In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 14, 2022. 

Resolved, That the House concur in the Senate amendments numbered 1, 2, 3, and 5 to the bill (H.R. 2617) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend section 1115 of title 31, United 

States Code, to amend the description of how performance 

goals are achieved, and for other purposes.’’ and be it further 

Resolved, That the House concur in the Senate amendment numbered 4 to the text of the aforementioned bill, with 

the following amendment: 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 

At the end of the matter inserted by the Senate 

amendment numbered 4, insert the following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De3 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

4 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 

5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

6 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short Title. 

Sec. 2. Table of Contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

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Sec. 4. Statement of Appropriations. 

DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 

DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 

DIVISION B—WAYS & MEANS 

DIVISION C 

1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

3 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 

4 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi5 sion. 

6 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 

8 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

9 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. 

10 DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE11 VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN12 ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

13 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 

14 TITLE I 

15 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

16 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

17 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

20 $69,845,000, of which not to exceed $8,432,000 shall be 

21 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 

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1 exceed $1,396,000 shall be available for the Office of Home2 land Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be available 

3 for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed $11,287,000 

4 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and Public 

5 Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 

6 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $28,822,000 shall be available for 

7 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of 

8 which $27,116,000 shall be available for Departmental Ad9 ministration to provide for necessary expenses for manage10 ment support services to offices of the Department and for 

11 general administration, security, repairs and alterations, 

12 and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise 

13 provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient 

14 work of the Department: Provided, That funds made avail15 able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mission 

16 area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 

17 one administrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed 

18 $4,609,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Sec19 retary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental 

20 Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this Act, in21 cluding programs involving intergovernmental affairs and 

22 liaison within the executive branch; and not to exceed 

23 $10,109,000 shall be available for the Office of Communica24 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture 

25 is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 

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

2 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 

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

4 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of 

5 the amount made available under this paragraph for the 

6 immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi7 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

8 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur9 ther, That the amount made available under this heading 

10 for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed from 

11 applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses in12 cident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 

13 551–558: Provided further, That funds made available 

14 under this heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

15 for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs 

16 shall be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agri17 culture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 

18 agency level: Provided further, That no funds made avail19 able under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary 

20 for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days 

21 from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary 

22 has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 

23 Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 

24 USDA agency: Provided further, That during any 30 day 

25 notification period referenced in section 716 of this Act, the 

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1 Secretary of Agriculture shall take no action to begin imple2 mentation of the action that is subject to section 716 of this 

3 Act or make any public announcement of such action in 

4 any form. 

5 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

6 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Econo8 mist, $30,181,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for grants 

9 or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 

10 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

11 under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to carry out 

12 section 224 of subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture 

13 Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended 

14 by section 12504 of Public Law 115–334. 

15 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

17 Appeals, $16,703,000. 

18 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro20 gram Analysis, $16,967,000. 

21 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor23 mation Officer, $93,284,000, of which not less than 

24 $77,428,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the depart25 ment. 

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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan3 cial Officer, $9,559,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

5 RIGHTS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

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

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

9 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

10 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 

11 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

13 $37,595,000. 

14 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu17 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

18 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 

19 of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 

20 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the Depart21 ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 

22 and other actions needed for the Department and its agen23 cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit24 able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 

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1 pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 

2 costs, $68,858,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

9 6901 et seq.), $8,581,000, to remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 

11 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Manage12 ment may be transferred to any agency of the Department 

13 for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the 

14 above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 

15 OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, 

17 and Protection, $21,800,000. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen20 eral, including employment pursuant to the Inspector Gen21 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 

22 $111,061,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 

23 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

24 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In25 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. 

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1 App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con2 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of in3 formants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspec4 tor General pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 

5 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of 

6 the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 

7 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

9 Counsel, $62,137,000. 

10 OFFICE OF ETHICS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

12 $5,556,000. 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

14 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec16 retary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

17 $3,384,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

18 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Econom19 ics mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 

20 fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office: 

21 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

22 under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for 

23 the Office of the Chief Scientist. 

