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Calendar No. 437 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4690 

[Report No. 118–193] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 11 (legislative day JULY 10), 2024 

Mr. HEINRICH, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 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 Administra-
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1 tion, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep2 tember 30, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

9 $63,038,000 of which not to exceed $9,650,000 shall be 

10 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary, of 

11 which $650,000 shall be for the establishment of a Sea12 food Industry Liaison; not to exceed $2,621,000 shall be 

13 available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to ex14 ceed $6,561,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal 

15 Relations, of which $1,000,000 shall be to continue a 

16 Tribal Public Health Resource Center at a land grant uni17 versity with existing indigenous public health expertise to 

18 expand current partnerships and collaborative efforts with 

19 indigenous groups, including but not limited to, tribal or20 ganizations and institutions such as tribal colleges, tribal 

21 technical colleges, tribal community colleges and tribal 

22 universities, to improve the delivery of culturally appro23 priate public health services and functions in American In24 dian communities focusing on indigenous food sovereignty; 

25 not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
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1 of Partnerships and Public Engagement, of which 

2 $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed 

3 $25,206,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist4 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $23,500,000 

5 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro6 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv7 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis8 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis9 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 

10 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 

11 the Department: Provided, That funds made available by 

12 this Act to an agency in the Administration mission area 

13 for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one 

14 administrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed 

15 $4,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant 

16 Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern17 mental Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this 

18 Act, including programs involving intergovernmental af19 fairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to 

20 exceed $7,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Com21 munications: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agri22 culture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 

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

24 of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no 

25 appropriation for any office shall be increased or de-
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1 creased by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That 

2 not to exceed $22,000 of the amount made available under 

3 this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary 

4 shall be available for official reception and representation 

5 expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 

6 Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made avail7 able under this heading for Departmental Administration 

8 shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 

9 Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 

10 as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That 

11 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

12 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and 

13 Intergovernmental Affairs shall be transferred to agencies 

14 of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to 

15 maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided further, 

16 That no funds made available under this heading for the 

17 Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations 

18 may be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment 

19 of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Commit20 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the 

21 allocation of these funds by USDA agency: Provided fur22 ther, That during any 30 day notification period ref23 erenced in section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agri24 culture shall take no action to begin implementation of 

25 the action that is subject to section 716 of this Act or 
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1 make any public announcement of such action in any 

2 form. 

3 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

6 Economist, $31,150,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be 

7 for grants or cooperative agreements for policy research 

8 under 7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made 

9 available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for an 

10 interdisciplinary center based at a land grant university 

11 focused on agricultural policy relevant to the Midwest re12 gion which will provide private entities, policymakers, and 

13 the public with timely insights and targeted economic solu14 tions: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail15 able under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to 

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

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

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

19 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

21 Appeals, $16,703,000. 

22 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

24 Program Analysis, $15,467,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In3 formation Officer, $91,400,000, of which not less than 

4 $77,428,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de5 partment. 

6 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi8 nancial Officer, $6,867,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

10 RIGHTS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

12 Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,466,000: Provided, That 

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

14 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

17 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

19 $37,000,000. 

20 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu23 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

24 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis25 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
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1 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

3 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

4 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con5 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

6 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im7 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili8 ties, and for related costs, $22,906,000, to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri13 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

15 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 6901 et seq.), $3,000,000, to remain available until ex17 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 

18 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man19 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart20 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 

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

22 OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu24 rity, and Protection, $20,800,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

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

5 $111,561,000, including such sums as may be necessary 

6 for contracting and other arrangements with public agen7 cies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 

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

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

10 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 

11 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 

12 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen13 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 

14 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 

15 (Public Law 97–98). 

16 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

18 Counsel, $61,981,000. 

19 OFFICE OF ETHICS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

21 $4,500,000. 

22 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

23 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

25 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 
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1 $2,384,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

2 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco3 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail4 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

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

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

7 available for the Office of the Chief Scientist. 

8 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

9 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

10 Service, $90,612,000. 

11 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

12 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

13 Statistics Service, $193,513,000, of which up to 

14 $48,230,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen15 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

16 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur17 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

18 2204g(d) and (f): Provided further, That of the amounts 

19 made available under this heading, not more than 

20 $1,000,000 may be used to enter into research and devel21 opment contracts: Provided further, That the Secretary 

22 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 

23 Houses of Congress in writing at least 30 days prior to 

24 discontinuing data collection programs and reports. 
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1 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

5 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,000 and 

6 with prior notification and approval of the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and for land 

8 exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 

9 value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 

10 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 

11 value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 

12 ownership, $1,826,709,000: Provided, That appropriations 

13 hereunder shall be available for the operation and mainte14 nance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one 

15 for replacement only: Provided further, That appropria16 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

17 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of build18 ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 

19 cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed 

20 $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which 

21 shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 build22 ings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 

23 $1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings to be con24 structed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and the 

25 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
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1 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

2 value of the building or $500,000, whichever is greater: 

3 Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

4 available for entering into lease agreements at any Agri5 cultural Research Service location for the construction of 

6 a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by the 

7 Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the lease 

8 shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, and 

9 maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re10 moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

11 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter12 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza13 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 

14 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here15 under shall be available for granting easements at the 

16 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 

17 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace18 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 

19 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro20 priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease21 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 

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

23 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re24 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

25 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 
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1 Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 

2 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

4 may be received from any State, other political subdivi5 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab6 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

7 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

8 by law. 

9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

10 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im11 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

12 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri13 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri14 culture, where not otherwise provided, $47,663,000 to re15 main available until expended, of which $43,663,000 shall 

16 be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 

17 account in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed 

18 Spending’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

20 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

21 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

22 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

23 for other expenses, $1,078,950,000, which shall be for the 

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

25 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 
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1 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

2 Act: Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 

3 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, His4 panic serving institutions education grants, capacity build5 ing for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agri6 culture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 

7 loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellow8 ship and institution challenge grants, grants management 

9 systems, tribal colleges education equity grants, and schol10 arships at 1890 institutions shall remain available until 

11 expended: Provided further, That each institution eligible 

12 to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives 

13 no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for 

14 education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian15 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

16 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

17 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha18 waii: Provided further, That funds for providing grants for 

19 food and agricultural sciences for Alaska Native and Na20 tive Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for Insular Areas 

21 shall remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided 

22 further, That funds for education grants for 1890 institu23 tions shall be made available to institutions eligible to re24 ceive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided fur25 ther, That not more than 5 percent of the amounts made 
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1 available by this or any other Act to carry out the Agri2 culture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 

3 may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay 

4 administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying 

5 out that authority. 

6 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

7 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

10 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

11 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

13 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $561,700,000 

14 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci15 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

16 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom17 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for extension serv18 ices at 1994 institutions and for facility improvements at 

19 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 

20 Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds 

21 under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 

22 less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for co23 operative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the 

24 Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 

25 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retire-
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1 ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension 

2 agents. 

