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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4661 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Ms. BALDWIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep7 tember 30, 2023, and for other purposes, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

3 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

7 $68,423,000 of which not to exceed $7,471,000 shall be 

8 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

9 to exceed $1,402,000 shall be available for the Office of 

10 Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be 

11 available for the Office of Tribal Relations, of which 

12 $1,000,000 shall be to establish a Tribal Public Health 

13 Resource Center at a land grant university with existing 

14 indigenous public health expertise to expand current part15 nerships and collaborative efforts with indigenous groups, 

16 including but not limited to, tribal organizations and insti17 tutions such as tribal colleges, tribal technical colleges, 

18 tribal community colleges and tribal universities, to im19 prove the delivery of culturally appropriate public health 

20 services and functions in American Indian communities fo21 cusing on indigenous food sovereignty; not to exceed 

22 $7,280,000 shall be available for the Office of Partner23 ships and Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall 

24 be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $32,862,000 

25 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 


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1 for Administration, of which $31,136,000 shall be avail2 able for Departmental Administration to provide for nec3 essary expenses for management support services to of4 fices of the Department and for general administration, 

5 security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 

6 supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec7 essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart8 ment: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to 

9 an agency in the Administration mission area for salaries 

10 and expenses are available to fund up to one administra11 tive support staff for the Office; not to exceed $4,609,000 

12 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 

13 Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to 

14 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro15 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 

16 within the executive branch; and not to exceed $9,609,000 

17 shall be available for the Office of Communications: Pro18 vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is author19 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 

20 Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 

21 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 

22 for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 

23 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 

24 of the amount made available under this paragraph for 

25 the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available 


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1 for official reception and representation expenses, not oth2 erwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Pro3 vided further, That the amount made available under this 

4 heading for Departmental Administration shall be reim5 bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for trav6 el expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 

7 by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 

8 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 

9 Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern10 mental Affairs shall be transferred to agencies of the De11 partment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain 

12 personnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no 

13 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

14 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 

15 obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this 

16 Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 

17 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the alloca18 tion of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, 

19 That during any 30 day notification period referenced in 

20 section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

21 take no action to begin implementation of the action that 

22 is subject to section 716 of this Act or make any public 

23 announcement of such action in any form. 


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1 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

2 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

4 Economist, $30,181,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for 

5 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

6 7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made avail7 able under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to 

8 carry out section 224 of subtitle A of the Department of 

9 Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), 

10 as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115–334. 

11 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

13 Appeals, $16,703,000. 

14 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

16 Program Analysis, $15,667,000. 

17 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In19 formation Officer, $93,284,000, of which not less than 

20 $77,428,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de21 partment. 

22 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi24 nancial Officer, $7,367,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

2 RIGHTS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

4 Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,527,000: Provided, That 

5 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 

6 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

7 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of8 fice. 

9 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

11 $36,737,000. 

12 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu15 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

16 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis17 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri18 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

19 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 

20 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

21 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con22 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

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1 ties, and for related costs, $341,610,000, to remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri6 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

7 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 6901 et seq.), $7,581,000, to remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 

11 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man12 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart13 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 

14 the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 

15 OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu17 rity, and Protection, $21,800,000. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 

22 $112,061,000, including such sums as may be necessary 

23 for contracting and other arrangements with public agen24 cies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 

25 Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 


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1 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 

2 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 

3 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 

4 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen5 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 

6 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 

7 (Public Law 97–98). 

8 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

10 Counsel, $59,037,000. 

11 OFFICE OF ETHICS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

13 $5,556,000. 

14 OFFICE OF INFORMATION AFFAIRS

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Information 

16 Affairs, $15,075,000. 

17 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

18 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

20 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

21 $3,384,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

22 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco23 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail24 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

25 the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made 


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1 available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be made 

2 available for the Office of the Chief Scientist. 

3 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

5 Service, $96,064,000. 

6 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

7 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

8 Statistics Service, $213,576,000, of which up to 

9 $66,413,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen10 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made avail11 able for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct 

12 Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

13 2204g(d) and (f). 

14 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

17 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 

18 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 

19 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

20 equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 

21 to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 

22 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed23 eral ownership, $1,755,667,000: Provided, That appro24 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

25 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 


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1 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

2 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

3 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 

4 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro5 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

6 exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 

7 which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 

8 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 

9 exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings to 

10 be constructed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, 

11 and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal 

12 year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace13 ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 

14 greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

15 shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 

16 Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 

17 of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by 

18 the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 

19 lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, 

20 and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re21 moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

22 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter23 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza24 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 

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1 under shall be available for granting easements at the 

2 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 

3 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace4 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 

5 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro6 priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease7 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 

8 the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 

9 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re10 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

11 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

12 Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 

13 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

14 interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 

15 may be received from any State, other political subdivi16 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab17 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

18 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

19 by law. 

20 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

21 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im22 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

23 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri24 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri25 culture, where not otherwise provided, $166,387,000 to reVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:00 Jul 29, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4661.IS S4661

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1 main available until expended, of which $68,400,000 shall 

2 be for previously funded facilities that have incurred cost 

3 overruns, and of which $32,582,000 shall be for the pur4 poses, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 

5 the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 

6 the explanatory statement to accompany this Act. 

7 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

8 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

9 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

10 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

11 for other expenses, $1,086,754,000 which shall be for the 

12 purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 

13 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

14 and Education Activities’’ in the explanatory statement to 

15 accompany this Act: Provided, That funds for research 

16 grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 

17 institutions, Hispanic serving institutions education 

18 grants, capacity building for non-land-grant colleges of ag19 riculture, the agriculture and food research initiative, vet20 erinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, 

21 graduate fellowship and institution challenge grants, 

22 grants management systems, tribal colleges education eq23 uity grants, and scholarships at 1890 institutions shall re24 main available until expended: Provided further, That each 

25 institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen 


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1 program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided fur2 ther, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native 

3 and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made avail4 able to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi5 ble institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the 

6 States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds 

7 for providing grants for food and agricultural sciences for 

8 Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving institutions 

9 and for Insular Areas shall remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2024: Provided further, That funds for edu11 cation grants for 1890 institutions shall be made available 

12 to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 

13 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more than 5 

14 percent of the amounts made available by this or any other 

15 Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Research Initia16 tive under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained by the Secretary 

17 of Agriculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the 

18 Secretary in carrying out that authority. 

19 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

20 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

21 Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 

22 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

24 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

25 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 


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1 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $561,750,000 

2 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci3 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

4 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory 

5 statement to accompany this Act: Provided, That funds 

6 for extension services at 1994 institutions and for facility 

7 improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

8 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

9 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex10 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

11 That funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) 

12 and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) 

13 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail14 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

15 extension agents. 

16 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

17 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

18 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex19 penses, $42,500,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

20 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In21 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

22 the explanatory statement to accompany this Act: Pro23 vided, That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense 

24 Initiative shall remain available until September 30, 2024: 

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1 sion of law, indirect costs shall not be charged against any 

2 Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded 

3 under the Crop Protection/Pest Management Program (7 

4 U.S.C. 7626). 

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

6 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

8 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

9 $1,599,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

10 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro11 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

12 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of13 fice. 

