	amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $269,385,000, to remain 3
1388	1388	available until expended, of which up to $10,385,000 shall 4
1389	1389	be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 5
1390	1390	account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ 6
1391	1391	in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That the 7
1392	1392	Secretary may award grants described in section 601(a) 8
1393	1393	of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 9
1394	1394	U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out such 10
1395	1395	pilot program: Provided further, That the cost of direct 11
1396	1396	loans shall be defined in section 502 of the Congressional 12
1397	1397	Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That at least 90 13
1398	1398	percent of the households to be served by a project receiv-14
1399	1399	ing a loan or grant under the pilot program shall be in 15
1400	1400	a rural area without sufficient access to broadband: Pro-16
1401	1401	vided further, That for purposes of such pilot program, 17
1402	1402	a rural area without sufficient access to broadband shall 18
1403	1403	be defined as twenty-five megabits per second downstream 19
1404	1404	and three megabits per second upstream: Provided further, 20
1405	1405	That to the extent possible, projects receiving funds pro-21
1406	1406	vided under the pilot program must build out service to 22
1407	1407	at least one hundred megabits per second downstream, 23
1408	1408	and twenty megabits per second upstream: Provided fur-24
1409	1409	ther, That an entity to which a loan or grant is made 25
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1413	1413	under the pilot program shall not use the loan or grant 1
1414	1414	to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a service 2
1415	1415	area by any entity that has received a broadband loan 3
1416	1416	from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not 4
1417	1417	provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum 5
1418	1418	service threshold: Provided further, That not more than 6
1419	1419	four percent of the funds made available in this paragraph 7
1420	1420	can be used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot 8
1421	1421	program and up to three percent of funds made available 9
1422	1422	in this paragraph may be available for technical assistance 10
1423	1423	and pre-development planning activities to support the 11
1424	1424	most rural communities: Provided further, That the Rural 12
1425	1425	Utilities Service is directed to expedite program delivery 13
1426	1426	methods that would implement this paragraph: Provided 14
1427	1427	further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary 15
1428	1428	shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service area as-16
1429	1429	sessment requirements set forth in section 701 of the 17
1430	1430	Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc). 18
1431	1431	In addition, $30,000,000, to remain available until 19
1432	1432	expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au-20
1433	1433	thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 21
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1437	1437	TITLE IV 1
1438	1438	DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 2
1439	1439	O
1440	1440	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORFOOD, 3
1441	1441	N
1442	1442	UTRITION, ANDCONSUMERSERVICES 4
1443	1443	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 5
1444	1444	Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 6
1445	1445	$800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 7
1446	1446	Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 8
1447	1447	Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-9
1448	1448	able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 10
1449	1449	the Office. 11
1450	1450	F
1451	1451	OOD ANDNUTRITIONSERVICE 12
1452	1452	CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 13
1453	1453	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14
1454	1454	For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 15
1455	1455	Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 16
1456	1456	seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 17
1457	1457	1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 18
1458	1458	21; $31,996,363,000 to remain available through Sep-19
1459	1459	tember 30, 2025, of which such sums as are made avail-20
1460	1460	able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 21
1461	1461	and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 22
1462	1462	amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available 23
1463	1463	for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 24
1464	1464	Provided, That of the total amount available, $18,004,000 25
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1468	1468	shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu-1
1469	1469	trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 2
1470	1470	further, That of the total amount available, $21,005,000 3
1471	1471	shall be available to carry out studies and evaluations and 4
1472	1472	shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 5
1473	1473	That of the total amount available, $3,000,000 shall re-6
1474	1474	main available until expended to carry out section 18(g) 7
1475	1475	of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 8
1476	1476	U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, That notwithstanding 9
1477	1477	section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National 10
1478	1478	School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total 11
1479	1479	grant amount provided to a farm to school grant recipient 12
1480	1480	in fiscal year 2024 shall not exceed $500,000: Provided 13
1481	1481	further, That of the total amount available, $20,000,000 14
1482	1482	shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 15
1483	1483	agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 16
1484	1484	schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater 17
1485	1485	than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 18
1486	1486	safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte-19
1487	1487	nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro-20
1488	1488	vided further, That section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell 21
1489	1489	National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is 22
1490	1490	amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 23
1491	1491	2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2025’’: Provided fur-24
1492	1492	ther, That section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell Na-25
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1496	1496	tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amend-1
1497	1497	ed in the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’ 2
1498	1498	and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’: Provided further, 3
1499	1499	That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National 4
1500	1500	School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in 5
1501	1501	the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’ and 6
1502	1502	inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’. 7
1503	1503	SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 8
1504	1504	WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 9
1505	1505	For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-10
1506	1506	plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 11
1507	1507	of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 12
1508	1508	$6,000,000,000, to remain available through September 13
1509	1509	30, 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding section 14
1510	1510	17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 15
1511	1511	1786(h)(10)), up to $90,000,000 shall be used for 16
1512	1512	breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 17
1513	1513	and up to $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: 18
1514	1514	Provided further, That the Secretary shall use funds made 19
1515	1515	available under this heading to increase the amount of a 20
1516	1516	cash-value voucher to $11 for child participants, $13 for 21
1517	1517	pregnant and postpartum women, and $15 for fully and 22
1518	1518	partially breastfeeding women and adjusted for inflation 23
1519	1519	beginning in fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That none 24
1520	1520	of the funds provided in this account shall be available 25
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1524	1524	for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance 1
1525	1525	with the cost containment and competitive bidding re-2
1526	1526	quirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 3
1527	1527	further, That none of the funds provided shall be available 4
1528	1528	for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Fed-5
1529	1529	eral Government departments or agencies unless author-6
1530	1530	ized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 7
1531	1531	upon termination of a federally mandated vendor morato-8
1532	1532	rium and subject to terms and conditions established by 9
1533	1533	the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement 10
1534	1534	at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency. 11
1535	1535	SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 12
1536	1536	For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 13
1537	1537	Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 14
1538	1538	$121,996,757,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 15
1539	1539	available through September 30, 2026, shall be placed in 16
1540	1540	reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 17
1541	1541	as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 18
1542	1542	Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 19
1543	1543	in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 20
1544	1544	Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made 21
1545	1545	available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 22
1546	1546	provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 23
1547	1547	Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 24
1548	1548	Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 25
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1552	1552	further, That of the funds made available under this head-1
1553	1553	ing, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2
1554	1554	2025, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public 3
1555	1555	Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 4
1556	1556	organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made 5
1557	1557	available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be used to 6
1558	1558	carry out section 4208 of Public law 115-334; Provided 7
1559	1559	further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 8
1560	1560	work registration or workfare requirements as may be re-9
1561	1561	quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 10
1562	1562	for Employment and Training under this heading shall re-11
1563	1563	main available through September 30, 2025: Provided fur-12
1564	1564	ther, That funds made available under this heading for 13
1565	1565	section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the 14
1566	1566	Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 15
1567	1567	through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That none 16
1568	1568	of the funds made available under this heading may be 17
1569	1569	obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 18
1570	1570	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): 19
1571	1571	Provided further, That funds made available under this 20
1572	1572	heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 21
1573	1573	staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi-22
1574	1574	ties related to program integrity provided that such activi-23
1575	1575	ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 24
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1579	1579	COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 1
1580	1580	For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-2
1581	1581	ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 3
1582	1582	authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-4
1583	1583	sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 5
1584	1584	Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-6
1585	1585	ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-7
1586	1586	tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-8
1587	1587	ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm-9
1588	1588	ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 10
1589	1589	17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $472,563,000, 11
1590	1590	to remain available through September 30, 2025: Pro-12
1591	1591	vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-13
1592	1592	burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 14
1593	1593	donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith-15
1594	1594	standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 16
1595	1595	made available in fiscal year 2024 to support the Seniors 17
1596	1596	Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 18
1597	1597	section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 19
1598	1598	Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 20
1599	1599	September 30, 2025: Provided further, That of the funds 21
1600	1600	made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri-22
1601	1601	tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 23
1602	1602	use up to 20 percent for costs associated with the distribu-24
1603	1603	tion of commodities. 25
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1607	1607	NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 1
1608	1608	For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 2
1609	1609	and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri-3
1610	1610	tion assistance program, $136,861,000: Provided, That of 4
1611	1611	the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 5
1612	1612	the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 6
1613	1613	amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 7
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1617	1617	TITLE V 1