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1 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv3 ice, $90,612,000. 

4 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

6 Statistics Service, $211,023,000, of which up to $66,361,000 

7 shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri8 culture: Provided, That amounts made available for the 

9 Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current In10 dustrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and 

11 (f). 

12 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

17 land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 

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

19 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value 

20 of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 

21 $1,737,629,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 

22 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air23 craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 

24 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 

25 be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, 

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1 alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

2 unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 

3 building shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses 

4 or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, 

5 except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at 

6 a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for four 

7 buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed 

8 $5,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building 

9 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur10 rent replacement value of the building or $500,000, which11 ever is greater: Provided further, That appropriations here12 under shall be available for entering into lease agreements 

13 at any Agricultural Research Service location for the con14 struction of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for 

15 use by the Agricultural Research Service and a condition 

16 of the lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, oper17 ated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall 

18 be removed upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

19 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter20 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza21 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Mary22 land: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

23 shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville 

24 Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the 

25 foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of 

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1 buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 

2 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appropriations here3 under shall be available for granting easements at any Ag4 ricultural Research Service location for the construction of 

5 a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and 

6 acceptable to, the Agricultural Research Service and a con7 dition of the easements shall be that upon completion the 

8 facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the 

9 availability of funds herein, if the Secretary finds that ac10 ceptance of the facility is in the interest of the United 

11 States: Provided further, That funds may be received from 

12 any State, other political subdivision, organization, or in13 dividual for the purpose of establishing or operating any 

14 research facility or research project of the Agricultural Re15 search Service, as authorized by law. 

16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

17 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im18 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

19 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricul20 tural research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

21 where not otherwise provided, $57,305,000 to remain avail22 able until expended, of which $25,900,000 shall be for the 

23 purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 

24 the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report 

25 accompanying this Act. 

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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

2 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

3 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

4 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

5 for other expenses, $1,142,021,000, which shall be for the 

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

7 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and 

8 Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 

9 Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 institu10 tions, education grants for 1890 institutions, Hispanic 

11 serving institutions education grants, capacity building for 

12 non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and 

13 food research initiative, veterinary medicine loan repay14 ment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and insti15 tution challenge grants, grants management systems, tribal 

16 colleges education equity grants, and scholarships at 1890 

17 institutions shall remain available until expended: Pro18 vided further, That each institution eligible to receive funds 

19 under the Evans-Allen program receives no less than 

20 $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for education 

21 grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving in22 stitutions be made available to individual eligible institu23 tions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds award24 ed equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Pro25 vided further, That funds for providing grants for food and 

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1 agricultural sciences for Alaska Native and Native Hawai2 ian-Serving institutions and for Insular Areas shall remain 

3 available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That 

4 funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be 

5 made available to institutions eligible to receive funds 

6 under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not 

7 more than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this 

8 or any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food 

9 Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained 

10 by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 

11 incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority. 

12 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

13 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

16 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

17 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

19 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $586,502,000, 

20 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci21 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri22 culture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accompanying 

23 this Act: Provided, That funds for extension services at 1994 

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1 ther, That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 

2 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no less than 

3 $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for cooperative ex4 tension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act 

5 (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 

6 93–471 shall be available for retirement and employees’ 

7 compensation costs for extension agents. 

8 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

9 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

10 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex11 penses, $39,500,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

12 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Insti13 tute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the 

14 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for the 

15 Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain avail16 able until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That not17 withstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs shall 

18 not be charged against any Extension Implementation Pro19 gram Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest 

20 Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

22 REGULATORY PROGRAMS

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec24 retary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $1,617,000: 

25 Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 

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1 agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission 

2 area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 

3 one administrative support staff for the Office. 