14 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

18 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 

19 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

20 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 

21 $1,187,433,000 of which up to $9,552,000 shall be for 

22 the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this ac23 count in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spend24 ing’’ in the explanatory statement to accompany this Act; 

25 of which $514,000, to remain available until expended, 


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1 shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, 

2 plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest ani3 mals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent nec4 essary to meet emergency conditions; of which 

5 $15,950,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

6 used for the cotton pests program, including for cost share 

7 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

8 zones; of which $39,183,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

10 which $3,096,000 shall be for activities under the author11 ity of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 

12 U.S.C. 1831); of which $64,930,000, to remain available 

13 until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of 

14 which $7,451,000, to remain available until expended, 

15 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

16 which $222,072,000, to remain available until expended, 

17 shall be for specialty crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to 

18 remain available until September 30, 2024, shall be for 

19 one-time control and management and associated activi20 ties directly related to the multiple-agency response to cit21 rus greening; of which, $15,141,000, to remain available 

22 until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland eco23 system pests; of which $21,567,000, to remain available 

24 until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; 

25 of which $44,317,000, to remain available until expended, 


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1 shall be for emergency preparedness and response; of 

2 which $62,719,000, to remain available until expended, 

3 shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $6,500,000, to 

4 remain available until expended, shall be for the National 

5 Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to re6 main available until expended, shall be for the scrapie pro7 gram for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain 

8 available until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage 

9 management program for aviation safety: Provided, That 

10 any of the funds described in the ‘‘Congressionally Di11 rected Spending’’ table in the explanatory statement to ac12 company this Act that the Secretary determines will not 

13 be obligated during the fiscal year shall not be subject to 

14 the direction provided in such table: Provided further, That 

15 of amounts available under this heading for wildlife serv16 ices methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain avail17 able until expended: Provided further, That of amounts 

18 available under this heading for the screwworm program, 

19 $4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of which 

20 $24,619,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

21 used to carry out the science program and transition ac22 tivities for the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility lo23 cated in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, That no 

24 funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel25 losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that 


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1 does not require minimum matching by the States of at 

2 least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation 

3 shall be available for the purchase, replacement, operation, 

4 and maintenance of aircraft: Provided further, That in ad5 dition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

6 agricultural production industry of the United States, the 

7 Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

8 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart9 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail10 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi11 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani12 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

13 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro14 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

15 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 

16 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

17 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

18 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

19 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

20 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter21 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

22 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

23 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 

24 current replacement value of the building. 


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1 In fiscal year 2023, the agency is authorized to collect 

2 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist3 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

4 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

5 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

6 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 

7 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 

8 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 

9 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail10 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

11 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte14 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al15 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

16 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 

17 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to remain 

18 available until expended. 

19 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

20 MARKETING SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

22 Service, $245,458,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be avail23 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

24 79, and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the pur25 poses of section 779 of division A of Public Law 117– 


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1 103: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

2 this heading, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex3 pended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 

4 115–334, of which $23,000,000 shall be for dairy business 

5 innovation initiatives established in Public Law 116–6 and 

6 the Secretary shall take measures to ensure an equal dis7 tribution of funds between these three regional innovation 

8 initiatives: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

9 be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter10 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 

11 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

12 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

13 value of the building. 

14 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

15 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 

16 U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to 

17 the development or maintenance of grain standards under 

18 the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et 

19 seq. 

20 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

21 Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall 

22 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra23 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

24 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 

25 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 


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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

2 Congress. 

3 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

4 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au7 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com8 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

9 related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 

10 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

11 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans12 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 

13 $21,501,000 for formulation and administration of mar14 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 

15 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 

16 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 

17 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

18 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

19 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

20 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul21 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

22 $1,235,000. 


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1 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

2 EXPENSES

3 Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 

4 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

5 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac6 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

7 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

8 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

12 Secretary for Food Safety, $1,099,000: Provided, That 

13 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 

14 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

15 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of16 fice. 

17 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

18 For necessary expenses to carry out services author19 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

20 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

21 Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation 

22 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

23 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

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1 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

2 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

3 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

4 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

6 That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 

7 be employed during fiscal year 2023 for purposes dedi8 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

9 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 

10 seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec11 tion Service shall continue implementation of section 

12 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the 

13 amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 

14 79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

15 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter16 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 

17 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

18 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

19 value of the building. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM

5 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 

8 $1,727,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

9 Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva10 tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

11 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of12 fice. 

13 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS

14 CENTER

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

18 Conservation Business Center, $259,948,000: Provided, 

19 That $60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the cur20 rent fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm 

21 Security and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

22 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged with this ac23 count. 


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1 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

5 $1,221,307,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall 

6 be for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and 

7 anticipated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county of8 fices and farm loan officers and shall be available until 

9 September 30, 2024: Provided, That not more than 50 

10 percent of the funding made available under this heading 

11 for information technology related to farm program deliv12 ery may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con14 gress, and receives written or electronic notification of re15 ceipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 

16 (1) identifies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) 

17 the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 

18 and the mission benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated 

19 lifecycle cost for the entirety of the project/investment, in20 cluding estimates for development as well as maintenance 

21 and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) dem22 onstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent 

23 with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 

24 Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applica25 ble lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) 


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1 subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning 

2 and investment control requirements; and (3) has been re3 viewed by the Government Accountability Office and ap4 proved by the Committees on Appropriations of both 

5 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency 

6 shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of 

7 fiscal year 2023 to the Committees on Appropriations and 

8 the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for 

9 each project/investment that is operational (a) current 

10 performance against key indicators of customer satisfac11 tion, (b) current performance of service level agreements 

12 or other technical metrics, (c) current performance against 

13 a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown 

14 of current and planned spending on operational enhance15 ments or upgrades, and (e) an assessment of whether the 

16 investment continues to meet business needs as intended 

17 as well as alternatives to the investment: Provided further, 

18 That the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facili19 ties, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity 

20 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro21 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 

22 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

23 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac24 count: Provided further, That funds made available to 

25 county committees shall remain available until expended: 


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1 Provided further, That none of the funds available to the 

2 Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service 

3 Agency county offices: Provided further, That none of the 

4 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

5 to permanently relocate county based employees that 

6 would result in an office with two or fewer employees with7 out prior notification and approval of the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

9 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

10 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul11 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

12 5106), $7,000,000. 

13 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

15 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

16 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 

17 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

21 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

22 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

23 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

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1 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

2 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria3 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

4 12). 

5 GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND

6 RANCHERS

7 For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimburse8 ment payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers 

9 and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conserva10 tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), 

11 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

13 ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di16 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

17 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer18 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac19 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 

20 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 

21 1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and 

22 Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) 

23 to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit In24 surance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed 

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1 ship direct loans; $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guar2 anteed operating loans and $1,633,333,000 for direct op3 erating loans; emergency loans, $4,062,000; Indian tribe 

4 land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conserva5 tion loans, $150,000,000; relending program, 

6 $61,426,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

7 $5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 

8 $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the 

9 pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll 

10 weevil eradication program loans. 

11 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

12 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

13 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

14 as follows: $23,520,000 for direct farm operating loans, 

15 $11,228,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating 

16 loans, $249,000 for emergency loans, $10,983,000 for the 

17 relending program, and $894,000 for Indian highly 

18 fractionated land loans, to remain available until ex19 pended. 

20 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

21 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

22 $326,461,000: Provided, That of this amount, 

23 $305,803,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 

24 ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 


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1 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

2 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

3 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

4 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro5 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

6 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad7 vance of any transfer. 