1618	1618	FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 2
1619	1619	PROGRAMS 3
1620	1620	O
1621	1621	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORTRADE AND 4
1622	1622	F
1623	1623	OREIGNAGRICULTURALAFFAIRS 5
1624	1624	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 6
1625	1625	Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 7
1626	1626	$875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 8
1627	1627	Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 9
1628	1628	Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-10
1629	1629	able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 11
1630	1630	the Office. 12
1631	1631	F
1632	1632	OREIGNAGRICULTURALSERVICE 13
1633	1633	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
1634	1634	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 15
1635	1635	For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 16
1636	1636	Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa-17
1637	1637	tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 18
1638	1638	the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 19
1639	1639	$237,330,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re-20
1640	1640	main available until September 30, 2025, for overseas op-21
1641	1641	erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 22
1642	1642	Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 23
1643	1643	or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 24
1644	1644	behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza-25
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1648	1648	tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu-1
1649	1649	ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro-2
1650	1650	grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro-3
1651	1651	grams of the United States Agency for International De-4
1652	1652	velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 5
1653	1653	for middle-income country training programs, funds made 6
1654	1654	available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 7
1655	1655	Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 8
1656	1656	$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-9
1657	1657	tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 10
1658	1658	international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-11
1659	1659	mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re-12
1660	1660	main available until expended. 13
1661	1661	FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 14
1662	1662	For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-15
1663	1663	erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-16
1664	1664	cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 17
1665	1665	(Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec-18
1666	1666	tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 19
1667	1667	$1,740,000,000, to remain available until expended. 20
1668	1668	MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 21
1669	1669	AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 22
1670	1670	For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 23
1671	1671	of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-24
1672	1672	ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $240,000,000, to 25
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1676	1676	remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-1
1677	1677	modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 2
1678	1678	services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-3
1679	1679	plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 4
1680	1680	amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 5
1681	1681	amount made available under this heading, not more than 6
1682	1682	10 percent, but not less than $24,000,000, shall remain 7
1683	1683	available until expended to purchase agricultural commod-8
1684	1684	ities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm 9
1685	1685	Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 10
1686	1686	1736o–1(a)(2)). 11
1687	1687	COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 12
1688	1688	CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 13
1689	1689	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14
1690	1690	For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-15
1691	1691	modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 16
1692	1692	GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common 17
1693	1693	overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-18
1694	1694	modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 19
1695	1695	with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall 20
1696	1696	be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural 21
1697	1697	Service, Salaries and Expenses’’. 22
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1701	1701	TITLE VI 1
1702	1702	RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 2
1703	1703	ADMINISTRATION 3
1704	1704	D
1705	1705	EPARTMENT OFHEALTH ANDHUMANSERVICES 4
1706	1706	FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 5
1707	1707	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
1708	1708	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 7
1709	1709	For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-8
1710	1710	ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 9
1711	1711	motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 10
1712	1712	costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 11
1713	1713	activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 12
1714	1714	included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 13
1715	1715	in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 14
1716	1716	amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 15
1717	1717	carrying out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) 16
1718	1718	of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for 17
1719	1719	miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-18
1720	1720	tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 19
1721	1721	be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not 20
1722	1722	to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of 21
1723	1723	Public Law 107–188; $6,579,030,000: Provided, That of 22
1724	1724	the amount provided under this heading, $1,336,525,000 23
1725	1725	shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author-24
1726	1726	ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac-25
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1730	1730	count and remain available until expended; $331,273,000 1
1731	1731	shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 2
1732	1732	by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account 3
1733	1733	and remain available until expended; $594,150,000 shall 4
1734	1734	be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 5
1735	1735	by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac-6
1736	1736	count and remain available until expended; $42,432,000 7
1737	1737	shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 8
1738	1738	fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be cred-9
1739	1739	ited to this account and remain available until expended; 10
1740	1740	$33,500,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 11
1741	1741	authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 12
1742	1742	to this account and remain available until expended; 13
1743	1743	$25,000,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 14
1744	1744	drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall 15
1745	1745	be credited to this account and remain available until ex-16
1746	1746	pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod-17
1747	1747	uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 18
1748	1748	credited to this account and remain available until ex-19
1749	1749	pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith-20
1750	1750	standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 21
1751	1751	collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 22
1752	1752	user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi-23
1753	1753	cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 24
1754	1754	new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 25
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1758	1758	year 2024 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred-1
1759	1759	ited to this account and remain available until expended: 2
1760	1760	Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 3
1761	1761	medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 4
1762	1762	product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as-5
1763	1763	sessments for fiscal year 2024, including any such fees 6
1764	1764	collected prior to fiscal year 2024 but credited for fiscal 7
1765	1765	year 2024, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2024 limita-8
1766	1766	tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 9
1767	1767	payment during fiscal year 2024 of user fees specified 10
1768	1768	under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2025, 11
1769	1769	prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of 12
1770	1770	such fees assessed for fiscal year 2025 for which the Sec-13
1771	1771	retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2024 shall not be 14
1772	1772	included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 15
1773	1773	That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab-16
1774	1774	lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 17
1775	1775	31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 18
1776	1776	amount appropriated: (1) $1,190,536,000 shall be for the 19
1777	1777	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 20
1778	1778	field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 21
1779	1779	no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of 22
1780	1780	foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 23
1781	1781	imported seafood; (2) $2,316,063,000 shall be for the 24
1782	1782	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 25
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1786	1786	field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 1
1787	1787	no less than $10,000,000 shall be for pilots to increase 2
1788	1788	unannounced foreign inspections and shall remain avail-3
1789	1789	able until expended; (3) $492,314,000 shall be for the 4
1790	1790	Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for re-5
1791	1791	lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 6
1792	1792	(4) $283,678,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 7
1793	1793	Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 8
1794	1794	Regulatory Affairs; (5) $739,854,000 shall be for the Cen-9
1795	1795	ter for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 10
1796	1796	field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 11
1797	1797	$76,534,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-12
1798	1798	cological Research; (7) $677,165,000 shall be for the Cen-13
1799	1799	ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 14
1800	1800	in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $214,304,000 shall 15
1801	1801	be for Rent and Related activities, of which $55,729,000 16
1802	1802	is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 17
1803	1803	paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) 18
1804	1804	$227,708,000 shall be for payments to the General Serv-19
1805	1805	ices Administration for rent; and (10) $360,874,000 shall 20
1806	1806	be for other activities, including the Office of the Commis-21
1807	1807	sioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and 22
1808	1808	Response, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief 23
1809	1809	Scientist, and central services for these offices: Provided 24
1810	1810	further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall 25
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1814	1814	be for official reception and representation expenses, not 1
1815	1815	otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commis-2
1816	1816	sioner: Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursu-3
1817	1817	ant to, and for the administration of, section 770(n) of 4
1818	1818	the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 5
1819	1819	379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available 6
1820	1820	under this heading for other activities and shall not exceed 7
1821	1821	$2,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts that 8
1822	1822	are made available under this heading for ‘‘other activi-9
1823	1823	ties’’, and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 10
1824	1824	shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 11
1825	1825	for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Office 12
1826	1826	of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the programs and 13
1827	1827	operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall 14
1828	1828	be in addition to funds otherwise made available for over-15
1829	1829	sight of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided fur-16
1830	1830	ther, That funds may be transferred from one specified 17
1831	1831	activity to another with the prior approval of the Commit-18
1832	1832	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 19
1833	1833	In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 20
1834	1834	42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 21
1835	1835	by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 22
1836	1836	21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 23
1837	1837	reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro-24
1838	1838	gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 25
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1842	1842	facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 1
1843	1843	drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 2
1844	1844	authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 3
1845	1845	provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 4
1846	1846	U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 5
1847	1847	by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority 6
1848	1848	review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb– 7
1849	1849	4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs 8
1850	1850	authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this 9
