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Union Calendar No. 483 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9027 

[Report No. 118–583] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 12, 2024 

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

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 

and for other purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 

7 September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

10 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

14 $40,457,000 of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

15 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

16 to exceed $2,146,000 shall be available for the Office of 

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

18 available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed 

19 $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Partner20 ships and Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall 

21 be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $16,859,000 

22 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

23 for Administration, of which $15,984,000 shall be avail24 able for Departmental Administration to provide for nec25 essary expenses for management support services to ofVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:16 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9027.RH H9027

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1 fices of the Department and for general administration, 

2 security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 

3 supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec4 essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart5 ment: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to 

6 an agency in the Administration mission area for salaries 

7 and expenses are available to fund up to one administra8 tive support staff for the Office; not to exceed $3,000,000 

9 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 

10 Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to 

11 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro12 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 

13 within the executive branch; and not to exceed $3,500,000 

14 shall be available for the Office of Communications: Pro15 vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is author16 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 

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

18 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 

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

20 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 

21 of the amount made available under this paragraph for 

22 the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available 

23 for official reception and representation expenses, not oth24 erwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Pro25 vided further, That the amount made available under this 


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1 heading for Departmental Administration shall be reim2 bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for trav3 el expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 

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

5 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 

6 Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern7 mental Affairs shall be transferred to agencies of the De8 partment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain 

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

10 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

11 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 

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

13 Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 

14 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the alloca15 tion of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, 

16 That during any 30 day notification period referenced in 

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

18 take no action to begin implementation of the action that 

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

20 announcement of such action in any form. 

21 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

22 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

24 Economist, $31,025,000, of which $10,225,000 shall be 

25 for grants or cooperative agreements for policy research 


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

2 available under this heading, $500,000 shall be available 

3 to carry out section 224 of subtitle A of the Department 

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

5 6924), as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115– 

6 334. 

7 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

9 Appeals, $12,222,000. 

10 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

12 Program Analysis, $9,337,000. 

13 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In15 formation Officer, $66,814,000, of which not less than 

16 $56,858,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de17 partment. 

18 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi20 nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 

21 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

22 RIGHTS

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

24 Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That 

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


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1 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

2 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of3 fice. 

4 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

6 $22,789,000. 

7 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri10 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

12 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 6901 et seq.), $2,000,000, to remain available until ex14 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 

15 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man16 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart17 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 

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

19 OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu21 rity, and Protection, $5,000,000. 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

24 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

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


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1 $106,561,000, including such sums as may be necessary 

2 for contracting and other arrangements with public agen3 cies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 

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

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

6 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 

7 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 

8 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen9 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 

10 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 

11 (Public Law 97–98). 

12 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

14 Counsel, $45,146,000. 

15 OFFICE OF ETHICS

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

17 $4,136,000. 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

19 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

21 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

22 $1,800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

23 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco24 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail25 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 


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

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

3 available for the Office of the Chief Scientist. 

4 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

6 Service, $85,612,000. 

7 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

8 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

9 Statistics Service, $187,513,000, of which up to 

10 $46,850,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen11 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

12 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur13 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

14 2204g(d) and (f): Provided further, That of the amounts 

15 made available no more than $1,000,000 may be used by 

16 the National Agricultural Statistics Service to enter into 

17 research and development contracts: Provided further, 

18 That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro19 priations of the House and Senate in writing 30 days prior 

20 to discontinuing data collection programs and reports. 

21 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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


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1 with prior notification and approval of the Committees on 

2 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and for land 

3 exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 

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

5 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 

6 value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 

7 ownership, $1,793,829,000: Provided, That appropriations 

8 hereunder shall be available for the operation and mainte9 nance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one 

10 for replacement only: Provided further, That appropria11 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

12 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of build13 ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 

14 cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed 

15 $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which 

16 shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 build17 ings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 

18 $1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings to be con19 structed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and the 

20 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

21 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

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

23 Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

24 available for entering into lease agreements at any Agri25 cultural Research Service location for the construction of 


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

2 Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the lease 

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

4 maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re5 moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

6 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter7 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza8 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 

9 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here10 under shall be available for granting easements at the 

11 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 

12 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace13 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 

14 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro15 priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease16 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 

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

18 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re19 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

20 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

22 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

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1 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

2 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

3 by law. 

4 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

5 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im6 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

7 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri8 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri9 culture, where not otherwise provided, $26,900,000, to re10 main available until expended, for the purposes, and in 

11 the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 

12 ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom13 panying this Act. 

14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

15 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

16 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

17 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

18 for other expenses, $1,071,900,000, which shall be for the 

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

20 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

21 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

23 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, His24 panic serving institutions education grants, capacity build25 ing for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:16 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9027.RH H9027

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1 culture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 

2 loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellow3 ship and institution challenge grants, grants management 

4 systems, tribal colleges education equity grants, and schol5 arships at 1890 institutions shall remain available until 

6 expended: Provided further, That each institution eligible 

7 to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives 

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

9 education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian10 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

11 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

12 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha13 waii: Provided further, That funds for providing grants for 

14 food and agricultural sciences for Alaska Native and Na15 tive Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for Insular Areas 

16 shall remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided 

17 further, That funds for education grants for 1890 institu18 tions shall be made available to institutions eligible to re19 ceive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided fur20 ther, That not more than 5 percent of the amounts made 

21 available by this or any other Act to carry out the Agri22 culture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 

23 may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay 

24 administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying 

25 out that authority. 


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1 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

2 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

5 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

6 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

8 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $561,164,000 

9 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci10 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

11 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom12 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for extension serv13 ices at 1994 institutions and for facility improvements at 

14 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 

15 Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds 

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

17 less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for co18 operative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the 

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

20 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retire21 ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension 

22 agents. 

23 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

24 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

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1 penses, $41,100,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

2 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In3 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

4 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

5 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re6 main available until September 30, 2026: Provided further, 

7 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 

8 costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple9 mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 

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

11 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

12 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

14 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

15 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

16 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro17 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

18 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of19 fice. 

20 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

25 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 


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

2 $1,147,250,000; of which $250,000, to remain available 

3 until expended, shall be available for the control of out4 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

5 control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to 

6 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

7 which $15,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

8 shall be used for the cotton pests program, including for 

9 cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradi10 cation zones; of which $42,000,000, to remain available 

11 until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Serv12 ices; of which $36,500,000, to remain available until ex13 pended, shall be for agricultural quarantine and inspection 

14 services; of which $2,500,000 shall be for activities under 

15 the authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as 

16 amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $65,000,000, to re17 main available until expended, shall be used to support 

18 avian health; of which $3,000,000, to remain available 

19 until expended, shall be for information technology infra20 structure; of which $216,500,000, to remain available 

21 until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests, of which 

22 $8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 

23 shall be for one-time control and management and associ24 ated activities directly related to the multiple-agency re25 sponse to citrus greening; of which, $10,500,000, to reVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:16 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9027.RH H9027

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1 main available until expended, shall be for field crop and 

2 rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $21,000,000, to re3 main available until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease 

4 management; of which $44,500,000, to remain available 

5 until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness and 

6 response; of which $58,000,000, to remain available until 

7 expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which 

8 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

9 for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 

10 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

11 for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 

12 $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

13 for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 

14 safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this 

15 heading for wildlife services methods development, 

16 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro17 vided further, That of amounts available under this head18 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

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

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

21 science program and transition activities for the National 

22 Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kan23 sas: Provided further, That no funds shall be used to for24 mulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for 

25 the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 


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

2 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

3 purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of air4 craft: Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies 

5 which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 

6 industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer 

7 from other appropriations or funds available to the agen8 cies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 

9 be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emer10 gencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or in11 fectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and 

12 for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 

13 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 

14 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection 

15 Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended bal16 ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes 

17 in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 

18 transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropria19 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 

20 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased build21 ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided 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 In fiscal year 2025, the agency is authorized to collect 

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

4 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

5 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

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

11 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

12 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

13 MARKETING SERVICES

14 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

15 Service, $192,200,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be avail16 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

17 79, and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the pur18 poses of section 779 of division A of Public Law 117– 

19 103: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

20 this heading, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 

22 115–334, of which $7,000,000 shall be for dairy business 

23 innovation initiatives established in Public Law 116–6 and 

24 the Secretary shall take measures to ensure an equal dis25 tribution of funds between these three regional innovation 


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1 initiatives: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

2 be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter3 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 

4 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

5 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

6 value of the building. 