8 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

11 Agency, $71,076,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the 

12 amount appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 

13 be available for compliance and integrity activities re14 quired under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop In15 surance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall 

16 be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such pur17 pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

18 be available for official reception and representation ex19 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

20 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

21 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

22 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi23 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

24 including preparation of conservation plans and establish25 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 


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1 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas2 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

3 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con4 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva5 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

6 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

7 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 

8 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 

9 cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 

10 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter11 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build12 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

13 $926,599,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2024: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

15 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construc16 tion and improvement of buildings and public improve17 ments at plant materials centers, except that the cost of 

18 alterations and improvements to other buildings and other 

19 public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided 

20 further, That when buildings or other structures are erect21 ed on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land 

22 is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided fur23 ther, That of the total amount available under this head24 ing, $8,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses to carry 

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1 gram under section 222 of subtitle A of title II of the 

2 Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 

3 U.S.C. 6923), as amended by section 12302 of Public Law 

4 115–334. 

5 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

6 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas7 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga8 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 

9 changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 

10 Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001– 

11 1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi12 sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

13 $195,591,000, to remain available until expended, of 

14 which up to $20,591,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

15 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti16 tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explana17 tory statement to accompany this Act: Provided, That for 

18 funds provided by this Act or any other prior Act, the limi19 tation regarding the size of the watershed or subwatershed 

20 exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand acres in which 

21 such activities can be undertaken shall only apply for ac22 tivities undertaken for the primary purpose of flood pre23 vention (including structural and land treatment meas24 ures): Provided further, That of the amounts made avail25 able under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be allocated 


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1 to projects and activities that can commence promptly fol2 lowing enactment; that address regional priorities for flood 

3 prevention, agricultural water management, inefficient ir4 rigation systems, fish and wildlife habitat, or watershed 

5 protection; or that address authorized ongoing projects 

6 under the authorities of section 13 of the Flood Control 

7 Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78–534) with a 

8 primary purpose of watershed protection by preventing 

9 floodwater damage and stabilizing stream channels, tribu10 taries, and banks to reduce erosion and sediment trans11 port: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail12 able under this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain avail13 able until expended for the authorities under 16 U.S.C. 

14 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 for authorized ongoing water15 shed projects with a primary purpose of providing water 

16 to rural communities. 

17 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

18 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

19 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $10,000,000 is pro20 vided. 

21 CORPORATIONS 

22 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

23 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

24 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor25 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 


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1 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

2 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

3 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

4 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 

5 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here6 inafter provided. 

7 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

8 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

9 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 

10 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

11 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

12 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec15 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

16 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim17 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

18 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

19 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec20 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

21 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

22 Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 

23 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv24 ice for information resource management activities of the 

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1 modity Credit Corporation business: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro3 priations of the House and Senate in writing 15 days prior 

4 to the obligation or commitment of any emergency funds 

5 from the Commodity Credit Corporation. 

6 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

7 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

8 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

9 Corporation shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for 

10 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

11 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

12 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

13 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 


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1 TITLE III 

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

4 DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Rural Development, $1,602,000: Provided, 

7 That funds made available by this Act to an agency in 

8 the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex9 penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup10 port staff for the Office. 

11 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis15 tration and implementation of Rural Development pro16 grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 

17 development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 

18 and for cooperative agreements; $451,856,000: Provided, 

19 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

20 up to $10,000,000, to remain available until September 

21 30, 2024, shall be for the Rural Partners Network activi22 ties of the Department of Agriculture, and may be trans23 ferred to agencies of the Department for such purpose, 

24 consistent with the missions and authorities of such agen25 cies: Provided further, That of the amount made available 


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1 under this heading, no less than $150,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended, shall be used for information 

3 technology expenses: Provided further, That notwith4 standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated 

5 under this heading may be used for advertising and pro6 motional activities that support Rural Development pro7 grams: Provided further, That in addition to any other 

8 funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 

9 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), 

10 any amounts collected under such section will immediately 

11 be credited to this account and will remain available until 

12 expended for such purposes. 

13 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

14 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di17 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

18 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 

19 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,500,000,000 

20 shall be for direct loans, $20,842,000 shall be for a Single 

21 Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 

22 Native American Tribes, and $30,000,000,000 shall be for 

23 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $30,000,000 for section 

24 504 housing repair loans; $100,000,000 for section 515 

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1 multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales 

2 of single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for 

3 section 523 self-help housing land development loans; and 

4 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

6 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 

7 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 

8 502 loans, $55,650,000 shall be for direct loans; Single 

9 Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 

10 Native American Tribes, $6,857,000; section 504 housing 

11 repair loans, $2,490,000; section 523 self-help housing 

12 land development loans, $267,000; section 524 site devel13 opment loans, $208,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and 

14 new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

15 $19,110,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

16 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 

17 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 

18 any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guaran19 tees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 

20 of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such 

21 loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That appli22 cants in communities that have a current rural area waiv23 er under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

24 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area 

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1 under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 

2 available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 

3 loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct 

4 loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 

5 to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing 

6 grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 

7 1949 until June 1, 2023: Provided further, That the Sec8 retary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to 

9 nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to 

10 facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) 

11 multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit organi12 zations and public housing authorities that commit to keep 

13 such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program 

14 for a period of time as determined by the Secretary, with 

15 such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the fol16 lowing: allow such nonprofit entities and public housing 

17 authorities to earn a Return on Investment on their own 

18 resources to include proceeds from low income housing tax 

19 credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and devel20 oper loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; 

21 and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associ22 ated with owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset 

23 Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property. 

24 In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 

25 including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 


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1 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

2 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 

3 demonstration program for the preservation and revital4 ization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 

5 rental housing properties including the restructuring of 

6 existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the Sec7 retary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes of en8 suring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 

9 project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable 

10 housing for low-income residents and farm laborers includ11 ing reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan pay12 ments, subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; 

13 and other financial assistance including advances, pay14 ments and incentives (including the ability of owners to 

15 obtain reasonable returns on investment) required by the 

16 Secretary: Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of 

17 the preservation and revitalization agreement, obtain a re18 strictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the 

19 restructuring. 

20 In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 

21 contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 

22 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), 

23 $21,147,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

24 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

25 grants and contracts. 


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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 

4 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

5 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

6 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re7 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

8 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 

9 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house10 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous11 ing Act of 1949, $1,487,926,000, of which $40,000,000 

12 shall be available until September 30, 2024; and in addi13 tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec14 tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 

15 fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 

16 under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 

17 amounts made available under this heading shall be avail18 able for renewal of rental assistance agreements for a 

19 maximum of 15,000 units where the Secretary determines 

20 that a maturing loan for a project cannot reasonably be 

21 restructured with another USDA loan or modification and 

22 the project was operating with rental assistance under sec23 tion 521 of the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, 

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1 sion of section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, for a term 

2 of at least 10 years but not more than 20 years: Provided 

3 further, That any agreement to extend the term of the 

4 rental assistance contract under section 521 of the Hous5 ing Act of 1949 for a project shall obligate the owner to 

6 continue to maintain the project as decent, safe, and sani7 tary housing and to operate the development in accordance 

8 with the Housing Act of 1949, except that rents shall be 

9 based on the lesser of (1) the budget-based needs of the 

10 project, or (2) the operating cost adjustment factor as a 

11 payment standard as provided under section 524 of the 

12 Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability 

13 Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note): Provided further, 

14 That rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 

15 during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a one16 year period: Provided further, That upon request by an 

17 owner of a project financed by an existing loan under sec18 tion 514 or 515 of the Act, the Secretary may renew the 

19 rental assistance agreement for a period of 20 years or 

20 until the term of such loan has expired, subject to annual 

21 appropriations: Provided further, That any unexpended 

22 balances remaining at the end of such one-year agree23 ments may be transferred and used for purposes of any 

24 debt reduction, maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of 

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1 activities authorized under title V of the Act: Provided fur2 ther, That rental assistance provided under agreements 

3 entered into prior to fiscal year 2023 for a farm labor 

4 multi-family housing project financed under section 514 

5 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another 

6 project until such assistance has remained unused for a 

7 period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a 

8 waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 

9 project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 

10 receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such re11 captured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, 

12 be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 

13 project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act: Pro14 vided further, That except as provided in the sixth proviso 

15 under this heading and notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of the Act, the Secretary may recapture rental assist17 ance provided under agreements entered into prior to fis18 cal year 2023 for a project that the Secretary determines 

19 no longer needs rental assistance and use such recaptured 

20 funds for current needs. 