1851	1851	account, to remain available until expended. 10
1852	1852	FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT , CURES ACT 11
1853	1853	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
1854	1854	For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-13
1855	1855	scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 14
1856	1856	Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur-15
1857	1857	poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 16
1858	1858	$50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-17
1859	1859	vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 18
1860	1860	appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st 19
1861	1861	Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans-20
1862	1862	ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 21
1863	1863	be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 22
1864	1864	to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 23
1865	1865	Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 24
1866	1866	and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such 25
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1870	1870	Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 1
1871	1871	Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre-2
1872	1872	vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 3
1873	1873	such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 4
1874	1874	Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi-5
1875	1875	tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 6
1876	1876	INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 7
1877	1877	C
1878	1878	OMMODITYFUTURESTRADINGCOMMISSION 8
1879	1879	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
1880	1880	For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 10
1881	1881	of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-11
1882	1882	cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 12
1883	1883	and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 13
1884	1884	in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $345,000,000, 14
1885	1885	including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 15
1886	1886	representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 16
1887	1887	expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 17
1888	1888	Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-18
1889	1889	latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 19
1890	1890	remain available until September 30, 2025, and of which 20
1891	1891	not less than $4,218,000 shall be for expenses of the Of-21
1892	1892	fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-22
1893	1893	standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro-23
1894	1894	vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 24
1895	1895	of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 25
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1899	1899	entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 1
1900	1900	Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 2
1901	1901	liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-3
1902	1902	corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 4
1903	1903	31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro-5
1904	1904	viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 6
1905	1905	in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es-7
1906	1906	tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 8
1907	1907	and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 9
1908	1908	F
1909	1909	ARMCREDITADMINISTRATION 10
1910	1910	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 11
1911	1911	Not to exceed $94,300,000 (from assessments col-12
1912	1912	lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 13
1913	1913	Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 14
1914	1914	during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 15
1915	1915	as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 16
1916	1916	limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-17
1917	1917	ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 18
1918	1918	this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 19
1919	1919	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-20
1920	1920	gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 21
1921	1921	3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 22
1922	1922	2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 23
1923	1923	exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica-24
1924	1924	tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 25
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1928	1928	loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a 1
1929	1929	manner other than described in subclause (II) of the 2
1930	1930	clause. 3
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1934	1934	TITLE VII 1
1935	1935	GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
1936	1936	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
1937	1937	S
1938	1938	EC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 4
1939	1939	made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 5
1940	1940	Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 6
1941	1941	to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 7
1942	1942	total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2024 8
1943	1943	does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased 9
1944	1944	in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing 10
1945	1945	additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine 11
1946	1946	that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 12
1947	1947	to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, 13
1948	1948	property, and public safety: Provided further, That the 14
1949	1949	Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri-15
1950	1950	culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary 16
1951	1951	notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com-17
1952	1952	mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 18
1953	1953	within 30 days of the notification. 19
1954	1954	S
1955	1955	EC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 20
1956	1956	this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli-21
1957	1957	gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 22
1958	1958	Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal-23
1959	1959	ances that are remaining available of the Department of 24
1960	1960	Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-25
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1964	1964	tion of property, plant and equipment and for the improve-1
1965	1965	ment, delivery, and implementation of Department finan-2
1966	1966	cial, and administrative information technology services, 3
1967	1967	and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 4
1968	1968	financial, administrative, and information technology serv-5
1969	1969	ices, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary 6
1970	1970	benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, 7
1971	1971	such transferred funds to remain available until expended: 8
1972	1972	Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 9
1973	1973	Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 10
1974	1974	Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad-11
1975	1975	ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 12
1976	1976	transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 13
1977	1977	section shall be available for obligation without written no-14
1978	1978	tification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 15
1979	1979	Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur-16
1980	1980	ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 17
1981	1981	made available to the Department’s Working Capital 18
1982	1982	Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 19
1983	1983	make any changes to the Department’s National Finance 20
1984	1984	Center without written notification to and prior approval 21
1985	1985	of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 22
1986	1986	Congress as required by section 716 of this Act: Provided 23
1987	1987	further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 24
1988	1988	or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 25
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1992	1992	Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 1
1993	1993	initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes 2
1994	1994	to remove or relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or 3
1995	1995	functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and 4
1996	1996	the Chief Information Officer, co-located with or from the 5
1997	1997	National Finance Center prior to written notification to 6
1998	1998	and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 7
1999	1999	of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the 8
2000	2000	requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, 9
2001	2001	That the National Finance Center Information Tech-10
2002	2002	nology Services Division personnel and data center man-11
2003	2003	agement responsibilities, and control of any functions, 12
2004	2004	missions, and systems for current and future human re-13
2005	2005	sources management and integrated personnel and payroll 14
2006	2006	systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Finan-15
2007	2007	cial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain 16
2008	2008	in the National Finance Center and under the manage-17
2009	2009	ment responsibility and administrative control of the Na-18
2010	2010	tional Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec-19
2011	2011	retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 20
2012	2012	Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart-21
2013	2013	ments and other government agencies National Finance 22
2014	2014	Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay-23
2015	2015	roll, financial management, and human capital shared 24
2016	2016	services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 25
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2020	2020	technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in-1
2021	2021	come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De-2
2022	2022	partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex-3
2023	2023	cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 4
2024	2024	the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na-5
2025	2025	tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 6
2026	2026	more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 7
2027	2027	of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve-8
2028	2028	ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis-9
2029	2029	trative, and information technology services, and other 10
2030	2030	systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un-11
2031	2031	foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen-12
2032	2032	ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 13
2033	2033	shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub-14
2034	2034	mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit-15
2035	2035	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-16
2036	2036	vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 17
2037	2037	funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 18
2038	2038	shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by 19
2039	2039	the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state 20
2040	2040	of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 21
2041	2041	the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 22
2042	2042	the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 23
2043	2043	operations of the National Finance Center. 24
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2047	2047	SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 1
2048	2048	this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 2
2049	2049	current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 3
2050	2050	S
2051	2051	EC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 4
2052	2052	used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 5
2053	2053	agreements or similar arrangements between the United 6
2054	2054	States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-7
2055	2055	tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 8
2056	2056	the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-9
2057	2057	rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 10
2058	2058	between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-11
2059	2059	priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 12
2060	2060	with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-13
2061	2061	puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-14
2062	2062	priations are provided in this Act. 15
2063	2063	S
2064	2064	EC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-16
2065	2065	culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 17
2066	2066	available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 18
2067	2067	until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 19
2068	2068	fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-20
2069	2069	ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-21
2070	2070	tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 22
2071	2071	the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 23
2072	2072	S
2073	2073	EC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 24
2074	2074	Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-25
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2078	2078	quire new information technology systems or significant 1
2079	2079	upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-2
2080	2080	mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-3
2081	2081	tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-4
2082	2082	tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 5
2083	2083	notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 6
2084	2084	funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 7
2085	2085	Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-8
2086	2086	tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 9
2087	2087	approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 10
2088	2088	Houses of Congress: Provided further, That notwith-11
2089	2089	standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 12
