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2	2	Calendar No. 111
3	3	118THCONGRESS
4	4	1
5	5	STSESSION S. 2131
6	6	[Report No. 118–44]
7	7	Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
8	8	Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
9	9	tember 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
10	10	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11	11	JUNE22, 2023
12	12	Mr. H
13	13	EINRICH, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
14	14	original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
15	15	A BILL
16	16	Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,
17	17	Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
18	18	for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for
19	19	other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
23	23	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-4
24	24	riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-5
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28	28	tion, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-1
29	29	tember 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 2
30	30	TITLE I 3
31	31	AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 4
32	32	P
33	33	ROCESSING, RESEARCH, ANDMARKETING 5
34	34	O
35	35	FFICE OF THESECRETARY 6
36	36	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 7
37	37	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 8
38	38	$65,067,000 of which not to exceed $7,432,000 shall be 9
39	39	available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 10
40	40	to exceed $1,396,000 shall be available for the Office of 11
41	41	Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be 12
42	42	available for the Office of Tribal Relations, of which 13
43	43	$1,000,000 shall be to continue a Tribal Public Health 14
44	44	Resource Center at a land grant university with existing 15
45	45	indigenous public health expertise to expand current part-16
46	46	nerships and collaborative efforts with indigenous groups, 17
47	47	including but not limited to, tribal organizations and insti-18
48	48	tutions such as tribal colleges, tribal technical colleges, 19
49	49	tribal community colleges and tribal universities, to im-20
50	50	prove the delivery of culturally appropriate public health 21
51	51	services and functions in American Indian communities fo-22
52	52	cusing on indigenous food sovereignty; not to exceed 23
53	53	$9,280,000 shall be available for the Office of Partner-24
54	54	ships and Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall 25
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58	58	be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $28,422,000 1
59	59	shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 2
60	60	for Administration, of which $26,716,000 shall be avail-3
61	61	able for Departmental Administration to provide for nec-4
62	62	essary expenses for management support services to of-5
63	63	fices of the Department and for general administration, 6
64	64	security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 7
65	65	supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec-8
66	66	essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart-9
67	67	ment: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to 10
68	68	an agency in the Administration mission area for salaries 11
69	69	and expenses are available to fund up to one administra-12
70	70	tive support staff for the Office; not to exceed $4,609,000 13
71	71	shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 14
72	72	Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to 15
73	73	carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro-16
74	74	grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 17
75	75	within the executive branch; and not to exceed $8,738,000 18
76	76	shall be available for the Office of Communications: Pro-19
77	77	vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is author-20
78	78	ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 21
79	79	Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 22
80	80	of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 23
81	81	for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 24
82	82	5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 25
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86	86	of the amount made available under this paragraph for 1
87	87	the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available 2
88	88	for official reception and representation expenses, not oth-3
89	89	erwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Pro-4
90	90	vided further, That the amount made available under this 5
91	91	heading for Departmental Administration shall be reim-6
92	92	bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for trav-7
93	93	el expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 8
94	94	by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 9
95	95	available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 10
96	96	Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern-11
97	97	mental Affairs shall be transferred to agencies of the De-12
98	98	partment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain 13
99	99	personnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no 14
100	100	funds made available under this heading for the Office of 15
101	101	Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 16
102	102	obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this 17
103	103	Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 18
104	104	Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the alloca-19
105	105	tion of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, 20
106	106	That during any 30 day notification period referenced in 21
107	107	section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 22
108	108	take no action to begin implementation of the action that 23
109	109	is subject to section 716 of this Act or make any public 24
110	110	announcement of such action in any form. 25
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114	114	EXECUTIVEOPERATIONS 1
115	115	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 2
116	116	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 3
117	117	Economist, $30,181,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be 4
118	118	for grants or cooperative agreements for policy research 5
119	119	under 7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made 6
120	120	available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for an 7
121	121	interdisciplinary center based at a land grant university 8
122	122	focused on agricultural policy relevant to the Midwest re-9
123	123	gion which will provide private entities, policymakers, and 10
124	124	the public with timely insights and targeted economic solu-11
125	125	tions: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-12
126	126	able under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to 13
127	127	carry out section 224 of subtitle A of the Department of 14
128	128	Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), 15
129	129	as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115–334. 16
130	130	OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 17
131	131	For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 18
132	132	Appeals, $16,703,000. 19
133	133	OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 20
134	134	For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 21
135	135	Program Analysis, $14,967,000. 22
136	136	O
137	137	FFICE OF THECHIEFINFORMATIONOFFICER 23
138	138	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-24
139	139	formation Officer, $92,284,000, of which not less than 25
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143	143	$77,428,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de-1
144	144	partment. 2
145	145	O
146	146	FFICE OF THECHIEFFINANCIALOFFICER 3
147	147	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-4
148	148	nancial Officer, $7,367,000. 5
149	149	O
150	150	FFICE OF THEASSISTANTSECRETARY FORCIVIL 6
151	151	R
152	152	IGHTS 7
153	153	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 8
154	154	Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,466,000: Provided, That 9
155	155	funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 10
156	156	Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 11
157	157	to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-12
158	158	fice. 13
159	159	O
160	160	FFICE OFCIVILRIGHTS 14
161	161	For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 15
162	162	$37,595,000. 16
163	163	A
164	164	GRICULTUREBUILDINGS ANDFACILITIES 17
165	165	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 18
166	166	For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-19
167	167	ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 20
168	168	to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-21
169	169	trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-22
170	170	culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 23
171	171	of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 24
172	172	alterations and other actions needed for the Department 25
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176	176	and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-1
177	177	figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 2
178	178	General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-3
179	179	provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-4
180	180	ties, and for related costs, $36,081,000, to remain avail-5
181	181	able until expended. 6
182	182	H
183	183	AZARDOUSMATERIALSMANAGEMENT 7
184	184	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 8
185	185	For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-9
186	186	culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 10
187	187	Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 11
188	188	9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 12
189	189	6901 et seq.), $6,586,000, to remain available until ex-13
190	190	pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 14
191	191	herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man-15
192	192	agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-16
193	193	ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 17
194	194	the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 18
195	195	O
196	196	FFICE OFSAFETY, SECURITY, ANDPROTECTION 19
197	197	For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu-20
198	198	rity, and Protection, $21,800,000. 21
199	199	O
200	200	FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 22
201	201	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 23
202	202	General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 24
203	203	General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 25
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207	207	$111,561,000, including such sums as may be necessary 1
208	208	for contracting and other arrangements with public agen-2
209	209	cies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 3
210	210	Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 4
211	211	U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 5
212	212	certain confidential operational expenses, including the 6
213	213	payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 7
214	214	of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen-8
215	215	eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 9
216	216	section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 10
217	217	(Public Law 97–98). 11
218	218	O
219	219	FFICE OF THEGENERALCOUNSEL 12
220	220	For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 13
221	221	Counsel, $60,537,000. 14
222	222	O
223	223	FFICE OFETHICS 15
224	224	For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 16
225	225	$5,556,000. 17
226	226	O
227	227	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORRESEARCH, 18
228	228	E
229	229	DUCATION, ANDECONOMICS 19
230	230	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 20
231	231	Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 21
232	232	$2,384,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 22
233	233	Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco-23
234	234	nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-24
235	235	able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 25
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238	238	•S 2131 RS
239	239	the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made 1
240	240	available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be made 2
241	241	available for the Office of the Chief Scientist. 3
242	242	E
243	243	CONOMICRESEARCHSERVICE 4
244	244	For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 5
245	245	Service, $92,183,000. 6
246	246	N
247	247	ATIONALAGRICULTURALSTATISTICSSERVICE 7
248	248	For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 8
249	249	Statistics Service, $200,563,000, of which up to 9
250	250	$55,900,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-10
251	251	sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 11
252	252	for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur-12
253	253	rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 13
254	254	2204g(d) and (f). 14
255	255	A
256	256	GRICULTURALRESEARCHSERVICE 15
257	257	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
258	258	For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 17
259	259	Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 18
260	260	or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 19
261	261	for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 20
262	262	equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 21
263	263	to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 22
264	264	total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-23
265	265	eral ownership, $1,792,879,000: Provided, That appro-24
266	266	priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 25
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270	270	and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 1
271	271	exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 2
272	272	appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 3
273	273	U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 4
274	274	of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-5
275	275	vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 6
276	276	exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 7
277	277	which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 8
278	278	buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 9
279	279	exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings to 10
280	280	be constructed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, 11
281	281	and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal 12
282	282	year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-13
283	283	ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 14
284	284	greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 15
285	285	shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 16
286	286	Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 17
287	287	of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by 18
288	288	the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 19
289	289	lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, 20
290	290	and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re-21
291	291	moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 22
292	292	agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter-23
293	293	ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza-24
294	294	tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 25
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298	298	Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here-1
299	299	under shall be available for granting easements at the 2
300	300	Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 3
301	301	That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-4
302	302	ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 5
303	303	24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro-6
304	304	priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-7
305	305	ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 8
306	306	the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 9
307	307	entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re-10
308	308	search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 11
309	309	that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 12
310	310	Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 13
311	311	Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 14
312	312	interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 15
313	313	may be received from any State, other political subdivi-16
314	314	sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-17
315	315	lishing or operating any research facility or research 18
316	316	project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 19
317	317	by law. 20
318	318	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 21
319	319	For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im-22
320	320	provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 23
321	321	equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri-24
322	322	cultural research programs of the Department of Agri-25
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325	325	•S 2131 RS
326	326	culture, where not otherwise provided, $88,869,000 to re-1
327	327	main available until expended, of which $47,464,000 shall 2
328	328	be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 3
329	329	account in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed 4
330	330	Spending’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 5
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332	332	ATIONALINSTITUTE OFFOOD ANDAGRICULTURE 6
333	333	RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 7
334	334	For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 8
335	335	cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 9
336	336	for other expenses, $1,084,600,000 which shall be for the 10
337	337	purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 11
338	338	‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 12
339	339	and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 13
340	340	Act: Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 14
341	341	institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, His-15
342	342	panic serving institutions education grants, capacity build-16
343	343	ing for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agri-17
344	344	culture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 18
345	345	loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellow-19
346	346	ship and institution challenge grants, grants management 20
347	347	systems, tribal colleges education equity grants, and schol-21
348	348	arships at 1890 institutions shall remain available until 22
349	349	expended: Provided further, That each institution eligible 23
350	350	to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives 24
351	351	no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for 25
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355	355	education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian- 1
356	356	serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 2
357	357	institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 3
358	358	awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha-4
359	359	waii: Provided further, That funds for providing grants for 5
360	360	food and agricultural sciences for Alaska Native and Na-6
361	361	tive Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for Insular Areas 7
362	362	shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided 8
363	363	further, That funds for education grants for 1890 institu-9
364	364	tions shall be made available to institutions eligible to re-10
365	365	ceive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided fur-11
366	366	ther, That not more than 5 percent of the amounts made 12
367	367	available by this or any other Act to carry out the Agri-13
368	368	culture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 14
369	369	may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay 15
370	370	administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying 16
371	371	out that authority. 17
372	372	NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 18
373	373	For the Native American Institutions Endowment 19
374	374	Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 20
375	375	note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 21
376	376	EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 22
377	377	For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 23
378	378	Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 24
379	379	Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $567,410,000 25
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383	383	which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-1
384	384	fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 2
385	385	Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom-3
386	386	panying this Act: Provided, That funds for extension serv-4
387	387	ices at 1994 institutions and for facility improvements at 5
388	388	1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 6
389	389	Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds 7
390	390	under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 8
391	391	less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for co-9
392	392	operative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the 10
393	393	Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 11
394	394	208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retire-12
395	395	ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension 13
396	396	agents. 14
397	397	INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 15
398	398	For the integrated research, education, and extension 16
399	399	grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-17
400	400	penses, $41,500,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 18
401	401	in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In-19
402	402	stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 20
403	403	the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 21
404	404	for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re-22
405	405	main available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, 23
406	406	That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 24
407	407	costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple-25
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410	410	•S 2131 RS
411	411	mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 1
412	412	Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 2
413	413	O
414	414	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORMARKETING 3
415	415	ANDREGULATORYPROGRAMS 4
416	416	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 5
417	417	Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 6
418	418	$1,617,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 7
419	419	Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro-8
420	420	grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 9
421	421	to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-10
422	422	fice. 11
423	423	A
424	424	NIMAL ANDPLANTHEALTHINSPECTIONSERVICE 12
425	425	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
426	426	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14
427	427	For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 15
428	428	Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 16
429	429	representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 17
430	430	the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 18
431	431	$1,185,967,000 of which up to $14,276,000 shall be for 19
432	432	the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this ac-20
433	433	count in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spend-21
434	434	ing’’ in the report accompanying this Act; of which 22
435	435	$514,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 23
436	436	available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis-24
437	437	eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 25
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440	440	•S 2131 RS
441	441	birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent necessary to meet 1
442	442	emergency conditions; of which $15,450,000, to remain 2
443	443	available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests 3
444	444	program, including for cost share purposes or for debt re-4
445	445	tirement for active eradication zones; of which 5
446	446	$39,183,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 6