3 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

4 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

5 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex6 penses, $41,100,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

7 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In8 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

9 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

10 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re11 main available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, 

12 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 

13 costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple14 mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 

15 Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

16 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

17 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

19 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

20 $1,617,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

21 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro22 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

23 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of24 fice. 
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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

6 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

8 $1,176,596,000, of which up to $8,889,000 shall be for 

9 the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this ac10 count in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spend11 ing’’ in the report accompanying this Act; of which 

12 $250,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

13 available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis14 eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 

15 birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent necessary to meet 

16 emergency conditions; of which $15,500,000, to remain 

17 available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests 

18 program, including for cost share purposes or for debt re19 tirement for active eradication zones; of which 

20 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

21 for Animal Health Technical Services; of which 

22 $35,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

23 for agricultural quarantine and inspection services; of 

24 which $3,500,000 shall be for activities under the author25 ity of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 
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1 U.S.C. 1831); of which $40,250,000, to remain available 

2 until expended, shall be for activities under the Animal 

3 Welfare Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2131); of which 

4 $65,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

5 used to support avian health; of which $4,000,000, to re6 main available until expended, shall be for information 

7 technology infrastructure; of which $215,500,000, to re8 main available until expended, shall be for specialty crop 

9 pests, of which $8,500,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2026, shall be for one-time control and man11 agement and associated activities directly related to the 

12 multiple-agency response to citrus greening; of which, 

13 $12,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

14 for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which 

15 $21,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

16 for zoonotic disease management; of which $46,500,000, 

17 to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency 

18 preparedness and response; of which $59,000,000, to re19 main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

20 pests; of which $6,500,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 

22 which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 

24 of which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

25 shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 
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1 aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 

2 this heading for wildlife services methods development, 

3 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro4 vided further, That of amounts available under this head5 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

6 available until expended; of which $24,527,000, to remain 

7 available until expended, shall be used to carry out the 

8 science program and transition activities for the National 

9 Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kan10 sas: Provided further, That no funds shall be used to for11 mulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for 

12 the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 

13 matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided 

14 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

15 purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of air16 craft: Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies 

17 which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 

18 industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer 

19 from other appropriations or funds available to the agen20 cies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 

21 be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emer22 gencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or in23 fectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and 

24 for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 

25 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 
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1 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection 

2 Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended bal3 ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes 

4 in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 

5 transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropria6 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 

7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased build8 ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the 

9 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

10 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

11 value of the building. 

12 In fiscal year 2025, the agency is authorized to collect 

13 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist14 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

15 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

16 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

20 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail21 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

22 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

23 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

24 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte25 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
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1 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

3 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $5,000,000, to remain 

4 available until expended. 

5 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

6 MARKETING SERVICES

7 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

8 Service, $231,387,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be avail9 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

10 79, and of which $1,500,000 shall be available for the pur11 poses of section 779 of division A of Public Law 117– 

12 103: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

13 this heading, $17,000,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 

15 115–334, of which $16,250,000 shall be for dairy business 

16 innovation initiatives established in Public Law 116–6 and 

17 the Secretary shall take measures to ensure an equal dis18 tribution of funds between these three regional innovation 

19 initiatives: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

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

22 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

23 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

24 value of the building. 
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1 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

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

4 the development or maintenance of grain standards under 

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

6 seq. 

7 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

9 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra10 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

12 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

13 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

14 Congress. 

15 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

16 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au19 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com20 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

22 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

23 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans24 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 

25 $22,701,000 for formulation and administration of mar-
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1 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 

2 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 

3 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 

4 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

5 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

6 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

7 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul8 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

9 $1,000,000. 

10 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

11 EXPENSES

12 Not to exceed $60,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 

13 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

14 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac15 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

16 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

17 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

21 Secretary for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That 

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

23 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

24 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of25 fice. 
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1 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses to carry out services author3 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

4 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

6 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

8 $1,232,840,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred9 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab10 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

11 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

12 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

13 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

14 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

16 be employed during fiscal year 2025 for purposes dedi17 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

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

19 seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec20 tion Service shall continue implementation of section 

21 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the 

22 amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 

23 79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

24 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter25 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
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1 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

2 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

3 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 $1,527,000: 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, $244,183,000, of which 

19 $1,000,000 shall be for the implementation of section 773 

20 of division A of Public Law 117–328: Provided, That 

21 $70,740,000 of amounts appropriated for the current fis22 cal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security 

23 and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) 

24 shall be transferred to and merged with this account. 
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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 $1,215,307,000, 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, 2026: Provided, That the agency shall sub10 mit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 

11 year 2025 to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

12 Houses of Congress that identifies for each project/invest13 ment that is operational (a) current performance against 

14 key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current per15 formance of service level agreements or other technical 

16 metrics, (c) current performance against a pre-established 

17 cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current and 

18 planned spending on operational enhancements or up19 grades, and (e) an assessment of whether the investment 

20 continues to meet business needs as intended as well as 

21 alternatives to the investment: Provided further, That the 

22 Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and 

23 authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 

24 Corporation to make program payments for all programs 

25 administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 
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1 funds made available to the Agency for authorized activi2 ties may be advanced to and merged with this account: 

3 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 

4 this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made available to 

5 county offices, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided further, That, notwithstanding the preceding pro7 viso, any funds made available to county offices in the cur8 rent fiscal year that the Administrator of the Farm Serv9 ice Agency deems to exceed or not meet the amount need10 ed for the county offices may be transferred to or from 

11 the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses: Provided 

12 further, That none of the funds available to the Farm 

13 Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service Agency 

14 county offices: Provided further, That none of the funds 

15 available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to per16 manently relocate county based employees that would re17 sult in an office with two or fewer employees without prior 

18 notification and approval of the Committees on Appropria19 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

20 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

21 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul22 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

23 5106), $6,500,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri24 culture may determine that United States territories and 
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1 Federally recognized Indian tribes are ‘‘States’’ for the 

2 purposes of Subtitle A of such Act. 

3 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

5 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

7 $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

11 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

12 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

13 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

15 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de16 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

17 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria18 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

19 12). 

20 GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND

21 RANCHERS

22 For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimburse23 ment payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers 

24 and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conserva-
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1 tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), 

2 $3,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di7 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

8 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer9 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac10 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 

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

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

13 and Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 

14 5136) to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit 

15 Insurance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaran16 teed farm ownership loans and $2,000,000,000 for farm 

17 ownership direct loans; $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized 

18 guaranteed operating loans and $1,100,000,000 for direct 

19 operating loans; emergency loans, $37,000,000; Indian 

20 tribe land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; direct conserva21 tion loans, $300,000,000; relending program, $7,705,000; 

22 and for boll weevil eradication program loans, $5,000,000: 

23 Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm 

24 to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication 

25 program loans. 
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1 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

2 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

4 as follows: $36,200,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 

5 $4,488,000 for emergency loans, to remain available until 

6 expended; and $2,860,000 for direct farm operating loans, 

7 $2,661,000 for the relending program, and $18,000 for 

8 boll weevil eradication program loans. 

9 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

10 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

11 $332,204,000: Provided, That of this amount, 

12 $311,546,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

13 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex14 penses’’. 

15 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

16 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

17 operating, conservation, and emergency direct loans and 

18 loan guarantees may be transferred among these pro19 grams: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days 

21 in advance of any transfer. 

22 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

25 Agency, $65,637,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the 
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1 amount appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 

2 be available for compliance and integrity activities re3 quired under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop In4 surance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall 

5 be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such pur6 pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

7 be available for official reception and representation ex8 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

9 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

10 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

11 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi12 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

13 including preparation of conservation plans and establish14 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

15 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas16 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

17 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con18 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva19 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

20 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

24 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter25 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
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1 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

2 $965,754,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2026: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

4 available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and 

5 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

6 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

7 and improvements to other buildings and other public im8 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

9 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

10 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob11 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 

12 That of the total amount available under this heading, 

13 $7,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses to carry out 

14 the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Pro15 gram under section 222 of subtitle A of title II of the 

16 Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 

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

18 115–334. 