2090	2090	none of the funds available to the Department of Agri-13
2091	2091	culture for information technology shall be obligated for 14
2092	2092	projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 15
2093	2093	prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-16
2094	2094	tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 17
2095	2095	Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 18
2096	2096	written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 19
2097	2097	projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 20
2098	2098	based upon the performance of an agency measured 21
2099	2099	against the performance plan requirements described in 22
2100	2100	the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 23
2101	2101	235. 24
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2105	2105	SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 1
2106	2106	of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 2
2107	2107	the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-3
2108	2108	pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 4
2109	2109	year. 5
2110	2110	S
2111	2111	EC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 6
2112	2112	law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 7
2113	2113	repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 8
2114	2114	under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not- 9
2115	2115	for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 10
2116	2116	direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 11
2117	2117	under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 12
2118	2118	as a borrower under such Act. 13
2119	2119	S
2120	2120	EC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 14
2121	2121	by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal-15
2122	2122	ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 16
2123	2123	expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 17
2124	2124	remain available through September 30, 2025, for infor-18
2125	2125	mation technology expenses. 19
2126	2126	S
2127	2127	EC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-20
2128	2128	wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 21
2129	2129	travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 22
2130	2130	contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 23
2131	2131	of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 24
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2135	2135	SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 1
2136	2136	or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 2
2137	2137	113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 3
2138	2138	I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 4
2139	2139	which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 5
2140	2140	is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 6
2141	2141	of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 7
2142	2142	(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 8
2143	2143	and related administrative expenses, including tech-9
2144	2144	nical assistance, associated with the implementation 10
2145	2145	of the program, without regard to the limitation on 11
2146	2146	the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 12
2147	2147	contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 13
2148	2148	Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 14
2149	2149	(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 15
2150	2150	not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 16
2151	2151	for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 17
2152	2152	amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 18
2153	2153	in such section. 19
2154	2154	S
2155	2155	EC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 20
2156	2156	not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 21
2157	2157	expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 22
2158	2158	panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 23
2159	2159	of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-24
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2163	2163	tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-1
2164	2164	tively awarded grants. 2
2165	2165	S
2166	2166	EC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 3
2167	2167	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 4
2168	2168	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 5
2169	2169	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 6
2170	2170	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 7
2171	2171	funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 8
2172	2172	enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-9
2173	2173	nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 10
2174	2174	S
2175	2175	EC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 11
2176	2176	14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 12
2177	2177	section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 13
2178	2178	appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 14
2179	2179	other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 15
2180	2180	of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 16
2181	2181	the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 17
2182	2182	referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,573,666,000, 18
2183	2183	as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Com-19
2184	2184	modities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 20
2185	2185	$5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 21
2186	2186	$2,500,000; Administration of section 32 Commodity Pur-22
2187	2187	chases—$37,178,000: Provided, That none of the funds 23
2188	2188	made available in this Act or any other Act shall be used 24
2189	2189	for salaries and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year 25
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2193	2193	section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National 1
2194	2194	School Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that 2
2195	2195	excludes the transfer of $195,000,000 of the funds to be 3
2196	2196	transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Pub-4
2197	2197	lic Law 110-246, until October 1, 2024: Provided further, 5
2198	2198	That $195,000,000 made available on October 1, 2024, 6
2199	2199	to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell 7
2200	2200	National School Lunch Act, as amended, shall be excluded 8
2201	2201	from the limitation described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(x) of 9
2202	2202	section 14222 of Public Law 110-246 for fiscal year 2025: 10
2203	2203	Provided further, That, none of the funds appropriated or 11
2204	2204	otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall 12
2205	2205	be used during fiscal year 2024 to pay the salaries or ex-13
2206	2206	penses of any employee of the Department of Agriculture 14
2207	2207	to carry out clause (3) of section 32 of the Agricultural 15
2208	2208	Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74-320, 7 U.S.C. 16
2209	2209	612c, as amended), or subsections (a) through (g) of sec-17
2210	2210	tion 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: 18
2211	2211	Provided further, That of the available unobligated bal-19
2212	2212	ances under (b)(2)(A)(x) for fiscal year 2024 of section 20
2213	2213	14222 of Public Law 110-246, $505,000,000 are re-21
2214	2214	scinded. 22
2215	2215	S
2216	2216	EC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 23
2217	2217	any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-24
2218	2218	penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 25
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2222	2222	language as part of the President’s budget submission to 1
2223	2223	the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 2
2224	2224	Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-3
2225	2225	velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 4
2226	2226	Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 5
2227	2227	from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 6
2228	2228	have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 7
2229	2229	of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 8
2230	2230	which additional spending reductions should occur in the 9
2231	2231	event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 10
2232	2232	date of the convening of a committee of conference for 11
2233	2233	the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act. 12
2234	2234	S
2235	2235	EC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 13
2236	2236	or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen-14
2237	2237	cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 15
2238	2238	or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 16
2239	2239	any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 17
2240	2240	fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 18
2241	2241	available for obligation or expenditure through a re-19
2242	2242	programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au-20
2243	2243	thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart-21
2244	2244	ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 22
2245	2245	by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-23
2246	2246	ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 24
2247	2247	Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 25
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2251	2251	(1) creates new programs; 1
2252	2252	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 2
2253	2253	(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 3
2254	2254	for any project or activity for which funds have been 4
2255	2255	denied or restricted; 5
2256	2256	(4) relocates an office or employees; 6
2257	2257	(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 7
2258	2258	or 8
2259	2259	(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 9
2260	2260	activities presently performed by Federal employees; 10
2261	2261	unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 11
2262	2262	Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-12
2263	2263	modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 13
2264	2264	notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit-14
2265	2265	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 15
2266	2266	30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 16
2267	2267	or the use of such authority. 17
2268	2268	(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-18
2269	2269	vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 19
2270	2270	funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 20
2271	2271	expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 21
2272	2272	any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 22
2273	2273	fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 23
2274	2274	available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-24
2275	2275	grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 25
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2279	2279	authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 1
2280	2280	in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 2
2281	2281	that— 3
2282	2282	(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-4
2283	2283	tivities; 5
2284	2284	(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-6
2285	2285	ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-7
2286	2286	sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 8
2287	2287	(3) results from any general savings from a re-9
2288	2288	duction in personnel which would result in a change 10
2289	2289	in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-11
2290	2290	proved by Congress; 12
2291	2291	unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 13
2292	2292	Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-14
2293	2293	modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 15
2294	2294	notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit-16
2295	2295	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 17
2296	2296	30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of 18
2297	2297	such funds or the use of such authority. 19
2298	2298	(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 20
2299	2299	Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-21
2300	2300	modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ-22
2301	2301	ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro-23
2302	2302	priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 24
2303	2303	any program or activity not carried out during the pre-25
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2307	2307	vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 1
2308	2308	by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 2
2309	2309	(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-3
2310	2310	vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 4
2311	2311	funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 5
2312	2312	expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 6
2313	2313	any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 7
2314	2314	fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 8
2315	2315	available for— 9
2316	2316	(1) modifying major capital investments fund-10
2317	2317	ing levels, including information technology systems, 11
2318	2318	that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 12
2319	2319	current fiscal year for the individual investment in 13
2320	2320	excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 14
2321	2321	whichever is less; 15
2322	2322	(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 16
2323	2323	vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 17
2324	2324	establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 18
2325	2325	with three or more personnel; or 19
2326	2326	(3) carrying out activities or functions that 20
2327	2327	were not described in the budget request; 21
2328	2328	unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 22
2329	2329	the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-23
2330	2330	gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 24
2331	2331	these purposes. 25
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2335	2335	(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 1
2336	2336	for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 2
2337	2337	Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chair-3