7 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

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

10 the development or maintenance of grain standards under 

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

12 seq. 

13 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

15 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra16 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

18 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

20 Congress. 

21 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

22 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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1 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

3 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

4 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans5 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 

6 $22,701,000 for formulation and administration of mar7 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 

8 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 

9 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 

10 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

11 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

12 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

13 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul14 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

15 $1,000,000. 

16 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

17 EXPENSES

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

19 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

20 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac21 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

22 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

23 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

3 Secretary for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That 

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

5 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

6 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of7 fice. 

8 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

9 For necessary expenses to carry out services author10 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

11 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

13 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

15 $1,223,841,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred16 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab17 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

18 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

19 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

20 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

21 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

23 be employed during fiscal year 2025 for purposes dedi24 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

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


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1 seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

2 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter3 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 

4 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

5 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

6 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 $901,000: 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, $213,671,000, of which 

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

20 of Public Law 117–328: Provided, That $70,740,000 of 

21 amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant 

22 to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest23 ment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred 

24 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 $1,204,307,000, 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), $6,000,000: 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 $7,000,000, 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 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di24 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

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1 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac2 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 

3 U.S.C. 1989), direct conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 

4 et seq.), and relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c) to be 

5 available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance 

6 Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm 

7 ownership loans and $1,966,970,000 for farm ownership 

8 direct loans; $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 

9 operating loans and $1,100,000,000 for direct operating 

10 loans; emergency loans, $37,000,000; Indian tribe land ac11 quisition loans, $20,000,000; direct conservation loans, 

12 $300,000,000; relending program, $7,705,000; and for 

13 boll weevil eradication program loans, $5,000,000: Pro14 vided, That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm 

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

16 program loans. 

17 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

18 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

20 as follows: $4,488,000 for emergency loans, to remain 

21 available until expended; and $35,602,000 for direct farm 

22 ownership loans, $2,860,000 for direct farm operating 

23 loans, $2,661,000 for the relending program, and $18,000 

24 for boll weevil eradication program loans. 


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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $326,053,000: Provided, That of this amount, 

4 $305,803,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

5 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex6 penses’’. 

7 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

8 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

9 operating, conservation, and emergency direct loans and 

10 loan guarantees may be transferred among these pro11 grams: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 

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

13 in advance of any transfer. 

14 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

17 Agency, $61,855,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the 

18 amount appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 

19 be available for compliance and integrity activities re20 quired under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop In21 surance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall 

22 be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such pur23 pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

24 be available for official reception and representation ex25 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 


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1 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi4 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

5 including preparation of conservation plans and establish6 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

7 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas8 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

9 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con10 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva11 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

12 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

16 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter17 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build18 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

19 $902,994,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2026, of which $24,240,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

21 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti22 tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom23 panying this Act: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 

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1 ments at plant materials centers, except that the cost of 

2 alterations and improvements to other buildings and other 

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

4 further, That when buildings or other structures are erect5 ed on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land 

6 is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided fur7 ther, That of the total amount available under this head8 ing, $4,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses to carry 

9 out the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Pro10 gram under section 222 of subtitle A of title II of the 

11 Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 

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

13 115—334. 

14 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas16 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga17 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 

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

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

20 1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi21 sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

22 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 

24 prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the water25 shed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty 


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1 thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken 

2 shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary 

3 purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land 

4 treatment measures). 

5 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

6 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

7 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $10,000,000 is pro8 vided. 

9 CORPORATIONS 

10 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

11 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

12 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor13 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

14 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

15 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

16 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

18 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here19 inafter provided. 

20 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

21 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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


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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec5 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

6 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim7 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

8 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

9 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec10 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

11 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

13 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv14 ice for information resource management activities of the 

15 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com16 modity Credit Corporation business: Provided further, 

17 That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro18 priations of the House and Senate in writing 15 days prior 

19 to the obligation or commitment of any emergency funds 

20 from the Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided further, 

21 That such written notification shall include a detailed 

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

23 expected timeline for program execution if such obligation 

24 or commitment exceeds $100,000,000. 


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1 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

2 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

3 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

5 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

6 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

7 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

9 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 

10 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, $800,000: 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; $346,087,000: Provided, 

19 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

20 no less than $75,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, shall be used for information technology expenses: 

22 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi23 sion of law, funds appropriated under this heading may 

24 be used for advertising and promotional activities that 

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1 That in addition to any other funds appropriated for pur2 poses authorized by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 

3 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected under 

4 such section, as amended by this Act, will immediately be 

5 credited to this account and will remain available until ex6 pended for such purposes: Provided further, That of the 

7 amount made available under this heading, $2,000,000, 

8 to remain available until expended, shall be for the Sec9 retary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot program that 

10 assists rural hospitals to improve longterm operations and 

11 financial health by providing technical assistance through 

12 analysis of current hospital management practices. 

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: $950,000,000 

20 shall be for section 502 direct loans; $5,000,000 shall be 

21 for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration 

22 program for Native American Tribes; and 

23 $25,000,000,000, which shall remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2026 shall be for section 502 unsubsidized 

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1 pair loans; $48,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; 

2 $400,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 

3 housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single fam4 ily housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 

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

6 for section 524 site development loans. 

7 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

10 502 loans, $112,100,000 shall be for direct loans; Single 

11 Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 

12 Native American Tribes, $2,469,000; section 504 housing 

13 repair loans, $3,852,000; section 523 self-help housing 

14 land development loans, $726,000; section 524 site devel15 opment loans, $491,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and 

16 new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

17 $19,003,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2026: Provided, That to support the loan program level 

19 for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under 

20 this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees 

21 to cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursu22 ant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 

23 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may 

24 not be subsidized: Provided further, That applicants in 

25 communities that have a current rural area waiver under 


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1 section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) 

2 shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of 

3 section 502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: 

4 Provided further, That of the amounts available under this 

5 paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less than 

6 $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for individ7 uals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program 

8 funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant author9 ized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 

10 1, 2025: Provided further, That the Secretary shall imple11 ment provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit organi12 zations and public housing authorities to facilitate the ac13 quisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily 

14 housing properties by such nonprofit organizations and 

15 public housing authorities that commit to keep such prop16 erties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a pe17 riod of time as determined by the Secretary, with such 

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

19 allow such nonprofit entities and public housing authori20 ties to earn a Return on Investment on their own re21 sources to include proceeds from low income housing tax 

22 credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and devel23 oper loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; 

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1 ated with owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset 

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

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

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

5 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

6 $28,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 

7 demonstration program for the preservation and revital8 ization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 

9 rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 

10 multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro11 priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 

12 has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur13 pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in14 come residents and farm laborers including reducing or 

15 eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi16 nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other fi17 nancial assistance including advances, payments and in18 centives (including the ability of owners to obtain reason19 able returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 

20 Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the preser21 vation and revitalization agreement, obtain a restrictive 

22 use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc23 turing. 