21 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT

22 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

23 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not24 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, $50,000,000, 

25 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 


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1 funds made available under this heading shall be available 

2 for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 

3 (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 

4 in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has 

5 been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 

6 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

7 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 

8 for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 

9 unit: Provided further, That funds made available for such 

10 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap11 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

12 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

13 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid14 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

15 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

16 Development: Provided further, That in addition to any 

17 other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more 

18 than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made 

19 available under this heading, for administrative expenses 

20 for activities funded under this heading. 

21 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

22 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

23 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

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1 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

3 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

4 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 

5 $48,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di8 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

9 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 

10 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di11 rect loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

12 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 

13 grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 

14 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

15 for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 

16 section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 

17 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

18 $319,284,000, to remain available until expended, of 

19 which up to $202,284,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

20 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti21 tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explana22 tory statement to accompany this Act: Provided, That 

23 $7,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head24 ing shall be available for a Rural Community Development 

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1 solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, non2 profit community-based housing and community develop3 ment organizations, low-income rural communities, and 

4 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to under5 take projects to improve housing, community facilities, 

6 community and economic development projects in rural 

7 areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made 

8 available to qualified private, nonprofit and public inter9 mediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 

10 of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, 

11 That such intermediary organizations shall provide match12 ing funds from other sources, including Federal funds for 

13 related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro14 vided: Provided further, That any unobligated balances 

15 from prior year appropriations under this heading for the 

16 cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including 

17 amounts deobligated or cancelled, may be made available 

18 to cover the subsidy costs for direct loans and or loan 

19 guarantees under this heading in this fiscal year: Provided 

20 further, That no amounts may be made available pursuant 

21 to the preceding proviso from amounts that were des22 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

23 pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 

24 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

25 1985: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount 


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1 appropriated under this heading shall be available for com2 munity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 

3 section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sec4 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

5 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 

6 made available under this heading. 

7 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

8 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 

10 rural business development programs authorized by sec11 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 

12 (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

13 Development Act, $83,100,000, to remain available until 

14 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

15 under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 

16 available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

17 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

18 order to promote economic development and $9,000,000 

19 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 

20 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional 

21 Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa22 lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 

23 for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 

24 as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm 

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1 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 

2 further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 

3 under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 

4 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

5 $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 

6 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

7 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 

8 That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 

9 $5,000,000 shall be for the Rural Innovation Stronger 

10 Economy Grant Program (7 U.S.C. 2008w): Provided fur11 ther, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 

12 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

13 funds made available under this heading. 

14 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author17 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac18 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

19 For the cost of direct loans, $3,313,000, as author20 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac21 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $331,000 shall be avail22 able through June 30, 2023, for Federally Recognized Na23 tive American Tribes; and of which $663,000 shall be 

24 available through June 30, 2023, for Mississippi Delta Re25 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 


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1 Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the 

2 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

3 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

5 the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the 

6 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex7 penses’’. 

8 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

9 ACCOUNT

10 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author11 ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 

12 Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop13 ment and job creation projects, $75,000,000. 

14 The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 

15 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro16 moting rural economic development and job creation 

17 projects shall not exceed $15,000,000. 

18 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

19 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

20 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 

21 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $28,300,000, of 

22 which $3,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

23 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro24 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

25 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 


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1 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

2 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di3 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in4 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

5 groups; and of which $16,000,000, to remain available 

6 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod7 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

8 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 

9 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

10 for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 

11 section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 

12 RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

13 For the principal amount of direct loans as author14 ized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

15 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $25,000,000. 

16 For the cost of loans and grants, $6,500,000 under 

17 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

18 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

19 Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s). 

20 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

21 For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under 

22 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

23 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

24 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $20,000,000. 


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1 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 

2 grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized 

3 by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest4 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $15,018,000: Pro5 vided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost 

6 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

7 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

8 HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE

9 For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent 

10 with section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department 

11 of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 

12 6953), as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act 

13 of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Secretary to sup14 port projects that provide access to healthy food in under15 served areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to 

16 revitalize low-income communities, $5,000,000, to remain 

17 available until expended: Provided, That the cost of such 

18 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

19 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

20 of 1974. 

21 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

22 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di25 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 


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1 and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 

2 Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 

3 $1,440,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 

4 guaranteed loans. 

5 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, including 

6 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 

7 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural water, 

8 waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management 

9 programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 

10 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 

11 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 

12 and Rural Development Act, $720,448,000, to remain 

13 available until expended, of which not to exceed 

14 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro15 gram described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and 

16 of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for 

17 the rural utilities program described in section 306E of 

18 such Act: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of 

19 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 

20 grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consoli21 dated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition to 

22 funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Pro23 vided further, That $75,000,000 of the amount appro24 priated under this heading shall be for loans and grants 

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1 ized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the 

2 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and Fed3 erally Recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 

4 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That funding 

5 provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

6 Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium 

7 formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: 

8 Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the 

9 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

10 Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the 

11 State of Alaska for training and technical assistance pro12 grams and not more than 2 percent of the funding pro13 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

14 Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 

15 formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for 

16 training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur17 ther, That not to exceed $40,000,000 of the amount ap18 propriated under this heading shall be for technical assist19 ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 

20 to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 

21 makes a determination of extreme need, of which 

22 $8,500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a quali23 fied nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance or24 ganization, with experience in working with small commu25 nities on water and waste water problems, the principal 


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1 purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities 

2 with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the plan3 ning, financing, development, operation, and management 

4 of water and waste water systems, and of which not less 

5 than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native 

6 American organization to provide technical assistance for 

7 rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur8 ther, That not to exceed $25,000,000 of the amount ap9 propriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 

10 qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 

11 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 

12 Provided further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of the 

13 amounts made available under this heading shall be for 

14 solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 

15 not to exceed $5,448,000 of the amounts appropriated 

16 under this heading shall be available as the Secretary 

17 deems appropriate for water and waste direct one percent 

18 loans for distressed communities: Provided further, That 

19 if the Secretary determines that any portion of the amount 

20 made available for one percent loans is not needed for such 

21 loans, the Secretary may use such amounts for grants au22 thorized by section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 

23 and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That if any 

24 funds made available for the direct loan subsidy costs re25 main unobligated after July 31, 2023, such unobligated 


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1 balances may be used for grant programs funded under 

2 this heading: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 

3 amount appropriated under this heading shall be trans4 ferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, 

5 High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants au6 thorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act 

7 of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That sections 

8 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

9 Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 

10 available under this heading. 

11 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

12 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees 

15 as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of 

16 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 

17 936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaran18 teed rural electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of 

19 that Act, $2,167,000,000; cost of money direct loans made 

20 pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of 

21 one percent in 4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), 

22 of that Act, $4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 

23 loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, 

24 $1,000,000,000; and for cost-of-money rural telecommuni25 cations loans made pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of that 


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1 Act, $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 

2 shall be used for the construction, acquisition, design, en3 gineering or improvement of fossil-fueled electric gener4 ating plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon 

5 subsurface utilization and storage systems. 