447	447	for Animal Health Technical Services; of which 7
448	448	$4,096,000 shall be for activities under the authority of 8
449	449	the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 9
450	450	1831); of which $64,930,000, to remain available until ex-10
451	451	pended, shall be used to support avian health; of which 11
452	452	$4,251,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 12
453	453	for information technology infrastructure; of which 13
454	454	$217,904,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 14
455	455	for specialty crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to remain 15
456	456	available until September 30, 2025, shall be for one-time 16
457	457	control and management and associated activities directly 17
458	458	related to the multiple-agency response to citrus greening; 18
459	459	of which, $13,986,000, to remain available until expended, 19
460	460	shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of 20
461	461	which $21,567,000, to remain available until expended, 21
462	462	shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which 22
463	463	$48,067,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 23
464	464	for emergency preparedness and response; of which 24
465	465	$62,562,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 25
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468	468	•S 2131 RS
469	469	for tree and wood pests; of which $6,500,000, to remain 1
470	470	available until expended, shall be for the National Veteri-2
471	471	nary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain 3
472	472	available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program 4
473	473	for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available 5
474	474	until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage manage-6
475	475	ment program for aviation safety: Provided, That of 7
476	476	amounts available under this heading for wildlife services 8
477	477	methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available 9
478	478	until expended: Provided further, That of amounts avail-10
479	479	able under this heading for the screwworm program, 11
480	480	$4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of which 12
481	481	$24,527,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 13
482	482	used to carry out the science program and transition ac-14
483	483	tivities for the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility lo-15
484	484	cated in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, That no 16
485	485	funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel-17
486	486	losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that 18
487	487	does not require minimum matching by the States of at 19
488	488	least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation 20
489	489	shall be available for the purchase, replacement, operation, 21
490	490	and maintenance of aircraft: Provided further, That in ad-22
491	491	dition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 23
492	492	agricultural production industry of the United States, the 24
493	493	Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 25
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496	496	•S 2131 RS
497	497	available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart-1
498	498	ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail-2
499	499	able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi-3
500	500	cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani-4
501	501	mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 5
502	502	with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro-6
503	503	tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 7
504	504	and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 8
505	505	7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 9
506	506	for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 10
507	507	shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 11
508	508	further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 12
509	509	pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter-13
510	510	ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 14
511	511	otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 15
512	512	during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 16
513	513	current replacement value of the building. 17
514	514	In fiscal year 2024, the agency is authorized to collect 18
515	515	fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-19
516	516	ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 20
517	517	subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 21
518	518	foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 22
519	519	fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 23
520	520	fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 24
521	521	or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 25
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524	524	•S 2131 RS
525	525	fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-1
526	526	able until expended, without further appropriation, for 2
527	527	providing such assistance, goods, or services. 3
528	528	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 4
529	529	For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-5
530	530	nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-6
531	531	teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 7
532	532	authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 8
533	533	authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to remain 9
534	534	available until expended. 10
535	535	A
536	536	GRICULTURALMARKETINGSERVICE 11
537	537	MARKETING SERVICES 12
538	538	For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 13
539	539	Service, $229,891,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be avail-14
540	540	able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 15
541	541	79, and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the pur-16
542	542	poses of section 779 of division A of Public Law 117– 17
543	543	103: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 18
544	544	this heading, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-19
545	545	pended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 20
546	546	115–334, of which $14,000,000 shall be for dairy business 21
547	547	innovation initiatives established in Public Law 116–6 and 22
548	548	the Secretary shall take measures to ensure an equal dis-23
549	549	tribution of funds between these three regional innovation 24
550	550	initiatives: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 25
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553	553	•S 2131 RS
554	554	be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-1
555	555	ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 2
556	556	cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 3
557	557	shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 4
558	558	value of the building. 5
559	559	Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 6
560	560	activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 7
561	561	U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to 8
562	562	the development or maintenance of grain standards under 9
563	563	the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et 10
564	564	seq. 11
565	565	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 12
566	566	Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall 13
567	567	be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-14
568	568	tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 15
569	569	and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 16
570	570	exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 17
571	571	to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 18
572	572	Congress. 19
573	573	FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS , INCOME, AND 20
574	574	SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 21
575	575	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 22
576	576	Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-23
577	577	gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-24
578	578	modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 25
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581	581	•S 2131 RS
582	582	related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 1
583	583	Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 2
584	584	Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans-3
585	585	fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 4
586	586	$21,501,000 for formulation and administration of mar-5
587	587	keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 6
588	588	Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 7
589	589	Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 8
590	590	PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 9
591	591	For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 10
592	592	and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 11
593	593	marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-12
594	594	tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 13
595	595	$1,235,000. 14
596	596	LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 15
597	597	EXPENSES 16
598	598	Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 17
599	599	be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 18
600	600	and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-19
601	601	tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 20
602	602	other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 21
603	603	exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-22
604	604	mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 23
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607	607	•S 2131 RS
608	608	OFFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORFOODSAFETY 1
609	609	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 2
610	610	Secretary for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That 3
611	611	funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 4
612	612	Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 5
613	613	to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-6
614	614	fice. 7
615	615	F
616	616	OODSAFETY ANDINSPECTIONSERVICE 8
617	617	For necessary expenses to carry out services author-9
618	618	ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 10
619	619	Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 11
620	620	Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation 12
621	621	allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 13
622	622	Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 14
623	623	$1,205,009,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-15
624	624	ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-16
625	625	oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 17
626	626	Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 18
627	627	(7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 19
628	628	Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 20
629	629	shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 21
630	630	That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 22
631	631	be employed during fiscal year 2024 for purposes dedi-23
632	632	cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 24
633	633	Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 25
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636	636	•S 2131 RS
637	637	seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec-1
638	638	tion Service shall continue implementation of section 2
639	639	11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the 3
640	640	amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 4
641	641	79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 5
642	642	available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-6
643	643	ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 7
644	644	cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 8
645	645	shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 9
646	646	value of the building. 10
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649	649	•S 2131 RS
650	650	TITLE II 1
651	651	FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 2
652	652	PROGRAMS 3
653	653	O
654	654	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORFARM 4
655	655	P
656	656	RODUCTION ANDCONSERVATION 5
657	657	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 6
658	658	Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 7
659	659	$1,727,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 8
660	660	Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva-9
661	661	tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 10
662	662	to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-11
663	663	fice. 12
664	664	F
665	665	ARMPRODUCTION ANDCONSERVATIONBUSINESS 13
666	666	C
667	667	ENTER 14
668	668	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
669	669	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 16
670	670	For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 17
671	671	Conservation Business Center, $249,684,000, of which 18
672	672	$1,000,000 shall be for the implementation of section 773 19
673	673	of Public Law 117–328: Provided, That $60,228,000 of 20
674	674	amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant 21
675	675	to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-22
676	676	ment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred 23
677	677	to and merged with this account. 24
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680	680	•S 2131 RS
681	681	FARMSERVICEAGENCY 1
682	682	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
683	683	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
684	684	For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 4
685	685	$1,215,307,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall 5
686	686	be for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and 6
687	687	anticipated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county of-7
688	688	fices and farm loan officers and shall be available until 8
689	689	September 30, 2025: Provided, That not more than 50 9
690	690	percent of the funding made available under this heading 10
691	691	for information technology related to farm program deliv-11
692	692	ery may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 12
693	693	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-13
694	694	gress, and receives written or electronic notification of re-14
695	695	ceipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 15
696	696	(1) identifies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) 16
697	697	the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 17
698	698	and the mission benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated 18
699	699	lifecycle cost for the entirety of the project/investment, in-19
700	700	cluding estimates for development as well as maintenance 20
701	701	and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) dem-21
702	702	onstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent 22
703	703	with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 23
704	704	Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applica-24
705	705	ble lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) 25
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708	708	•S 2131 RS
709	709	subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning 1
710	710	and investment control requirements; and (3) has been re-2
711	711	viewed by the Government Accountability Office and ap-3
712	712	proved by the Committees on Appropriations of both 4
713	713	Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency 5
714	714	shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of 6
715	715	fiscal year 2024 to the Committees on Appropriations and 7
716	716	the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for 8
717	717	each project/investment that is operational (a) current 9
718	718	performance against key indicators of customer satisfac-10
719	719	tion, (b) current performance of service level agreements 11
720	720	or other technical metrics, (c) current performance against 12
721	721	a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown 13
722	722	of current and planned spending on operational enhance-14
723	723	ments or upgrades, and (e) an assessment of whether the 15
724	724	investment continues to meet business needs as intended 16
725	725	as well as alternatives to the investment: Provided further, 17
726	726	That the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facili-18
727	727	ties, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity 19
728	728	Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro-20
729	729	grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 21
730	730	other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 22
731	731	activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac-23
732	732	count: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 24
733	733	under this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made available 25
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736	736	•S 2131 RS
737	737	to county offices, to remain available until expended: Pro-1
738	738	vided further, That, notwithstanding the preceding pro-2
739	739	viso, any funds made available to county offices in the cur-3
740	740	rent fiscal year that the Administrator of the Farm Serv-4
741	741	ice Agency deems to exceed or not meet the amount need-5
742	742	ed for the county offices may be transferred to or from 6
743	743	the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses: Provided 7
744	744	further, That none of the funds available to the Farm 8
745	745	Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service Agency 9
746	746	county offices: Provided further, That none of the funds 10
747	747	available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to per-11
748	748	manently relocate county based employees that would re-12
749	749	sult in an office with two or fewer employees without prior 13
750	750	notification and approval of the Committees on Appropria-14
751	751	tions of both Houses of Congress. 15
752	752	STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 16
753	753	For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-17
754	754	tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 18
755	755	5106), $7,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri-19
756	756	culture may determine that United States territories and 20
757	757	Federally recognized Indian tribes are ‘‘States’’ for the 21
758	758	purposes of Subtitle A of such Act. 22
759	759	GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 23
760	760	For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 24
761	761	groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 25
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764	764	•S 2131 RS
765	765	the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 1
766	766	$7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 2
767	767	DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 3
768	768	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
769	769	For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 5
770	770	payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 6
771	771	products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 7
772	772	may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-8
773	773	vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 9
774	774	in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-10
775	775	scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 11
776	776	Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-12
777	777	tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 13
778	778	12). 14
779	779	GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND 15
780	780	RANCHERS 16
781	781	For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimburse-17
782	782	ment payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers 18
783	783	and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conserva-19
784	784	tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), 20
785	785	$4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 21
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788	788	•S 2131 RS
789	789	AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 1
790	790	ACCOUNT 2
791	791	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
792	792	For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-4
793	793	rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 5
794	794	seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer-6
795	795	gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac-7
796	796	quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 8
797	797	U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 9
798	798	1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and 10
799	799	Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) 11
800	800	to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit In-12
801	801	surance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed 13
802	802	farm ownership loans and $3,100,000,000 for farm owner-14
803	803	ship direct loans; $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guar-15
804	804	anteed operating loans and $1,633,000,000 for direct op-16
805	805	erating loans; emergency loans, $37,667,000; Indian tribe 17
806	806	land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conserva-18
807	807	tion loans, $150,000,000; relending program, 19
808	808	$61,426,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 20
809	809	$5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 21
810	810	$60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the 22
811	811	pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll 23
812	812	weevil eradication program loans. 24
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815	815	•S 2131 RS
816	816	For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 1
817	817	grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 2
818	818	in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 3
819	819	as follows: $3,507,000 for emergency loans, to remain 4
820	820	available until expended; and $27,598,000 for direct farm 5
821	821	operating loans, $1,483,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 6
822	822	farm operating loans, $19,368,000 for the relending pro-7
823	823	gram, $1,577,000 for Indian highly fractionated land 8
824	824	loans, and $258,000 for boll weevil eradication program 9
825	825	loans. 10
826	826	In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 11
827	827	carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 12
828	828	$341,871,000: Provided, That of this amount, 13
829	829	$321,621,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 14
830	830	appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex-15
831	831	penses’’. 16
832	832	Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 17
833	833	Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 18
834	834	operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 19
835	835	loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro-20
836	836	vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 21
837	837	Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad-22
838	838	vance of any transfer. 23
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842	842	RISKMANAGEMENTAGENCY 1
843	843	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
844	844	For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 3
845	845	Agency, $66,870,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the 4
846	846	amount appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 5
847	847	be available for compliance and integrity activities re-6
848	848	quired under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop In-7
849	849	surance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall 8
850	850	be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such pur-9
851	851	pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 10
852	852	be available for official reception and representation ex-11
853	853	penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 12
854	854	N
855	855	ATURALRESOURCESCONSERVATIONSERVICE 13
856	856	CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 14
857	857	For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-15
858	858	sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 16
859	859	including preparation of conservation plans and establish-17
860	860	ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 18
861	861	farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-19
862	862	ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 20