19 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

20 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas21 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga22 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 

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

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

25 1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi-
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1 sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

2 $51,255,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

3 $26,255,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 

4 amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 

5 ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report accom6 panying this Act: Provided, That for funds provided by 

7 this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding 

8 the size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding two 

9 hundred and fifty thousand acres in which such activities 

10 can be undertaken shall only apply for activities under11 taken for the primary purpose of flood prevention (includ12 ing structural and land treatment measures): Provided 

13 further, That of the amounts made available under this 

14 heading, $25,000,000 shall be allocated to multi-benefit 

15 irrigation modernization projects and activities that in16 crease fish or wildlife habitat, reduce drought impact, im17 prove water quality or instream flow, or provide off-chan18 nel renewable energy production. 

19 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

20 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

21 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $2,000,000 is pro22 vided. 

23 CORPORATIONS 

24 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

25 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 
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1 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor2 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

3 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

4 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

5 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

7 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here8 inafter provided. 

9 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

10 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

13 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

14 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec17 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

18 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim19 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

20 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

21 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec22 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

23 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

25 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
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1 ice for information resource management activities of the 

2 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com3 modity Credit Corporation business: Provided further, 

4 That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro5 priations of the House and Senate in writing 15 days prior 

6 to the obligation or commitment of any emergency funds 

7 from the Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided further, 

8 That such written notification shall include a detailed 

9 spend plan for the anticipated uses of such funds and an 

10 expected timeline for program execution if such obligation 

11 or commitment exceeds $100,000,000. 

12 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

13 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

14 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

16 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

17 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

18 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

20 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 

21 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, $1,620,000: 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; $351,087,000: Provided, 

19 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

20 up to $1,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2026, shall be for the Rural Partners Network activities 

22 of the Department of Agriculture, and may be transferred 

23 to other agencies of the Department for such purpose, con24 sistent with the missions and authorities of such agencies: 

25 Provided further, That of the amount made available 
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1 under this heading, no less than $75,000,000, 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, as amended by 

11 this Act, will immediately be credited to this account and 

12 will remain available until 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: $1,000,000,000 

20 shall be for section 502 direct loans; $7,501,000 shall be 

21 for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration 

22 program for Native American Tribes; and 

23 $25,000,000,000 shall be for section 502 unsubsidized 

24 guaranteed loans; $25,000,000 for section 504 housing re25 pair loans; $65,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; 
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1 $400,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 

2 housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single fam3 ily housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 

4 self-help housing land development loans; and $5,005,000 

5 for section 524 site development loans. 

6 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

9 502 loans, $118,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Single 

10 Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 

11 Native American Tribes, $3,704,000; section 504 housing 

12 repair loans, $5,350,000; section 523 self-help housing 

13 land development loans, $726,000; section 524 site devel14 opment loans, $491,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and 

15 new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

16 $25,734,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That to support the loan program level for section 

18 538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading 

19 the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the 

20 projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the 

21 provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

22 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be 

23 subsidized: Provided further, That applicants in commu24 nities that have a current rural area waiver under section 

25 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall 
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1 be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 

2 502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Pro3 vided further, That of the amounts available under this 

4 paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less than 

5 $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for individ6 uals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program 

7 funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant author8 ized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 

9 1, 2025: Provided further, That the Secretary shall imple10 ment provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit organi11 zations and public housing authorities to facilitate the ac12 quisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily 

13 housing properties by such nonprofit organizations and 

14 public housing authorities that commit to keep such prop15 erties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a pe16 riod of time as determined by the Secretary, with such 

17 incentives to include, but not be limited to, the following: 

18 allow such nonprofit entities and public housing authori19 ties to earn a Return on Investment on the owner’s initial 

20 equity contributions, as defined by the Secretary, invested 

21 in the transaction; and allow reimbursement of organiza22 tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re23 ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 

24 per property. 
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1 In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 

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

3 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

4 $36,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 

5 demonstration program for the preservation and revital6 ization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 

7 rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 

8 multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro9 priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 

10 has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur11 pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in12 come residents and farm laborers including reducing or 

13 eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi14 nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other fi15 nancial assistance including advances, payments and in16 centives (including the ability of owners to obtain reason17 able returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 

18 Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the preser19 vation and revitalization agreement, obtain a restrictive 

20 use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc21 turing. 

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

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

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

25 $13,314,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
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1 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

2 grants and contracts. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

5 $412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 

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

7 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

8 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re9 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

10 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 

11 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house12 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous13 ing Act of 1949, $1,691,376,000, and in addition such 

14 sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) 

15 of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 

16 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec17 tion 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That amounts made 

18 available under this heading shall be available for renewal 

19 of rental assistance agreements for a maximum of 5,000 

20 units where the Secretary determines that a maturing loan 

21 for a project cannot reasonably be restructured with an22 other USDA loan or modification and the project was op23 erating with rental assistance under section 521 of the 

24 Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That the Secretary 

25 may renew the rental assistance agreements in maturing 
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1 properties notwithstanding any provision of section 521 of 

2 the Housing Act of 1949, for a term of at least 10 years 

3 but not more than 20 years: Provided further, That any 

4 agreement to enter into a rental assistance contract under 

5 section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing 

6 property shall obligate the owner to continue to maintain 

7 the project as decent, safe, and sanitary housing and to 

8 operate the development in accordance with the Housing 

9 Act of 1949, except that rents shall be based on current 

10 Fair Market Rents as established by the Department of 

11 Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 24 CFR 

12 888 Subpart A, 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535d, to determine 

13 the maximum initial rent and adjusted annually by the 

14 Operating Cost Adjustment Factor pursuant to 24 CFR 

15 888 Subpart B, unless the Agency determines that the 

16 project’s budget-based needs require a higher rent, in 

17 which case the Agency may approve a budget-based rent 

18 level: Provided further, That rental assistance agreements 

19 entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year 

20 shall be funded for a one year period: Provided further, 

21 That upon request by an owner under section 514 or 515 

22 of the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assistance 

23 agreement for a period of 20 years or until the term of 

24 such loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations: 

25 Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain-
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1 ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans2 ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction, main3 tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 

4 preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 

5 under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as6 sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 

7 fiscal year 2025 for a farm labor multi-family housing 

8 project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may 

9 not be recaptured for use in another project until such 

10 assistance has remained unused for a period of twelve con11 secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten12 ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as13 sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist14 ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist15 ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 

16 farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 

17 section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That ex18 cept as provided in the eighth proviso under this heading 

19 and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 

20 Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 

21 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2025 for a 

22 project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 

23 rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur24 rent needs: Provided further, That in addition to any other 

25 available funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 
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1 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

2 under this heading, for information technology improve3 ments under this heading. 

4 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT

5 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

6 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not7 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, $50,400,000, 

8 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

9 funds made available under this heading shall be available 

10 for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 

11 (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 

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

13 been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 

14 2005, and is not receiving stand-alone section 521 rental 

15 assistance: Provided further, That the amount of such 

16 voucher shall be the difference between comparable market 

17 rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for 

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

19 such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual 

20 appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

21 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

22 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid23 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

24 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

25 Development: Provided further, That in addition to any 
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1 other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more 

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

3 available under this heading, for administrative expenses 

4 for activities funded under this heading. 