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

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


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

2 $4,845,000, to remain available until expended for direct 

3 farm labor housing loans. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

5 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

6 $412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 

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

8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

9 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re10 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

11 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 

12 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house13 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous14 ing Act of 1949, $1,684,376,000, and in addition such 

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

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

17 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec18 tion 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That amounts made 

19 available under this heading shall be available for renewal 

20 of rental assistance agreements for a maximum of 1,000 

21 units where the Secretary determines that a maturing loan 

22 for a project cannot reasonably be restructured with an23 other USDA loan or modification and the project was op24 erating with rental assistance under section 521 of the 

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1 may enter into rental assistance contracts in maturing 

2 properties with existing rental assistance agreements not3 withstanding any provision of section 521 of the Housing 

4 Act of 1949, for a term of at least 10 years but not more 

5 than 20 years: Provided further, That any agreement to 

6 enter into a rental assistance contract under section 521 

7 of the Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing property shall 

8 obligate the owner to continue to maintain the project as 

9 decent, safe, and sanitary housing and to operate the de10 velopment in accordance with the Housing Act of 1949, 

11 except that rents shall be based on current Fair Market 

12 Rents as established by the Department of Housing and 

13 Urban Development pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart A, 

14 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535d, to determine the maximum 

15 initial rent and adjusted annually by the Operating Cost 

16 Adjustment Factor pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart B, 

17 unless the Agency determines that the project’s budget18 based needs require a higher rent, in which case the Agen19 cy may approve a budget-based rent level: Provided fur20 ther, That rental assistance agreements entered into or re21 newed during the current fiscal year shall be funded for 

22 a one year period: Provided further, That upon request by 

23 an owner under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Sec24 retary may renew the rental assistance agreement for a 

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1 pired, subject to annual appropriations: Provided further, 

2 That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of 

3 such one-year agreements may be transferred and used 

4 for purposes of any debt reduction, maintenance, repair, 

5 or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 

6 rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 

7 Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided 

8 under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2024 

9 for a farm labor multi-family housing project financed 

10 under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured 

11 for use in another project until such assistance has re12 mained unused for a period of twelve consecutive months, 

13 if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such 

14 assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible ten15 ants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided fur16 ther, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the 

17 extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi18 family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 

19 of the Act: Provided further, That except as provided in 

20 the eighth proviso under this heading and notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of the Act, the Secretary may recap22 ture rental assistance provided under agreements entered 

23 into prior to fiscal year 2024 for a project that the Sec24 retary determines no longer needs rental assistance and 

25 use such recaptured funds for current needs. 


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1 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT

2 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

3 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not4 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, $54,000,000, 

5 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

6 funds made available under this heading shall be available 

7 for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 

8 (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 

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

10 been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 

11 2005 and is not receiving stand-alone section 521 rental 

12 assistance: Provided further, That the amount of such 

13 voucher shall be the difference between comparable market 

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

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

16 such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual 

17 appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

18 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

19 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid20 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

21 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

22 Development: Provided further, That in addition to any 

23 other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more 

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


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1 available under this heading, for administrative expenses 

2 for activities funded under this heading. 

3 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

4 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

5 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

6 1490c), $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

7 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

8 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

9 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

11 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di15 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

17 Farm and Rural Development Act, $1,000,000,000 for di18 rect loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

19 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 

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

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

22 for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 

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

24 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

25 $493,230,000, to remain available until expended, of 


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1 which up to $461,155,000 shall be for fiscal years 2025 

2 and 2026, for purposes, and in the amounts, specified for 

3 this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Fund4 ing’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 

5 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head6 ing shall be available for a Rural Community Development 

7 Initiative: Provided further, That such funds shall be used 

8 solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, non9 profit community-based housing and community develop10 ment organizations, low-income rural communities, and 

11 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to under12 take projects to improve housing, community facilities, 

13 community and economic development projects in rural 

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

15 available to qualified private, nonprofit and public inter16 mediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 

17 of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, 

18 That such intermediary organizations shall provide match19 ing funds from other sources, including Federal funds for 

20 related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro21 vided: Provided further, That any unobligated balances 

22 from prior year appropriations under this heading for the 

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

24 amounts deobligated or cancelled, may be made available 

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


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1 guarantees under this heading in this fiscal year: Provided 

2 further, That no amounts may be made available pursuant 

3 to the preceding proviso from amounts that were des4 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

5 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

6 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

7 1985, or that were specified in the tables titled ‘‘Commu8 nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ 

9 in the explanatory statements for division A of Public Law 

10 117–103 and division A of Public Law 117–328 as de11 scribed in section 4 in the matter preceding each such divi12 sion A: Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the amount 

13 appropriated under this heading shall be available for com14 munity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 

15 section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sec16 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

17 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 

18 made available under this heading: Provided further, That 

19 in addition to any other available funds, the Secretary may 

20 expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program 

21 funds made available under this heading, for administra22 tive expenses for activities funded under this heading. 


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1 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

2 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 For gross obligations for the principal amount of 

4 guaranteed loans as authorized by section 310B of the 

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

6 1932(g)), $2,200,000,000. For the cost of loan guarantees 

7 and grants, for the rural business development programs 

8 authorized by section 310B and described in subsections 

9 (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated 

10 Farm and Rural Development Act, $26,400,000, to re11 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

12 amount appropriated under this heading, $4,000,000 shall 

13 be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 

14 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional Commis15 sion (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), the Southwest Border Re16 gional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), and the Ap17 palachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 

18 for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 

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

20 and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 

21 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 

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

23 under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 

24 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

25 $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 


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1 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

2 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 

3 That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 

4 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

5 funds made available under this heading. 

6 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author9 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac10 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $9,000,000. 

11 For the cost of direct loans, $3,065,000, as author12 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac13 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $573,000 shall be avail14 able through June 30, 2025, for Federally Recognized Na15 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,147,000 shall be 

16 available through June 30, 2025, for Mississippi Delta Re17 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

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

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

20 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

21 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

23 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex24 penses’’. 


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1 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author4 ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 

5 Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop6 ment and job creation projects, $75,000,000. 

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

8 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro9 moting rural economic development and job creation 

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

11 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

12 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

14 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $16,600,000, of 

15 which $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

16 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro17 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

18 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

19 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

20 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di21 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in22 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

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

24 expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product 

25 market development grants, as authorized by section 210A 


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1 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 

2 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

3 for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 

4 section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 

5 RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

6 For the principal amount of direct loans as author7 ized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

8 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $20,000,000. 

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

10 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

11 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

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

13 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

14 For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under 

15 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

16 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

17 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $100,000,000. 

18 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

19 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di22 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

24 Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 


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1 $860,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guar2 anteed loans. 

3 For the direct cost of direct loans, loan guarantees 

4 and grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as de5 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

6 1974, for rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and 

7 solid waste management programs authorized by sections 

8 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described 

9 in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of 

10 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

11 $496,716,000, to remain available until expended, of 

12 which up to $96,975,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

13 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti14 tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom15 panying this Act, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall 

16 be available for the rural utilities program described in 

17 section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided, That not to 

18 exceed $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

19 heading shall be available for the rural utilities program 

20 described in section 306E of such Act: Provided further, 

21 That not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amount appro22 priated under this heading shall be for grants authorized 

23 by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

24 Development Act in addition to funding authorized by sec25 tion 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 


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1 $20,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head2 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 

3 waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 

4 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 

5 Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recog6 nized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) 

7 of such Act, and the Department of Hawaiian Home 

8 Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, That 

9 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

10 Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a 

11 consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 

12 105–83: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent 

13 of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consoli14 dated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by 

15 the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 

16 programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding pro17 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

18 Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 

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

20 training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur21 ther, That $30,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

22 this heading shall be for technical assistance grants for 

23 rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 

24 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a de25 termination of extreme need, of which $8,500,000 shall 


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1 be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit 

2 multi-State regional technical assistance organization, 

3 with experience in working with small communities on 

4 water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of 

5 such grant shall be to assist rural communities with popu6 lations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financ7 ing, development, operation, and management of water 

8 and waste water systems, and of which not less than 

9 $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American 

10 organization to provide technical assistance for rural water 

11 systems for tribal communities: Provided further, That not 

12 to exceed $21,817,000 of the amount appropriated under 

13 this heading shall be for contracting with qualified na14 tional organizations for a circuit rider program to provide 

15 technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided fur16 ther, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made 

17 available under this heading shall be for solid waste man18 agement grants: Provided further, That not to exceed 

19 $3,130,000 of the amounts appropriated under this head20 ing shall be available as the Secretary deems appropriate 

21 for water and waste direct one percent loans for distressed 

22 communities: Provided further, That if the Secretary de23 termines that any portion of the amount made available 

24 for one percent loans is not needed for such loans, the 

25 Secretary may use such amounts for grants authorized by 


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1 section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De2 velopment Act: Provided further, That if any funds made 

3 available for the direct loan subsidy costs remain unobli4 gated after July 31, 2025, such unobligated balances may 

5 be used for grant programs funded under this heading. 