863	863	to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-21
864	864	trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-22
865	865	tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 23
866	866	soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 24
867	867	water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 25
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870	870	•S 2131 RS
871	871	program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 1
872	872	cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 2
873	873	3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter-3
874	874	ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-4
875	875	ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 5
876	876	$922,151,000, to remain available until September 30, 6
877	877	2025: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 7
878	878	available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and 8
879	879	improvement of buildings and public improvements at 9
880	880	plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 10
881	881	and improvements to other buildings and other public im-11
882	882	provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 12
883	883	That when buildings or other structures are erected on 13
884	884	non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob-14
885	885	tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 15
886	886	WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 16
887	887	For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-17
888	888	ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga-18
889	889	tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 19
890	890	changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 20
891	891	Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001– 21
892	892	1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi-22
893	893	sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 23
894	894	$90,405,000, to remain available until expended, of which 24
895	895	up to $20,405,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 25
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898	898	•S 2131 RS
899	899	amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 1
900	900	‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report accom-2
901	901	panying this Act: Provided, That for funds provided by 3
902	902	this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding 4
903	903	the size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding two 5
904	904	hundred and fifty thousand acres in which such activities 6
905	905	can be undertaken shall only apply for activities under-7
906	906	taken for the primary purpose of flood prevention (includ-8
907	907	ing structural and land treatment measures): Provided 9
908	908	further, That of the amounts made available under this 10
909	909	heading, $5,000,000 shall be allocated to projects and ac-11
910	910	tivities that can commence promptly following enactment; 12
911	911	that address regional priorities for flood prevention, agri-13
912	912	cultural water management, inefficient irrigation systems, 14
913	913	fish and wildlife habitat, or watershed protection; or that 15
914	914	address authorized ongoing projects under the authorities 16
915	915	of section 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 17
916	916	1944 (Public Law 78–534) with a primary purpose of wa-18
917	917	tershed protection by preventing floodwater damage and 19
918	918	stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, and banks to re-20
919	919	duce erosion and sediment transport: Provided further, 21
920	920	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 22
921	921	$10,000,000 shall be allocated to irrigation modernization 23
922	922	projects and activities located in Western states that in-24
923	923	crease fish or wildlife habitat, reduce drought impact, im-25
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926	926	•S 2131 RS
927	927	prove water quality or instream flow, or provide off-chan-1
928	928	nel renewable energy production. 2
929	929	WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 3
930	930	Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 4
931	931	Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $2,000,000 is pro-5
932	932	vided. 6
933	933	CORPORATIONS 7
934	934	The following corporations and agencies are hereby 8
935	935	authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 9
936	936	funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-10
937	937	poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 11
938	938	contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 12
939	939	limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 13
940	940	Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 14
941	941	out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 15
942	942	fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-16
943	943	inafter provided. 17
944	944	F
945	945	EDERALCROPINSURANCECORPORATIONFUND 18
946	946	For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 19
947	947	Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 20
948	948	as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 21
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951	951	•S 2131 RS
952	952	COMMODITYCREDITCORPORATIONFUND 1
953	953	REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 2
954	954	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
955	955	For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-4
956	956	essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 5
957	957	net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim-6
958	958	bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 7
959	959	1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 8
960	960	available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec-9
961	961	tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 10
962	962	(15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 11
963	963	Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 12
964	964	transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-13
965	965	ice for information resource management activities of the 14
966	966	Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com-15
967	967	modity Credit Corporation business: Provided further, 16
968	968	That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro-17
969	969	priations of the House and Senate in writing 15 days prior 18
970	970	to the obligation or commitment of any emergency funds 19
971	971	from the Commodity Credit Corporation. 20
972	972	HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 21
973	973	(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 22
974	974	For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 23
975	975	Corporation shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for 24
976	976	site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 25
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980	980	and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 1
981	981	of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 2
982	982	Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 3
983	983	9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 4
984	984	Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 5
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987	987	•S 2131 RS
988	988	TITLE III 1
989	989	RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 2
990	990	O
991	991	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORRURAL 3
992	992	D
993	993	EVELOPMENT 4
994	994	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 5
995	995	Secretary for Rural Development, $1,620,000: Provided, 6
996	996	That funds made available by this Act to an agency in 7
997	997	the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex-8
998	998	penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup-9
999	999	port staff for the Office. 10
1000	1000	R
1001	1001	URALDEVELOPMENT 11
1002	1002	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
1003	1003	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 13
1004	1004	For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-14
1005	1005	tration and implementation of Rural Development pro-15
1006	1006	grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 16
1007	1007	development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 17
1008	1008	and for cooperative agreements; $351,087,000: Provided, 18
1009	1009	That of the amount made available under this heading, 19
1010	1010	up to $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 20
1011	1011	2025, shall be for the Rural Partners Network activities 21
1012	1012	of the Department of Agriculture, and may be transferred 22
1013	1013	to other agencies of the Department for such purpose, con-23
1014	1014	sistent with the missions and authorities of such agencies: 24
1015	1015	Provided further, That of the amount made available 25
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1019	1019	under this heading, no less than $100,000,000, to remain 1
1020	1020	available until expended, shall be used for information 2
1021	1021	technology expenses: Provided further, That notwith-3
1022	1022	standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated 4
1023	1023	under this heading may be used for advertising and pro-5
1024	1024	motional activities that support Rural Development pro-6
1025	1025	grams: Provided further, That in addition to any other 7
1026	1026	funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 8
1027	1027	502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), 9
1028	1028	any amounts collected under such section, as amended by 10
1029	1029	this Act, will immediately be credited to this account and 11
1030	1030	will remain available until expended for such purposes. 12
1031	1031	R
1032	1032	URALHOUSINGSERVICE 13
1033	1033	RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 14
1034	1034	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 15
1035	1035	For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-16
1036	1036	rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 17
1037	1037	Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 18
1038	1038	rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $850,000,000 19
1039	1039	shall be for direct loans, $7,500,000 shall be for a Single 20
1040	1040	Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 21
1041	1041	Native American Tribes; and $30,000,000,000, which 22
1042	1042	shall remain available until September 30, 2025 shall be 23
1043	1043	for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for sec-24
1044	1044	tion 504 housing repair loans; $60,000,000 for section 25
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1047	1047	•S 2131 RS
1048	1048	515 rental housing; $400,000,000 for section 538 guaran-1
1049	1049	teed multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit 2
1050	1050	sales of single family housing acquired property; 3
1051	1051	$5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop-4
1052	1052	ment loans; and $5,000,000 for section 524 site develop-5
1053	1053	ment loans. 6
1054	1054	For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 7
1055	1055	the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 8
1056	1056	the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 9
1057	1057	502 loans, $62,637,000 shall be for direct loans; Single 10
1058	1058	Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 11
1059	1059	Native American Tribes, $3,432,000; section 504 housing 12
1060	1060	repair loans, $4,858,000; section 523 self-help housing 13
1061	1061	land development loans, $637,000; section 524 site devel-14
1062	1062	opment loans, $477,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and 15
1063	1063	new construction of section 515 rental housing, 16
1064	1064	$20,988,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-17
1065	1065	vided, That to support the loan program level for section 18
1066	1066	538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading 19
1067	1067	the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the 20
1068	1068	projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the 21
1069	1069	provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 22
1070	1070	661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be 23
1071	1071	subsidized: Provided further, That applicants in commu-24
1072	1072	nities that have a current rural area waiver under section 25
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1076	1076	541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall 1
1077	1077	be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 2
1078	1078	502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Pro-3
1079	1079	vided further, That of the amounts available under this 4
1080	1080	paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less than 5
1081	1081	$5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for individ-6
1082	1082	uals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program 7
1083	1083	funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant author-8
1084	1084	ized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 9
1085	1085	1, 2024: Provided further, That the Secretary shall imple-10
1086	1086	ment provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit organi-11
1087	1087	zations and public housing authorities to facilitate the ac-12
1088	1088	quisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily 13
1089	1089	housing properties by such nonprofit organizations and 14
1090	1090	public housing authorities that commit to keep such prop-15
1091	1091	erties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a pe-16
1092	1092	riod of time as determined by the Secretary, with such 17
1093	1093	incentives to include, but not be limited to, the following: 18
1094	1094	allow such nonprofit entities and public housing authori-19
1095	1095	ties to earn a Return on Investment on their own re-20
1096	1096	sources to include proceeds from low income housing tax 21
1097	1097	credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and devel-22
1098	1098	oper loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; 23
1099	1099	and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associ-24
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1103	1103	ated with owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset 1
1104	1104	Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property. 2
1105	1105	In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 3
1106	1106	including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 4
1107	1107	502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 5
1108	1108	$35,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 6
1109	1109	demonstration program for the preservation and revital-7
1110	1110	ization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 8
1111	1111	rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 9
1112	1112	multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro-10
1113	1113	priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 11
1114	1114	has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur-12
1115	1115	pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in-13
1116	1116	come residents and farm laborers including reducing or 14
1117	1117	eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi-15
1118	1118	nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other fi-16
1119	1119	nancial assistance including advances, payments and in-17
1120	1120	centives (including the ability of owners to obtain reason-18
1121	1121	able returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 19
1122	1122	Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the preser-20
1123	1123	vation and revitalization agreement, obtain a restrictive 21
1124	1124	use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc-22
1125	1125	turing. 23
1126	1126	In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 24
1127	1127	contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 25
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1131	1131	Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), 1
1132	1132	$18,703,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 2
1133	1133	farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 3
1134	1134	grants and contracts. 4
1135	1135	In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 5
1136	1136	carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 6
1137	1137	$412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 7
1138	1138	‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 8
1139	1139	RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 9
1140	1140	For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-10
1141	1141	newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 11
1142	1142	of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 12
1143	1143	in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house-13
1144	1144	holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous-14
1145	1145	ing Act of 1949, $1,608,000,000, and in addition such 15
1146	1146	sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) 16
1147	1147	of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 17
1148	1148	1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec-18
1149	1149	tion 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That amounts made 19
1150	1150	available under this heading shall be available for renewal 20
1151	1151	of rental assistance agreements for a maximum of 15,000 21
1152	1152	units where the Secretary determines that a maturing loan 22
1153	1153	for a project cannot reasonably be restructured with an-23
1154	1154	other USDA loan or modification and the project was op-24
1155	1155	erating with rental assistance under section 521 of the 25
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1159	1159	Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That the Secretary 1
1160	1160	may enter into rental assistance contracts in maturing 2
1161	1161	properties with existing rental assistance agreements not-3
1162	1162	withstanding any provision of section 521 of the Housing 4
1163	1163	Act of 1949, for a term of at least 10 years but not more 5
1164	1164	than 20 years: Provided further, That any agreement to 6
1165	1165	enter into a rental assistance contract under section 521 7
1166	1166	of the Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing property shall 8
1167	1167	obligate the owner to continue to maintain the project as 9
1168	1168	decent, safe, and sanitary housing and to operate the de-10
1169	1169	velopment in accordance with the Housing Act of 1949, 11
1170	1170	except that initial rents shall be based on the budget-based 12
1171	1171	needs of the project: Provided further, That annual rent 13
1172	1172	adjustments shall be based on the lesser of (1) the budget- 14
1173	1173	based needs of the project, or (2) the operating cost ad-15
1174	1174	justment factor as a payment standard as provided under 16
1175	1175	section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 17
1176	1176	and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note): 18
1177	1177	Provided further, That rental assistance agreements en-19
1178	1178	tered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall 20
1179	1179	be funded for a one year period: Provided further, That 21
1180	1180	upon request by an owner under section 514 or 515 of 22
1181	1181	the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assistance 23
1182	1182	agreement for a period of 20 years or until the term of 24
1183	1183	such loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations: 25
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1187	1187	Provided further, That rental assistance agreements en-1
1188	1188	tered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall 2
1189	1189	be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That 3
1190	1190	upon request by an owner of a project financed by an ex-4
1191	1191	isting loan under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Sec-5
1192	1192	retary may renew the rental assistance agreement for a 6
1193	1193	period of 20 years or until the term of such loan has ex-7
1194	1194	pired, subject to annual appropriations: Provided further, 8
1195	1195	That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of 9
1196	1196	such one-year agreements may be transferred and used 10
1197	1197	for purposes of any debt reduction, maintenance, repair, 11
1198	1198	or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 12
1199	1199	rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 13
1200	1200	Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided 14
1201	1201	under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2024 15
1202	1202	for a farm labor multi-family housing project financed 16
1203	1203	under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured 17
1204	1204	for use in another project until such assistance has re-18
1205	1205	mained unused for a period of six consecutive months, if 19
1206	1206	such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such as-20
1207	1207	sistance or the project has rental assistance eligible ten-21
1208	1208	ants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided fur-22
1209	1209	ther, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the 23
1210	1210	extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi- 24
1211	1211	family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 25
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1215	1215	of the Act: Provided further, That except as provided in 1
1216	1216	the tenth proviso under this heading and notwithstanding 2
1217	1217	any other provision of the Act, the Secretary may recap-3
1218	1218	ture rental assistance provided under agreements entered 4
1219	1219	into prior to fiscal year 2024 for a project that the Sec-5
1220	1220	retary determines no longer needs rental assistance and 6
1221	1221	use such recaptured funds for current needs. 7
1222	1222	RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT 8
1223	1223	For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 9
1224	1224	under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not-10
1225	1225	withstanding subsection (b) of such section, $48,000,000, 11
1226	1226	to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 12
1227	1227	funds made available under this heading shall be available 13
1228	1228	for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 14
1229	1229	(including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 15
1230	1230	in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has 16
1231	1231	been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 17
1232	1232	2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 18
1233	1233	shall be the difference between comparable market rent 19
1234	1234	for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 20
1235	1235	unit: Provided further, That funds made available for such 21
1236	1236	vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap-22
1237	1237	propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 23
1238	1238	to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 24
1239	1239	vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid-25
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1243	1243	ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 1
1244	1244	by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 2
1245	1245	Development: Provided further, That in addition to any 3
1246	1246	other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more 4
1247	1247	than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made 5
1248	1248	available under this heading, for administrative expenses 6
1249	1249	for activities funded under this heading. 7
1250	1250	MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 8
1251	1251	For grants and contracts pursuant to section 9
1252	1252	523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 10
1253	1253	1490c), $32,000,000, to remain available until expended. 11
1254	1254	RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 12
1255	1255	For grants for very low-income housing repair and 13
1256	1256	rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 14
1257	1257	Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 15
1258	1258	$48,000,000, to remain available until expended. 16
1259	1259	RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 17
1260	1260	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 18
1261	1261	For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-19
1262	1262	rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 20
1263	1263	and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 21
1264	1264	Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di-22