5 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

6 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

7 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

8 1490c), $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

10 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

11 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

13 $40,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di17 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

19 Farm and Rural Development Act, $1,250,000,000 for di20 rect loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

21 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 

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

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

24 for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 

25 section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 
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1 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

2 $254,338,000, to remain available until expended, of 

3 which up to $226,338,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

4 in the amounts specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression5 ally Directed Spending’’ in the report accompanying this 

6 Act: Provided, That $14,000,000 of the amounts appro7 priated under this heading shall be for direct loans: Pro8 vided further, That $5,000,000 of the amount appro9 priated under this heading shall be available for a Rural 

10 Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That 

11 such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and 

12 ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and 

13 community development organizations, low-income rural 

14 communities, and Federally Recognized Native American 

15 Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, commu16 nity facilities, community and economic development 

17 projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such funds 

18 shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and 

19 public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out 

20 a program of financial and technical assistance: Provided 

21 further, That such intermediary organizations shall pro22 vide matching funds from other sources, including Federal 

23 funds for related activities, in an amount not less than 

24 funds provided: Provided further, That any unobligated 

25 balances from prior year appropriations under this head-
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1 ing for the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 

2 grants, including amounts deobligated or cancelled, may 

3 be made available to cover the subsidy costs for direct 

4 loans, loan guarantees and or grants under this heading 

5 in this fiscal year: Provided further, That no amounts may 

6 be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso from 

7 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 

8 emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu9 tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 

11 amounts that were specified in the tables titled ‘‘Commu12 nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ 

13 in the explanatory statements accompanying prior year 

14 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis15 tration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, as de16 scribed in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of 

17 such Acts, may not be made available pursuant to the 

18 sixth proviso until at least three fiscal years after the fiscal 

19 year in which such funds were originally made available: 

20 Provided further, That no amounts may be made available 

21 pursuant to the preceding proviso without prior notifica22 tion and approval of the Committees of Appropriations of 

23 both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That 

24 $8,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head25 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 
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1 tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such 

2 Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 

3 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

4 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

5 heading: Provided further, That in addition to any other 

6 available funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

7 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

8 under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi9 ties funded under this heading. 

10 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

11 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 For gross obligations for the principal amount of 

13 guaranteed loans as authorized by section 310B of the 

14 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

15 1932(g)), $1,900,000,000. 

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

17 rural business development programs authorized by sec18 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 

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

20 Development Act, $31,847,000, to remain available until 

21 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

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

23 available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

24 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

25 order to promote economic development and $8,000,000 
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1 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 

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

3 Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), the Southwest 

4 Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), 

5 and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 

6 14101 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement 

7 Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the 

8 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which 

9 not more than 5 percent may be used for administrative 

10 expenses: Provided further, That of the amount appro11 priated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 shall 

12 be made available for one or more qualified state tech13 nology council to promote private-sector economic develop14 ment in the bio-sciences: Provided further, That 

15 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head16 ing shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recog17 nized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a 

18 grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech19 nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro20 mote economic development: Provided further, That sec21 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

22 Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made 

23 available under this heading. 
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1 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author4 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac5 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $10,000,000. 

6 For the cost of direct loans, $3,406,000, as author7 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac8 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $573,000 shall be avail9 able through June 30, 2025, for Federally Recognized Na10 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,147,000 shall be 

11 available through June 30, 2025, for Mississippi Delta Re12 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

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

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

15 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

18 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex19 penses’’. 

20 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author23 ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 

24 Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop25 ment and job creation projects, $50,000,000. 
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1 The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 

2 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro3 moting rural economic development and job creation 

4 projects shall not exceed $10,000,000. 

5 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

6 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

8 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $25,300,000, of 

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

10 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro11 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

12 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

13 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

14 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di15 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in16 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

17 groups; and of which $13,000,000, to remain available 

18 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod19 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

20 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 

21 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

22 for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 

23 section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 
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1 RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For the principal amount of direct loans as author3 ized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

4 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $8,504,000. 

5 For the cost of loans and grants, $3,713,000 under 

6 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

7 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

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

9 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

10 For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under 

11 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

12 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

13 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $250,000,000. 

14 HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE

15 For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent 

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

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

18 6953), as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act 

19 of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Secretary to sup20 port projects that provide access to healthy food in under21 served areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to 

22 revitalize low-income communities, $500,000, to remain 

23 available until expended: Provided, That such costs of 

24 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
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1 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

2 of 1974. 

3 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

4 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di7 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

9 Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 

10 $860,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guar11 anteed 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 water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 

16 waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 

17 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sec18 tions 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the 

19 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

20 $496,490,000, to remain available until expended, of 

21 which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the 

22 rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) 

23 of such Act: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 of 

24 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be avail25 able for the rural utilities program described in section 
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1 306E of such Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 

2 $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head3 ing shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) 

4 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in 

5 addition to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of 

6 such Act: Provided further, That $65,000,000 of the 

7 amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans 

8 and grants including water and waste disposal systems 

9 grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 

10 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

11 Act, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 

12 authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act, and the Depart13 ment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): 

14 Provided further, That funding provided for section 306D 

15 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

16 may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to sec17 tion 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That 

18 not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for sec19 tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop20 ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 

21 and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 

22 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the 

23 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 

24 used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 

25 Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance 
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1 programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

2 $35,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head3 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 

4 and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 

5 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex6 treme need, of which $9,000,000 shall be made available 

7 for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional 

8 technical assistance organization, with experience in work9 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

10 problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to 

11 assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 

12 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper13 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

14 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali15 fied national Native American organization to provide 

16 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com17 munities: Provided further, That $22,470,000 of the 

18 amount appropriated under this heading shall be for con19 tracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 

20 rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 

21 water systems: Provided further, That not to exceed 

22 $4,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 

23 heading shall be for solid waste management grants: Pro24 vided further, That not to exceed $3,130,000 of the 

25 amounts appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
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1 able as the Secretary deems appropriate for water and 

2 waste direct one percent loans for distressed communities: 

3 Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 

4 any portion of the amount made available for one percent 

5 loans is not needed for such loans, the Secretary may use 

6 such amounts for grants authorized by section 306(a)(2) 

7 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: 

8 Provided further, That if any funds made available for the 

9 direct loan subsidy costs remain unobligated after July 31, 

10 2025, such unobligated balances may be used for grant 

11 programs funded under this heading: Provided further, 

12 That $8,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

13 heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, the 

14 Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account 

15 to provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural 

16 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided fur17 ther, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 

18 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

19 the funds made available under this heading. 

20 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

21 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees 

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

25 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 
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1 936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaran2 teed rural electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of 

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

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

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

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

7 loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, $900,000,000; 

8 and for cost-of-money rural telecommunications loans 

9 made pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of that Act, 

10 $550,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall 

11 be used for the construction, acquisition, design, engineer12 ing or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 

13 plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sub14 surface utilization and storage systems. 

15 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

16 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

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

18 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

19 of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 

20 $6,105,000. 

21 In addition, $4,032,000 to remain available until ex22 pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security 

23 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro24 vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by 
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1 the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon2 strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

5 $33,270,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 

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

7 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

8 PROGRAM

9 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

10 services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 

11 et seq., $40,105,000, to remain available until expended, 

12 of which up to $105,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

13 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti14 tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report ac15 companying this Act: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be 

16 made available for grants authorized by section 379G of 

17 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Pro18 vided further, That funding provided under this heading 

19 for grants under section 379G of the Consolidated Farm 

20 and Rural Development Act may only be provided to enti21 ties that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 

22 as established by this section. 