2338	2338	man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission re-4
2339	2339	ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 5
2340	2340	Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma-6
2341	2341	tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec-7
2342	2342	tion. 8
2343	2343	S
2344	2344	EC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 9
2345	2345	Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 10
2346	2346	1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 11
2347	2347	any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 12
2348	2348	that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 13
2349	2349	portion of the loan. 14
2350	2350	S
2351	2351	EC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other-15
2352	2352	wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 16
2353	2353	Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 17
2354	2354	Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 18
2355	2355	shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re-19
2356	2356	ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re-20
2357	2357	sult of information requested for the appropriations hear-21
2358	2358	ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non- 22
2359	2359	Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com-23
2360	2360	modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 24
2361	2361	Administration employee. 25
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2365	2365	SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 1
2366	2366	law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 2
2367	2367	by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-3
2368	2368	packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 4
2369	2369	in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-5
2370	2370	fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 6
2371	2371	story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 7
2372	2372	funded by that executive branch agency. 8
2373	2373	S
2374	2374	EC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri-9
2375	2375	culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 10
2376	2376	office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 11
2377	2377	agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 12
2378	2378	in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 13
2379	2379	or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 14
2380	2380	office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 15
2381	2381	period of assignment. 16
2382	2382	S
2383	2383	EC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of 17
2384	2384	enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 18
2385	2385	Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 19
2386	2386	Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-20
2387	2387	sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra-21
2388	2388	tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 22
2389	2389	both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro-23
2390	2390	gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 24
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2394	2394	under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 1
2395	2395	in the report accompanying this Act. 2
2396	2396	S
2397	2397	EC. 722. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 3
2398	2398	made available to the Secretary of Agriculture in section 4
2399	2399	22002(a)(1) of Public Law 117-169, $500,000,000 are 5
2400	2400	hereby rescinded. 6
2401	2401	S
2402	2402	EC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 7
2403	2403	or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro-8
2404	2404	grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 9
2405	2405	populations. 10
2406	2406	S
2407	2407	EC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 11
2408	2408	require budget authority and the program level has been 12
2409	2409	established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 13
2410	2410	increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-14
2411	2411	tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 15
2412	2412	to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec-16
2413	2413	retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-17
2414	2414	tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad-18
2415	2415	vance. 19
2416	2416	S
2417	2417	EC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 20
2418	2418	transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-21
2419	2419	tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 22
2420	2420	Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-23
2421	2421	tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 24
2422	2422	shall be available for obligation without written notifica-25
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2426	2426	tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap-1
2427	2427	propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 2
2428	2428	the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 3
2429	2429	obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 4
2430	2430	equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de-5
2431	2431	livery, and implementation of Departmental financial 6
2432	2432	management, information technology, and other support 7
2433	2433	systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra-8
2434	2434	tive, and information technology services, including cloud 9
2435	2435	adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 10
2436	2436	of the Department of Agriculture. 11
2437	2437	S
2438	2438	EC. 726. For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall 12
2439	2439	establish a process under which an establishment that is 13
2440	2440	subject to examination and inspection under section 6 of 14
2441	2441	the Federal Meat Inspection Act solely due to the estab-15
2442	2442	lishment’s processing of domestic, wild caught, invasive 16
2443	2443	blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) solely for domestic con-17
2444	2444	sumption or use, may apply for a waiver of such examina-18
2445	2445	tion and inspection requirements if the establishment is 19
2446	2446	subject to inspection under the Seafood Hazard Analysis 20
2447	2447	Critical Control Points Program of the Food and Drug 21
2448	2448	Administration and the establishment attests that it ap-22
2449	2449	plies existing Seafood Hazard Critical Control Points Pro-23
2450	2450	gram for all species processed at the establishment. 24
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2454	2454	SEC. 727. None of the funds made available by this 1
2455	2455	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 2
2456	2456	‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-3
2457	2457	ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-4
2458	2458	sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 5
2459	2459	of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 6
2460	2460	2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri-7
2461	2461	culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de-8
2462	2462	fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed-9
2463	2463	eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 10
2464	2464	of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 11
2465	2465	title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num-12
2466	2466	ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 13
2467	2467	staple food category so that the total number of such items 14
2468	2468	in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 15
2469	2469	items in each staple food category included in the final 16
2470	2470	rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 17
2471	2471	until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend-18
2472	2472	ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard-19
2473	2473	ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-20
2474	2474	mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 21
2475	2475	in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 22
2476	2476	the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 23
2477	2477	S
2478	2478	EC. 728. Section 756 of division N of the Consoli-24
2479	2479	dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (7 U.S.C. 2254c), is 25
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2483	2483	amended by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022’’ 1
2484	2484	and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year there-2
2485	2485	after’’. 3
2486	2486	S
2487	2487	EC. 729. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 4
2488	2488	502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 5
2489	2489	Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 6
2490	2490	with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 7
2491	2491	eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 8
2492	2492	subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 9
2493	2493	U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 10
2494	2494	such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 11
2495	2495	S
2496	2496	EC. 730. None of the funds appropriated or other-12
2497	2497	wise made available by this Act shall be available for the 13
2498	2498	United States Department of Agriculture to propose, fi-14
2499	2499	nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 15
2500	2500	new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date 16
2501	2501	of the enactment of this Act. 17
2502	2502	S
2503	2503	EC. 731. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 18
2504	2504	made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 19
2505	2505	authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 20
2506	2506	1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $500,000,000 are hereby re-21
2507	2507	scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 22
2508	2508	from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 23
2509	2509	an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Res-24
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2513	2513	olution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-1
2514	2514	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2
2515	2515	S
2516	2516	EC. 732. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 3
2517	2517	regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and hol-4
2518	2518	iday pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 5
2519	2519	establishments subject to the inspection requirements of 6
2520	2520	the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et 7
2521	2521	seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et 8
2522	2522	seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 9
2523	2523	et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided outside 10
2524	2524	of an establishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for 11
2525	2525	inspection services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, 12
2526	2526	That any sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall 13
2527	2527	be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 14
2528	2528	1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 15
2529	2529	Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums 16
2530	2530	received by the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in 17
2531	2531	addition to other available funds, remain available until 18
2532	2532	expended to the Secretary without further appropriation 19
2533	2533	for the purpose of funding all costs associated with FSIS 20
2534	2534	inspections. 21
2535	2535	S
2536	2536	EC. 733. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 22
2537	2537	made available to the Secretary of Agriculture in section 23
2538	2538	9003(j)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 24
2539	2539	Act of 2002, $1,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 25
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2543	2543	SEC. 734. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 1
2544	2544	(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 2
2545	2545	the following factors in the country or region being 3
2546	2546	audited, as applicable— 4
2547	2547	(A) veterinary control and oversight; 5
2548	2548	(B) disease history and vaccination prac-6
2549	2549	tices; 7
2550	2550	(C) livestock demographics and 8
2551	2551	traceability; 9
2552	2552	(D) epidemiological separation from poten-10
2553	2553	tial sources of infection; 11
2554	2554	(E) surveillance practices; 12
2555	2555	(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 13
2556	2556	(G) emergency preparedness and response; 14
2557	2557	and 15
2558	2558	(2) promptly make publicly available the final 16
2559	2559	reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 17
2560	2560	to subsection (1). 18
2561	2561	(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-19
2562	2562	sistent with United States obligations under its inter-20
2563	2563	national trade agreements. 21
2564	2564	S
2565	2565	EC. 735. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 22
2566	2566	this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-23
2567	2567	posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 24
2568	2568	by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 25
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2572	2572	the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 1
2573	2573	U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 2
2574	2574	construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 3
2575	2575	water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 4
2576	2576	products used in the project are produced in the United 5
2577	2577	States. 6
2578	2578	(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 7
2579	2579	means the following products made primarily of iron or 8
2580	2580	steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 9
2581	2581	and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 10
2582	2582	pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-11
2583	2583	forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 12
2584	2584	(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-13
2585	2585	egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 14
2586	2586	this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 15
2587	2587	of the Secretary finds that— 16
2588	2588	(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-17
2589	2589	sistent with the public interest; 18