1265	1265	rect loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 23
1266	1266	For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 24
1267	1267	grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 25
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1271	1271	in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 1
1272	1272	for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 2
1273	1273	section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 3
1274	1274	Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 4
1275	1275	$253,134,000, to remain available until expended, of 5
1276	1276	which up to $205,134,000 shall be for the purposes, and 6
1277	1277	in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti-7
1278	1278	tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report ac-8
1279	1279	companying this Act: Provided, That $6,000,000 of the 9
1280	1280	amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 10
1281	1281	for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided 11
1282	1282	further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop 12
1283	1283	the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community- 13
1284	1284	based housing and community development organizations, 14
1285	1285	low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized 15
1286	1286	Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 16
1287	1287	housing, community facilities, community and economic 17
1288	1288	development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 18
1289	1289	That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri-19
1290	1290	vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro-20
1291	1291	posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 21
1292	1292	assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-22
1293	1293	nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 23
1294	1294	including Federal funds for related activities, in an 24
1295	1295	amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 25
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1299	1299	That any unobligated balances from prior year appropria-1
1300	1300	tions under this heading for the cost of direct loans, loan 2
1301	1301	guarantees and grants, including amounts deobligated or 3
1302	1302	cancelled, may be made available to cover the subsidy costs 4
1303	1303	for direct loans and or loan guarantees under this heading 5
1304	1304	in this fiscal year: Provided further, That no amounts may 6
1305	1305	be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso from 7
1306	1306	amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 8
1307	1307	emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolu-9
1308	1308	tion on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-10
1309	1309	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or that were specified 11
1310	1310	in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 12
1311	1311	the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 13
1312	1312	$10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-14
1313	1313	ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 15
1314	1314	tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such 16
1315	1315	Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 17
1316	1316	of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 18
1317	1317	not applicable to the funds made available under this 19
1318	1318	heading. 20
1319	1319	R
1320	1320	URALBUSINESS—COOPERATIVESERVICE 21
1321	1321	RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 22
1322	1322	For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 23
1323	1323	rural business development programs authorized by sec-24
1324	1324	tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 25
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1328	1328	(g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 1
1329	1329	Development Act, $77,728,000, to remain available until 2
1330	1330	expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 3
1331	1331	under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 4
1332	1332	available for one grant to a qualified national organization 5
1333	1333	to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 6
1334	1334	order to promote economic development and $12,000,000 7
1335	1335	shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 8
1336	1336	U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional 9
1337	1337	Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), the Southwest 10
1338	1338	Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), 11
1339	1339	and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 12
1340	1340	14101 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement 13
1341	1341	Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the 14
1342	1342	Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which 15
1343	1343	not more than 5 percent may be used for administrative 16
1344	1344	expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the 17
1345	1345	amount appropriated under this heading shall be for busi-18
1346	1346	ness grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native Amer-19
1347	1347	ican Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified 20
1348	1348	national organization to provide technical assistance for 21
1349	1349	rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-22
1350	1350	ment: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 23
1351	1351	of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 24
1352	1352	not applicable to funds made available under this heading. 25
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1356	1356	INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 1
1357	1357	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2
1358	1358	For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-3
1359	1359	ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-4
1360	1360	count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 5
1361	1361	For the cost of direct loans, $5,733,000, as author-6
1362	1362	ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-7
1363	1363	count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $573,000 shall be avail-8
1364	1364	able through June 30, 2024, for Federally Recognized Na-9
1365	1365	tive American Tribes; and of which $1,147,000 shall be 10
1366	1366	available through June 30, 2024, for Mississippi Delta Re-11
1367	1367	gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 12
1368	1368	Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the 13
1369	1369	cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 14
1370	1370	502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 15
1371	1371	In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 16
1372	1372	the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the 17
1373	1373	appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-18
1374	1374	penses’’. 19
1375	1375	RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 20
1376	1376	ACCOUNT 21
1377	1377	For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-22
1378	1378	ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 23
1379	1379	Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop-24
1380	1380	ment and job creation projects, $75,000,000. 25
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1384	1384	The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 1
1385	1385	of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro-2
1386	1386	moting rural economic development and job creation 3
1387	1387	projects shall not exceed $15,000,000. 4
1388	1388	RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 5
1389	1389	For rural cooperative development grants authorized 6
1390	1390	under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 7
1391	1391	Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $28,300,000, of 8
1392	1392	which $3,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 9
1393	1393	the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-10
1394	1394	gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 11
1395	1395	for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 12
1396	1396	cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 13
1397	1397	disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di-14
1398	1398	rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in-15
1399	1399	dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 16
1400	1400	groups; and of which $16,000,000, to remain available 17
1401	1401	until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod-18
1402	1402	uct market development grants, as authorized by section 19
1403	1403	210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 20
1404	1404	$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 21
1405	1405	for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 22
1406	1406	section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 23
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1410	1410	RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 1
1411	1411	For the principal amount of direct loans as author-2
1412	1412	ized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 3
1413	1413	Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $20,000,000. 4
1414	1414	For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under 5
1415	1415	the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 6
1416	1416	379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 7
1417	1417	Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s). 8
1418	1418	RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 9
1419	1419	For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under 10
1420	1420	the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 11
1421	1421	9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 12
1422	1422	2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000. 13
1423	1423	HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE 14
1424	1424	For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent 15
1425	1425	with section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department 16
1426	1426	of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 17
1427	1427	6953), as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act 18
1428	1428	of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Secretary to sup-19
1429	1429	port projects that provide access to healthy food in under-20
1430	1430	served areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to 21
1431	1431	revitalize low-income communities, $1,000,000, to remain 22
1432	1432	available until expended: Provided, That such costs of 23
1433	1433	loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 24
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1437	1437	as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 1
1438	1438	of 1974. 2
1439	1439	R
1440	1440	URALUTILITIESSERVICE 3
1441	1441	RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 4
1442	1442	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 5
1443	1443	For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-6
1444	1444	rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 7
1445	1445	and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 8
1446	1446	Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 9
1447	1447	$880,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guar-10
1448	1448	anteed loans. 11
1449	1449	For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 12
1450	1450	grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 13
1451	1451	in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 14
1452	1452	for rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 15
1453	1453	waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 16
1454	1454	306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sec-17
1455	1455	tions 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the 18
1456	1456	Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 19
1457	1457	$671,560,000, to remain available until expended, of 20
1458	1458	which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the 21
1459	1459	rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) 22
1460	1460	of such Act, and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall 23
1461	1461	be available for the rural utilities program described in 24
1462	1462	section 306E of such Act: Provided, That not to exceed 25
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1466	1466	$10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-1
1467	1467	ing shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) 2
1468	1468	of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in 3
1469	1469	addition to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of 4
1470	1470	such Act: Provided further, That $70,000,000 of the 5
1471	1471	amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans 6
1472	1472	and grants including water and waste disposal systems 7
1473	1473	grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 8
1474	1474	306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 9
1475	1475	Act, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 10
1476	1476	authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act, and the Depart-11
1477	1477	ment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): 12
1478	1478	Provided further, That funding provided for section 306D 13
1479	1479	of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 14
1480	1480	may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to sec-15
1481	1481	tion 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That 16
1482	1482	not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for sec-17
1483	1483	tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-18
1484	1484	ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 19
1485	1485	and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 20
1486	1486	percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the 21
1487	1487	Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 22
1488	1488	used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 23
1489	1489	Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance 24
1490	1490	programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 25
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1494	1494	$37,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-1
1495	1495	ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 2
1496	1496	and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 3
1497	1497	Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex-4
1498	1498	treme need, of which $8,500,000 shall be made available 5
1499	1499	for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional 6
1500	1500	technical assistance organization, with experience in work-7
1501	1501	ing with small communities on water and waste water 8
1502	1502	problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to 9
1503	1503	assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 10
1504	1504	in improving the planning, financing, development, oper-11
1505	1505	ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 12
1506	1506	and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali-13
1507	1507	fied national Native American organization to provide 14
1508	1508	technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com-15
1509	1509	munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 16
1510	1510	$25,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-17
1511	1511	ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi-18
1512	1512	zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as-19
1513	1513	sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 20
1514	1514	not to exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made available 21
1515	1515	under this heading shall be for solid waste management 22
1516	1516	grants: Provided further, That not to exceed $8,085,000 23
1517	1517	of the amounts appropriated under this heading shall be 24
1518	1518	available as the Secretary deems appropriate for water 25
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1522	1522	and waste direct one percent loans for distressed commu-1
1523	1523	nities: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines 2
1524	1524	that any portion of the amount made available for one per-3
1525	1525	cent loans is not needed for such loans, the Secretary may 4
1526	1526	use such amounts for grants authorized by section 5
1527	1527	306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-6
1528	1528	ment Act: Provided further, That if any funds made avail-7
1529	1529	able for the direct loan subsidy costs remain unobligated 8
1530	1530	after July 31, 2024, such unobligated balances may be 9
1531	1531	used for grant programs funded under this heading: Pro-10
1532	1532	vided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appro-11
1533	1533	priated under this heading shall be transferred to, and 12
1534	1534	merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 13
1535	1535	Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under 14
1536	1536	section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 15
1537	1537	U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That sections 381E–H 16
1538	1538	and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-17
1539	1539	ment Act are not applicable to the funds made available 18
1540	1540	under this heading. 19
1541	1541	RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 20
1542	1542	LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 21
1543	1543	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22
1544	1544	The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees 23
1545	1545	as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of 24
1546	1546	the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 25
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1550	1550	936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaran-1
1551	1551	teed rural electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of 2
1552	1552	that Act, $2,167,000,000; cost of money direct loans made 3
1553	1553	pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of 4
1554	1554	one percent in 4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), 5
1555	1555	of that Act, $4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 6
1556	1556	loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, $900,000,000; 7
1557	1557	and for cost-of-money rural telecommunications loans 8
1558	1558	made pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of that Act, 9
1559	1559	$690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall 10
1560	1560	be used for the construction, acquisition, design, engineer-11
1561	1561	ing or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 12
1562	1562	plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sub-13
1563	1563	surface utilization and storage systems. 14
1564	1564	For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 15
1565	1565	305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 16
1566	1566	U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, 17
1567	1567	as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 18
1568	1568	of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 19
1569	1569	$7,176,000. 20
1570	1570	In addition, $10,734,000 to remain available until ex-21
1571	1571	pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security 22
1572	1572	and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro-23
1573	1573	vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by 24
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1577	1577	the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon-1
1578	1578	strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 2
1579	1579	In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 3
1580	1580	carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 4
1581	1581	$33,270,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 5
1582	1582	‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 6
1583	1583	DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 7
1584	1584	PROGRAM 8
1585	1585	For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 9
1586	1586	services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 10
1587	1587	et seq., $62,721,000, to remain available until expended, 11
1588	1588	of which up to $2,721,000 shall be for the purposes, and 12
1589	1589	in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti-13
1590	1590	tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report ac-14
1591	1591	companying this Act: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be 15
1592	1592	made available for grants authorized by section 379G of 16
1593	1593	the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Pro-17
1594	1594	vided further, That funding provided under this heading 18
1595	1595	for grants under section 379G of the Consolidated Farm 19
1596	1596	and Rural Development Act may only be provided to enti-20
1597	1597	ties that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 21
1598	1598	as established by this section. 22
1599	1599	For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 23
1600	1600	pilot program established by section 779 of division A of 24
1601	1601	the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 25
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1605	1605	115–141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 1
1606	1606	amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $98,000,000, to remain 2
1607	1607	available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 3
1608	1608	may award grants described in section 601(a) of the Rural 4
1609	1609	Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5
1610	1610	950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out such pilot pro-6
1611	1611	gram: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall 7
1612	1612	be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 8
1613	1613	of 1974: Provided further, That at least 90 percent of the 9
1614	1614	households to be served by a project receiving a loan or 10
1615	1615	grant under the pilot program shall be in a rural area 11
1616	1616	without sufficient access to broadband: Provided further, 12
1617	1617	That for purposes of such pilot program, a rural area 13
1618	1618	without sufficient access to broadband shall be defined as 14
1619	1619	twenty-five megabits per second downstream and three 15
1620	1620	megabits per second upstream: Provided further, That to 16
1621	1621	the extent possible, projects receiving funds provided 17
1622	1622	under the pilot program must build out service to at least 18
1623	1623	one hundred megabits per second downstream, and twenty 19
1624	1624	megabits per second upstream: Provided further, That an 20
1625	1625	entity to which a loan or grant is made under the pilot 21
1626	1626	program shall not use the loan or grant to overbuild or 22
1627	1627	duplicate broadband service in a service area by any entity 23
1628	1628	that has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utili-24
1629	1629	ties Service unless such service is not provided sufficient 25
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1633	1633	access to broadband at the minimum service threshold: 1
1634	1634	Provided further, That not more than four percent of the 2
1635	1635	funds made available in this paragraph can be used for 3
1636	1636	administrative costs to carry out the pilot program and 4
1637	1637	up to three percent of funds made available in this para-5
1638	1638	graph may be available for technical assistance and pre- 6
1639	1639	development planning activities to support the most rural 7
1640	1640	communities: Provided further, That the Rural Utilities 8
1641	1641	Service is directed to expedite program delivery methods 9
1642	1642	that would implement this paragraph: Provided further, 10
1643	1643	That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 11
1644	1644	adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assess-12
1645	1645	ment requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural 13
1646	1646	Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc). 14
1647	1647	In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until 15
1648	1648	expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au-16
1649	1649	thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 17
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1653	1653	TITLE IV 1
1654	1654	DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 2
1655	1655	O
1656	1656	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORFOOD, 3
1657	1657	N
1658	1658	UTRITION, ANDCONSUMERSERVICES 4
1659	1659	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 5
1660	1660	Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 6
1661	1661	$1,376,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 7
1662	1662	Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 8