6 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

7 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

8 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, 

9 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

10 of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 

11 $3,726,000. 

12 In addition, $13,000,000 to remain available until ex13 pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security 

14 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro15 vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by 

16 the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon17 strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 

18 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

19 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

20 $33,270,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 

21 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

22 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

23 PROGRAM

24 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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1 et seq., $64,991,000, to remain available until expended, 

2 of which up to $4,991,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

3 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti4 tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explana5 tory statement to accompany this Act: Provided, That 

6 $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants authorized 

7 by section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De8 velopment Act: Provided further, That funding provided 

9 under this heading for grants under section 379G of the 

10 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 

11 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri12 teria for a consortium as established by this section. 

13 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

14 sections 601 and 602 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

15 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

16 That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 

17 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

18 For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 

19 pilot program established by section 779 of division A of 

20 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 

21 115–141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 

22 amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $400,000,000, to remain 

23 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

24 may award grants described in section 601(a) of the Rural 

25 Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 


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1 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out such pilot pro2 gram: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall 

3 be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

4 of 1974: Provided further, That at least 90 percent of the 

5 households to be served by a project receiving a loan or 

6 grant under the pilot program shall be in a rural area 

7 without sufficient access to broadband: Provided further, 

8 That for purposes of such pilot program, a rural area 

9 without sufficient access to broadband shall be defined as 

10 twenty-five megabytes per second downstream and three 

11 megabytes per second upstream: Provided further, That to 

12 the extent possible, projects receiving funds provided 

13 under the pilot program must build out service to at least 

14 one hundred megabytes per second downstream, and twen15 ty megabytes per second upstream: Provided further, That 

16 an entity to which a loan or grant is made under the pilot 

17 program shall not use the loan or grant to overbuild or 

18 duplicate broadband service in a service area by any entity 

19 that has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utili20 ties Service unless such service is not provided sufficient 

21 access to broadband at the minimum service threshold: 

22 Provided further, That not more than four percent of the 

23 funds made available in this paragraph can be used for 

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1 graph may be available for technical assistance and pre2 development planning activities to support the most rural 

3 communities: Provided further, That the Rural Utilities 

4 Service is directed to expedite program delivery methods 

5 that would implement this paragraph: Provided further, 

6 That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 

7 adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assess8 ment requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural 

9 Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc). 

10 In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until 

11 expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au12 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 


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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

7 $1,376,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

8 Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 

9 Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail10 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

11 the Office. 

12 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

13 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

16 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 

17 seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 

18 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

19 21; $28,613,957,000 to remain available through Sep20 tember 30, 2024, of which such sums as are made avail21 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

22 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 

23 amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available 

24 for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 

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1 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu2 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

3 further, That of the total amount available, $21,005,000 

4 shall be available to carry out studies and evaluations and 

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

6 That of the total amount available, $15,000,000 shall re7 main available until expended to carry out section 18(g) 

8 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, That notwithstanding 

10 section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National 

11 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total 

12 grant amount provided to a farm to school grant recipient 

13 in fiscal year 2023 shall not exceed $500,000: Provided 

14 further, That of the total amount available, $35,000,000 

15 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 

16 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

17 schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater 

18 than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 

19 safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte20 nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro21 vided further, That of the total amount available, 

22 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 

23 out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act 

24 of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That of 

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1 able until expended to carry out activities authorized 

2 under subsections (a)(2) and (e)(2) of section 21 of the 

3 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 1769b–1(a)(2) and (e)(2)): Provided further, That of the 

5 total amount available, $3,000,000 shall be available until 

6 September 30, 2024 to carry out section 23 of the Child 

7 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1793), of which 

8 $500,000 shall be for grants under such section to the 

9 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 

10 Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Is11 lands, Guam, and American Samoa: Provided further, 

12 That section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National 

13 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in 

14 the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2023’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘2010 through 2024’’: Provided further, That 

16 section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

17 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first 

18 sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’: Provided further, That section 

20 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

21 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sen22 tence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting 

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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup4 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

5 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 

6 $6,000,000,000, to remain available through September 

7 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

8 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

9 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 

10 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

11 and $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Pro12 vided further, That the Secretary shall use funds made 

13 available under this heading to increase the amount of a 

14 cash-value voucher for women and children participants 

15 to an amount recommended by the National Academies 

16 of Science, Engineering and Medicine and adjusted for in17 flation: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

18 in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant 

19 formula except in accordance with the cost containment 

20 and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 

21 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 

22 provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 

23 reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

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1 dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi2 tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 

3 waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re4 quest of a State agency. 

5 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

7 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 

8 $111,180,895,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

9 available through September 30, 2025, shall be placed in 

10 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 

11 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

12 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

13 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

14 Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made 

15 available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 

16 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

17 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

18 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

19 further, That of the funds made available under this head20 ing, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2024, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public 

22 Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 

23 organizations: Provided further, That this appropriation 

24 shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re25 quirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 


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1 That funds made available for Employment and Training 

2 under this heading shall remain available through Sep3 tember 30, 2024: Provided further, That funds made avail4 able under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), 

5 and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

6 shall remain available through September 30, 2024: Pro7 vided further, That none of the funds made available under 

8 this heading may be obligated or expended in contraven9 tion of section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality 

10 Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds made 

11 available under this heading may be used to enter into 

12 contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, 

13 or to conduct activities related to program integrity pro14 vided that such activities are authorized by the Food and 

15 Nutrition Act of 2008. 

16 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

17 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist18 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

19 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con20 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

21 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist22 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec23 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend24 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm25 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 


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1 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $465,710,000, 

2 to remain available through September 30, 2024: Pro3 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim4 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

5 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith6 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

7 made available in fiscal year 2023 to support the Seniors 

8 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

9 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

10 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

11 September 30, 2024: Provided further, That of the funds 

12 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri13 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

14 use up to 20 percent for costs associated with the distribu15 tion of commodities. 

16 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

17 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

18 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri19 tion assistance program, $189,348,000: Provided, That of 

20 the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 

21 the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 

22 amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 


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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

5 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 

8 $932,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

9 Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 

10 Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail11 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

12 the Office. 

13 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

15 Alimentarius, $4,922,000, including not to exceed 

16 $40,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 

17 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

21 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa22 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

23 the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

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1 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff, 

2 and of which $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out 

3 section 3307 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the 

4 Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this 

5 appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal 

6 agencies, public and private organizations and institutions 

7 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 

8 food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and 

9 the foreign assistance programs of the United States 

10 Agency for International Development: Provided further, 

11 That funds made available for middle-income country 

12 training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 

13 International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow14 ship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agri15 cultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of off16 setting fluctuations in international currency exchange 

17 rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricul18 tural Service, shall remain available until expended. 

19 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

20 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth21 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in22 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

23 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec24 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

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1 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

2 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest5 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $250,000,000, to 

6 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com7 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

8 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im9 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

10 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 

11 amount made available under this heading, not more than 

12 10 percent, but not less than $25,000,000, shall remain 

13 available until expended to purchase agricultural commod14 ities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm 

15 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

16 1736o–1(a)(2)). 