6 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

7 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees 

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

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

12 936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaran13 teed rural electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of 

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

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

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

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

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

19 and for cost-of-money rural telecommunications loans 

20 made pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of that Act, and for 

21 loans made pursuant to Section 306 of that Act, 

22 $690,000,000. 

23 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

24 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

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1 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

2 of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 

3 $3,830,000. 

4 In addition, $5,040,000 to remain available until ex5 pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security 

6 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro7 vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by 

8 the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon9 strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

11 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

12 $33,270,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 

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

14 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

15 PROGRAM

16 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

18 et seq., $35,469,000, to remain available until expended, 

19 of which up to $10,469,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

20 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti21 tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom22 panying this Act: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be 

23 made available for grants authorized by section 379G of 

24 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Pro25 vided further, That funding provided under this heading 


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1 for grants under section 379G of the Consolidated Farm 

2 and Rural Development Act may only be provided to enti3 ties that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 

4 as established by this section. 

5 For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 

6 pilot program established by section 779 of division A of 

7 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 

8 115–141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 

9 amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $105,842,000, to remain 

10 available until expended, of which up to $5,842,000 shall 

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

12 account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ 

13 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That the 

14 Secretary may award grants described in section 601(a) 

15 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 

16 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out such 

17 pilot program: Provided further, That the cost of direct 

18 loans shall be defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

19 Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That at least 90 

20 percent of the households to be served by a project receiv21 ing a loan or grant under the pilot program shall be in 

22 a rural area without sufficient access to broadband: Pro23 vided further, That for purposes of such pilot program, 

24 a rural area without sufficient access to broadband shall 

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1 and three megabits per second upstream: Provided further, 

2 That to the extent possible, projects receiving funds pro3 vided under the pilot program must build out service to 

4 at least one hundred megabits per second downstream, 

5 and twenty megabits per second upstream: Provided fur6 ther, That an entity to which a loan or grant is made 

7 under the pilot program shall not use the loan or grant 

8 to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a service 

9 area by any entity that has received a broadband loan 

10 from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not 

11 provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum 

12 service threshold: Provided further, That not more than 

13 four percent of the funds made available in this paragraph 

14 can be used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot 

15 program and up to three percent of funds made available 

16 in this paragraph may be available for technical assistance 

17 and pre-development planning activities to support the 

18 most rural communities: Provided further, That the Rural 

19 Utilities Service is directed to expedite program delivery 

20 methods that would implement this paragraph: Provided 

21 further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary 

22 shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service area as23 sessment requirements set forth in section 701 of the 

24 Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc). 


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

2 expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au3 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 $800,000: 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; $31,749,468,000, 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, $3,000,000 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, $10,000,000 

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 $4,196,000 shall be available for food safety education in23 cluding activities that support sections 17 and 21 of the 

24 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786, 1790) and 

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1 fined in 7 CFR 250.2: Provided further, That section 

2 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence 

4 by striking ‘‘2010 through 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 

5 through 2026’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(3) of 

6 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by 

8 striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 

9 year 2025’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the 

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

11 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 

12 ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 

13 2025’’. 

14 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

15 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup17 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

19 $7,235,000,000, to remain available through September 

20 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

21 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

22 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 

23 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities: 

24 Provided further, That the Secretary shall use funds made 

25 available under this heading to increase the amount of a 


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1 cash-value voucher for women and children participants 

2 to an amount recommended by the National Academies 

3 of Science, Engineering and Medicine and adjusted for in4 flation: Provided further,That none of the funds provided 

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

6 formula except in accordance with the cost containment 

7 and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 

8 17 of such Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

9 require State agencies to authorize fresh, frozen, canned, 

10 and dried fruit and vegetables for Food Packages III, IV, 

11 V, VI, VII, and VIII under the special supplemental nutri12 tion program for women, infants, and children established 

13 under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

14 U.S.C. 1786): Provided further, That none of the funds 

15 provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 

16 reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

17 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro18 vided further, That upon termination of a federally man19 dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi20 tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 

21 waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re22 quest of a State agency. 

23 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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


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1 $123,160,159,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

2 available through September 30, 2027, shall be placed in 

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

4 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

5 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

6 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

9 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

10 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

11 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

12 further, That of the funds made available under this head13 ing, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2026, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public 

15 Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 

16 organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made 

17 available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be used to 

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

19 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

20 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re21 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

22 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re23 main available through September 30, 2026: Provided fur24 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

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1 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 

2 through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That none 

3 of the funds made available under this heading may be 

4 obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 

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

6 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

7 heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 

8 staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi9 ties related to program integrity provided that such activi10 ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

11 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist13 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

14 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con15 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

16 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist17 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec18 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend19 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm20 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

21 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $502,044,000, 

22 to remain available through September 30, 2026: Pro23 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim24 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

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1 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

2 made available in fiscal year 2025 to support the Seniors 

3 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

4 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

5 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

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

7 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri8 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

9 use up to 20 percent for costs associated with the distribu10 tion of commodities. 

11 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

12 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

13 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri14 tion assistance program, $140,348,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

17 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 $875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

9 Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 

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

12 the Office. 

13 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

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

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

17 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

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

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

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1 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 

2 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, 

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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), $240,000,000, 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 $24,000,000, 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 

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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; $6,749,535,000: Provided, That of 

23 the amount provided under this heading, $1,450,545,000 

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1 count and remain available until expended; $369,627,000 

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; $625,812,000 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; $31,731,000 

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 $34,170,000 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 $25,500,000 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) $1,185,989,000 shall be for the 

20 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

21 field activities in the Office of Inspections and Investiga22 tions, of which no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for 

23 inspections of foreign seafood manufacturers and field ex24 aminations of imported seafood; (2) $2,367,705,000 shall 

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1 related field activities in the Office Inspection and Inves2 tigations, of which no less than $10,000,000 shall be for 

3 pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspections and 

4 shall remain available until expended; (3) $576,826,000 

5 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Re6 search and for related field activities in the Office of In7 spection and Investigations; (4) $285,387,000 shall be for 

8 the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 

9 activities in the Office of Inspection and Investigations; 

10 (5) $777,345,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 

11 Radiological Health and for related field activities in the 

12 Office of Inspection and Investigations; (6) $77,505,000 

13 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Re14 search; (7) $684,348,000 shall be for the Center for To15 bacco Products and for related field activities in the Office 

16 of Inspection and Investigations; (8) $215,313,000 shall 

17 be for Rent and Related activities, of which $53,061,000 

18 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 

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

20 $220,610,000 shall be for payments to the General Serv21 ices Administration for rent; and (10) $358,507,000 shall 

22 be for other activities, including the Office of the Commis23 sioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and 

24 Response, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief 

25 Scientist, and central services for these offices: Provided 


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1 further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall 

2 be for official reception and representation expenses, not 

3 otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commis4 sioner: Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursu5 ant to, and for the administration of, section 770(n) of 

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

7 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available 

8 under this heading for other activities and shall not exceed 

9 $2,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts that 

10 are made available under this heading for ‘‘other activi11 ties’’, and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 

12 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

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

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

15 operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall 

16 be in addition to funds otherwise made available for over17 sight of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided fur18 ther, That funds may be transferred from one specified 

19 activity to another with the prior approval of the Commit20 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

21 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

22 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

24 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

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1 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

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

3 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

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

5 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 

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

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

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

9 4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs 

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

11 account, to remain available until expended. 