1663	1663	Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-9
1664	1664	able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 10
1665	1665	the Office. 11
1666	1666	F
1667	1667	OOD ANDNUTRITIONSERVICE 12
1668	1668	CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 13
1669	1669	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14
1670	1670	For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 15
1671	1671	Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 16
1672	1672	seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 17
1673	1673	1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 18
1674	1674	21; $32,032,897,000 to remain available through Sep-19
1675	1675	tember 30, 2025, of which such sums as are made avail-20
1676	1676	able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 21
1677	1677	and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 22
1678	1678	amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available 23
1679	1679	for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 24
1680	1680	Provided, That of the total amount available, $20,162,000 25
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1684	1684	shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu-1
1685	1685	trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 2
1686	1686	further, That of the total amount available, $21,876,000 3
1687	1687	shall be available to carry out studies and evaluations and 4
1688	1688	shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 5
1689	1689	That of the total amount available, $10,000,000 shall re-6
1690	1690	main available until expended to carry out section 18(g) 7
1691	1691	of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 8
1692	1692	U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, That notwithstanding 9
1693	1693	section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National 10
1694	1694	School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total 11
1695	1695	grant amount provided to a farm to school grant recipient 12
1696	1696	in fiscal year 2024 shall not exceed $500,000: Provided 13
1697	1697	further, That of the total amount available, $20,000,000 14
1698	1698	shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 15
1699	1699	agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 16
1700	1700	schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater 17
1701	1701	than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 18
1702	1702	safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte-19
1703	1703	nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro-20
1704	1704	vided further, That of the total amount available, 21
1705	1705	$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 22
1706	1706	out activities authorized under subsections (a)(2) and 23
1707	1707	(e)(2) of section 21 of the Richard B. Russell National 24
1708	1708	School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(a)(2) and (e)(2)): 25
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1712	1712	Provided further, That section 26(d) of the Richard B. 1
1713	1713	Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) 2
1714	1714	is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 3
1715	1715	2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2025’’: Provided fur-4
1716	1716	ther, That section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell Na-5
1717	1717	tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amend-6
1718	1718	ed in the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’ 7
1719	1719	and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’: Provided further, 8
1720	1720	That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National 9
1721	1721	School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in 10
1722	1722	the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’ and 11
1723	1723	inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’. 12
1724	1724	SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 13
1725	1725	WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 14
1726	1726	For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-15
1727	1727	plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 16
1728	1728	of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 17
1729	1729	$6,300,000,000, to remain available through September 18
1730	1730	30, 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding section 19
1731	1731	17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 20
1732	1732	1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 21
1733	1733	breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 22
1734	1734	and $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Pro-23
1735	1735	vided further, That the Secretary shall use funds made 24
1736	1736	available under this heading to increase the amount of a 25
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1740	1740	cash-value voucher for women and children participants 1
1741	1741	to an amount recommended by the National Academies 2
1742	1742	of Science, Engineering and Medicine and adjusted for in-3
1743	1743	flation: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 4
1744	1744	in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant 5
1745	1745	formula except in accordance with the cost containment 6
1746	1746	and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 7
1747	1747	17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 8
1748	1748	provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 9
1749	1749	reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 10
1750	1750	agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro-11
1751	1751	vided further, That upon termination of a federally man-12
1752	1752	dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi-13
1753	1753	tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 14
1754	1754	waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re-15
1755	1755	quest of a State agency. 16
1756	1756	SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 17
1757	1757	For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 18
1758	1758	Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 19
1759	1759	$122,141,239,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 20
1760	1760	available through September 30, 2026, shall be placed in 21
1761	1761	reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 22
1762	1762	as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 23
1763	1763	Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 24
1764	1764	in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 25
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1768	1768	Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made 1
1769	1769	available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 2
1770	1770	provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 3
1771	1771	Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 4
1772	1772	Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 5
1773	1773	further, That of the funds made available under this head-6
1774	1774	ing, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 7
1775	1775	2025, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public 8
1776	1776	Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 9
1777	1777	organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made 10
1778	1778	available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be used to 11
1779	1779	carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115-334: Provided 12
1780	1780	further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 13
1781	1781	work registration or workfare requirements as may be re-14
1782	1782	quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 15
1783	1783	for Employment and Training under this heading shall re-16
1784	1784	main available through September 30, 2025: Provided fur-17
1785	1785	ther, That funds made available under this heading for 18
1786	1786	section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the 19
1787	1787	Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 20
1788	1788	through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That none 21
1789	1789	of the funds made available under this heading may be 22
1790	1790	obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 23
1791	1791	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): 24
1792	1792	Provided further, That funds made available under this 25
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1796	1796	heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 1
1797	1797	staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi-2
1798	1798	ties related to program integrity provided that such activi-3
1799	1799	ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 4
1800	1800	COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 5
1801	1801	For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-6
1802	1802	ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 7
1803	1803	authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-8
1804	1804	sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 9
1805	1805	Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-10
1806	1806	ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-11
1807	1807	tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-12
1808	1808	ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm-13
1809	1809	ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 14
1810	1810	17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $501,070,000, 15
1811	1811	to remain available through September 30, 2025: Pro-16
1812	1812	vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-17
1813	1813	burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 18
1814	1814	donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith-19
1815	1815	standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 20
1816	1816	made available in fiscal year 2024 to support the Seniors 21
1817	1817	Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 22
1818	1818	section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 23
1819	1819	Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 24
1820	1820	September 30, 2025: Provided further, That of the funds 25
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1824	1824	made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri-1
1825	1825	tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 2
1826	1826	use up to 20 percent for costs associated with the distribu-3
1827	1827	tion of commodities. 4
1828	1828	NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 5
1829	1829	For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 6
1830	1830	and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri-7
1831	1831	tion assistance program, $184,348,000: Provided, That of 8
1832	1832	the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 9
1833	1833	the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 10
1834	1834	amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 11
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1838	1838	TITLE V 1
1839	1839	FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 2
1840	1840	PROGRAMS 3
1841	1841	O
1842	1842	FFICE OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORTRADE AND 4
1843	1843	F
1844	1844	OREIGNAGRICULTURALAFFAIRS 5
1845	1845	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 6
1846	1846	Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 7
1847	1847	$932,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 8
1848	1848	Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 9
1849	1849	Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-10
1850	1850	able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 11
1851	1851	the Office. 12
1852	1852	OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 13
1853	1853	For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 14
1854	1854	Alimentarius, $4,922,000, including not to exceed 15
1855	1855	$40,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 16
1856	1856	F
1857	1857	OREIGNAGRICULTURALSERVICE 17
1858	1858	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
1859	1859	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 19
1860	1860	For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 20
1861	1861	Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa-21
1862	1862	tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 22
1863	1863	the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 23
1864	1864	$237,330,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re-24
1865	1865	main available until September 30, 2025, for overseas op-25
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1869	1869	erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 1
1870	1870	Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 2
1871	1871	or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 3
1872	1872	behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza-4
1873	1873	tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu-5
1874	1874	ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro-6
1875	1875	grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro-7
1876	1876	grams of the United States Agency for International De-8
1877	1877	velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 9
1878	1878	for middle-income country training programs, funds made 10
1879	1879	available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 11
1880	1880	Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 12
1881	1881	$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-13
1882	1882	tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 14
1883	1883	international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-15
1884	1884	mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re-16
1885	1885	main available until expended. 17
1886	1886	FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 18
1887	1887	For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-19
1888	1888	erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-20
1889	1889	cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 21
1890	1890	(Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec-22
1891	1891	tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 23
1892	1892	$1,800,000,000, to remain available until expended. 24
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1896	1896	MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 1
1897	1897	AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 2
1898	1898	For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 3
1899	1899	of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-4
1900	1900	ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $248,331,000, to 5
1901	1901	remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-6
1902	1902	modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 7
1903	1903	services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-8
1904	1904	plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 9
1905	1905	amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 10
1906	1906	amount made available under this heading, not more than 11
1907	1907	10 percent, but not less than $24,800,000, shall remain 12
1908	1908	available until expended to purchase agricultural commod-13
1909	1909	ities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm 14
1910	1910	Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 15
1911	1911	1736o–1(a)(2)). 16
1912	1912	COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 17
1913	1913	CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 18
1914	1914	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 19
1915	1915	For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-20
1916	1916	modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 21
1917	1917	GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common 22
1918	1918	overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-23
1919	1919	modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 24
1920	1920	with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall 25
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1924	1924	be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 1
1925	1925	‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’. 2
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1929	1929	TITLE VI 1
1930	1930	RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 2
1931	1931	ADMINISTRATION 3
1932	1932	D
1933	1933	EPARTMENT OFHEALTH ANDHUMANSERVICES 4
1934	1934	FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 5
1935	1935	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
1936	1936	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 7
1937	1937	For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-8
1938	1938	ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 9
1939	1939	motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 10
1940	1940	costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 11
1941	1941	activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 12
1942	1942	included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 13
1943	1943	in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 14
1944	1944	amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 15
1945	1945	carrying out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) 16
1946	1946	of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for 17
1947	1947	miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-18
1948	1948	tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 19
1949	1949	be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not 20
1950	1950	to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of 21
1951	1951	Public Law 107–188; $6,625,030,000: Provided, That of 22
1952	1952	the amount provided under this heading, $1,336,525,000 23
1953	1953	shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author-24
1954	1954	ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac-25
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1957	1957	•S 2131 RS
1958	1958	count and remain available until expended; $331,273,000 1
1959	1959	shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 2
1960	1960	by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account 3
1961	1961	and remain available until expended; $594,150,000 shall 4
1962	1962	be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 5
1963	1963	by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac-6
1964	1964	count and remain available until expended; $42,432,000 7
1965	1965	shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 8
1966	1966	fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be cred-9
1967	1967	ited to this account and remain available until expended; 10
1968	1968	$33,500,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 11
1969	1969	authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 12
1970	1970	to this account and remain available until expended; 13
1971	1971	$25,000,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 14
1972	1972	drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall 15
1973	1973	be credited to this account and remain available until ex-16
1974	1974	pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod-17
1975	1975	uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 18
1976	1976	credited to this account and remain available until ex-19
1977	1977	pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith-20
1978	1978	standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 21
1979	1979	collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 22
1980	1980	user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi-23
1981	1981	cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 24
1982	1982	new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 25
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1985	1985	•S 2131 RS
1986	1986	year 2024 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred-1
1987	1987	ited to this account and remain available until expended: 2
1988	1988	Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 3
1989	1989	medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 4
1990	1990	product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as-5
1991	1991	sessments for fiscal year 2024, including any such fees 6
1992	1992	collected prior to fiscal year 2024 but credited for fiscal 7
1993	1993	year 2024, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2024 limita-8
1994	1994	tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 9
1995	1995	payment during fiscal year 2024 of user fees specified 10
1996	1996	under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2025, 11
1997	1997	prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of 12
1998	1998	such fees assessed for fiscal year 2025 for which the Sec-13
1999	1999	retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2024 shall not be 14
2000	2000	included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 15
2001	2001	That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab-16
2002	2002	lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 17
2003	2003	31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 18
2004	2004	amount appropriated: (1) $1,198,263,000 shall be for the 19
2005	2005	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 20
2006	2006	field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 21
2007	2007	no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of 22
2008	2008	foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 23
2009	2009	imported seafood; (2) $2,326,206,000 shall be for the 24
2010	2010	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 25
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2013	2013	•S 2131 RS
2014	2014	field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 1
2015	2015	no less than $10,000,000 shall be for pilots to increase 2
2016	2016	unannounced foreign inspections and shall remain avail-3
2017	2017	able until expended; (3) $497,700,000 shall be for the 4
2018	2018	Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for re-5
2019	2019	lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 6
2020	2020	(4) $286,633,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 7
2021	2021	Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 8
2022	2022	Regulatory Affairs; (5) $739,543,000 shall be for the Cen-9
2023	2023	ter for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 10
2024	2024	field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 11
2025	2025	$77,388,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-12
2026	2026	cological Research; (7) $679,965,000 shall be for the Cen-13
2027	2027	ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 14
2028	2028	in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $217,357,000 shall 15
2029	2029	be for Rent and Related activities, of which $56,411,000 16
2030	2030	is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 17
2031	2031	paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) 18
2032	2032	$244,587,000 shall be for payments to the General Serv-19
2033	2033	ices Administration for rent; and (10) $357,388,000 shall 20
2034	2034	be for other activities, including the Office of the Commis-21
2035	2035	sioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and 22
2036	2036	Response, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief 23
2037	2037	Scientist, and central services for these offices: Provided 24
2038	2038	further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall 25
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2041	2041	•S 2131 RS
2042	2042	be for official reception and representation expenses, not 1
2043	2043	otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commis-2
2044	2044	sioner: Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursu-3
2045	2045	ant to, and for the administration of, section 770(n) of 4
2046	2046	the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 5
2047	2047	379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available 6
2048	2048	under this heading for other activities and shall not exceed 7
2049	2049	$2,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts that 8
2050	2050	are made available under this heading for ‘‘other activi-9
2051	2051	ties’’, and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 10
2052	2052	shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 11
2053	2053	for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Office 12
2054	2054	of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the programs and 13
2055	2055	operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall 14
2056	2056	be in addition to funds otherwise made available for over-15
2057	2057	sight of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided fur-16
2058	2058	ther, That funds may be transferred from one specified 17
2059	2059	activity to another with the prior approval of the Commit-18