17 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

18 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com21 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 

22 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common 

23 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com24 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

25 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall 


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1 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural 

2 Service, Salaries and Expenses’’. 


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1 TITLE VI 

2 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

5 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad9 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

10 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

11 costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 

12 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

13 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 

14 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 

15 amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 

16 carrying out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) 

17 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for 

18 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac19 tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 

20 be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not 

21 to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of 

22 Public Law 107–188; $6,351,956,000: Provided, That of 

23 the amount provided under this heading, $1,224,132,000 

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1 count and remain available until expended; $248,342,000 

2 shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 

3 by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account 

4 and remain available until expended; $550,449,000 shall 

5 be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 

6 by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac7 count and remain available until expended; $40,841,000 

8 shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 

9 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be cred10 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

11 $32,238,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

12 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 

13 to this account and remain available until expended; 

14 $29,459,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 

15 drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall 

16 be credited to this account and remain available until ex17 pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod18 uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 

19 credited to this account and remain available until ex20 pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith21 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 

22 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 

23 user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi24 cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 

25 new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 


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1 year 2023 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred2 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

3 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 

4 medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

5 product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as6 sessments for fiscal year 2023, including any such fees 

7 collected prior to fiscal year 2023 but credited for fiscal 

8 year 2023, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2023 limita9 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 

10 payment during fiscal year 2023 of user fees specified 

11 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2024, 

12 prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of 

13 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2024 for which the Sec14 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2023 shall not be 

15 included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 

16 That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab17 lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 

18 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 

19 amount appropriated: (1) $1,185,539,000 shall be for the 

20 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

21 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 

22 no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of 

23 foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 

24 imported seafood; (2) $2,190,235,000 shall be for the 

25 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 


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1 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 

2 no less than $8,500,000 shall be for pilots to increase un3 announced foreign inspections and shall remain available 

4 until expended; (3) $470,478,000 shall be for the Center 

5 for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 

6 activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 

7 $284,572,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi8 cine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu9 latory Affairs; (5) $663,157,000 shall be for the Center 

10 for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field 

11 activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 

12 $77,146,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi13 cological Research; (7) $677,165,000 shall be for the Cen14 ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

15 in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $216,570,000 shall 

16 be for Rent and Related activities, of which $56,011,000 

17 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 

18 paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) 

19 $237,917,000 shall be for payments to the General Serv20 ices Administration for rent; and (10) $349,177,000 shall 

21 be for other activities, including the Office of the Commis22 sioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and 

23 Response, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief 

24 Scientist, and central services for these offices: Provided 

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1 be for official reception and representation expenses, not 

2 otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commis3 sioner: Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursu4 ant to, and for the administration of, section 770(n) of 

5 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

6 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available 

7 under this heading for other activities and shall not exceed 

8 $2,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts that 

9 are made available under this heading for ‘‘other activi10 ties’’, and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 

11 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

12 for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Office 

13 of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the programs and 

14 operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall 

15 be in addition to funds otherwise made available for over16 sight of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided fur17 ther, That funds may be transferred from one specified 

18 activity to another with the prior approval of the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

20 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

21 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

22 by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 

23 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

24 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro25 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 


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1 facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 

2 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

3 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 

4 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 

5 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 

6 by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority 

7 review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb– 

8 4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs 

9 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this 

10 account, to remain available until expended. 

11 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

12 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten13 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip14 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin15 istration, where not otherwise provided, $30,788,000, to 

16 remain available until expended. 

17 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de20 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

21 Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur22 poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

23 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 

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1 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans2 ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 

3 be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

4 to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 

5 Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 

6 and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such 

7 Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 

8 Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre9 vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 

10 such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 

11 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi12 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

13 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

14 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

15 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

16 Not to exceed $88,500,000 (from assessments col17 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

18 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

19 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

20 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 

21 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re22 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

23 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con25 gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 


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1 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 

2 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 

3 exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica4 tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 

5 loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a 

6 manner other than described in subclause (II) of the 

7 clause. 


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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 

5 made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 

6 Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 

7 to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 

8 total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2023 

9 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased 

10 in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing 

11 additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine 

12 that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 

13 to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, 

14 property, and public safety: Provided further, That the 

15 Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri16 culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary 

17 notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

19 within 30 days of the notification. 

20 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli22 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

23 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal24 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

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1 tion of property, plant and equipment and for the improve2 ment, delivery, and implementation of Department finan3 cial, and administrative information technology services, 

4 and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 

5 financial, administrative, and information technology serv6 ices, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary 

7 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, 

8 such transferred funds to remain available until expended: 

9 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 

10 Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 

11 Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad12 ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 

13 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 

14 section shall be available for obligation without written no15 tification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 

16 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur17 ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 

18 made available to the Department’s Working Capital 

19 Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 

20 make any changes to the Department’s National Finance 

21 Center without written notification to and prior approval 

22 of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

23 Congress as required by section 716 of this Act: Provided 

24 further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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1 Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 

2 initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes 

3 to remove or relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or 

4 functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and 

5 the Chief Information Officer, co-located with or from the 

6 National Finance Center prior to written notification to 

7 and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 

8 of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the 

9 requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, 

10 That the National Finance Center Information Tech11 nology Services Division personnel and data center man12 agement responsibilities, and control of any functions, 

13 missions, and systems for current and future human re14 sources management and integrated personnel and payroll 

15 systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Finan16 cial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain 

17 in the National Finance Center and under the manage18 ment responsibility and administrative control of the Na19 tional Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec20 retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 

21 Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart22 ments and other government agencies National Finance 

23 Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay24 roll, financial management, and human capital shared 

25 services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 


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1 technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in2 come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De3 partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex4 cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 

5 the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na6 tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 

7 more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 

8 of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve9 ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis10 trative, and information technology services, and other 

11 systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un12 foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen13 ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 

14 shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub15 mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit16 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro17 vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 

18 funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 

19 shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by 

20 the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state 

21 of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 

22 the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 

23 the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 

24 operations of the National Finance Center. 


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1 SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

4 SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

5 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

6 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

7 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu8 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

9 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar10 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

11 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro12 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

13 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com14 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro15 priations are provided in this Act. 

16 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri17 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

18 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

19 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

20 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop21 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica22 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

23 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

24 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 

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1 quire new information technology systems or significant 

2 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor3 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa4 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa5 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

6 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

7 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

8 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa9 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

10 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That notwith12 standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 

13 none of the funds available to the Department of Agri14 culture for information technology shall be obligated for 

15 projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 

16 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa17 tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 

18 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 

19 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 

20 projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 

21 based upon the performance of an agency measured 

22 against the performance plan requirements described in 

23 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 

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1 SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 

2 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 

3 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex4 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

5 year. 

6 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 

8 repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 

9 under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not10 for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 

11 direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 

12 under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 

13 as a borrower under such Act. 

14 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

15 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal16 ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 

17 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 

18 remain available through September 30, 2024, for infor19 mation technology expenses. 

20 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

22 travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 

23 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

24 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 


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1 SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 

2 or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 

3 113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 

4 I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 

5 which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 

6 is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 

7 of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 

8 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

9 and related administrative expenses, including tech10 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

11 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

12 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

13 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

14 Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 

15 (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 

16 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

17 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

18 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

19 in such section. 

20 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

21 not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 

22 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

23 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

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1 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi2 tively awarded grants. 