12 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de15 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

16 Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur17 poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

18 $55,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 

20 appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st 

21 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans22 ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 

23 be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

24 to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 

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

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

3 Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre4 vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 

5 such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 

6 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi7 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

8 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

9 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

12 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in13 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

14 and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 

15 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $345,000,000, 

16 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

17 representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 

18 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

19 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu20 latory officials, of which not less than $80,000,000 shall 

21 remain available until September 30, 2026, and of which 

22 not less than $4,218,000 shall be for expenses of the Of23 fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith24 standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro25 vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 


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1 of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 

2 entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 

3 Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 

4 liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re5 corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 

6 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro7 viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 

8 in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es9 tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 

10 and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 

11 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

12 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

13 Not to exceed $100,430,000 (from assessments col14 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

15 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

16 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

18 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re19 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

21 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con22 gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 

23 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 

24 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 

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1 tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 

2 loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a 

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

4 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 

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

4 and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 

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

7 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, 

8 such transferred funds to remain available until expended: 

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

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

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

13 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 

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

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

18 made available to the Department’s Working Capital 

19 Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 

20 make any changes to the Department’s National Finance 

21 Center without written notification to and prior approval 

22 of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

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

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

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1 Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 

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

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

4 functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and 

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

6 National Finance Center prior to written notification to 

7 and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 

8 of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 


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1 technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in2 come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De3 partment of Agriculture allocated for the National Fi4 nance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 

5 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 

6 equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de7 livery, and implementation of financial, administrative, 

8 and information technology services, and other systems of 

9 the National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, 

10 extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center: Pro11 vided further, That none of the amounts reserved shall be 

12 available for obligation unless the Secretary submits writ13 ten notification of the obligation to the Committees on Ap14 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 

15 That the limitations on the obligation of funds pending 

16 notification to Congressional Committees shall not apply 

17 to any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, 

18 is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency 

19 that significantly impacts the operations of the National 

20 Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National 

21 Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of 

22 the National Finance Center. 

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

24 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

25 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 


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

2 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

3 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

4 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu5 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

6 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar7 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

8 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro9 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

10 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com11 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro12 priations are provided in this Act. 

13 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri14 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

15 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

16 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

17 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop18 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica19 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

20 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

21 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 

22 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac23 quire new information technology systems or significant 

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1 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa2 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

3 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

4 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

5 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa6 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

7 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

8 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That notwith9 standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 

10 none of the funds available to the Department of Agri11 culture for information technology shall be obligated for 

12 projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 

13 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa14 tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 

15 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 

16 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 

17 projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 

18 based upon the performance of an agency measured 

19 against the performance plan requirements described in 

20 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 

21 235. 

22 SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 

23 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 

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1 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

2 year. 

3 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 

5 repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 

6 under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not7 for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 

8 direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 

9 under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 

10 as a borrower under such Act. 

11 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

12 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal13 ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 

14 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 

15 remain available through September 30, 2026, for infor16 mation technology expenses. 

17 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

19 travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 

20 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

21 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

22 SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 

23 or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 

24 113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 

25 I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 


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1 which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 

2 is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 

3 of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 

4 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

5 and related administrative expenses, including tech6 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

7 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

8 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

9 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

10 Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 

11 (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 

12 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

13 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

14 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

15 in such section. 

16 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

17 not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 

18 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

19 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

20 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego21 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi22 tively awarded grants. 

23 SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 

24 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 


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1 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

2 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

3 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

4 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

5 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi6 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

7 SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

8 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 

9 section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 

10 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

11 other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 

12 of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 

13 the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 

14 referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,427,930,000 

15 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 

16 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 

17 Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 

18 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

19 $1,660,000; Administration of section 32 Commodity Pur20 chases—$37,178,000: Provided, That none of the funds 

21 made available in this Act or any other Act shall be used 

22 for salaries and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year 

23 section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National 

24 School Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that 

25 excludes the transfer of $195,000,000 of the funds to be 


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1 transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Pub2 lic Law 110–246, until October 1, 2025: Provided further, 

3 That $195,000,000 made available on October 1, 2025, 

4 to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell 

5 National School Lunch Act, as amended, shall be excluded 

6 from the limitation described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(x) of 

7 section 14222 of Public Law 110–246 for fiscal year 

8 2026: Provided further, That of the total funds made avail9 able in the matter preceding this proviso that remain un10 obligated on October 1, 2025, such unobligated balances 

11 shall carryover into fiscal year 2026 and shall remain 

12 available until expended for any of the purposes of section 

13 32, except that any such carryover funds used in accord14 ance with clause (3) of section 32 may not exceed 

15 $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the Sec16 retary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 

17 expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

18 Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: Pro19 vided further, That, with the exception of any available 

20 carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 

21 to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 

22 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail23 able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

24 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 

25 of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 


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1 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

2 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex3 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

4 language as part of the President’s budget submission to 

5 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

6 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De7 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

8 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

9 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

10 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

11 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

12 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

13 event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 

14 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

15 the fiscal year 2025 appropriations Act. 

16 SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

17 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen18 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

19 or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

20 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

21 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

22 available for obligation or expenditure through a re23 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au24 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart25 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 


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1 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or2 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

3 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

4 (1) creates new programs; 

5 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

6 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

7 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

8 denied or restricted; 

9 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

10 (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 

11 or 

12 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

13 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

14 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

15 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com16 modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 

17 notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 

19 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 

20 or the use of such authority. 

21 (b) 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 

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1 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

2 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro3 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

4 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

5 in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

6 that— 

7 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac8 tivities; 

9 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist10 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per11 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

12 (3) results from any general savings from a re13 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

14 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap15 proved by Congress; 

16 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

17 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com18 modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 

19 notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit20 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 

21 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of 

22 such funds or the use of such authority. 

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1 ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro2 priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 

3 any program or activity not carried out during the pre4 vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 

5 by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 

6 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro7 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

8 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

9 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

10 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

11 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

12 available for— 

13 (1) modifying major capital investments fund14 ing levels, including information technology systems, 

15 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

16 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

17 excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 

18 whichever is less; 

19 (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 

20 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

21 establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 

22 with five or more personnel; or 

23 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

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1 unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 

2 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con3 gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 

4 these purposes. 

5 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

6 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

7 Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chair8 man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission re9 ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 

10 Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma11 tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec12 tion. 

13 SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

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

15 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

16 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

17 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

18 portion of the loan. 

19 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

21 Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 

22 Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 

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1 ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non2 Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com3 modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 

4 Administration employee. 

5 SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

6 law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 

7 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre8 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

9 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti10 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

11 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

12 funded by that executive branch agency. 

13 SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri14 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

15 office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 

16 agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 

17 in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 

18 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

19 office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 

20 period of assignment. 

21 SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

22 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

23 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 

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1 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

2 both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro3 gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 

4 under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 

5 in the report accompanying this Act. 

6 SEC. 722. (a) Section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

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

8 at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(ss)(1) the term ‘natural cheese’ means cheese that is 

10 ripened or unripened soft, semi-soft, or hard product, 

11 which may be coated, that is produced— 

12 ‘‘(A) by— 

13 ‘‘(i) coagulating wholly or partly the protein of 

14 milk, skimmed milk, partly skimmed milk, cream, 

15 whey cream, or buttermilk, or any combination of 

16 such ingredients, through the action of rennet or 

17 other suitable coagulating agents, and by partially 

18 draining the whey resulting from the coagulation, 

19 while respecting the principle that cheese-making re20 sults in a concentration of milk protein (in par21 ticular, the casein portion), and that consequently, 

22 the protein content of the cheese will be distinctly 

23 higher than the protein level of the blend of the 

24 above milk materials from which the cheese was 

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1 ‘‘(ii) processing techniques involving coagulation 

2 of the protein of milk or products obtained from 

3 milk to produce an end-product with similar phys4 ical, chemical, and organoleptic characteristics as the 

5 product described in subclause (i); and 

6 ‘‘(iii) including the addition of safe and suitable 

7 non-milk derived ingredients of the type permitted in 

8 the standards of identity described in clause (B) as 

9 natural cheese; or 

10 ‘‘(B) in accordance with standards of identity under 

11 part 133 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 

12 successor regulations), other than the standards described 

13 in subparagraph (2) or any future standards adopted by 

14 the Secretary in accordance with subparagraph (2)(I).’’. 