2060	2060	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 19
2061	2061	In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 20
2062	2062	42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 21
2063	2063	by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 22
2064	2064	21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 23
2065	2065	reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro-24
2066	2066	gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 25
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2069	2069	•S 2131 RS
2070	2070	facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 1
2071	2071	drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 2
2072	2072	authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 3
2073	2073	provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 4
2074	2074	U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 5
2075	2075	by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority 6
2076	2076	review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb– 7
2077	2077	4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs 8
2078	2078	authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this 9
2079	2079	account, to remain available until expended. 10
2080	2080	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 11
2081	2081	For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-12
2082	2082	sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip-13
2083	2083	ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin-14
2084	2084	istration, where not otherwise provided, $12,788,000, to 15
2085	2085	remain available until expended. 16
2086	2086	FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT , CURES ACT 17
2087	2087	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
2088	2088	For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-19
2089	2089	scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 20
2090	2090	Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur-21
2091	2091	poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 22
2092	2092	$50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-23
2093	2093	vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 24
2094	2094	appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st 25
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2097	2097	•S 2131 RS
2098	2098	Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans-1
2099	2099	ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 2
2100	2100	be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 3
2101	2101	to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 4
2102	2102	Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 5
2103	2103	and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such 6
2104	2104	Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 7
2105	2105	Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre-8
2106	2106	vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 9
2107	2107	such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 10
2108	2108	Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi-11
2109	2109	tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 12
2110	2110	INDEPENDENT AGENCY 13
2111	2111	F
2112	2112	ARMCREDITADMINISTRATION 14
2113	2113	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 15
2114	2114	Not to exceed $94,300,000 (from assessments col-16
2115	2115	lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 17
2116	2116	Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 18
2117	2117	during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 19
2118	2118	as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 20
2119	2119	limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-21
2120	2120	ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 22
2121	2121	this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 23
2122	2122	Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-24
2123	2123	gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 25
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2126	2126	•S 2131 RS
2127	2127	3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 1
2128	2128	2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 2
2129	2129	exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica-3
2130	2130	tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 4
2131	2131	loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a 5
2132	2132	manner other than described in subclause (II) of the 6
2133	2133	clause. 7
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2136	2136	•S 2131 RS
2137	2137	TITLE VII 1
2138	2138	GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
2139	2139	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
2140	2140	S
2141	2141	EC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 4
2142	2142	made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 5
2143	2143	Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 6
2144	2144	to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 7
2145	2145	total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2024 8
2146	2146	does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased 9
2147	2147	in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing 10
2148	2148	additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine 11
2149	2149	that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 12
2150	2150	to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, 13
2151	2151	property, and public safety: Provided further, That the 14
2152	2152	Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri-15
2153	2153	culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary 16
2154	2154	notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com-17
2155	2155	mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 18
2156	2156	within 30 days of the notification. 19
2157	2157	S
2158	2158	EC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 20
2159	2159	this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli-21
2160	2160	gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 22
2161	2161	Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal-23
2162	2162	ances that are remaining available of the Department of 24
2163	2163	Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-25
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2166	2166	•S 2131 RS
2167	2167	tion of property, plant and equipment and for the improve-1
2168	2168	ment, delivery, and implementation of Department finan-2
2169	2169	cial, and administrative information technology services, 3
2170	2170	and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 4
2171	2171	financial, administrative, and information technology serv-5
2172	2172	ices, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary 6
2173	2173	benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, 7
2174	2174	such transferred funds to remain available until expended: 8
2175	2175	Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 9
2176	2176	Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 10
2177	2177	Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad-11
2178	2178	ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 12
2179	2179	transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 13
2180	2180	section shall be available for obligation without written no-14
2181	2181	tification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 15
2182	2182	Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur-16
2183	2183	ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 17
2184	2184	made available to the Department’s Working Capital 18
2185	2185	Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 19
2186	2186	make any changes to the Department’s National Finance 20
2187	2187	Center without written notification to and prior approval 21
2188	2188	of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 22
2189	2189	Congress as required by section 716 of this Act: Provided 23
2190	2190	further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 24
2191	2191	or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 25
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2194	2194	•S 2131 RS
2195	2195	Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 1
2196	2196	initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes 2
2197	2197	to remove or relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or 3
2198	2198	functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and 4
2199	2199	the Chief Information Officer, co-located with or from the 5
2200	2200	National Finance Center prior to written notification to 6
2201	2201	and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 7
2202	2202	of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the 8
2203	2203	requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, 9
2204	2204	That the National Finance Center Information Tech-10
2205	2205	nology Services Division personnel and data center man-11
2206	2206	agement responsibilities, and control of any functions, 12
2207	2207	missions, and systems for current and future human re-13
2208	2208	sources management and integrated personnel and payroll 14
2209	2209	systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Finan-15
2210	2210	cial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain 16
2211	2211	in the National Finance Center and under the manage-17
2212	2212	ment responsibility and administrative control of the Na-18
2213	2213	tional Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec-19
2214	2214	retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 20
2215	2215	Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart-21
2216	2216	ments and other government agencies National Finance 22
2217	2217	Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay-23
2218	2218	roll, financial management, and human capital shared 24
2219	2219	services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 25
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2223	2223	technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in-1
2224	2224	come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De-2
2225	2225	partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex-3
2226	2226	cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 4
2227	2227	the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na-5
2228	2228	tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 6
2229	2229	more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 7
2230	2230	of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve-8
2231	2231	ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis-9
2232	2232	trative, and information technology services, and other 10
2233	2233	systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un-11
2234	2234	foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen-12
2235	2235	ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 13
2236	2236	shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub-14
2237	2237	mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit-15
2238	2238	tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-16
2239	2239	vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 17
2240	2240	funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 18
2241	2241	shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by 19
2242	2242	the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state 20
2243	2243	of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 21
2244	2244	the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 22
2245	2245	the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 23
2246	2246	operations of the National Finance Center. 24
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2250	2250	SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 1
2251	2251	this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 2
2252	2252	current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 3
2253	2253	S
2254	2254	EC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 4
2255	2255	used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 5
2256	2256	agreements or similar arrangements between the United 6
2257	2257	States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-7
2258	2258	tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 8
2259	2259	the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-9
2260	2260	rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 10
2261	2261	between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-11
2262	2262	priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 12
2263	2263	with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-13
2264	2264	puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-14
2265	2265	priations are provided in this Act. 15
2266	2266	S
2267	2267	EC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-16
2268	2268	culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 17
2269	2269	available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 18
2270	2270	until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 19
2271	2271	fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-20
2272	2272	ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-21
2273	2273	tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 22
2274	2274	the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 23
2275	2275	S
2276	2276	EC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 24
2277	2277	Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-25
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2280	2280	•S 2131 RS
2281	2281	quire new information technology systems or significant 1
2282	2282	upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-2
2283	2283	mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-3
2284	2284	tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-4
2285	2285	tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 5
2286	2286	notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 6
2287	2287	funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 7
2288	2288	Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-8
2289	2289	tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 9
2290	2290	approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 10
2291	2291	Houses of Congress: Provided further, That notwith-11
2292	2292	standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 12
2293	2293	none of the funds available to the Department of Agri-13
2294	2294	culture for information technology shall be obligated for 14
2295	2295	projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 15
2296	2296	prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-16
2297	2297	tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 17
2298	2298	Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 18
2299	2299	written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 19
2300	2300	projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 20
2301	2301	based upon the performance of an agency measured 21
2302	2302	against the performance plan requirements described in 22
2303	2303	the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 23
2304	2304	235. 24
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2308	2308	SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 1
2309	2309	of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 2
2310	2310	the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-3
2311	2311	pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 4
2312	2312	year. 5
2313	2313	S
2314	2314	EC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 6
2315	2315	law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 7
2316	2316	repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 8
2317	2317	under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not- 9
2318	2318	for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 10
2319	2319	direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 11
2320	2320	under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 12
2321	2321	as a borrower under such Act. 13
2322	2322	S
2323	2323	EC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 14
2324	2324	by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal-15
2325	2325	ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 16
2326	2326	expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 17
2327	2327	remain available through September 30, 2025, for infor-18
2328	2328	mation technology expenses. 19
2329	2329	S
2330	2330	EC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-20
2331	2331	wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 21
2332	2332	travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 22
2333	2333	contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 23
2334	2334	of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 24
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2338	2338	SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 1
2339	2339	or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 2
2340	2340	113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 3
2341	2341	I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 4
2342	2342	which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 5
2343	2343	is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 6
2344	2344	of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 7
2345	2345	(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 8
2346	2346	and related administrative expenses, including tech-9
2347	2347	nical assistance, associated with the implementation 10
2348	2348	of the program, without regard to the limitation on 11
2349	2349	the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 12
2350	2350	contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 13
2351	2351	Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 14
2352	2352	(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 15
2353	2353	not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 16
2354	2354	for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 17
2355	2355	amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 18
2356	2356	in such section. 19
2357	2357	S
2358	2358	EC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 20
2359	2359	not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 21
2360	2360	expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 22
2361	2361	panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 23
2362	2362	of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-24
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2366	2366	tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-1
2367	2367	tively awarded grants. 2
2368	2368	S
2369	2369	EC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 3
2370	2370	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 4
2371	2371	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 5
2372	2372	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 6
2373	2373	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 7
2374	2374	funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 8
2375	2375	enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-9
2376	2376	nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 10
2377	2377	S
2378	2378	EC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 11
2379	2379	14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 12
2380	2380	section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 13
2381	2381	appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 14
2382	2382	other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 15
2383	2383	of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 16
2384	2384	the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 17
2385	2385	referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,573,666,000 18
2386	2386	(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 19
2387	2387	years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 20
2388	2388	Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 21
2389	2389	$5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 22
2390	2390	$2,500,000; Administration of section 32 Commodity Pur-23
2391	2391	chases—$37,178,000: Provided, That, of the total funds 24
2392	2392	made available in the matter preceding this proviso that 25
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2396	2396	remain unobligated on October 1, 2024, such unobligated 1
2397	2397	balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2025 and shall 2
2398	2398	remain available until expended for any of the purposes 3
2399	2399	of section 32, except that any such carryover funds used 4
2400	2400	in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not exceed 5
2401	2401	$350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the Sec-6
2402	2402	retary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 7
2403	2403	expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both 8
2404	2404	Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: Pro-9
2405	2405	vided further, That, with the exception of any available 10
2406	2406	carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 11
2407	2407	to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 12
2408	2408	none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-13
2409	2409	able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 14
2410	2410	salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 15
2411	2411	of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 16
2412	2412	S
2413	2413	EC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 17
2414	2414	any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-18
2415	2415	penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 19
2416	2416	language as part of the President’s budget submission to 20
2417	2417	the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 21
2418	2418	Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-22
2419	2419	velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 23
2420	2420	Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 24
2421	2421	from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 25
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2425	2425	have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 1
2426	2426	of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 2
2427	2427	which additional spending reductions should occur in the 3
2428	2428	event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 4
2429	2429	date of the convening of a committee of conference for 5
2430	2430	the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act. 6
2431	2431	S
2432	2432	EC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 7
2433	2433	or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen-8
2434	2434	cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 9
2435	2435	or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 10
2436	2436	any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 11
2437	2437	fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 12
2438	2438	available for obligation or expenditure through a re-13
2439	2439	programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au-14
2440	2440	thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart-15
2441	2441	ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 16
2442	2442	by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-17
2443	2443	ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 18
2444	2444	Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 19
2445	2445	(1) creates new programs; 20
2446	2446	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 21
2447	2447	(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 22
2448	2448	for any project or activity for which funds have been 23
2449	2449	denied or restricted; 24
2450	2450	(4) relocates an office or employees; 25
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2454	2454	(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 1
2455	2455	or 2
2456	2456	(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 3
2457	2457	activities presently performed by Federal employees; 4
2458	2458	unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 5
2459	2459	Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 6
2460	2460	in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 7
2461	2461	Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 8
2462	2462	days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or 9
2463	2463	the use of such authority. 10
2464	2464	(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-11
2465	2465	vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 12
2466	2466	funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 13
2467	2467	expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 14
2468	2468	any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 15
2469	2469	fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 16
2470	2470	available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-17
2471	2471	grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 18
2472	2472	authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 19