23 For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 

24 pilot program established by section 779 of division A of 

25 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 
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1 115–141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 

2 amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $75,000,000, to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

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

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

6 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out such pilot pro7 gram: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall 

8 be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

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

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

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

12 without sufficient access to broadband: Provided further, 

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

14 without sufficient access to broadband shall be defined as 

15 twenty-five megabits per second downstream and three 

16 megabits per second upstream: Provided further, That to 

17 the extent possible, projects receiving funds provided 

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

19 one hundred megabits per second downstream, and twenty 

20 megabits per second upstream: Provided further, That an 

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

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

23 duplicate broadband service in a service area by any entity 

24 that has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utili25 ties Service unless such service is not provided sufficient 
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1 access to broadband at the minimum service threshold: 

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

3 funds made available in this paragraph can be used for 

4 administrative costs to carry out the pilot program and 

5 up to three percent of funds made available in this para6 graph may be available for technical assistance and pre7 development planning activities to support the most rural 

8 communities: Provided further, That the Rural Utilities 

9 Service is directed to expedite program delivery methods 

10 that would implement this paragraph: Provided further, 

11 That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 

12 adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assess13 ment requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural 

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

15 In addition, $20,000,000, to remain available until 

16 expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au17 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 $1,127,000: 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; $31,775,179,000, to remain available through Sep20 tember 30, 2026, 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: 

25 Provided, That of the total amount available, $18,004,000 
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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, $5,000,000 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 2025 shall not exceed $500,000: Provided 

14 further, That of the total amount available, $12,000,000 

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 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 

23 out activities authorized under subsections (a)(2) and 

24 (e)(2) of section 21 of the Richard B. Russell National 

25 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(a)(2) and (e)(2)): 
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1 Provided further, That section 26(d) of the Richard B. 

2 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) 

3 is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 

4 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2026’’: Provided fur5 ther, That section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell Na6 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amend7 ed in the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2025’’: Provided further, 

9 That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National 

10 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in 

11 the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2025’’. 

13 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

14 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup16 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

18 $7,697,000,000, to remain available through September 

19 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

20 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

21 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 

22 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

23 and $16,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, includ24 ing investments to develop strategies to improve timely 

25 program data collection and reporting: Provided further, 
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1 That funds made available under this heading may be 

2 used to award grants and cooperative agreements to State 

3 agencies or other entities: Provided further, That the Sec4 retary shall use funds made available under this heading 

5 to increase the amount of a cash-value voucher for women 

6 and children participants to an amount recommended by 

7 the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medi8 cine and adjusted for inflation: Provided further, That 

9 none of the funds provided in this account shall be avail10 able for the purchase of infant formula except in accord11 ance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 

12 requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 

13 further, That none of the funds provided shall be available 

14 for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Fed15 eral Government departments or agencies unless author16 ized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 

17 upon termination of a federally mandated vendor morato18 rium and subject to terms and conditions established by 

19 the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement 

20 at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency. 

21 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

24 $123,227,792,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

25 available through September 30, 2026, shall be placed in 
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1 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 

2 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

3 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

4 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

7 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

8 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

9 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

10 further, That of the funds made available under this head11 ing, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2026, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public 

13 Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 

14 organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made 

15 available under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be used to 

16 carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334: Provided 

17 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

18 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re19 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

20 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re21 main available through September 30, 2026: Provided fur22 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

23 section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the 

24 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 

25 through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That none 
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1 of the funds made available under this heading may be 

2 obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 

3 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): 

4 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

5 heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 

6 staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi7 ties related to program integrity provided that such activi8 ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

9 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist11 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

12 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con13 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

14 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist15 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec16 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend17 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm18 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

19 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $516,070,000, 

20 to remain available through September 30, 2026: Pro21 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim22 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

23 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith24 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

25 made available in fiscal year 2025 to support the Seniors 
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1 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

2 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

3 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

4 September 30, 2026: Provided further, That of the funds 

5 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri6 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

7 use up to 20 percent for costs associated with the distribu8 tion of commodities. 

9 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

11 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri12 tion assistance program, $177,348,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

15 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), 

24 $227,330,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re25 main available until September 30, 2026, for overseas op-
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1 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 

2 Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 

3 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 

4 behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza5 tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu6 ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro7 grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro8 grams of the United States Agency for International De9 velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 

10 for middle-income country training programs, funds made 

11 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 

12 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 

13 $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria14 tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 

15 international currency exchange rates, subject to docu16 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re17 main available until expended. 

18 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

19 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth20 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in21 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

22 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec23 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

24 $1,720,607,000, to remain available until expended. 
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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 AGENCIES 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; $6,872,405,000: Provided, That of 

23 the amount provided under this heading, $1,472,210,000 

24 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author25 ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac-
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1 count and remain available until expended; $394,228,000 

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; $638,962,000 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; $53,347,000 

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 $30,225,000 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 $27,283,000 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 2025 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 2025, including any such fees 

7 collected prior to fiscal year 2025 but credited for fiscal 

8 year 2025, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2025 limita9 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 

10 payment during fiscal year 2025 of user fees specified 

11 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2026, 

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

13 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2026 for which the Sec14 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2025 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) $1,195,177,000 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) $2,418,819,000 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 $10,000,000 shall be for pilots to increase 

3 unannounced foreign inspections and shall remain avail4 able until expended; (3) $602,007,000 shall be for the 

5 Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for re6 lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

7 (4) $283,647,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 

8 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 

9 Regulatory Affairs; (5) $806,267,000 shall be for the Cen10 ter for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 

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

12 $78,361,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi13 cological Research; (7) $683,009,000 shall be for the Cen14 ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

15 in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $215,473,000 shall 

16 be for Rent and Related activities, of which $55,462,000 

17 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 

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

19 $218,548,000 shall be for payments to the General Serv20 ices Administration for rent; and (10) $371,097,000 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 

25 further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall 
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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, $9,000,000, to re16 main 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 $55,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 

25 appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st 
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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 $100,430,000 (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 2025 

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 

25 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
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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 

25 or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 
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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 

25 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
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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– 

24 235. 
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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, 2026, 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 

24 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
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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 $1,622,930,000 

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—$37,729,000: 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, 2025, such unobligated 

2 balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2026 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 

25 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 
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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 2025 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; 

25 (4) relocates an office or employees; 
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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— 

22 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac23 tivities; 
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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 report accompanying this Act. 

16 SEC. 722. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 

18 any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 

19 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

20 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod21 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

22 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis23 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

24 paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 

25 allow or require such distribution. 
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1 SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

2 or level of program assistance for Rural Housing Service 

3 programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated 

4 prison 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 

23 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend24 ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard25 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-
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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. (a) Section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

19 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321) is amended by adding 

20 at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(tt)(1) The term ‘zootechnical animal food sub22 stance’ means a substance that— 

23 ‘‘(A) is added to the food or drinking water of 

24 animals; 

25 ‘‘(B) is intended to— 
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1 ‘‘(i) affect the byproducts of the digestive 

2 process of an animal; 

3 ‘‘(ii) reduce the presence of foodborne 

4 pathogens of human health significance in an 

5 animal intended to be used for food; or 

6 ‘‘(iii) affect the structure or function of the 

7 body of the animal, other than by providing nu8 tritive value, by altering the animal’s gastro9 intestinal microbiome; and 

10 ‘‘(C) achieves its intended effect by acting solely 

11 within the gastrointestinal tract of the animal. 

12 ‘‘(2) Such term does not include a substance that— 

13 ‘‘(A) is intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, 

14 mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in an 

15 animal; 

16 ‘‘(B) is a hormone; 

17 ‘‘(C) is an active moiety in an animal drug, 

18 which, prior to the filing of a petition under section 

19 409 was approved under section 512, conditionally 

20 approved under section 571, indexed under section 

21 572, or for which substantial clinical investigations 

22 have been instituted and for which the existence of 

23 such investigations has been made public; 

24 ‘‘(D) is an ionophore; or 
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1 ‘‘(E) is otherwise excluded from the definition 

2 based on criteria established by the Secretary 

3 through notice and comment rulemaking. 