15 (b) Labeling.—Section 403 of the Federal Food, 

16 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amended by 

17 adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(z) If its label or labeling includes the term ‘natural 

19 cheese’ as a factual descriptor of a category of cheese un20 less the food meets the definition of natural cheese under 

21 section 201(ss), except that nothing in this paragraph 

22 shall prohibit the use of the term ‘natural’ or ‘all-natural’, 

23 or a similar claim or statement with respect to a food in 

24 a manner that is consistent with regulations, guidance, or 

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1 (c) National Uniformity.—Section 403A(a)(2) of the 

2 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343– 

3 1(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘or 403(x)’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘403(x), or 403(z)’’. 

5 SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

6 or level of program assistance for Rural Housing Service 

7 programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated 

8 prison populations. 

9 SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

10 require budget authority and the program level has been 

11 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

12 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran13 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

14 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec15 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria16 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad17 vance. 

18 SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

19 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec20 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

21 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria22 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

23 shall be available for obligation without written notifica24 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap25 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 


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1 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

2 obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 

3 equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de4 livery, and implementation of Departmental financial 

5 management, information technology, and other support 

6 systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra7 tive, and information technology services, including cloud 

8 adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 

9 of the Department of Agriculture. 

10 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

12 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc13 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As14 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

15 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 

16 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri17 culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de18 fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed19 eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 

20 of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 

21 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num22 ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 

23 staple food category so that the total number of such items 

24 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 

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1 rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 

2 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend3 ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard4 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple5 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 

6 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

7 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

8 SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

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

10 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

11 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

12 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 

13 subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 

15 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

16 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this Act shall be available for the 

18 United States Department of Agriculture to propose, fi19 nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 

20 new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act. 

22 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 

23 or any other Act thereafter may be used to write, prepare, 

24 or publish a proposed rule, final rule, or an interim final 

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1 force the final rule entitled ‘‘Transparency in Poultry 

2 Grower Contracting and Tournaments,’’ published by the 

3 Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on No4 vember 28, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 83210 et seq.), the final 

5 rule entitled ‘‘Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity 

6 Under the Packers and Stockyards Act,’’ published by the 

7 Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 

8 March 6, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 16092 et seq.), the advanced 

9 notice of proposed rulemaking entitled ‘‘Poultry Growing 

10 Tournament Systems: Fairness and Related Concerns,’’ 

11 published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal 

12 Register on June 8, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 34814) (also 

13 identified in the White House Office of Management and 

14 Budget’s Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and De15 regulatory Actions as ‘‘Poultry Grower Payment Systems 

16 and Capital Improvement Systems (AMS-FTPP-22- 

17 0046),’’ RIN 0581-AE18), the rulemaking identified in 

18 the White House Office of Management and Budget’s Fall 

19 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Ac20 tions as ‘‘Unfair Practices, Undue Preferences, and Harm 

21 to Competition Under the Packers and Stockyards Act 

22 (AMS-FTPP-21-0046),’’ RIN 0581-AE04, or any subse23 quent substantially similar rulemaking effort, except that 

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1 vanced notices of proposed rulemaking, and any such rules 

2 that may have been finalized, and discontinue and provide 

3 notice of closure to affected parties of any investigations 

4 or enforcement activities pending under said rules. 

5 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 

6 regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and hol7 iday pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 

8 establishments subject to the inspection requirements of 

9 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et 

10 seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et 

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

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

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

14 inspection services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, 

15 That any sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall 

16 be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 

17 1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 

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

19 received by the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in 

20 addition to other available funds, remain available until 

21 expended to the Secretary without further appropriation 

22 for the purpose of funding all costs associated with FSIS 

23 inspections. 

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1 (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 

2 the following factors in the country or region being 

3 audited, as applicable— 

4 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 

5 (B) disease history and vaccination prac6 tices; 

7 (C) livestock demographics and 

8 traceability; 

9 (D) epidemiological separation from poten10 tial sources of infection; 

11 (E) surveillance practices; 

12 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

13 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 

14 and 

15 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 

16 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 

17 to paragraph (1). 

18 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con19 sistent with United States obligations under its inter20 national trade agreements. 

21 SEC. 732. A bank referenced in 12 U.S.C. 2128 may 

22 make and participate in loans and commitments and pro23 vide technical and other financial assistance to coopera24 tives and any other public or private entity (except for the 

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1 taining, expanding, improving, or operating facilities in a 

2 rural area as defined in 12 U.S.C. 2128(f) for the proc3 essing or disposal of waste from any source, provision of 

4 telecommunication services, and producing electricity from 

5 any source for use or sale by the borrower. 

6 SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

8 United States derived by the collection of fees available 

9 to the agencies funded by this Act, may be used by the 

10 Secretary of Health and Human Services to finalize, issue, 

11 or implement any rule, regulation, notice of proposed rule12 making, or order setting any tobacco product standard 

13 that would: 1) prohibit menthol in cigarettes or prohibit 

14 characterizing flavors in all cigars and their components 

15 and parts; or 2) mandate a maximum nicotine level for 

16 cigarettes, until the FDA: 

17 (1) updates its ‘‘Guidance for Industry on its 

18 Enforcement Priorities’’ published in January 2020 

19 and updated in April 2020, to expand its prioritized 

20 enforcement to flavored disposable ENDS products 

21 in addition to cartridge-based products (on pages 

22 10-11 and 18) and to define ‘‘disposable ENDS 

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

2 a final rule requiring Foreign Manufacturer Reg3 istration (RIN #0910-AH59); 

4 (3) FDA coordinates with Customs and Border 

5 Protection (CBP) and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) 

6 to prevent importation of any deemed product unless 

7 the product is on a list FDA prepares and transmits 

8 to CBP consisting of (a) products with MGOs, (b) 

9 products that received MDOs but that have been 

10 and remain stayed by the Secretary or through court 

11 order, rescinded by the Secretary, or vacated by a 

12 court, and (c) products with PMTAs pending review 

13 since on or before September 9, 2020, and further 

14 that FDA requires that no such product may be im15 ported without the manufacturer or importer identi16 fying the PMTA or STN number associated with the 

17 product; 

18 (4) Publicly disclose the authorized list to man19 ufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers, with instruc20 tions to cease the distribution, sale, and/or mar21 keting of any deemed product not on the list; 

22 (5) Issue Import Alerts to help address the im23 portation of tobacco products that appear to be in 

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1 (6) Submit a quarterly written report to the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of the House and 

3 Senate on the progress the Center for Tobacco Prod4 ucts is making in removing all non-compliant nico5 tine products from the market. 

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

7 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis8 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

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

10 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

11 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 

12 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

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

14 products used in the project are produced in the United 

15 States. 

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

17 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

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

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

20 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein21 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

22 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat23 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 

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

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1 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon2 sistent with the public interest; 

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

4 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail5 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 

6 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro7 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

8 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

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

10 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des11 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 

12 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

13 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

14 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

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

16 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re17 quest and accompanying information available by elec18 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

19 site of the Department. 

20 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con21 sistent with United States obligations under international 

22 agreements. 

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

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

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1 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub2 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re3 quirements of this section. 

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

5 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 

6 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

7 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re8 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

9 date of enactment of this Act. 

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

11 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 

12 States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally rec13 ognized Indian Tribe. 

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

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

16 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

17 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu18 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

19 1913. 

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

21 this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 

22 headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur23 ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 

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

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1 Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 

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

3 Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera4 tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro5 gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 

6 Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi7 ness-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As8 sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 

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

10 Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 

11 Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 

12 Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro13 gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per14 cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per15 sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not16 withstanding any other provision regarding population 

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

18 that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 

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

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

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

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

23 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen24 suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 

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1 States: Provided further, That with respect to specific ac2 tivities for which program levels have been made available 

3 by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 

4 the requirements of this section shall be applied to such 

5 program level. 

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

7 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl8 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves9 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 

10 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

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

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

13 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 

14 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis15 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec16 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 

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

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

19 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti20 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

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

22 published on November 27, 2015, and the proposed rule 

23 issued by the Food and Drug Administration entitled 

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1 ricultural Water’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 69120 and 87 Fed. Reg. 