2473	2473	in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 20
2474	2474	that— 21
2475	2475	(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-22
2476	2476	tivities; 23
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2480	2480	(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-1
2481	2481	ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-2
2482	2482	sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 3
2483	2483	(3) results from any general savings from a re-4
2484	2484	duction in personnel which would result in a change 5
2485	2485	in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-6
2486	2486	proved by Congress; 7
2487	2487	unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 8
2488	2488	Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 9
2489	2489	in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 10
2490	2490	Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 11
2491	2491	days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such 12
2492	2492	funds or the use of such authority. 13
2493	2493	(c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 14
2494	2494	Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 15
2495	2495	receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 16
2496	2496	of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro-17
2497	2497	gram or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 18
2498	2498	year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act 19
2499	2499	or specifically funded by any other Act. 20
2500	2500	(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-21
2501	2501	vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 22
2502	2502	funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 23
2503	2503	expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 24
2504	2504	any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 25
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2508	2508	fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 1
2509	2509	available for— 2
2510	2510	(1) modifying major capital investments fund-3
2511	2511	ing levels, including information technology systems, 4
2512	2512	that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 5
2513	2513	current fiscal year for the individual investment in 6
2514	2514	excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 7
2515	2515	whichever is less; 8
2516	2516	(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 9
2517	2517	vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 10
2518	2518	establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 11
2519	2519	with ten or more personnel; or 12
2520	2520	(3) carrying out activities or functions that 13
2521	2521	were not described in the budget request; 14
2522	2522	unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 15
2523	2523	the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-16
2524	2524	gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 17
2525	2525	these purposes. 18
2526	2526	(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 19
2527	2527	for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 20
2528	2528	the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 21
2529	2529	the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-22
2530	2530	gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 23
2531	2531	the notification as required in this section. 24
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2535	2535	SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 1
2536	2536	Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2
2537	2537	1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 3
2538	2538	any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 4
2539	2539	that does not exceed 4 percent of the guaranteed principal 5
2540	2540	portion of the loan. 6
2541	2541	S
2542	2542	EC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other-7
2543	2543	wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 8
2544	2544	Food and Drug Administration or the Farm Credit Ad-9
2545	2545	ministration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 10
2546	2546	available reports, questions, or responses to questions that 11
2547	2547	are a result of information requested for the appropria-12
2548	2548	tions hearing process to any non-Department of Agri-13
2549	2549	culture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, 14
2550	2550	or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 15
2551	2551	S
2552	2552	EC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 16
2553	2553	law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 17
2554	2554	by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-18
2555	2555	packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 19
2556	2556	in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-20
2557	2557	fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 21
2558	2558	story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 22
2559	2559	funded by that executive branch agency. 23
2560	2560	S
2561	2561	EC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri-24
2562	2562	culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 25
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2566	2566	office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 1
2567	2567	agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 2
2568	2568	in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 3
2569	2569	or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 4
2570	2570	office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 5
2571	2571	period of assignment. 6
2572	2572	S
2573	2573	EC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of 7
2574	2574	enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 8
2575	2575	Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and 9
2576	2576	the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 10
2577	2577	submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 11
2578	2578	Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, 12
2579	2579	project, and activity for all the funds made available under 13
2580	2580	this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in 14
2581	2581	the report accompanying this Act. 15
2582	2582	S
2583	2583	EC. 722. None of the funds made available by this 16
2584	2584	Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 17
2585	2585	any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 18
2586	2586	or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 19
2587	2587	care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod-20
2588	2588	uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 21
2589	2589	Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis-22
2590	2590	tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 23
2591	2591	paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 24
2592	2592	allow or require such distribution. 25
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2596	2596	SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 1
2597	2597	or level of program assistance for Rural Housing Service 2
2598	2598	programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated 3
2599	2599	prison populations. 4
2600	2600	S
2601	2601	EC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 5
2602	2602	require budget authority and the program level has been 6
2603	2603	established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 7
2604	2604	increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-8
2605	2605	tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 9
2606	2606	to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec-10
2607	2607	retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-11
2608	2608	tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad-12
2609	2609	vance. 13
2610	2610	S
2611	2611	EC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 14
2612	2612	transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-15
2613	2613	tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 16
2614	2614	Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-17
2615	2615	tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 18
2616	2616	shall be available for obligation without written notifica-19
2617	2617	tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap-20
2618	2618	propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 21
2619	2619	the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 22
2620	2620	obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 23
2621	2621	equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de-24
2622	2622	livery, and implementation of Departmental financial 25
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2626	2626	management, information technology, and other support 1
2627	2627	systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra-2
2628	2628	tive, and information technology services, including cloud 3
2629	2629	adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 4
2630	2630	of the Department of Agriculture. 5
2631	2631	S
2632	2632	EC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 6
2633	2633	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 7
2634	2634	‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-8
2635	2635	ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-9
2636	2636	sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 10
2637	2637	of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 11
2638	2638	2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri-12
2639	2639	culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de-13
2640	2640	fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed-14
2641	2641	eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 15
2642	2642	of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 16
2643	2643	title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num-17
2644	2644	ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 18
2645	2645	staple food category so that the total number of such items 19
2646	2646	in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 20
2647	2647	items in each staple food category included in the final 21
2648	2648	rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 22
2649	2649	until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend-23
2650	2650	ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard-24
2651	2651	ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-25
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2655	2655	mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 1
2656	2656	in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 2
2657	2657	the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 3
2658	2658	S
2659	2659	EC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 4
2660	2660	502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 5
2661	2661	Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 6
2662	2662	with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 7
2663	2663	eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 8
2664	2664	subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 9
2665	2665	U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 10
2666	2666	such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 11
2667	2667	S
2668	2668	EC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other-12
2669	2669	wise made available by this Act shall be available for the 13
2670	2670	United States Department of Agriculture to propose, fi-14
2671	2671	nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 15
2672	2672	new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date 16
2673	2673	of the enactment of this Act. 17
2674	2674	S
2675	2675	EC. 729. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 18
2676	2676	made available for the Broadband Treasury Rate Loan 19
2677	2677	program, authorized in section 601 of the Rural Elec-20
2678	2678	trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb), $9,156,000 are 21
2679	2679	hereby permanently cancelled: Provided, That no amounts 22
2680	2680	shall be cancelled from amounts that were designated by 23
2681	2681	the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief require-24
2682	2682	ment pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget 25
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2686	2686	or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 1
2687	2687	Act of 1985. 2
2688	2688	S
2689	2689	EC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 3
2690	2690	regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and hol-4
2691	2691	iday pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 5
2692	2692	establishments subject to the inspection requirements of 6
2693	2693	the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et 7
2694	2694	seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et 8
2695	2695	seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 9
2696	2696	et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided outside 10
2697	2697	of an establishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for 11
2698	2698	inspection services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, 12
2699	2699	That any sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall 13
2700	2700	be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 14
2701	2701	1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 15
2702	2702	Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums 16
2703	2703	received by the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in 17
2704	2704	addition to other available funds, remain available until 18
2705	2705	expended to the Secretary without further appropriation 19
2706	2706	for the purpose of funding all costs associated with FSIS 20
2707	2707	inspections. 21
2708	2708	S
2709	2709	EC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 22
2710	2710	(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 23
2711	2711	the following factors in the country or region being 24
2712	2712	audited, as applicable— 25
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2716	2716	(A) veterinary control and oversight; 1
2717	2717	(B) disease history and vaccination prac-2
2718	2718	tices; 3
2719	2719	(C) livestock demographics and 4
2720	2720	traceability; 5
2721	2721	(D) epidemiological separation from poten-6
2722	2722	tial sources of infection; 7
2723	2723	(E) surveillance practices; 8
2724	2724	(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 9
2725	2725	(G) emergency preparedness and response; 10
2726	2726	and 11
2727	2727	(2) promptly make publicly available the final 12
2728	2728	reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 13
2729	2729	to paragraph (1). 14
2730	2730	(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-15
2731	2731	sistent with United States obligations under its inter-16
2732	2732	national trade agreements. 17
2733	2733	S
2734	2734	EC. 732. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 18
2735	2735	made available in prior Acts for the rural housing voucher 19
2736	2736	program authorized by section 542 of the Housing Act of 20
2737	2737	1949, (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), as amended, $3,000,000 21
2738	2738	are hereby permanently cancelled: Provided, That no 22
2739	2739	amounts shall be cancelled from amounts that were des-23
2740	2740	ignated by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief 24
2741	2741	requirement pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the 25
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2745	2745	budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 1
2746	2746	Control Act of 1985. 2
2747	2747	S
2748	2748	EC. 733. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 3
2749	2749	made available in prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Rural Co-4
2750	2750	operative Development Grants’’ for Agriculture Innovation 5
2751	2751	Centers authorized by section 6402 of the Farm Security 6
2752	2752	and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b), as 7
2753	2753	amended, $8,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled: 8
2754	2754	Provided, That no amounts shall be cancelled from 9
2755	2755	amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 10
2756	2756	emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the 11
2757	2757	concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 12
2758	2758	Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13
2759	2759	S
2760	2760	EC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 14
2761	2761	this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-15
2762	2762	posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 16
2763	2763	by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 17
2764	2764	the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 18
2765	2765	U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 19
2766	2766	construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 20
2767	2767	water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 21
2768	2768	products used in the project are produced in the United 22
2769	2769	States. 23
2770	2770	(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 24
2771	2771	means the following products made primarily of iron or 25
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2775	2775	steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 1
2776	2776	and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 2
2777	2777	pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-3
2778	2778	forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 4
2779	2779	(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-5
2780	2780	egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 6
2781	2781	this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 7
2782	2782	of the Secretary finds that— 8
2783	2783	(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-9
2784	2784	sistent with the public interest; 10
2785	2785	(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 11
2786	2786	the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-12
2787	2787	able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 13
2788	2788	(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-14
2789	2789	duced in the United States will increase the cost of 15
2790	2790	the overall project by more than 25 percent. 16
2791	2791	(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 17
2792	2792	for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des-18
2793	2793	ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 19
2794	2794	basis a copy of the request and information available to 20
2795	2795	the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 21
2796	2796	shall allow for informal public input on the request for 22
2797	2797	at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 23
2798	2798	request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re-24
2799	2799	quest and accompanying information available by elec-25
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2803	2803	tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 1
2804	2804	site of the Department. 2
2805	2805	(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-3
2806	2806	sistent with United States obligations under international 4
2807	2807	agreements. 5
2808	2808	(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 6
2809	2809	the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 7
2810	2810	Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-8
2811	2811	count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-9
2812	2812	section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re-10
2813	2813	quirements of this section. 11
2814	2814	(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 12
2815	2815	project for which the engineering plans and specifications 13
2816	2816	include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 14
2817	2817	by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-15
2818	2818	ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 16
2819	2819	date of enactment of this Act. 17
2820	2820	(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 18
2821	2821	States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 19
2822	2822	States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally rec-20
2823	2823	ognized Indian Tribe. 21
2824	2824	S
2825	2825	EC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 22
2826	2826	may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 23
2827	2827	congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 24
2828	2828	matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-25
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2832	2832	nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1
2833	2833	1913. 2
2834	2834	S
2835	2835	EC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by 3
2836	2836	this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 4
2837	2837	headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur-5
2838	2838	ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 6
2839	2839	Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 7
2840	2840	Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 8
2841	2841	Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 9
2842	2842	Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 10
2843	2843	Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera-11
2844	2844	tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro-12
2845	2845	gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 13
2846	2846	Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi-14
2847	2847	ness-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As-15
2848	2848	sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 16
2849	2849	and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 17
2850	2850	Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 18
2851	2851	Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 19
2852	2852	Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro-20
2853	2853	gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per-21
2854	2854	cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per-22
2855	2855	sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not-23
2856	2856	withstanding any other provision regarding population 24
2857	2857	limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 25
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2861	2861	that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 1
2862	2862	population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 2
2863	2863	for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 3
2864	2864	counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 4
2865	2865	more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 5
2866	2866	years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen-6
2867	2867	suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 7
2868	2868	year average, or any territory or possession of the United 8
2869	2869	States: Provided further, That with respect to specific ac-9
2870	2870	tivities for which program levels have been made available 10
2871	2871	by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 11
2872	2872	the requirements of this section shall be applied to such 12
2873	2873	program level. 13
2874	2874	S
2875	2875	EC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 14
2876	2876	Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-15
2877	2877	edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves-16
2878	2878	tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 17
2879	2879	505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 18
2880	2880	U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 19
2881	2881	Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 20
2882	2882	a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 21
2883	2883	include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-22
2884	2884	sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-23
2885	2885	retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 24
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2889	2889	SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 1
2890	2890	or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 2
2891	2891	promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti-3
2892	2892	tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 4
2893	2893	and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption’’, and 5
2894	2894	published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu-6
2895	2895	lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 7
2896	2896	grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 8
2897	2897	S
2898	2898	EC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 9
2899	2899	to remain available until September 30, 2025, for a pilot 10
2900	2900	program for the National Institute of Food and Agri-11
2901	2901	culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 12