4 ‘‘(3) A zootechnical animal food substance shall be 

5 deemed to be a food additive within the meaning of para6 graph (s) and its introduction into interstate commerce 

7 shall be in accordance with a regulation issued under sec8 tion 409. A zootechnical animal food substance shall not 

9 be considered a drug under paragraph (g)(1)(C) solely be10 cause the substance has an intended effect described in 

11 subparagraph (1).’’. 

12 (b) Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos13 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 348) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

16 through (5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), re17 spectively; and 

18 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(3) In the case of a zootechnical animal food 

21 substance, such petition shall, in addition to any ex22 planatory or supporting data, contain— 

23 ‘‘(A) all relevant data bearing on the effect 

24 the zootechnical animal food substance is in25 tended to have and the quantity of such sub-
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1 stance required to produce the intended effect; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(B) full reports of investigations made 

4 with respect to the intended use of such sub5 stance, including full information as to the 

6 methods and controls used in conducting such 

7 investigations.’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) of 

10 paragraph (1) to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(A)(i) by order establish a regulation 

12 (whether or not in accord with that proposed by 

13 the petitioner) prescribing— 

14 ‘‘(I) with respect to one or more pro15 posed uses of the food additive involved, 

16 the conditions under which such additive 

17 may be safely used (including specifica18 tions as to the particular food or classes of 

19 food in or on which such additive may be 

20 used, the maximum quantity which may be 

21 used or permitted to remain in or on such 

22 food, the manner in which such additive 

23 may be added to or used in or on such 

24 food, and any directions or other labeling 

25 or packaging requirements for such addi-
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1 tive as the Secretary determines necessary 

2 to assure the safety of such use); and 

3 ‘‘(II) in the case of a zootechnical ani4 mal food substance, the conditions under 

5 which such substance may be used to 

6 achieve the intended effect; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) notify the petitioner of such order and 

8 the reasons for such action; or’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 

11 or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

13 the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(C) in the case of a zootechnical animal 

17 food substance, fails to establish that the pro18 posed use of the substance, under the condi19 tions of use to be specified in the regulation, 

20 will achieve the intended effect.’’; and 

21 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(l) ZOOTECHNICAL ANIMAL FOOD SUBSTANCES.— 

23 The labeling of a zootechnical animal food substance— 
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1 ‘‘(1) shall include the statement: ‘Not for use in 

2 the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or preven3 tion of disease in animals.’; and 

4 ‘‘(2) may include statements regarding the in5 tended effect of the substance on the structure or 

6 function of the body of animals, as set forth in sec7 tion 201(tt)(1).’’. 

8 (c) Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos9 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following: 

11 ‘‘(z) If it is a zootechnical animal food substance and 

12 the labeling of the food does not include the statement 

13 required by section 409(l)(1).’’. 

14 (d) Nothing in this section, or the amendments made 

15 by this section, shall be construed to authorize the Sec16 retary of Health and Human Services to require the use 

17 of any zootechnical food substance or food additive (as 

18 those terms are defined in section 201 of the Federal 

19 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by subsection 

20 (a)). 

21 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 

22 regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and hol23 iday pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 

24 establishments subject to the inspection requirements of 

25 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et 
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1 seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et 

2 seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 

3 et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided outside 

4 of an establishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for 

5 inspection services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, 

6 That any sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall 

7 be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 

8 1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 

9 Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums 

10 received by the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in 

11 addition to other available funds, remain available until 

12 expended to the Secretary without further appropriation 

13 for the purpose of funding all costs associated with FSIS 

14 inspections. 

15 SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

16 (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 

17 the following factors in the country or region being 

18 audited, as applicable— 

19 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 

20 (B) disease history and vaccination prac21 tices; 

22 (C) livestock demographics and 

23 traceability; 

24 (D) epidemiological separation from poten25 tial sources of infection; 
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1 (E) surveillance practices; 

2 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

3 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 

4 and 

5 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 

6 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 

7 to paragraph (1). 

8 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con9 sistent with United States obligations under its inter10 national trade agreements. 

11 SEC. 732. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

12 made available to carry out section 749(g) of the Agricul13 tural Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80), 

14 $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 

15 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des16 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

17 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

18 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

19 1985. 

20 SEC. 733. No more than 90 percent of the funding, 

21 specified for ‘‘Other Activities’’ in the table titled ‘‘Food 

22 and Drug Administration—Salaries & Expenses’’ in the 

23 report accompanying this Act, shall be obligated until the 

24 Food and Drug Administration: 
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1 (1) updates its ‘‘Guidance for Industry on its 

2 Enforcement Priorities’’ published in January 2020 

3 and updated in April 2020, to expand its prioritized 

4 enforcement to flavored disposable ENDS products 

5 in addition to cartridge-based products (on pages 

6 10–11 and 18) and to define ‘‘disposable ENDS 

7 product’’ on page 9; 

8 (2) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) issues 

9 a proposed rule requiring Foreign Manufacturer 

10 Registration (RIN #0910–AH59); 

11 (3) Issues monthly Import Alerts, if applicable, 

12 to help address the importation of tobacco products 

13 that appear to be in violation of applicable laws; and 

14 (4) Submits a quarterly written report to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations of the House and 

16 Senate detailing the number of pending Premarket 

17 Tobacco Applications for vapor products the agency 

18 is reviewing, whether the application was received on 

19 or before September 9, 2020. 

20 SEC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

21 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis22 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

23 by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 

24 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

25 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 
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1 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

2 water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 

3 products used in the project are produced in the United 

4 States. 

5 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 

6 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

7 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

8 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 

9 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein10 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

11 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat12 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 

13 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 

14 of the Secretary finds that— 

15 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon16 sistent with the public interest; 

17 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

18 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail19 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 

20 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro21 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

22 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

23 (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 

24 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des25 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 
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1 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

2 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

3 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

4 at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 

5 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re6 quest and accompanying information available by elec7 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

8 site of the Department. 

9 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con10 sistent with United States obligations under international 

11 agreements. 

12 (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 

13 the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 

14 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac15 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub16 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re17 quirements of this section. 

18 (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 

19 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 

20 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

21 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re22 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

23 date of enactment of this Act. 

24 (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 

25 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 
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1 States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally rec2 ognized Indian Tribe. 

3 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 

5 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

6 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu7 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

8 1913. 

9 SEC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by 

10 this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 

11 headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur12 ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 

13 Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 

14 Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 

15 Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 

16 Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 

17 Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera18 tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro19 gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 

20 Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi21 ness-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As22 sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 

23 and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 

24 Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 

25 Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 
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1 Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro2 gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per3 cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per4 sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not5 withstanding any other provision regarding population 

6 limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 

7 that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 

8 population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 

9 for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 

10 counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 

11 more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 

12 years, as measured by the Economic Research Service, or 

13 any territory or possession of the United States: Provided 

14 further, That with respect to specific activities for which 

15 program levels have been made available by this Act that 

16 are not supported by budget authority, the requirements 

17 of this section shall be applied to such program level. 

18 SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl20 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves21 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 

22 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

23 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 

24 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 

25 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 
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1 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis2 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec3 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 

4 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 

5 or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 

6 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti7 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

8 and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption’’, and 

9 published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu10 lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 

11 grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 

12 SEC. 739. For school years 2024–2025 and 2025– 

13 2026, none of the funds made available by this Act may 

14 be used to implement or enforce the matter following the 

15 first comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of sec16 tion 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 

17 respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under 

18 the school breakfast program established under section 4 

19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 

20 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act or any other Act may be used— 

22 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag23 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 

24 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec-
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1 tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

2 2018; or 

3 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

4 sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 

5 grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 

6 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the 

7 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or out8 side the State in which the hemp is grown or cul9 tivated. 