2590	2590	(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 19
2591	2591	the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-20
2592	2592	able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 21
2593	2593	(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-22
2594	2594	duced in the United States will increase the cost of 23
2595	2595	the overall project by more than 25 percent. 24
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2599	2599	(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 1
2600	2600	for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des-2
2601	2601	ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 3
2602	2602	basis a copy of the request and information available to 4
2603	2603	the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 5
2604	2604	shall allow for informal public input on the request for 6
2605	2605	at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 7
2606	2606	request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re-8
2607	2607	quest and accompanying information available by elec-9
2608	2608	tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 10
2609	2609	site of the Department. 11
2610	2610	(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-12
2611	2611	sistent with United States obligations under international 13
2612	2612	agreements. 14
2613	2613	(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 15
2614	2614	the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 16
2615	2615	Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-17
2616	2616	count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-18
2617	2617	section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re-19
2618	2618	quirements of this section. 20
2619	2619	(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 21
2620	2620	project for which the engineering plans and specifications 22
2621	2621	include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 23
2622	2622	by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-24
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2626	2626	ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 1
2627	2627	date of enactment of this Act. 2
2628	2628	(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 3
2629	2629	States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 4
2630	2630	States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally rec-5
2631	2631	ognized Indian Tribe. 6
2632	2632	S
2633	2633	EC. 736. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 7
2634	2634	may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 8
2635	2635	congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 9
2636	2636	matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-10
2637	2637	nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 11
2638	2638	1913. 12
2639	2639	S
2640	2640	EC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 13
2641	2641	or any other Act thereafter may be used to write, prepare, 14
2642	2642	or publish a proposed rule, final rule, or an interim final 15
2643	2643	rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement or en-16
2644	2644	force the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Transparency in Poultry 17
2645	2645	Grower Contracting and Tournaments,’’ published by the 18
2646	2646	Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 19
2647	2647	June 8, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 34980 et seq.), the advance 20
2648	2648	notice of proposed rulemaking entitled ‘‘Poultry Growing 21
2649	2649	Tournament Systems: Fairness and Related Concerns,’’ 22
2650	2650	published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal 23
2651	2651	Register on June 8, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 34814) (also 24
2652	2652	identified in the White House Office of Management and 25
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2656	2656	Budget’s Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and De-1
2657	2657	regulatory Actions as ‘‘Poultry Growing Tournament Sys-2
2658	2658	tems: Fairness and Related Concerns—Harm to Competi-3
2659	2659	tion (AMS-FTPP-22-0046),’’ RIN 0581-AE18), the pro-4
2660	2660	posed rule entitled ‘‘Inclusive Competition and Market In-5
2661	2661	tegrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act,’’ published 6
2662	2662	by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register 7
2663	2663	on October 3, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 60010 et seq.), the rule-8
2664	2664	making identified in the White House Office of Manage-9
2665	2665	ment and Budget’s Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regu-10
2666	2666	latory and Deregulatory Actions as ‘‘Unfair Practices, 11
2667	2667	Undue Preferences, and Harm to Competition Under the 12
2668	2668	Packers and Stockyards Act (AMS-FTPP-21-0046),’’ 13
2669	2669	RIN 0581-AE04, or any subsequent substantially similar 14
2670	2670	rulemaking effort, except that funds may be used to, and 15
2671	2671	the Secretary of Agriculture shall, withdraw or rescind any 16
2672	2672	such proposed rules, advance notices of proposed rule-17
2673	2673	making, and any such rules that may have been finalized. 18
2674	2674	S
2675	2675	EC. 738. None of the funds appropriated or other-19
2676	2676	wise made available to the U.S. Department of Agriculture 20
2677	2677	may be used to increase the number of positions in the 21
2678	2678	Department (measured on a full-time equivalent basis) for 22
2679	2679	which the primary duty station is located in the National 23
2680	2680	Capital Region unless otherwise specified in the report ac-24
2681	2681	companying this Act. 25
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2685	2685	(1) The term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ means 1
2686	2686	the District of Columbia; Montgomery and Prince 2
2687	2687	George’s Counties of Maryland; and Arlington, Fair-3
2688	2688	fax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties of Vir-4
2689	2689	ginia. 5
2690	2690	S
2691	2691	EC. 739. (a) There is hereby appropriated 6
2692	2692	$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 7
2693	2693	Secretary of Agriculture to carry out no more than 5 pilot 8
2694	2694	projects, under the terms and conditions determined by 9
2695	2695	the Secretary for a period not to exceed 3 years and with-10
2696	2696	out increasing household benefit allotments as authorized 11
2697	2697	by section 8 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 12
2698	2698	U.S.C. 2017), that allow the use of supplemental nutrition 13
2699	2699	assistance program benefits to purchase only nutrient- 14
2700	2700	dense foods and beverages (as defined in the 2020-2025 15
2701	2701	Dietary Guidelines for Americans), of which 1 or more of 16
2702	2702	such projects shall be carried out before December 21, 17
2703	2703	2024. 18
2704	2704	(b) Not later than 6 months after the first pilot 19
2705	2705	project under subsection (a) begins, the Secretary shall 20
2706	2706	enter into a contract with the National Academies of 21
2707	2707	Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to— 22
2708	2708	(1) evaluate the pilot project or projects carried 23
2709	2709	out under subsection (a); and 24
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2713	2713	(2) provide the results of such evaluation not 1
2714	2714	later than 18 months after the date of such con-2
2715	2715	tract. 3
2716	2716	S
2717	2717	EC. 740. Of the total amounts made available by 4
2718	2718	this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 5
2719	2719	headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur-6
2720	2720	ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 7
2721	2721	Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 8
2722	2722	Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 9
2723	2723	Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 10
2724	2724	Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 11
2725	2725	Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera-12
2726	2726	tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro-13
2727	2727	gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 14
2728	2728	Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi-15
2729	2729	ness-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As-16
2730	2730	sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 17
2731	2731	and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 18
2732	2732	Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 19
2733	2733	Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 20
2734	2734	Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro-21
2735	2735	gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per-22
2736	2736	cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per-23
2737	2737	sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not-24
2738	2738	withstanding any other provision regarding population 25
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2742	2742	limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 1
2743	2743	that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 2
2744	2744	population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 3
2745	2745	for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 4
2746	2746	counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 5
2747	2747	more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 6
2748	2748	years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen-7
2749	2749	suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 8
2750	2750	year average, or any territory or possession of the United 9
2751	2751	States: Provided further, That with respect to specific ac-10
2752	2752	tivities for which program levels have been made available 11
2753	2753	by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 12
2754	2754	the requirements of this section shall be applied to such 13
2755	2755	program level. 14
2756	2756	S
2757	2757	EC. 741. There is rescinded the unobligated bal-15
2758	2758	ances of amounts made available under section 1006 of 16
2759	2759	the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (7 U.S.C. 2279 17
2760	2760	note). 18
2761	2761	S
2762	2762	EC. 742. None of the funds made available by this 19
2763	2763	Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-20
2764	2764	edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves-21
2765	2765	tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 22
2766	2766	505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 23
2767	2767	U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 24
2768	2768	Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 25
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2772	2772	a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 1
2773	2773	include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-2
2774	2774	sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-3
2775	2775	retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 4
2776	2776	S
2777	2777	EC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 5
2778	2778	or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 6
2779	2779	promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti-7
2780	2780	tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 8
2781	2781	and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 9
2782	2782	published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu-10
2783	2783	lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 11
2784	2784	grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 12
2785	2785	S
2786	2786	EC. 744. For school years 2023–2024 and 2024– 13
2787	2787	2025, none of the funds made available by this Act may 14
2788	2788	be used to implement or enforce the matter following the 15
2789	2789	first comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of sec-16
2790	2790	tion 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 17
2791	2791	respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under 18
2792	2792	the school breakfast program established under section 4 19
2793	2793	of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 20
2794	2794	S
2795	2795	EC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 21
2796	2796	Act or any other Act may be used— 22
2797	2797	(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag-23
2798	2798	ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 24
2799	2799	of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec-25
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2803	2803	tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 1
2804	2804	2018; or 2
2805	2805	(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 3
2806	2806	sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 4
2807	2807	grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 5
2808	2808	of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the 6
2809	2809	Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or out-7
2810	2810	side the State in which the hemp is grown or cul-8
2811	2811	tivated. 9
2812	2812	S
2813	2813	EC. 746. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 10
2814	2814	the matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of 11
2815	2815	the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re-12
2816	2816	form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 13
2817	2817	S
2818	2818	EC. 747. The Secretary, as part of the report on 14
2819	2819	foreign landholding required under the Agricultural For-15
2820	2820	eign Investment Disclosure Act (Public Law 95–460), 16
2821	2821	shall report to Congress on foreign investments in agricul-17
2822	2822	tural land in the United States, including the impact for-18
2823	2823	eign ownership has on family farms, rural communities, 19
2824	2824	and the domestic food supply: Provided, That within 2 20
2825	2825	years after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 21
2826	2826	establish a streamlined process for electronic submission 22
2827	2827	and retention of disclosures made under the Agricultural 23
2828	2828	Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, including an internet 24
2829	2829	database that contains disaggregated data from each dis-25
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2833	2833	closure submitted: Provided further,That all prior year dis-1
2834	2834	closures of foreign investments in agricultural land in the 2
2835	2835	United States are published in the database: Provided fur-3
2836	2836	ther, That the plan includes a process to ensure the protec-4