4 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

8 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for rep9 resentation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 

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

11 $1,164,209,000, of which $530,000, to remain available 

12 until expended, shall be available for the control of out13 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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

15 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 

16 $15,950,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

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

18 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; 

19 of which $39,183,000, to remain available until expended, 

20 shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which 

21 $4,096,000 shall be for activities under the authority of the 

22 Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); 

23 of which $64,930,000, to remain available until expended, 

24 shall be used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, 

25 to remain available until expended, shall be for information 

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1 technology infrastructure; of which $219,698,000, to remain 

2 available until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; 

3 of which, $14,986,000, to remain available until expended, 

4 shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of 

5 which $24,067,000, to remain available until expended, 

6 shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which 

7 $44,117,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

8 for emergency preparedness and response; of which 

9 $62,562,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

10 for tree and wood pests; of which $6,528,000, to remain 

11 available until expended, shall be for the National Veteri12 nary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain avail13 able until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for 

14 indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available until 

15 expended, shall be for the wildlife damage management pro16 gram for aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts avail17 able under this heading for wildlife services methods devel18 opment, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

19 Provided further, That of amounts available under this 

20 heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall re21 main available until expended; of which $24,527,000, to re22 main available until expended, shall be used to carry out 

23 the science program and transition activities for the Na24 tional Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, 

25 Kansas: Provided further, That no funds shall be used to 

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1 formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program 

2 for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 

3 matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided fur4 ther, That this appropriation shall be available for the pur5 chase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of aircraft: 

6 Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies which 

7 threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus8 try of the United States, the Secretary may transfer from 

9 other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or 

10 corporations of the Department such sums as may be 

11 deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 

12 for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious 

13 disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for ex14 penses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the 

15 Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) 

16 and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 

17 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of 

18 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre19 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

20 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

21 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

22 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve23 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any 

24 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per25 cent of the current replacement value of the building. 

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

2 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 

3 goods, or services requested by States, other political sub4 divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 

5 governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 

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

7 reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv8 ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 

9 be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until ex10 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 

11 assistance, goods, or services. 

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

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

17 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

20 MARKETING SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

22 Service, $242,913,000, of which $7,504,000 shall be avail23 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

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1 pended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 

2 115–334: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

3 be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter4 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 

5 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 

6 not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of 

7 the building. 

8 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

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

11 development or maintenance of grain standards under the 

12 United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 

13 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

15 obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 

16 expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/ 

17 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 

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

19 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

20 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

21 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 

24 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 

25 program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 

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1 operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart2 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 

3 Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise 

4 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $21,501,000 

5 for formulation and administration of marketing agree6 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

7 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961 

8 (Public Law 87–128). 

9 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

10 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

11 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar12 keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 

13 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000. 

14 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

15 EXPENSES

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

17 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 

18 weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 

19 require additional supervision and oversight, or other un20 controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 

21 by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 

22 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

23 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec25 retary for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That funds 

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1 made available by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety 

2 mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 

3 up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 

4 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 

6 by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 

7 Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in8 cluding not to exceed $10,000 for representation allowances 

9 and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 

10 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,180,364,000; and in 

11 addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 

12 fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as au13 thorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva14 tion and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 

15 funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication 

16 Infrastructure system shall remain available until ex17 pended: Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time 

18 equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 

19 2023 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and en20 forcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act 

21 (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That this appro22 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 

23 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve24 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during the 

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1 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace2 ment value of the building. 

3 TITLE II 

4 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

5 PROGRAMS 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM

7 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec9 retary for Farm Production and Conservation, $1,727,000: 

10 Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 

11 agency in the Farm Production and Conservation mission 

12 area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 

13 one administrative support staff for the Office. 

14 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS

15 CENTER

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

19 Conservation Business Center, $257,684,000: Provided, 

20 That $60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the current 

21 fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm Secu22 rity and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) 

23 shall be transferred to and merged with this account. 