10 SEC. 741. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 

11 the matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of 

12 the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re13 form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 

14 SEC. 742. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 

15 to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 

16 for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 

17 organizations and public housing authorities to provide 

18 technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 

19 to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 

20 acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 

21 areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af22 fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 

23 public housing authorities as authorized by law that com24 mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous-
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1 ing program for a period of time as determined by the 

2 Secretary. 

3 SEC. 743. Funds made available under title II of the 

4 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 

5 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

6 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis7 trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 

8 received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 

9 food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap10 propriate purposes. 

11 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod13 ucts or seafood imported into the United States from the 

14 People’s Republic of China for use in the school lunch pro15 gram under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care 

17 Food Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children 

19 under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the 

20 school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act 

21 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 

22 SEC. 745. For school year 2025–2026, only a school 

23 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 

24 school food service account as of June 30, 2024, shall be 

25 required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 
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1 with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 

2 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 

3 SEC. 746. Any funds made available by this or any 

4 other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 

5 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

6 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 

7 shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess8 ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 

9 such funds among appropriations of the Department of 

10 Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 

11 SEC. 747. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, no funds available to the Department of Agriculture 

13 may be used to move any staff office or any agency from 

14 the mission area in which it was located on August 1, 

15 2018, to any other mission area or office within the De16 partment in the absence of the enactment of specific legis17 lation affirming such move. 

18 SEC. 748. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 

19 of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 

20 funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 

21 the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 

22 and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 

23 pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven24 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 

25 Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 
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1 section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 

2 U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such pro3 grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu4 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 

5 subsection (c) of such section. 

6 SEC. 749. In administering the pilot program estab7 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap8 propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec9 retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en10 tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu11 nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 

12 That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail13 able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, 

14 and Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot 

15 program established by section 779 of Public Law 115– 

16 141 may be used for this purpose. 

17 SEC. 750. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

18 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

19 of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $2,000,000, to 

20 remain available until expended, to implement non-renew21 able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri22 cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 

23 Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

24 SEC. 751. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 

25 and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 
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1 Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis2 sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than September 

3 30, 2025, and following the review required under Execu4 tive Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regu5 latory planning and review), issue advice revising the ad6 vice provided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice 

7 About Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection 

8 Agency and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish 

9 Advice; Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 

10 2017)), in a manner that is consistent with nutrition 

11 science recognized by the Food and Drug Administration 

12 on the net effects of seafood consumption. 

13 SEC. 752. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 

14 Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 

15 15, 2025, an amount of funds made available in title III 

16 under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

17 Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 

18 Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa19 cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac20 count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 

21 and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 

22 equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re23 spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 

24 recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 

25 such headings for REAP Zones, excluding the funding 
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1 provided through any Community Project Funding/Con2 gressionally Directed Spending. 

3 SEC. 753. (a) For an additional amount for the Office 

4 of the Secretary, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex5 pended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out no 

6 more than 10 pilot projects, under the terms and condi7 tions determined by the Secretary for a period not to ex8 ceed 2 years, that award grants to an Indian tribe; a tribal 

9 organization approved by an Indian tribe; a tribal edu10 cational agency; a consortium of Indian tribes; or a part11 nership between an Indian tribe and either a State edu12 cational agency, a local educational agency, a tribal edu13 cational agency, or the Bureau of Indian Education to op14 erate and implement the school lunch program as author15 ized by the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 1769), the summer food service program as 

17 established under section 13 of the Richard B. Russell Na18 tional School Lunch Act, the child and adult care food 

19 program as established by section 17 of the Richard B. 

20 Russell National School Lunch Act, or the school break21 fast program established by the Child Nutrition Act of 

22 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) in either a Bureau-funded school 

23 (as defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments 

24 of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)); a school (as defined in section 

25 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)) on or near an Indian reservation; 

2 or an early child care and education facility: Provided, 

3 That to carry out this pilot program each grant awarded 

4 shall be no less than $10,000 and no more than $100,000 

5 for each school year and shall not increase state adminis6 trative costs or the amount of benefits provided in any 

7 program: Provided further, That the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 

8 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian 

9 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 

10 U.S.C. 5304). 

11 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 

12 pilot project grant recipient shall be reimbursed for meals 

13 served under the school lunch program, the summer food 

14 service program, and the child and adult care food pro15 gram as if the recipient were a State under the Richard 

16 B. Russell National School Lunch Act; and under the 

17 school breakfast program as if the recipient were a State 

18 educational agency. 

19 (c) Not later than 1 year after the conclusion of the 

20 pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 

21 report on the outcomes of the pilot program. 

22 SEC. 754. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food 

24 and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue or promote any 

25 new guidelines or regulations applicable to food manufac-
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1 turers for Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) until the FDA 

2 considers the available new science in developing the Com3 pliance Policy Guide (CPG), Guidance for FDA Staff, Sec. 

4 55.320 Listeria monocytogenes—regarding Lm in low-risk 

5 foods, meaning foods that do not support the growth of 

6 Lm. 

7 SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 

8 to remain available until September 30, 2026, for a Bison 

9 Production and Marketing Grant Program that the Agri10 cultural Marketing Service shall develop and maintain: 

11 Provided, That this program shall be similar, as deter12 mined by the Secretary, to the Sheep Production and Mar13 keting Grant Program the Department of Agriculture cur14 rently maintains pursuant to section 209(c) of the Agricul15 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627a(c)), and 

16 shall prioritize grants to national non-profits and federally 

17 chartered Tribal organizations that have expertise in bison 

18 production or marketing. 

19 SEC. 756. (a) For an additional amount for the Office 

20 of the Secretary, $700,000, for the Office of Tribal Rela21 tions to cover costs incurred for the slaughtering, proc22 essing, and voluntary meat inspection fees, notwith23 standing the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

24 U.S.C. 1622 et seq.) and 9 CFR part 352, for bison owned 

25 by Tribal governments (as defined by the List Act of 1994 
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1 (25 U.S.C. 5131)), Tribal entities (including Tribal orga2 nizations and corporations), and Tribal members that 

3 slaughter and process bison at establishments that receive 

4 USDA voluntary inspection or state inspection. 

5 (b) If this Act is enacted before September 30, 2024, 

6 section 765 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 

7 (Public Law 118–42) is amended immediately upon enact8 ment of this Act to read as follows: ‘‘For an additional 

9 amount for the Office of the Secretary, $700,000, for the 

10 Office of Tribal Relations, to cover costs for the voluntary 

11 meat inspection fees, notwithstanding the Agricultural 

12 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622 et seq.) and 9 CFR 

13 part 352, for bison owned by Tribal governments (as de14 fined by the List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131)), Tribal 

15 entities (including Tribal organizations and corporations), 

16 and Tribal members that slaughter and process bison at 

17 establishments that receive USDA voluntary inspection or 

18 state inspection.’’. 

19 SEC. 757. If services performed by APHIS employees 

20 are determined by the Administrator of the Animal and 

21 Plant Health Inspection Service to be in response to an 

22 animal disease or plant health emergency outbreak, any 

23 premium pay that is funded, either directly or through re24 imbursement, shall be exempted from the aggregate of 

25 basic pay and premium pay calculated under section 
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1 5547(b)(1) and (2) of title 5, United States Code, and 

2 any other provision of law limiting the aggregate amount 

3 of premium pay payable on a biweekly or calendar year 

4 basis: Provided, That this section shall take effect as if 

5 enacted on January 1, 2024. 