2837	2837	tion of personally identifiable information and that all dis-5
2838	2838	closures of foreign investments in agricultural land on the 6
2839	2839	USDA website be disaggregated by: (1) in any case in 7
2840	2840	which such foreign person is an individual, the citizenship 8
2841	2841	of such foreign person; and (2) in any case in which such 9
2842	2842	foreign person is not an individual or a government, the 10
2843	2843	nature of the legal entity holding the interest, the country 11
2844	2844	in which such foreign person is created or organized, and 12
2845	2845	the principal place of business of such foreign person. 13
2846	2846	S
2847	2847	EC. 748. There is rescinded the unobligated bal-14
2848	2848	ances of amounts made available under section 22006 of 15
2849	2849	Public Law 117-169 (136 Stat. 2021). 16
2850	2850	S
2851	2851	EC. 749. (a) After the effective date of any final rule 17
2852	2852	FDA publishes in connection with its proposed rule to up-18
2853	2853	date these requirements (87 Federal Register 59168, 19
2854	2854	issued on September 29, 2022), manufacturers may also 20
2855	2855	continue to comply with the previous requirements pro-21
2856	2856	mulgated by the FDA for the implied nutrient content 22
2857	2857	claim ‘‘healthy’’ through the ‘‘compliance date’’ FDA pro-23
2858	2858	vides in the final rule. 24
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2862	2862	(b) Any food product manufactured and labeled as 1
2863	2863	‘‘healthy’’ during the compliance period FDA provides in 2
2864	2864	that final rule shall not be directly or indirectly subject 3
2865	2865	to any state-law requirements that are not identical to ei-4
2866	2866	ther (i) the federal requirements for the implied nutrition 5
2867	2867	content claim ‘‘healthy’’ that were in effect as of the date 6
2868	2868	FDA issues the final rule, or (ii) the updated federal re-7
2869	2869	quirements that FDA promulgates in the final rule, as-8
2870	2870	suming the updated requirements go into effect during the 9
2871	2871	regulatory compliance period. 10
2872	2872	S
2873	2873	EC. 750. Funds made available under title II of the 11
2874	2874	Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 12
2875	2875	used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 13
2876	2876	monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-14
2877	2877	trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 15
2878	2878	received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 16
2879	2879	food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-17
2880	2880	propriate purposes. 18
2881	2881	S
2882	2882	EC. 751. None of the funds made available by this 19
2883	2883	Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-20
2884	2884	ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 21
2885	2885	Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 22
2886	2886	under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 23
2887	2887	(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 24
2888	2888	Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 25
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2892	2892	the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 1
2893	2893	section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 2
2894	2894	breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 3
2895	2895	(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 4
2896	2896	S
2897	2897	EC. 752. (a) Subject to subsection (c), none of the 5
2898	2898	funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize, 6
2899	2899	issue, implement, administer, or enforce any rule, regula-7
2900	2900	tion, or order that, pursuant to any revisions to the whole 8
2901	2901	grain requirements under section 246.10 of title 7, Code 9
2902	2902	of Federal Regulations, required by such rule, regulation, 10
2903	2903	or order, would reduce the availability of WIC-eligible 11
2904	2904	breakfast cereals, including the rule entitled ‘‘Special Sup-12
2905	2905	plemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 13
2906	2906	Children (WIC): Revisions to the WIC Food Packages’’ 14
2907	2907	published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal 15
2908	2908	Register on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 71090). 16
2909	2909	(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out a 17
2910	2910	study— 18
2911	2911	(1) on the revisions of such whole grain 19
2912	2912	requriements pursuant to such rule; and 20
2913	2913	(2) that is representative of all States. 21
2914	2914	(c) If the study required under subsection (b) dem-22
2915	2915	onstrates that such revisions will not limit consumption 23
2916	2916	due to marketplace availability or reduce the redemption 24
2917	2917	of WIC-authorized breakfast cereal, beginning on the date 25
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2921	2921	on which the Secretary publishes the results of such study, 1
2922	2922	the limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply. 2
2923	2923	S
2924	2924	EC. 753. For school year 2024–2025, only a school 3
2925	2925	food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 4
2926	2926	school food service account as of June 30, 2023, shall be 5
2927	2927	required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 6
2928	2928	with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 7
2929	2929	School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 8
2930	2930	S
2931	2931	EC. 754. None of the funds made available by this 9
2932	2932	Act may be made available to support, directly or indi-10
2933	2933	rectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory 11
2934	2934	owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s 12
2935	2935	Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Re-13
2936	2936	public of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 14
2937	2937	the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Ven-15
2938	2938	ezuela under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros, or any 16
2939	2939	other country determined by the Secretary of State to be 17
2940	2940	a foreign adversary. 18
2941	2941	S
2942	2942	EC. 755. Any funds made available by this or any 19
2943	2943	other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 20
2944	2944	1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 21
2945	2945	Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 22
2946	2946	shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess-23
2947	2947	ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 24
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2951	2951	such funds among appropriations of the Department of 1
2952	2952	Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 2
2953	2953	S
2954	2954	EC. 756. Notwithstanding any other provision of 3
2955	2955	law, no funds available to the Department of Agriculture 4
2956	2956	may be used to move any staff office or any agency from 5
2957	2957	the mission area in which it was located on August 1, 6
2958	2958	2018, to any other mission area or office within the De-7
2959	2959	partment in the absence of the enactment of specific legis-8
2960	2960	lation affirming such move. 9
2961	2961	S
2962	2962	EC. 757. None of the funds made available by this 10
2963	2963	Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 11
2964	2964	activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 12
2965	2965	or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 13
2966	2966	S
2967	2967	EC. 758. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 14
2968	2968	of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 15
2969	2969	funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 16
2970	2970	the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 17
2971	2971	and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 18
2972	2972	pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-19
2973	2973	tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 20
2974	2974	Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 21
2975	2975	section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 22
2976	2976	U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such pro-23
2977	2977	grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu-24
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2981	2981	rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 1
2982	2982	subsection (c) of such section. 2
2983	2983	S
2984	2984	EC. 759. In administering the pilot program estab-3
2985	2985	lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-4
2986	2986	propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-5
2987	2987	retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en-6
2988	2988	tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu-7
2989	2989	nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 8
2990	2990	That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail-9
2991	2991	able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, 10
2992	2992	and Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot 11
2993	2993	program established by section 779 of Public Law 115– 12
2994	2994	141 may be used for this purpose. 13
2995	2995	S
2996	2996	EC. 760. None of the funds made available by this 14
2997	2997	Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-15
2998	2998	sonnel— 16
2999	2999	(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 17
3000	3000	Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 18
3001	3001	(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 19
3002	3002	Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 20
3003	3003	1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 21
3004	3004	(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 22
3005	3005	title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 23
3006	3006	regulation). 24
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3010	3010	SEC. 761. (a) The modifications made by the Food 1
3011	3011	and Drug Administration on January 3, 2023 to the risk 2
3012	3012	evaluation and mitigation strategy under section 505-1 of 3
3013	3013	the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 4
3014	3014	355-1) for mifepristone are hereby nullified. 5
3015	3015	(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 6
3016	3016	be used to establish, implement, or enforce— 7
3017	3017	(1) any provision of a risk evaluation and miti-8
3018	3018	gation strategy under section 505-1 of the Federal 9
3019	3019	Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355-1) 10
3020	3020	for mifepristone that is substantially similar to any 11
3021	3021	of the modifications nullified by subsection (a); or 12
3022	3022	(2) any non-enforcement or enforcement discre-13
3023	3023	tion policy for any provision of a risk evaluation and 14
3024	3024	mitigation strategy under such section for 15
3025	3025	mifepristone. 16
3026	3026	S
3027	3027	EC. 762. None of the funds appropriated or other-17
3028	3028	wise made available by this Act may be used by FDA to 18
3029	3029	develop, issue, promote, or advance any new guidelines or 19
3030	3030	regulations applicable to food manufacturers for popu-20
3031	3031	lation-wide sodium reduction actions until the issuance of 21
3032	3032	the 2025-2026 National Health and Nutrition Examina-22
3033	3033	tion Survey (NHANES) survey that will show consumer 23
3034	3034	sodium consumption after the completion of the short- 24
3035	3035	term sodium reduction targets. 25
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3039	3039	SEC. 763. Within 60 days of enactment of this Act 1
3040	3040	the Secretary shall provide to the Committees a plan for 2
3041	3041	expenditure that accelerates the continued implementation 3
3042	3042	and expansion of the Farmers.gov application and the En-4
3043	3043	terprise Data Analytics Platform and Toolset (EDAPT) 5
3044	3044	to enable USDA users to: (1) view their information, com-6
3045	3045	plete transactions, quickly review the status, and update 7
3046	3046	tabular customer information; (2) submit applications for 8
3047	3047	Farm Production and Conservation programs and receive 9
3048	3048	program payments for all USDA farm programs; (3) to 10
3049	3049	complete their own applications, including electronic sig-11
3050	3050	natures and submission, for all farm programs that re-12
3051	3051	quire direct application; (4) enable electronic income re-13
3052	3052	porting between USDA and IRS; and (5) transition acre-14
3053	3053	age reporting, farm records mapping, and farm records 15
3054	3054	information to Farmers.gov: Provided, That the Farm 16
3055	3055	Production and Conservation Business Center shall pro-17
3056	3056	vide a roadmap for systems to be decommissioned and 18
3057	3057	consolidated with Farmers.gov and EDAPT including, but 19
3058	3058	not limited to, the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and 20
3059	3059	Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, the Dairy Margin 21
3060	3060	Coverage program, and the Farm Service Agency Emer-22
3061	3061	gency Relief Program. 23
3062	3062	S
3063	3063	EC. 764. None of the funds appropriated or other-24
3064	3064	wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 25
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3068	3068	to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Ex-1
3069	3069	ecutive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 2
3070	3070	7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for 3
3071	3071	underserved communities through the Federal Govern-4
3072	3072	ment), or the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Equity 5
3073	3073	Action Plan in Support of Executive Order 13985, or any 6
3074	3074	Equity Action Plan created by the Food and Drug Admin-7
3075	3075	istration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or 8
3076	3076	the Farm Credit Administration, or Executive Order 9
3077	3077	14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating 10
3078	3078	to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Fed-11
3079	3079	eral workforce), or Executive Order 14091 of February 12
3080	3080	16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further advanc-13
3081	3081	ing racial equity and support for underserved communities 14
3082	3082	through the Federal Government), or to create or establish 15
3083	3083	an Office of the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. 16
3084	3084	S
3085	3085	EC. 765. The Secretary of Agriculture shall take 17