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1 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

5 $1,229,396,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 

6 of the funding made available under this heading for infor7 mation technology related to farm program delivery may 

8 be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees 

9 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives 

10 written or electronic notification of receipt from such Com11 mittees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each 

12 project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and per13 formance capabilities to be delivered and the mission bene14 fits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost for the 

15 entirety of the project/investment, including estimates for 

16 development as well as maintenance and operations, and 

17 (c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each 

18 project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service 

19 Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being man20 aged in accordance with applicable lifecycle management 

21 policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable De22 partment’s capital planning and investment control re23 quirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government 

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1 ther, That the agency shall submit a report by the end of 

2 the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023 to the Committees on 

3 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Govern4 ment Accountability Office, that identifies for each project/ 

5 investment that is operational (a) current performance 

6 against key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current 

7 performance of service level agreements or other technical 

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

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

10 planned spending on operational enhancements or up11 grades, and (e) an assessment of whether the investment 

12 continues to meet business needs as intended as well as al13 ternatives to the investment: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and au15 thorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Cor16 poration to make program payments for all programs ad17 ministered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 

18 funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities 

19 may be advanced to and merged with this account: Provided 

20 further, That of the amount appropriated under this head21 ing, $696,594,000 shall be made available to county com22 mittees, to remain available until expended: Provided fur23 ther, That, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, any 

24 funds made available to county committees in the current 

25 fiscal year that the Administrator of the Farm Service 

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1 Agency deems to exceed or not meet the amount needed for 

2 the county committees may be transferred to or from the 

3 Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses: Provided fur4 ther, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 

5 Agency shall be used to close Farm Service Agency county 

6 offices: Provided further, That none of the funds available 

7 to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to permanently 

8 relocate county based employees that would result in an of9 fice with two or fewer employees without prior notification 

10 and approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress. 

12 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

13 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul14 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 

15 $7,000,000. 

16 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

17 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

18 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

20 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

21 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

24 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

25 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

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1 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

3 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de4 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

5 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria6 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

7 12). 

8 GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND

9 RANCHERS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimburse11 ment payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers 

12 and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conservation, 

13 and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), $3,000,000, to 

14 remain available until expended. 

15 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di19 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 

20 and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency 

21 loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition 

22 loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), 

23 guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), re24 lending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and Indian highly 

25 fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) to be available 

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1 from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as 

2 follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership 

3 loans and $3,100,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 

4 $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 

5 and $1,633,333,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

6 loans, $4,062,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

7 $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; 

8 relending program, $61,426,000; Indian highly fractionated 

9 land loans, $5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication pro10 gram loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

11 deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 

12 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

13 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 

14 including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 

15 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: 

16 $249,000 for emergency loans, to remain available until ex17 pended; and $23,520,000 for direct farm operating loans, 

18 $11,228,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating 

19 loans, $10,983,000 for the relending program, and $894,000 

20 for Indian highly fractionated land loans. 

21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

22 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

23 $326,461,000: Provided, That of this amount, $305,803,000 

24 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

25 for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

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1 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

2 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, op3 erating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans 

4 may be transferred among these programs: Provided, That 

5 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con6 gress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any trans7 fer. 

8 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agen11 cy, $75,443,000; of which $4,500,000 shall be available to 

12 conduct research and development and carry out con13 tracting and partnerships as described under subsections 

14 522(c) and (d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as 

15 amended (7 U.S.C. 1522(c) and (d)), in addition to 

16 amounts otherwise provided for such purposes: Provided, 

17 That $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

18 heading in this Act shall be available for compliance and 

19 integrity activities required under section 516(b)(2)(C) of 

20 the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 

21 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall be in addition to amounts other22 wise provided for such purpose: Provided further, That not 

23 to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and 

24 representation expenses, 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 provisions 

4 of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 

5 preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 

6 measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga7 tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 

8 and water management as may be necessary to prevent 

9 floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul10 tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 

11 materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis12 semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 

13 interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 

14 donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 

15 exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 

16 2268a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 

17 of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 

18 maintenance of aircraft, $1,023,777,000, to remain avail19 able until September 30, 2024, of which up to $22,973,000 

20 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for 

21 this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Fund22 ing’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 

23 That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 

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1 ters, except that the cost of alterations and improvements 

2 to other buildings and other public improvements shall not 

3 exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings or 

4 other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the 

5 right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 

6 2250a. 