2902	2902	programs and services to establish and enhance farming 13
2903	2903	and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 14
2904	2904	S
2905	2905	EC. 740. For school years 2023–2024 and 2024– 15
2906	2906	2025, none of the funds made available by this Act may 16
2907	2907	be used to implement or enforce the matter following the 17
2908	2908	first comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of sec-18
2909	2909	tion 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 19
2910	2910	respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under 20
2911	2911	the school breakfast program established under section 4 21
2912	2912	of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 22
2913	2913	S
2914	2914	EC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 23
2915	2915	Act or any other Act may be used— 24
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2919	2919	(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag-1
2920	2920	ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 2
2921	2921	of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec-3
2922	2922	tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 4
2923	2923	2018; or 5
2924	2924	(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 6
2925	2925	sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 7
2926	2926	grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 8
2927	2927	of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the 9
2928	2928	Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or out-10
2929	2929	side the State in which the hemp is grown or cul-11
2930	2930	tivated. 12
2931	2931	S
2932	2932	EC. 742. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 13
2933	2933	the matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of 14
2934	2934	the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re-15
2935	2935	form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 16
2936	2936	S
2937	2937	EC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 17
2938	2938	to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 18
2939	2939	for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 19
2940	2940	organizations and public housing authorities to provide 20
2941	2941	technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 21
2942	2942	to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 22
2943	2943	acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 23
2944	2944	areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af-24
2945	2945	fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 25
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2949	2949	public housing authorities as authorized by law that com-1
2950	2950	mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous-2
2951	2951	ing program for a period of time as determined by the 3
2952	2952	Secretary. 4
2953	2953	S
2954	2954	EC. 744. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 5
2955	2955	made available in prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Rural 6
2956	2956	Housing Assistance Grants’’ for housing repair grants au-7
2957	2957	thorized by section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 8
2958	2958	U.S.C. 1474), as amended, $30,000,000 are hereby per-9
2959	2959	manently cancelled: Provided, That no amounts shall be 10
2960	2960	cancelled from amounts that were designated by the Con-11
2961	2961	gress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pur-12
2962	2962	suant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the 13
2963	2963	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 14
2964	2964	1985. 15
2965	2965	S
2966	2966	EC. 745. Of the unobligated balances of the amounts 16
2967	2967	made available for fiscal year 2022 for the ‘‘National In-17
2968	2968	stitute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Extension 18
2969	2969	Activities’’, $307,526,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, 19
2970	2970	That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 20
2971	2971	were designated by the Congress as an emergency require-21
2972	2972	ment pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 22
2973	2973	or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 23
2974	2974	Act of 1985. 24
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2978	2978	SEC. 746. Funds made available under title II of the 1
2979	2979	Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 2
2980	2980	used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 3
2981	2981	monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-4
2982	2982	trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 5
2983	2983	received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 6
2984	2984	food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-7
2985	2985	propriate purposes. 8
2986	2986	S
2987	2987	EC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 9
2988	2988	Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-10
2989	2989	ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 11
2990	2990	Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 12
2991	2991	under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 13
2992	2992	(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 14
2993	2993	Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 15
2994	2994	the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 16
2995	2995	section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 17
2996	2996	breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 18
2997	2997	(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 19
2998	2998	S
2999	2999	EC. 748. For school year 2024–2025, only a school 20
3000	3000	food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 21
3001	3001	school food service account as of June 30, 2023, shall be 22
3002	3002	required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 23
3003	3003	with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 24
3004	3004	School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 25
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3008	3008	SEC. 749. Any funds made available by this or any 1
3009	3009	other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 2
3010	3010	1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 3
3011	3011	Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 4
3012	3012	shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess-5
3013	3013	ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 6
3014	3014	such funds among appropriations of the Department of 7
3015	3015	Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 8
3016	3016	S
3017	3017	EC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of 9
3018	3018	law, no funds available to the Department of Agriculture 10
3019	3019	may be used to move any staff office or any agency from 11
3020	3020	the mission area in which it was located on August 1, 12
3021	3021	2018, to any other mission area or office within the De-13
3022	3022	partment in the absence of the enactment of specific legis-14
3023	3023	lation affirming such move. 15
3024	3024	S
3025	3025	EC. 751. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 16
3026	3026	of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 17
3027	3027	funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 18
3028	3028	the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 19
3029	3029	and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 20
3030	3030	pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-21
3031	3031	tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 22
3032	3032	Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 23
3033	3033	section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 24
3034	3034	U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such pro-25
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3038	3038	grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu-1
3039	3039	rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 2
3040	3040	subsection (c) of such section. 3
3041	3041	S
3042	3042	EC. 752. In administering the pilot program estab-4
3043	3043	lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-5
3044	3044	propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-6
3045	3045	retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en-7
3046	3046	tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu-8
3047	3047	nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 9
3048	3048	That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail-10
3049	3049	able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, 11
3050	3050	and Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot 12
3051	3051	program established by section 779 of Public Law 115– 13
3052	3052	141 may be used for this purpose. 14
3053	3053	S
3054	3054	EC. 753. In addition to amounts otherwise made 15
3055	3055	available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 16
3056	3056	of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $2,000,000, to 17
3057	3057	remain available until expended, to implement non-renew-18
3058	3058	able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri-19
3059	3059	cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 20
3060	3060	Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 21
3061	3061	S
3062	3062	EC. 754. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 22
3063	3063	and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 23
3064	3064	Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis-24
3065	3065	sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than September 25
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3069	3069	30, 2024, and following the review required under Execu-1
3070	3070	tive Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regu-2
3071	3071	latory planning and review), issue advice revising the ad-3
3072	3072	vice provided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice 4
3073	3073	About Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection 5
3074	3074	Agency and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish 6
3075	3075	Advice; Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 7
3076	3076	2017)), in a manner that is consistent with nutrition 8
3077	3077	science recognized by the Food and Drug Administration 9
3078	3078	on the net effects of seafood consumption. 10
3079	3079	S
3080	3080	EC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 11
3081	3081	to remain available until expended, to carry out section 12
3082	3082	2103 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the Sec-13
3083	3083	retary shall prioritize the wetland compliance needs of 14
3084	3084	areas with significant numbers of individual wetlands, wet-15
3085	3085	land acres, and conservation compliance requests. 16
3086	3086	S
3087	3087	EC. 756. Notwithstanding any other provision of 17
3088	3088	law, the acceptable market name of any engineered animal 18
3089	3089	approved prior to the effective date of the National Bio-19
3090	3090	engineered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 20
3091	3091	2019) shall include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ 21
3092	3092	prior to the existing acceptable market name. 22
3093	3093	S
3094	3094	EC. 757. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 23
3095	3095	Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 24
3096	3096	15, 2024, an amount of funds made available in title III 25
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3100	3100	under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 1
3101	3101	Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 2
3102	3102	Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa-3
3103	3103	cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac-4
3104	3104	count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 5
3105	3105	and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 6
3106	3106	equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re-7
3107	3107	spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 8
3108	3108	recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 9
3109	3109	such headings for REAP Zones, excluding the funding 10
3110	3110	provided through any Congressionally Directed Spending/ 11
3111	3111	Community Project Funding. 12
3112	3112	S
3113	3113	EC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to 13
3114	3114	carry out the duties of the working group established 14
3115	3115	under section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 15
3116	3116	Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-16
3117	3117	propriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 89). 17
3118	3118	S
3119	3119	EC. 759. For an additional amount for the Office 18
3120	3120	of the Secretary, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex-19
3121	3121	pended, to continue the Institute for Rural Partnerships 20
3122	3122	as established in section 778 of Public Law 117–103: Pro-21
3123	3123	vided, That the Institute for Rural Partnerships shall con-22
3124	3124	tinue to dedicate resources to researching the causes and 23
3125	3125	conditions of challenges facing rural areas, and develop 24
3126	3126	community partnerships to address such challenges: Pro-25
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3129	3129	•S 2131 RS
3130	3130	vided further, That administrative or other fees shall not 1
3131	3131	exceed one percent: Provided further, That such partner-2
3132	3132	ship shall coordinate and publish an annual report. 3
3133	3133	S
3134	3134	EC. 760. Funds made available in the Consolidated 4
3135	3135	Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) for the 5
3136	3136	‘‘Rural Community Facilities Program Account’’ under 6
3137	3137	section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-7
3138	3138	ment Act, 7 U.S.C. 1926, for the principal amount of di-8
3139	3139	rect loans are to remain available through fiscal year 2028 9
3140	3140	for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal 10
3141	3141	year 2018. 11
3142	3142	S
3143	3143	EC. 761. Section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 12
3144	3144	(42 U.S.C. 1490c) is amended in subsection (b)(1)(B) by 13
3145	3145	striking ‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 14
3146	3146	S
3147	3147	EC. 762. Section 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 15
3148	3148	(42 U.S.C. 1490d) is amended in subsection (a)(1) by 16
3149	3149	striking ‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 17
3150	3150	S
3151	3151	EC. 763. Section 592 of the Stewart B. McKinney 18
3152	3152	Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408a) is amend-19
3153	3153	ed— 20
3154	3154	(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘FMHA’’ 21
3155	3155	and inserting ‘‘USDA’’; 22
3156	3156	(2) in subsection (a), by, in the matter pre-23
3157	3157	ceding paragraph (1), striking ‘‘program and non-24
3158	3158	program’’; and 25
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3162	3162	(3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 1
3163	3163	following: 2
3164	3164	‘‘(b) P
3165	3165	RIORITY.—The priority uses of inventory prop-3
3166	3166	erty under this section shall be given priority equal to or 4
3167	3167	higher than the disposition of such property in accordance 5
3168	3168	with priorities determined by the Secretary as necessary 6
3169	3169	to protect the best interests of the Federal Government.’’. 7
3170	3170	S
3171	3171	EC. 764. Section 363 of the Multifamily Mortgage 8
3172	3172	Foreclosure Act of 1981 (12 U.S.C. 3702) is amended at 9
3173	3173	paragraph (10) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary of Housing 10
3174	3174	Urban Development’’ the following: ‘‘and the Secretary of 11
3175	3175	Agriculture’’. 12
3176	3176	S
3177	3177	EC. 765. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 13
3178	3178	to remain available until September 30, 2025, for a Bison 14
3179	3179	Production and Marketing Grant Program that the Agri-15
3180	3180	cultural Marketing Service shall develop and maintain: 16
3181	3181	Provided, That this program shall be similar, as deter-17
3182	3182	mined by the Secretary, to the Sheep Production and Mar-18
3183	3183	keting Grant Program the Department of Agriculture cur-19
3184	3184	rently maintains pursuant to section 209(c) of the Agricul-20
3185	3185	tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627a(c)), and 21
3186	3186	shall prioritize grants to national non-profits and federally 22
3187	3187	chartered Tribal organizations that have expertise in bison 23
3188	3188	production or marketing. 24
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3192	3192	SEC. 766. Notwithstanding the Agricultural Mar-1
3193	3193	keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622 et seq.) and 9 CFR 2
3194	3194	part 352, the Committee provides an additional $700,000 3
3195	3195	to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service to cover 4
3196	3196	voluntary meat inspection fees for the slaughtering or 5
3197	3197	processing of bison/buffalo at Native American owned es-6
3198	3198	tablishments or establishments operating on tribal lands. 7
3199	3199	S
3200	3200	EC. 767. Of the unobligated balances available to 8
3201	3201	the Department of Agriculture for the Rural Water Oper-9
3202	3202	ation Program under the heading ‘‘Natural Resources 10
3203	3203	Conservation Service—Watershed and Flood Prevention 11
3204	3204	Operations’’ from prior appropriations Acts, $20,000,000 12
3205	3205	is hereby rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 13
3206	3206	rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-14
3207	3207	gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-15
3208	3208	rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 16
3209	3209	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17
3210	3210	S
3211	3211	EC. 768. If services performed by APHIS employees 18
3212	3212	are determined by the Administrator of the Animal and 19
3213	3213	Plant Health Inspection Service to be in response to an 20
3214	3214	animal disease outbreak, any premium pay that is funded, 21
3215	3215	either directly or through reimbursement, shall be exempt-22
3216	3216	ed from the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay cal-23
3217	3217	culated under section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, 24
3218	3218	and any other provision of law limiting the aggregate 25
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3221	3221	•S 2131 RS
3222	3222	amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly or calendar 1
3223	3223	year basis: Provided, That this section shall take effect 2
3224	3224	as if enacted on January 1, 2023. 3
3225	3225	S
3226	3226	EC. 769. None of the funds appropriated or other-4
3227	3227	wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 5
3228	3228	by the Food Safety and Inspection Service to take any 6
3229	3229	action that would result in the permanent relocation, de-7
3230	3230	motion, or termination of any Supervisory Public Heath 8
3231	3231	Veterinarian (SPHV), solely as result of the creation of 9
3232	3232	the District Veterinary Medical Officer position, prior to 10
3233	3233	completing a 1010 package and cost-benefit analysis, and 11
3234	3234	briefing the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 12
3235	3235	of Congress. 13
3236	3236	S
3237	3237	EC. 770. None of the funds appropriated or other-14
3238	3238	wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 15
3239	3239	to purchase, deploy, or train third parties on the use of 16
3240	3240	M–44 sodium cyanide ejector devices (‘‘M–44s’’), includ-17
3241	3241	ing any components or parts, or sodium fluoroacetate 18
3242	3242	(‘‘Compound 1080’’), except for activities directly related 19
3243	3243	to the removal of M–44s that have been placed on Federal, 20
3244	3244	Tribal, State and private land. 21
3245	3245	S
3246	3246	EC. 771. Notwithstanding section 521(a)(1)(B) of 22
3247	3247	the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(B)), for 23
3248	3248	loans made under section 502 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Sec-24
3249	3249	retary of Agriculture may provide the borrower with as-25
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3252	3252	•S 2131 RS
3253	3253	sistance in the form of credits so as to reduce the effective 1
3254	3254	interest rate to a rate not less than 2 per centum per 2
3255	3255	annum for such periods of time as the Secretary may de-3
3256	3256	termine for applicants described in section 521(a)(1)(A) 4
3257	3257	(42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(A)) if without such assistance 5
3258	3258	such applicants could not afford the dwelling or make pay-6
3259	3259	ments on the indebtedness of the rental or cooperative 7
3260	3260	housing. 8
3261	3261	S
3262	3262	EC. 772. Any rule-making, notice or guidance of or 9
3263	3263	regarding USDA Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Pro-10
3264	3264	grams: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 11
3265	3265	2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584–AE88) 12
3266	3266	shall allow and provide meal reimbursement for (or ‘‘low 13
3267	3267	fat or fat free’’) flavored milk in National School Lunch 14
3268	3268	Program and School Breakfast Program for grades Kin-15
3269	3269	dergarten through 12th grade and in Child and Adult 16
3270	3270	Care Food Program for participants 5 years of age and 17
3271	3271	older, and for any other program complying with the meal 18
3272	3272	pattern requirements covered in such final rule. 19
3273	3273	S
3274	3274	EC. 773. Weekly sodium limits that may be included 20
3275	3275	in any rule-making, notice or guidance of or regarding 21
3276	3276	USDA Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Programs: Revi-22
3277	3277	sions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary 23
3278	3278	Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584–AE88) shall exclude 24
3279	3279	sodium used for food safety and functional purposes in 25
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3283	3283	cheese-making, as determined by the Secretary, in con-1
3284	3284	sultation with FDA. Sodium limits will not take effect 2
3285	3285	until the Secretary determines the amounts which shall 3
3286	3286	be excluded. 4
3287	3287	S
3288	3288	EC. 774. Notwithstanding section 521(a)(1)(B) of 5
3289	3289	the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C 1490a(a)(1)(B)), for 6
3290	3290	loans made under section 502 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Sec-7
3291	3291	retary of Agriculture may provide the borrower with as-8
3292	3292	sistance in the form of credits so as to reduce the effective 9
3293	3293	interest rate to a rate not less than 2 per centum per 10
3294	3294	annum for such periods of time as the Secretary may de-11
3295	3295	termine for applicants described in section 521(a)(1)(A) 12
3296	3296	(42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(A)) if without such assistance 13
3297	3297	such applicants could not afford the dwelling or make pay-14
3298	3298	ments on the indebtedness of the rental or cooperative 15
3299	3299	housing. 16
3300	3300	S
3301	3301	EC. 775. Section 542(b)(2) of the Housing Act, (42 17
3302	3302	U.S.C. 1490r), is amended by striking ‘‘5,000’’ and insert-18
3303	3303	ing ‘‘10,000’’. 19
3304	3304	S
3305	3305	EC. 776. None of the funds made available by this 20
3306	3306	Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-21
3307	3307	sonnel— 22
3308	3308	(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 23
3309	3309	Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 24
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3313	3313	(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 1
3314	3314	Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 2
3315	3315	1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 3
3316	3316	(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 4
3317	3317	title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 5
3318	3318	regulation). 6
3319	3319	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-7
3320	3320	velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 8
3321	3321	Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 9
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3326	3326	118
3327	3327	TH
3328	3328	CONGRESS
3329	3329	1
3330	3330	ST
3331	3331	S
3332	3332	ESSION
3333	3333
3334	3334	S. 2131
3335	3335	[Report No. 118–44]
3336	3336	A BILL
3337	3337	Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
3338	3338	velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and
3339	3339	Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
3340	3340	tember 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
3341	3341	J
3342	3342	UNE
3343	3343	22, 2023
3344	3344	Read twice and placed on the calendar
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