3086	3086	such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase 18
3087	3087	of agricultural land located in the United States by non- 19
3088	3088	resident aliens, foreign businesses, of any agent, trustee, 20
3089	3089	or fiduciary associated with Russia, North Korea, Iran, 21
3090	3090	or the Communist Party of China. 22
3091	3091	S
3092	3092	EC. 766. Notwithstanding any other provision of 23
3093	3093	law, during the period beginning on the date of enactment 24
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3097	3097	of this Act and ending on the last day of school year 2024- 1
3098	3098	2025, the Secretary of Agriculture shall — 2
3099	3099	(1) allow flavored, low-fat fluid milk to be 3
3100	3100	served — 4
3101	3101	(A) under the school lunch program estab-5
3102	3102	lished under the Richard B. Russell National 6
3103	3103	School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 7
3104	3104	(B) under the school breakfast program es-8
3105	3105	tablished under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 9
3106	3106	(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.); 10
3107	3107	(C) as a competitive food available on cam-11
3108	3108	pus during the school day; and 12
3109	3109	(D) to children ages 5 years and older 13
3110	3110	under the child and adult care food program es-14
3111	3111	tablished under section 17 of the Richard B. 15
3112	3112	Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 16
3113	3113	1766); and 17
3114	3114	(2) with respect to weekly sodium limitations to 18
3115	3115	meals and supplements served during such period 19
3116	3116	under the school lunch program established under 20
3117	3117	the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 21
3118	3118	(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) — 22
3119	3119	(A) exclude sodium used for food safety 23
3120	3120	and functional purposes in cheese-making, as 24
3121	3121	determined by the Secretary in consultation 25
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3125	3125	with the Commissioner of the Food and Drug 1
3126	3126	Administration; and 2
3127	3127	(B) if a determination has not been made 3
3128	3128	under subparagraph (A), apply the Target 1 so-4
3129	3129	dium levels included in the final rule entitled 5
3130	3130	‘‘Nutrition Standards in the National School 6
3131	3131	Lunch and School Breakfast Programs’’ pub-7
3132	3132	lished by the Department of Agriculture in the 8
3133	3133	Federal Register on January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. 9
3134	3134	Reg. 4087). 10
3135	3135	S
3136	3136	EC. 767. None of the funds made available by this 11
3137	3137	Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-12
3138	3138	force any rule that would reduce the maximum monthly 13
3139	3139	allowance with respect to milk under section 246.10 of 14
3140	3140	title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on April 15
3141	3141	1, 2023), including the rule entitled ‘‘Special Supple-16
3142	3142	mental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Chil-17
3143	3143	dren (WIC): Revisions to the WIC Food Packages’’ pub-18
3144	3144	lished by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal 19
3145	3145	Register on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 71090). 20
3146	3146	S
3147	3147	EC. 768. None of the funds provided by this Act 21
3148	3148	or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 22
3149	3149	United States derived by the collection of fees available 23
3150	3150	to the agencies funded by this Act, may be used by the 24
3151	3151	Secretary of Health and Human Services to finalize, issue, 25
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3155	3155	implement, administer, or enforce any rule, regulation, or 1
3156	3156	order setting a tobacco product standard that mandates 2
3157	3157	a maximum nicotine level for cigarettes. 3
3158	3158	S
3159	3159	EC. 769. None of the funds provided by this Act, 4
3160	3160	or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 5
3161	3161	United States derived by the collection of fees available 6
3162	3162	to the agencies funded by this Act, may be used by the 7
3163	3163	Secretary of Health and Human Services to finalize, issue, 8
3164	3164	or implement any rule, regulation, notice of proposed rule-9
3165	3165	making, or order setting any tobacco product standard 10
3166	3166	that would prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in 11
3167	3167	cigarettes or prohibit characterizing flavors in all cigars 12
3168	3168	and their components and parts. 13
3169	3169	S
3170	3170	EC. 770. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year 14
3171	3171	thereafter, and notwithstanding any other provision of 15
3172	3172	law, none of the funds made available by this or any other 16
3173	3173	Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm 17
3174	3174	Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 18
3175	3175	343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-19
3176	3176	ment Act. 20
3177	3177	S
3178	3178	EC. 771. (a) For an additional amount for the Office 21
3179	3179	of the Secretary, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex-22
3180	3180	pended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out no 23
3181	3181	more than 10 pilot projects, under the terms and condi-24
3182	3182	tions determined by the Secretary for a period not to ex-25
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3186	3186	ceed 2 years, that award grants to an Indian tribe; a tribal 1
3187	3187	organization approved by an Indian tribe; a tribal edu-2
3188	3188	cational agency; a consortium of Indian tribes; or a part-3
3189	3189	nership between an Indian tribe and either a State edu-4
3190	3190	cational agency, a local educational agency, a tribal edu-5
3191	3191	cational agency, or the Bureau of Indian Education to op-6
3192	3192	erate and implement the school lunch program as author-7
3193	3193	ized by the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 8
3194	3194	(42 U.S.C. 1769), the summer food service program as 9
3195	3195	established under section 13 of the Richard B. Russell Na-10
3196	3196	tional School Lunch Act, the child and adult care food 11
3197	3197	program as established by section 17 of the Richard B. 12
3198	3198	Russell National School Lunch Act, or the school break-13
3199	3199	fast program established by the Child Nutrition Act of 14
3200	3200	1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) in either a Bureau-funded school 15
3201	3201	(as defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments 16
3202	3202	of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)); a school (as defined in section 17
3203	3203	12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 18
3204	3204	Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 (d)) on or near an Indian reserva-19
3205	3205	tion; or an early child care and education facility: Pro-20
3206	3206	vided, That to carry out this pilot program each grant 21
3207	3207	awarded shall be no less than $10,000 and no more than 22
3208	3208	$100,000 for each school year and shall not increase state 23
3209	3209	administrative costs or the amount of benefits provided 24
3210	3210	in any program: Provided further, That the term ‘‘Indian 25
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3214	3214	tribe’’ has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 1
3215	3215	Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 2
3216	3216	(25 U.S.C. 5304). 3
3217	3217	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 4
3218	3218	pilot project grant recipient shall be reimbursed for meals 5
3219	3219	served under the school lunch program, the summer food 6
3220	3220	service program, and the child and adult care food pro-7
3221	3221	gram as if the recipient were a State under the Richard 8
3222	3222	B. Russell National School Lunch Act; and under the 9
3223	3223	school breakfast program as if the recipient were a State 10
3224	3224	educational agency. 11
3225	3225	(c) Not later than 1 year after the conclusion of the 12
3226	3226	pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 13
3227	3227	report on the outcomes of the pilot program. 14
3228	3228	S
3229	3229	EC. 772. None of the funds made available by this 15
3230	3230	Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com-16
3231	3231	missioner of Food and Drugs, the Chairman of the Com-17
3232	3232	modity Futures Trading Commission, or the Chairman of 18
3233	3233	the Farm Credit Administration to fly or display a flag 19
3234	3234	over a facility of the Department of Agriculture, the Food 20
3235	3235	and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trad-21
3236	3236	ing Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration other 22
3237	3237	than the flag of the United States; the flag of a State, 23
3238	3238	territory, or the District of Columbia; the flag of an Indian 24
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3242	3242	Tribal Government; the official flag of a U.S. Department 1
3243	3243	or agency; or the POW/MIA flag. 2
3244	3244	S
3245	3245	EC. 773. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 3
3246	3246	7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 4
3247	3247	28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 5
3248	3248	none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-6
3249	3249	priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 7
3250	3250	any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-8
3251	3251	tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 9
3252	3252	accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 10
3253	3253	conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 11
3254	3254	a union of one man and one woman. 12
3255	3255	(b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub-13
3256	3256	section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 14
3257	3257	taken by the Federal Government to— 15
3258	3258	(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 16
3259	3259	of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-17
3260	3260	sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-18
3261	3261	tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-19
3262	3262	nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 20
3263	3263	in subsection (a); 21
3264	3264	(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-22
3265	3265	poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 23
3266	3266	such person; 24
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3270	3270	(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 1
3271	3271	exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 2
3272	3272	deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-3
3273	3273	operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-4
3274	3274	cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 5
3275	3275	other similar position or status from or to such per-6
3276	3276	son; 7
3277	3277	(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-8
3278	3278	erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 9
3279	3279	benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 10
3280	3280	admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 11
3281	3281	degree from an educational program, from or to 12
3282	3282	such person; or 13
3283	3283	(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-14
3284	3284	erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-15
3285	3285	ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-16
3286	3286	stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 17
3287	3287	and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-18
3288	3288	paigns from or to such person. 19
3289	3289	(c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 20
3290	3290	Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 21
3291	3291	certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 22
3292	3292	would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 23
3293	3293	such purposes but for a determination against such person 24
3294	3294	wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 25
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3298	3298	or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 1
3299	3299	or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 2
3300	3300	S
3301	3301	EC. 774. None of the funds made available by this 3
3302	3302	Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 4
3303	3303	to issue, promote, or advance any new guideline or regula-5
3304	3304	tion applicable to food manufacturers for Listeria 6
3305	3305	monocytogenes (Lm) until the Food and Drug Adminis-7
3306	3306	tration, based on the available new science, incorporates 8
3307	3307	into the Compliance Policy Guide (CPG), Guidance for 9
3308	3308	FDA Staff, Sec. 555.320, a tolerance for Listeria 10
3309	3309	monocytogenes in low-risk foods, meaning foods that do 11
3310	3310	not support the growth of Listeria monocytogenes. 12
3311	3311	S
3312	3312	EC. 775. The Secretary of Agriculture may not use 13
3313	3313	unobligated balances available under section 22002(a)(1) 14
3314	3314	of Public Law 117-169, after the application of the rescis-15
3315	3315	sion under section 722 of this Act, to award grants under 16
3316	3316	section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 17
3317	3317	Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107). 18
3318	3318	SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 19
3319	3319	S
3320	3320	EC. 776. $0. 20
3321	3321	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 21
3322	3322	Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-22
3323	3323	lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 23
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3329	3329	CONGRESS
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3331	3331	ST
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3335	3335	H. R. 4368
3336	3336	[Report No. 118–124]
3337	3337	A BILL
3338	3338	Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
3339	3339	velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and
3340	3340	Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
3341	3341	ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-
3342	3342	poses.
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3344	3344	UNE
3345	3345	27, 2023
3346	3346	Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
3347	3347	State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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