6 SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per8 sonnel— 

9 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 

10 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

11 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

12 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

13 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

14 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

15 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

16 regulation). 

17 SEC. 759. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 

18 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 

19 2103 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the Sec20 retary shall prioritize the wetland compliance needs of 

21 areas with significant numbers of individual wetlands, wet22 land acres, and conservation compliance requests. 

23 SEC. 760. There is appropriated $3,000,000 for the 

24 emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assist25 ance grant program established under section 12502(b) of 
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1 the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 

2 20127). 

3 SEC. 761. The National Academies of Sciences, Engi4 neering and Medicine (NASEM) were tasked with pro5 viding findings and recommendations on alcohol consump6 tion for the purposes of inclusion in the 2025 Dietary 

7 Guidelines for Americans as required by section 772 of 

8 division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 

9 (Public Law 117–328): Provided, That the Secretary of 

10 Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agri11 culture shall consider the findings and recommendations 

12 of the NASEM report in the development of the 2025 Die13 tary Guidelines for Americans and further, both Secre14 taries shall ensure that the alcohol consumption rec15 ommendations in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Ameri16 cans shall be based on the preponderance of scientific and 

17 medical knowledge consistent with section 5341 of title 7 

18 of United States Code. 

19 SEC. 762. Section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrifica20 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c–2(a)), shall be applied 

21 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter until 

22 the specified funding has been expended as if the following 

23 were inserted after the final period: ‘‘In addition, the Sec24 retary shall use $9,465,000 of the funds available to carry 

25 out this section in fiscal year 2025 for an additional 
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1 amount for the same purpose and under the same terms 

2 and conditions as the Rural Business Development Grants 

3 authorized by section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and 

4 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)), and shall use 

5 $9,953,000 of the funds available to carry out this section 

6 in fiscal year 2025 for an additional amount for the same 

7 purpose and under the same terms and conditions as the 

8 Rural Business Development Grants authorized by section 

9 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

10 Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)).’’. 

11 SEC. 763. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, the acceptable market name of any engineered animal 

13 approved prior to the effective date of the National Bio14 engineered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 

15 2019) shall include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ 

16 prior to the existing acceptable market name. 

17 SEC. 764. For an additional amount for the Office 

18 of the Secretary, $6,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, to continue the Institute for Rural Partnerships 

20 as established in section 778 of Public Law 117–103: Pro21 vided, That the Institute for Rural Partnerships shall con22 tinue to dedicate resources to researching the causes and 

23 conditions of challenges facing rural areas, and develop 

24 community partnerships to address such challenges: Pro25 vided further, That administrative or other fees shall not 
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1 exceed one percent: Provided further, That such partner2 ship shall coordinate and publish an annual report. 

3 SEC. 765. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to 

4 carry out the duties of the working group established 

5 under section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 

6 Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap7 propriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 89). 

8 SEC. 766. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

10 to purchase, deploy, or train third parties on the use of 

11 M–44 sodium cyanide ejector devices (‘‘M–44s’’), includ12 ing any components or parts, or sodium fluoroacetate 

13 (‘‘Compound 1080’’), except for activities directly related 

14 to the removal of M–44s that have been placed on Federal, 

15 Tribal, State and private land. 

16 SEC. 767. The agencies and offices of the Depart17 ment of Agriculture may reimburse the Office of the Gen18 eral Counsel (OGC), out of the funds provided in this Act, 

19 for costs incurred by OGC in providing services to such 

20 agencies or offices under time-limited agreements entered 

21 into with such agencies and offices: Provided, That such 

22 transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au23 thority provided by law. 

24 SEC. 768. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

25 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 
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1 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

2 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $300,000,000 are hereby re3 scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 

4 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

5 an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso6 lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer7 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 SEC. 769. Of the unobligated balances from prior 

9 year appropriations made available under the heading 

10 ‘‘Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’ for Agriculture 

11 Innovation Centers authorized by section 6402 of the 

12 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

13 U.S.C. 1632b), as amended, $1,000,000 are hereby re14 scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 

15 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

16 an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso17 lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 SEC. 770. (a) CLOSURE OF AGRICULTURAL RE20 SEARCH SERVICE FACILITY.—The Secretary of Agri21 culture may close the Agricultural Research Service Fed22 eral laboratory located at 4279 East Mount Hope Road, 

23 East Lansing, Michigan once operations have ceased and 

24 ongoing research missions are, or will be, relocated to a 

25 different facility. 
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1 (b) CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—With respect to the 

2 Agricultural Research Service facility to be closed pursu3 ant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may 

4 convey, with or without consideration, all right, title, and 

5 interest of the United States in and to any real property, 

6 including improvements and equipment thereon, of the fa7 cility, to a land grant college or university (as defined in 

8 section 1404(13) of the National Agricultural Research, 

9 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

10 3103(13)) that previously owned that parcel of real prop11 erty. 

12 SEC. 771. Section 363 of the Multifamily Mortgage 

13 Foreclosure Act of 1981 (12 U.S.C. 3702) is amended at 

14 paragraph (2)— 

15 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

17 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol19 lowing: ‘‘(F) section 514 or 515 of the Housing Act 

20 of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1485).’’. 

21 SEC. 772. For purposes of applying the Federal Food 

22 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), ‘‘Pacific 

23 Snapper’’ is an acceptable market name for each of the 

24 following food fishes: Sebastes alutus, Sebastes borealisn, 

25 Sebastes ciliatus, Sebastes crameri, Sebastes entomelas, 
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1 Sebastes flavidus, Sebastes goodei, Sebastes levis, 

2 Sebastes melanops, Sebastes miniatus, Sebastes ovalis, 

3 Sebastes paucispinis, Sebastes pinniger, Sebastes proriger, 

4 Sebastes reedi, Sebastes ruberrimus, Sebastes rufus, and 

5 Sebastes serranoides. 

6 SEC. 773. (a) Title I of division N of the Consolidated 

7 Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in the matter preceding the first proviso 

10 under the heading ‘‘Rural Housing Assistance 

11 Grants’’ and the first proviso under the heading 

12 ‘‘Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac13 count’’ by substituting ‘‘calendar years 2022, 2023, 

14 and 2024’’ for ‘‘calendar year 2022’’; and 

15 (2) in the first proviso under the heading 

16 ‘‘Rural Community Facilities Program Account’’ by 

17 substituting ‘‘calendar years 2022 and 2024’’ for 

18 ‘‘calendar year 2022’’. 

19 (b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 

20 were previously designated by the Congress as an emer21 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

22 the budget are designated as an emergency requirement 

23 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg24 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 SEC. 774. (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Mar2 keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

4 (b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Report5 ing Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106– 

6 78) is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

7 SEC. 775. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 

8 for the Agricultural Marketing Service to carry out regular 

9 testing for the purposes of verifying and validating the 

10 methodology and protocols of the inspection of molasses 

11 at any United States ports of entry, as directed in the 

12 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That the results 

13 of such testing shall be shared with U.S. Customs and 

14 Border Protection for the purposes of necessary and re15 quired enforcement actions and shall be made publicly 

16 available upon request. 

17 SEC. 776. The last proviso in the second paragraph 

18 under the heading ‘‘Rural Community Facilities Program 

19 Account’’ in division B of the Consolidated Appropriations 

20 Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) shall be amended to read 

21 as follows: ‘‘Provided further, That in addition to any other 

22 available funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

23 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

24 under this heading for administrative expenses for activi25 ties funded under this heading and in section 778(1).’’. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De2 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
Calendar No. 437 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4690 

[Report No. 118–193] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Detember 30, 2025, and for other purposes. Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JULY 11 (legislative day JULY 10), 2024 

Read twice and placed on the calendar