3 SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

5 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

6 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

7 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

8 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

9 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi10 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

11 SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

12 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 

13 section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 

14 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

15 other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 

16 of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 

17 the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 

18 referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,483,309,000 

19 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 

20 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 

21 Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 

22 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

23 $2,500,000; Administration of section 32 Commodity Pur24 chases—$37,178,000: Provided, That, of the total funds 

25 made available in the matter preceding this proviso that 


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1 remain unobligated on October 1, 2023, such unobligated 

2 balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2024 and shall 

3 remain available until expended for any of the purposes 

4 of section 32, except that any such carryover funds used 

5 in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not exceed 

6 $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the Sec7 retary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 

8 expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: Pro10 vided further, That, with the exception of any available 

11 carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 

12 to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 

13 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail14 able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

15 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 

16 of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 

17 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

18 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex19 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

20 language as part of the President’s budget submission to 

21 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

22 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De23 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

24 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

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1 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

2 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

3 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

4 event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 

5 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

6 the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act. 

7 SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

8 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen9 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

10 or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

11 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

12 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

13 available for obligation or expenditure through a re14 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au15 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart16 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 

17 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or18 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

19 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

20 (1) creates new programs; 

21 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

22 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

23 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

24 denied or restricted; 

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1 (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 

2 or 

3 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

4 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

5 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

6 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

7 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

9 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or 

10 the use of such authority. 

11 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro12 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

13 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

14 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

15 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

16 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

17 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro18 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

19 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

20 in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

21 that— 

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1 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist2 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per3 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

4 (3) results from any general savings from a re5 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

6 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap7 proved by Congress; 

8 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

9 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

10 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

11 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

12 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such 

13 funds or the use of such authority. 

14 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

15 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 

16 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro18 gram or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 

19 year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act 

20 or specifically funded by any other Act. 

21 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro22 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

23 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

24 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

25 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 


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1 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

2 available for— 

3 (1) modifying major capital investments fund4 ing levels, including information technology systems, 

5 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

6 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

7 excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 

8 whichever is less; 

9 (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 

10 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

11 establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 

12 with five or more personnel; or 

13 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

14 were not described in the budget request; 

15 unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 

16 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con17 gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 

18 these purposes. 

19 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

20 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 

21 the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 

22 the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con23 gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 

24 the notification as required in this section. 


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1 SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

2 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

3 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

4 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

5 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

6 portion of the loan. 

7 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

9 Food and Drug Administration or the Farm Credit Ad10 ministration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 

11 available reports, questions, or responses to questions that 

12 are a result of information requested for the appropria13 tions hearing process to any non-Department of Agri14 culture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, 

15 or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 

16 SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

17 law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 

18 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre19 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

20 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti21 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

22 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

23 funded by that executive branch agency. 

24 SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri25 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 


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1 office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 

2 agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 

3 in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 

4 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

5 office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 

6 period of assignment. 

7 SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

8 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

9 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and 

10 the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 

11 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

12 Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, 

13 project, and activity for all the funds made available under 

14 this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in 

15 the explanatory statement to accompany this Act. 

16 SEC. 722. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

17 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 

18 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

19 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $232,650,000 are hereby re20 scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 

21 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

22 an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Res23 olution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

2 or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro3 grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 

4 populations. 

5 SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

6 require budget authority and the program level has been 

7 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

8 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran9 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

10 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec11 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria12 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad13 vance. 

14 SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

15 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec16 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

17 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria18 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

19 shall be available for obligation without written notifica20 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap21 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

22 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

23 obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 

24 equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de25 livery, and implementation of Departmental financial 


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1 management, information technology, and other support 

2 systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra3 tive, and information technology services, including cloud 

4 adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 

5 of the Department of Agriculture. 

6 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

8 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc9 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As10 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

11 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 

12 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri13 culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de14 fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed15 eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 

16 of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 

17 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num18 ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 

19 staple food category so that the total number of such items 

20 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 

21 items in each staple food category included in the final 

22 rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 

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1 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 

2 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

3 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

4 SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

5 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 

6 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

7 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

8 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 

9 subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 

11 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

12 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act shall be available for the 

14 United States Department of Agriculture to propose, fi15 nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 

16 new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 

19 or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 

20 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 

21 put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz22 ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require23 ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 

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1 tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by2 products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 

3 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 

4 regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and hol5 iday pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 

6 establishments subject to the inspection requirements of 

7 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et 

8 seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et 

9 seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 

10 et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided outside 

11 of an establishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for 

12 inspection services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, 

13 That any sums charged pursuant to this section shall be 

14 deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 

15 1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 

16 Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums 

17 received by the Secretary under this section shall, in addi18 tion to other available funds, remain available until ex19 pended to the Secretary without further appropriation for 

20 the purpose of funding all costs associated with FSIS in21 spections. 

22 SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

23 (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 

24 the following factors in the country or region being 

25 audited, as applicable— 


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1 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 

2 (B) disease history and vaccination prac3 tices; 

4 (C) livestock demographics and 

5 traceability; 

6 (D) epidemiological separation from poten7 tial sources of infection; 

8 (E) surveillance practices; 

9 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

10 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 

11 and 

12 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 

13 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 

14 to subsection (1). 

15 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con16 sistent with United States obligations under its inter17 national trade agreements. 

18 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm 

20 Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 

21 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop22 ment Act. 

23 SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 

25 expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 


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1 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the re2 newal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell Random 

3 Source dogs and cats for use in research, experiments, 

4 teaching, or testing. 

5 SEC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

6 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis7 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

8 by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 

9 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

10 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 

11 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

12 water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 

13 products used in the project are produced in the United 

14 States. 

15 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 

16 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

17 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

18 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 

19 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein20 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

21 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat22 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 

23 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 

24 of the Secretary finds that— 


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1 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon2 sistent with the public interest; 

3 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

4 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail5 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 

6 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro7 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

8 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

9 (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 

10 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des11 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 

12 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

13 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

14 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

15 at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 

16 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re17 quest and accompanying information available by elec18 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

19 site of the Department. 

20 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con21 sistent with United States obligations under international 

22 agreements. 

23 (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 

24 the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 

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1 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub2 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re3 quirements of this section. 

4 (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 

5 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 

6 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

7 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re8 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

9 date of enactment of this Act. 

10 (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 

11 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 

12 States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally rec13 ognized Indian Tribe. 

14 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

15 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 

16 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

17 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu18 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

19 1913. 

20 SEC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by 

21 this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 

22 headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur23 ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 

24 Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 

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1 Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 

2 Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 

3 Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera4 tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro5 gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 

6 Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi7 ness-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As8 sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 

9 and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 

10 Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 

11 Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 

12 Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro13 gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per14 cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per15 sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not16 withstanding any other provision regarding population 

17 limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 

18 that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 

19 population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 

20 for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 

21 counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 

22 more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 

23 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen24 suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 

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1 States: Provided further, That with respect to specific ac2 tivities for which program levels have been made available 

3 by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 

4 the requirements of this section shall be applied to such 

5 program level. 

6 SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl8 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves9 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 

10 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

11 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 

12 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 

13 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 

14 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis15 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec16 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 

17 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 

18 or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 

19 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti20 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

21 and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 

22 published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu23 lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 

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1 SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

2 to remain available until September 30, 2024, for a pilot 

3 program for the National Institute of Food and Agri4 culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 

5 programs and services to establish and enhance farming 

6 and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 

7 SEC. 740. For school years 2022–2023 and 2023– 

8 2024, none of the funds made available by this Act may 

9 be used to implement or enforce the matter following the 

10 first comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of sec11 tion 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 

12 respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under 

13 the school breakfast program established under section 4 

14 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 

15 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act or any other Act may be used— 

17 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag18 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 

19 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec20 tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

21 2018; or 

22 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

23 sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 

24 grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 

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1 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or out2 side the State in which the hemp is grown or cul3 tivated. 