2 42973), with respect to the regulation of entities that 

3 grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse 

4 crops, or almonds. 

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

6 2026, none of the funds made available by this Act may 

7 be used to restrict or limit the substitution of any vege8 table subgroup for fruits under the school breakfast pro9 gram established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 

10 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 

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

12 Act or any other Act may be used— 

13 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag14 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 

15 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec16 tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

17 2018; or 

18 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

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

20 grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 

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

22 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or out23 side the State in which the hemp is grown or cul24 tivated. 


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1 SEC. 741. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 

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

3 the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re4 form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 

5 SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 

7 rule that would reduce the maximum monthly allowance 

8 with respect to milk under section 246.10 of title 7, Code 

9 of Federal Regulations (as in effect on April 1, 2023), in10 cluding the rule entitled ‘‘Special Supplemental Nutrition 

11 Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revi12 sions to the WIC Food Packages’’ published by the De13 partment of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 

14 18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 28488). 

15 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to impose updated minimum efficiency 

17 standards for new housing financed by the Department 

18 of Agriculture as part of carrying out the notice entitled 

19 ‘‘Final Determination: Energy Efficiency Standards for 

20 New Construction of HUD and USDA Financed Hous21 ing’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 33112). 

22 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 

24 activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 

25 or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 


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1 SEC. 745. (a) After the effective date of any final rule 

2 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes in 

3 connection with its proposed rule to update these require4 ments (87 Federal Register 59168, issued on September 

5 29, 2022), manufacturers may also continue to comply 

6 with the previous requirements promulgated by the FDA 

7 for the implied nutrient content claim ‘‘healthy’’ through 

8 the ‘‘compliance date’’ FDA provides in the final rule. 

9 (b) Any food product manufactured and labeled as 

10 ‘‘healthy’’ during the compliance period FDA provides in 

11 that final rule shall not be directly or indirectly subject 

12 to any state-law requirements that are not identical to ei13 ther (i) the Federal requirements for the implied nutrition 

14 content claim ‘‘healthy’’ that were in effect as of the date 

15 FDA issues the final rule, or (ii) the updated Federal re16 quirements that FDA promulgates in the final rule, as17 suming the updated requirements go into effect during the 

18 regulatory compliance period. 

19 SEC. 746. Funds made available under title II of the 

20 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 

21 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

22 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis23 trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 

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1 food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap2 propriate purposes. 

3 SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod5 ucts or seafood imported into the United States from the 

6 People’s Republic of China for use in the school lunch pro7 gram under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care 

9 Food Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children 

11 under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the 

12 school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act 

13 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 

14 SEC. 748. For school year 2025–2026, only a school 

15 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 

16 school food service account as of June 30, 2024, shall be 

17 required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 

18 with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 

19 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 

20 SEC. 749. Any funds made available by this or any 

21 other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 

22 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

23 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 

24 shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess25 ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 


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1 such funds among appropriations of the Department of 

2 Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 

3 SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, no funds available to the Department of Agriculture 

5 may be used to move any staff office or any agency from 

6 the mission area in which it was located on August 1, 

7 2018, to any other mission area or office within the De8 partment in the absence of the enactment of specific legis9 lation affirming such move. 

10 SEC. 751. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 

11 of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 

12 funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 

13 the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 

14 and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 

15 pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven16 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 

17 Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 

18 section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 

19 U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such pro20 grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu21 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 

22 subsection (c) of such section. 

23 SEC. 752. In administering the pilot program estab24 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap25 propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the SecVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:16 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9027.RH H9027

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1 retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en2 tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu3 nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 

4 That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail5 able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, 

6 and Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot 

7 program established by section 779 of Public Law 115– 

8 141 may be used for this purpose. 

9 SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com11 missioner of Food and Drugs, the Chairman of the Com12 modity Futures Trading Commission, or the Chairman of 

13 the Farm Credit Administration to fly or display a flag 

14 over a facility of the Department of Agriculture, the Food 

15 and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trad16 ing Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration other 

17 than the flag of the United States; the flag of a State, 

18 territory, the District of Columbia; the flag of an Indian 

19 Tribal Government; the official flag of a U.S. Department 

20 or agency; or the Prisoners of War/Missing in Action flag. 

21 SEC. 754. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

22 made available to carry out section 749(g) of the Agricul23 tural Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-80), 

24 $40,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 

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1 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

2 pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 

3 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

4 1985. 

5 SEC. 755. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

7 to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Ex8 ecutive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 

9 7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for 

10 underserved communities through the Federal Govern11 ment), or the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Equity 

12 Action Plan in Support of Executive Order 13985, or any 

13 Equity Action Plan created by the Food and Drug Admin14 istration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or 

15 the Farm Credit Administration, or Executive Order 

16 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating 

17 to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Fed18 eral workforce), or Executive Order 14091 of February 

19 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further advanc20 ing racial equity and support for underserved communities 

21 through the Federal Government), or to create or establish 

22 an Office of the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. 

23 SEC. 756. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food 

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1 new guidelines or regulations applicable to food manufac2 turers for Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) until the FDA 

3 considers the available new science in developing the Com4 pliance Policy Guide (CPG), Guidance for FDA Staff, Sec. 

5 555.320 Listeria monocytogenes—regarding Lm in low6 risk foods, meaning foods that do not support the growth 

7 of Lm. 

8 SEC. 757. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food 

10 and Drug Administration to develop, issue, promote or ad11 vance any final guidelines or new regulations applicable 

12 to food manufacturers for long-term population-wide so13 dium reduction actions until an assessment is completed 

14 on the impact of the short-term sodium reduction targets. 

15 SEC. 758. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 

16 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 

17 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 

18 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro19 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

20 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par21 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

22 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 

23 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

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1 (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub2 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 

3 taken by the Federal government to— 

4 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 

5 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as6 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp7 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter8 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 

9 in subsection (a); 

10 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur11 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 

12 such person; 

13 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 

14 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 

15 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co16 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li17 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 

18 other similar position or status from or to such per19 son; 

20 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth21 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 

22 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 

23 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 

24 degree from an educational program, from or to 

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1 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth2 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle3 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in4 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 

5 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam6 paigns from or to such person. 

7 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 

8 Federal government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 

9 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 

10 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 

11 such purposes but for a determination against such person 

12 wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 

13 or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 

14 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 

15 SEC. 759. (a) Closure of Agricultural Research Serv16 ice Facility.—The Secretary of Agriculture may close the 

17 Agricultural Research Service Federal laboratory located 

18 at 4279 East Mount Hope Road, East Lansing, Michigan 

19 once operations have ceased and ongoing research mis20 sions are, or will be, relocated to a different facility. 

21 (b) Conveyance Authority.—With respect to the Agri22 cultural Research Service facility to be closed pursuant to 

23 subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may convey, 

24 with or without consideration, all right, title, and interest 

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1 improvements and equipment thereon, of the facility, to 

2 a land grant college or university (as defined in section 

3 1404(13) of the National Agricultural Research, Exten4 sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

5 3103(13)) that previously owned that parcel of real prop6 erty. 

7 SEC. 760. Section 297A of the Agricultural Mar8 keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639o) is amended— 

9 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol10 lows: 

11 ‘‘(1) HEMP.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘hemp’ 

13 means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any 

14 part of that plant, including the seeds thereof 

15 and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, iso16 mers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether 

17 growing or not, with a total 

18 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration (including 

19 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) of not more than 

20 0.3 percent in the plant on a dry weight basis. 

21 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—Such term does not 

22 include 

23 ‘‘(i) any viable seeds from a Cannabis 

24 sativa L. plant that exceeds a total 

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1 cluding tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) of 0.3 

2 percent in the plant on a dry weight basis; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(ii) any hemp-derived cannabinoid 

5 products containing— 

6 ‘‘(I) cannabinoids that are not 

7 capable of being naturally produced 

8 by a Cannabis sativa L. plant; 

9 ‘‘(II) cannabinoids that— 

10 ‘‘(aa) are capable of being 

11 naturally produced by a Cannabis 

12 sativa L. plant; and 

13 ‘‘(bb) were synthesized or 

14 manufactured outside the plant; 

15 or 

16 ‘‘(III) quantifiable amounts (as 

17 determined by the Secretary in con18 sultation with the Secretary of Health 

19 and Human Services) of— 

20 ‘‘(aa) tetrahydrocannabinol 

21 (including tetrahydrocannabinolic 

22 acid); or 

23 ‘‘(bb) any other 

24 cannabinoids that have similar 

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1 similar effects) on humans or 

2 animals as tetrahydrocannabinol 

3 (as determined by the Secretary 

4 in consultation with the Sec5 retary of Health and Human 

6 Services).’’. 

7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

8 (6) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively; and 

9 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as so 

10 amended), the following: 

11 ‘‘(2) HEMP-DERIVED CANNABINOID PROD12 UCT.—The term ‘hemp-derived cannabinoid product’ 

13 means any intermediate or final product derived 

14 from hemp, excluding industrial hemp, that— 

15 ‘‘(A) contains cannabinoids in any form; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) is intended for human or animal use 

18 through any means of application or adminis19 tration, such as inhalation, ingestion, or topical 

20 application.’’. 

21 SEC. 761. If services performed by APHIS employees 

22 are determined by the Administrator of the Animal and 

23 Plant Health Inspection Service to be in response to an 

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1 ed from the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay cal2 culated under section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, 

3 and any other provision of law limiting the aggregate 

4 amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly or calendar 

5 year basis: Provided, That this section shall take effect 

6 as if enacted on January 1, 2023. 

7 SEC. 762. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per9 sonnel— 

10 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 

11 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

12 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

13 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

14 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

15 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

16 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

17 regulation). 

18 SEC. 763. The National Academies of Sciences, Engi19 neering and Medicine (NASEM) were tasked with pro20 viding findings and recommendations on alcohol consump21 tion for the purposes of inclusion in the 2025 Dietary 

22 Guidelines for Americans as required by Section 772 of 

23 Division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 

24 (Public Law 117–328): Provided, That the Secretary of 

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1 culture shall consider the findings and recommendations 

2 of the NASEM report in the development of the 2025 Die3 tary Guidelines for Americans and further, both Secre4 taries shall ensure that the alcohol consumption rec5 ommendations in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Ameri6 cans shall be based on the preponderance of scientific and 

7 medical knowledge consistent with section 5341 of title 7 

8 of United States Code. 

9 SEC. 764. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, the acceptable market name of any engineered animal 

11 approved prior to the effective date of the National Bio12 engineered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 

13 2019) shall include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ 

14 prior to the existing acceptable market name. 

15 SEC. 765. Of the unobligated balances from prior 

16 year appropriations made available for conservation activi17 ties under the heading ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation 

18 Service—Conservation Operations’’, $50,000,000 are 

19 hereby rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re20 scinded from amounts that were designated by the Con21 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur22 rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 

23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

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1 ment in the United States (CFIUS) on a case by case 

2 basis pursuant to the authorities in section 721(k)(2)(J) 

3 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 

4 4565(k)(2)(J)) with respect to each covered transaction 

5 (as defined in section 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production 

6 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4))) involving agricultural 

7 land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry 

8 (including agricultural transportation, agricultural stor9 age, and agricultural processing), as determined by the 

10 CFIUS Chairperson in coordination with the Secretary of 

11 Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the 

12 maximum extent practicable, notify the Committee on 

13 Foreign Investment in the United States of any agricul14 tural land transaction that the Secretary of Agriculture 

15 has reason to believe, based on information from or in co16 operation with the Intelligence Community, is a covered 

17 transaction (A) that may pose a risk to the national secu18 rity of the United States, with particular emphasis on cov19 ered transactions of an interest in agricultural land by for20 eign governments or entities of concern, as defined in 42 

21 U.S.C. 19221(a), including the People’s Republic of 

22 China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the 

23 Russian Federation, and the Islamic Republic of Iran; and 

24 (B) with respect to which a person is required to submit 

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1 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 

2 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501(a)). 

3 SEC. 767. The agencies and offices of the Depart4 ment of Agriculture may reimburse the Office of the Gen5 eral Counsel (OGC), out of the funds provided in this Act, 

6 for costs incurred by OGC in providing services to such 

7 agencies or offices under time-limited agreements entered 

8 into with such agencies and offices: Provided, That such 

9 transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au10 thority provided by law. 

11 SEC. 768. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

12 used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

13 ′′Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for 

14 Certain Foods′′ published on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. 

15 Reg. 70910), or any other rule promulgated in accordance 

16 with section 204 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization 

17 Act (21 U.S.C. 2223) until the U.S. Food and Drug Ad18 ministration: 

19 (1) completes at least 4 pilot projects using nu20 merous products on the Food Traceability List, in 

21 coordination with farms and with food industry 

22 members operating restaurants, retail food establish23 ments, warehouses distributing to retail food estab24 lishments, farms, and restaurants, to 


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1 (A) measure the effectiveness of foodborne 

2 illness outbreak investigations conducted with3 out requiring tracing to a single lot code; and 

4 (B) identify and evaluate the feasibility 

5 and effectiveness of low-cost food tracing tech6 nologies; and 

7 (2) extends the compliance date for such rule to 

8 at least two years after the date on which the pilot 

9 projects required by section (A) are successfully 

10 completed allowing FDA to retrieve the information 

11 they need for an investigation/recall. 

12 SEC. 769. Within 120 days of enactment of this Act, 

13 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 

14 through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall de15 velop a plan, in consultation with the Department of State 

16 and the governments of Abraham Accords countries, to 

17 consider the location, duties, and personnel necessary to 

18 carry out the functions of an Abraham Accords Bureau 

19 within the Food and Drug Administration. 

20 SEC. 770. (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Mar21 keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

23 (b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Report24 ing Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106– 

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1 SEC. 771. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 

3 may be used to process Confirmation Request or Regu4 latory Status Review submissions by any entity subject to 

5 the ownership or control of the People’s Republic of China 

6 (PRC) or any other foreign country of concern as defined 

7 in 42 U.S.C. 19221(a) unless that entity had previously 

8 received a positive determination by the Secretary of Agri9 culture, until the Secretary of Agriculture reports to Con10 gress that the PRC abides by all agricultural bio11 technology commitments made under the Phase One eco12 nomic and trade agreement signed by the United States 

13 and the PRC on January 15, 2020. 

14 SEC. 772. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

15 of law, not later than 180 days after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

17 (1) amend the covered Food Packages to require the 

18 inclusion of peanut-containing foods for the purposes of 

19 early introduction of potentially allergenic foods; and 

20 (2) ensure that all such peanut-containing foods eligi21 ble are safe for consumption by infants. 

22 (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out sub23 section (a) in a manner consistent with the recommenda24 tions for early introduction of peanut-containing foods in25 cluded in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020- 


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1 2025, published under section 301 of the National Nutri2 tion Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 

3 U.S.C. 5341). 

4 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘covered Food Pack5 ages’’ means Food Packages I and II under section 246.10 

6 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended by 

7 the rule entitled ‘‘Special Supplemental Nutrition Pro8 gram for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions 

9 to the WIC Food Packages’’ published by the Department 

10 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024 

11 (89 Fed. Reg. 28488). 

12 SEC. 773. Hereafter, out of the funds made available 

13 to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), the AMS 

14 shall carry out regular testing of all inbound molasses at 

15 northern border ports of entry, and other ports as appro16 priate, for the purposes of verifying and validating the 

17 methodology and protocols of the inspection of such molas18 ses, including whether the molasses meets each statutory 

19 requirement, any relevant explanatory notes, and each 

20 property typical of molasses in the United States: Pro21 vided, Results of the testing shall be shared with Customs 

22 and Border Protection for any appropriate enforcement 

23 action, as necessary, and made publicly available upon re24 quest: Provided further, That within 180 days of the date 

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1 section and provide a briefing on the implementation to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

4 SEC. 774. $0. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De6 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

7 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 483 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9027 

[Report No. 118–583] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JULY 12, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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