4 SEC. 742. For necessary expenses for salary and re5 lated costs associated with Agriculture Quarantine and In6 spection Services activities pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 136a(6), 

7 and in addition to any other funds made available for this 

8 purpose, there is appropriated, out of any money in the 

9 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $250,000,000, to re10 main available until September 30, 2024, to offset the loss 

11 resulting from the coronavirus pandemic of quarantine 

12 and inspection fees collected pursuant to sections 2508 

13 and 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

14 Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136, 136a): Provided, That 

15 amounts made available in this section shall be treated 

16 as funds collected by fees authorized under sections 2508 

17 and 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

18 Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136, 136a) for purposes 

19 of section 421(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

20 (6 U.S.C. 231(f)). 

21 SEC. 743. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office 

22 of the Secretary’’, $1,000,000, to remain available until 

23 expended, for the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec24 retary of the Department of Health and Human Services, 

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1 of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) to conduct 

2 a study of the eight research topics related to alcohol con3 sumption that were not examined by the 2020 Dietary 

4 Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC): Provided, That 

5 the NAS shall examine the relationship between alcohol 

6 consumption and (1) growth, size, body composition, and 

7 risk of being overweight and obesity; (2) risk of cardio8 vascular disease (CVD); (3) risk of cancer; (4) 

9 neurocognitive health; (5) infant developmental mile10 stones, including neurocognitive development (lactation); 

11 (6) post-partum weight loss (lactation); (7) human milk 

12 composition and quantity; and (8) alcohol consumption 

13 and all-cause mortality. 

14 SEC. 744. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 

15 the matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of 

16 the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re17 form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 

18 SEC. 745. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

19 to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 

20 for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 

21 organizations and public housing authorities to provide 

22 technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 

23 to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 

24 acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 

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1 fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 

2 public housing authorities as authorized by law that com3 mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous4 ing program for a period of time as determined by the 

5 Secretary. 

6 SEC. 746. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

7 to carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334, includ8 ing for project locations in additional regions. 

9 SEC. 747. In response to an eligible community where 

10 the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat11 ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 

12 drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po13 table water through the Emergency Community Water As14 sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 

15 not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro16 vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 

17 SEC. 748. Funds made available under title II of the 

18 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 

19 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

20 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis21 trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 

22 received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 

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1 SEC. 749. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod3 ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 

4 Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 

5 under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 

7 Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 

8 the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 

9 section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 

10 breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

11 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 750. For school year 2023–2024, only a school 

13 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 

14 school food service account as of December 31, 2022, shall 

15 be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accord16 ance with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 

17 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 

18 SEC. 751. Any funds made available by this or any 

19 other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 

20 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

21 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 

22 shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess23 ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 

24 such funds among appropriations of the Department of 

25 Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 


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1 SEC. 752. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 

2 carry out section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, 

3 Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 

4 5925(g)(4)(B)) as amended by section 7209 of Public Law 

5 115–334. 

6 SEC. 753. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 

7 of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 

8 funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 

9 the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 

10 and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 

11 pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven12 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 

13 Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 

14 section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 

15 U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such pro16 grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu17 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 

18 subsection (c) of such section. 

19 SEC. 754. In administering the pilot program estab20 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap21 propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec22 retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en23 tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu24 nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 

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1 able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, 

2 and Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot 

3 program established by section 779 of Public Law 115– 

4 141 may be used for this purpose. 

5 SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $29,700,000 

6 for the Goodfellow Federal facility, to remain available 

7 until expended, to be transferred to and merged with the 

8 appropriation for ‘‘Food Safety and Inspection Service’’. 

9 SEC. 756. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per11 sonnel— 

12 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 

13 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

14 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

15 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

16 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

17 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

18 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

19 regulation). 

20 SEC. 757. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 

22 any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 

23 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

24 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod25 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 


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1 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis2 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

3 paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 

4 allow or require such distribution. 

5 SEC. 758. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 

6 and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 

7 Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis8 sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than September 

9 30, 2023, and following the review required under Execu10 tive Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regu11 latory planning and review), issue advice revising the ad12 vice provided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice 

13 About Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection 

14 Agency and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish 

15 Advice; Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 

16 2017)), in a manner that is consistent with nutrition 

17 science recognized by the Food and Drug Administration 

18 on the net effects of seafood consumption. 

19 SEC. 759. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

20 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

21 of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to 

22 remain available until expended, to implement non-renew23 able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri24 cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 

25 Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 


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1 SEC. 760. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 

2 Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 

3 15, 2023, an amount of funds made available in title III 

4 under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

5 Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 

6 Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa7 cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac8 count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 

9 and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 

10 equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re11 spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 

12 recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 

13 such headings for REAP Zones. 

14 SEC. 761. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

15 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 

16 2103 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the Sec17 retary shall prioritize the wetland compliance needs of 

18 areas with significant numbers of individual wetlands, wet19 land acres, and conservation compliance requests. 

20 SEC. 762. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, the acceptable market name of any engineered animal 

22 approved prior to the effective date of the National Bio23 engineered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 

24 2019) shall include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ 

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1 SEC. 763. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to 

2 carry out the duties of the working group established 

3 under section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 

4 Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap5 propriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 89). 

6 SEC. 764. For an additional amount for the Office 

7 of the Secretary, $15,000,000, to remain available until 

8 expended, to continue the Institute for Rural Partnerships 

9 as established in section 778 of Public Law 117–103: Pro10 vided, That the Institute for Rural Partnerships shall con11 tinue to dedicate resources to researching the causes and 

12 conditions of challenges facing rural areas, and develop 

13 community partnerships to address such challenges: Pro14 vided further, That administrative or other fees shall not 

15 exceed one percent: Provided further, That such partner16 ship shall coordinate and publish an annual report. 

17 SEC. 765. Of the unobligated balances from prior 

18 year appropriations made available under the heading 

19 ‘‘Farm Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance 

20 Fund Program Account’’, $5,000,000 are hereby re21 scinded. 

22 SEC. 766. The Secretary, as part of the report on 

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1 tural land in the United States, including the impact for2 eign ownership has on family farms, rural communities, 

3 and the domestic food supply: Provided, That beginning 

4 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

5 shall publish all prior year disclosures of foreign invest6 ments in agricultural land in the United States on an 

7 interactive public USDA database and update every 90 

8 days thereafter: Provided further, That all disclosures of 

9 foreign investments in agricultural land on the USDA 

10 website shall be disaggregated by: (1) in any case in which 

11 such foreign person is an individual, the citizenship of 

12 such foreign person; and (2) in any case in which such 

13 foreign person is not an individual or a government, the 

14 nature of the legal entity holding the interest, the country 

15 in which such foreign person is created or organized, and 

16 the principal place of business of such foreign person. 

17 SEC. 767. Section 2507(f) of the Farm Security and 

18 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–6(f)) 

19 is repealed. 

20 SEC. 768. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

21 available by this or any other Act, there is hereby appro22 priated $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

23 to the Secretary for a pilot program to provide grants to 

24 a regional consortium to fund technical assistance and 

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1 cally impoverished communities that have had difficulty 

2 in installing traditional wastewater treatment systems due 

3 to soil conditions. 

4 SEC. 769. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, the common name ‘‘Kanpachi’’ shall serve as an ac6 ceptable market name under the Federal Food, Drug, and 

7 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) for labeling and 

8 marketing of ocean-farmed Seriola rivoliana. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De10 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

11 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 

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