7 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

8 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas9 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga10 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 

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

12 Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 

13 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provisions of 

14 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

15 $95,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

16 That for funds provided by this Act or any other prior Act, 

17 the limitation regarding the size of the watershed or sub18 watershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand acres 

19 in which such activities can be undertaken shall only apply 

20 for activities undertaken for the primary purpose of flood 

21 prevention (including structural and land treatment meas22 ures): Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

23 under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be allocated to 

24 projects and activities that can commence promptly fol25 lowing enactment; that address regional priorities for flood 

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1 prevention, agricultural water management, inefficient ir2 rigation systems, fish and wildlife habitat, or watershed 

3 protection; or that address authorized ongoing projects 

4 under the authorities of section 13 of the Flood Control Act 

5 of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78–534) with a primary 

6 purpose of watershed protection by preventing floodwater 

7 damage and stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, and 

8 banks to reduce erosion and sediment transport. 

9 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

10 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

11 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $5,000,000 is pro12 vided. 

13 HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the Healthy For15 ests Reserve Program under the Healthy Forests Restora16 tion Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6571-6578), $10,000,000, to 

17 remain available until expended. 

18 URBAN AGRICULTURE AND INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the Urban Agri20 culture and Innovative Production Program under section 

21 222 of subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorga22 nization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), as added by section 

23 12302 of Public Law 115–334, $13,500,000. 

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1 CORPORATIONS 

2 The following corporations and agencies are hereby au3 thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 

4 and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 

5 or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 

6 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 

7 as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 

8 Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro9 grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

10 such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 

11 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

12 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed13 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 

14 be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

15 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

16 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec19 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

20 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 

21 pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 

22 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 

23 the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 

24 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 

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1 cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 

2 and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa3 tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul4 tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor5 poration business. 

6 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

7 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

8 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor9 poration shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for site 

10 investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 

11 maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 

12 section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re13 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

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

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

16 TITLE III 

17 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

19 DEVELOPMENT

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec21 retary for Rural Development, $1,620,000: Provided, That 

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

23 Development mission area for salaries and expenses are 

24 available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

25 the Office. 

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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis5 tration and implementation of Rural Development pro6 grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 

7 development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and 

8 for cooperative agreements; $401,976,000: Provided, That of 

9 the amount made available under this heading, up to 

10 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 

11 shall be for the Rural Partners Network activities of the 

12 Department of Agriculture, and may be transferred to other 

13 agencies of the Department for such purpose, consistent 

14 with the missions and authorities of such agencies: Provided 

15 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 funds appropriated under this heading may be used for ad17 vertising and promotional activities that support Rural De18 velopment programs: Provided further, That in addition to 

19 any other funds appropriated for purposes authorized by 

20 section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

21 1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section, as 

22 amended by this Act, will immediately be credited to this 

23 account and will remain available until expended for such 

24 purposes. 

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1 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

7 housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,500,000,000 shall be 

8 for direct loans, $12,000,000 shall be for a single family 

9 housing relending demonstration program for Native Amer10 ican Tribes, and $30,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized 

11 guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 504 housing re12 pair loans; $150,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; 

13 $300,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family hous14 ing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family hous15 ing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help 

16 housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 

17 524 site development loans. 

18 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

21 502 loans, $55,650,000 shall be for direct loans; $3,948,000 

22 shall be for a single family housing relending demonstration 

23 program for Native American Tribes; section 504 housing 

24 repair loans, $2,324,000; section 523 self-help housing land 

25 development loans, $267,000; section 524 site development 

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1 loans, $208,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new con2 struction of section 515 rental housing, $28,665,000: Pro3 vided, That to support the loan program level for section 

4 538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading 

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

6 projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provi7 sions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et 

8 seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized: 

9 Provided further, That applicants in communities that have 

10 a current rural area waiver under section 541 of the Hous11 ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living 

12 in a rural area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans 

13 provided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 

14 amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 di15 rect loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 

16 direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur17 suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 

18 housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act 

19 of 1949 until June 1, 2023: Provided further, That the Sec20 retary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to 

21 nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to 

22 facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) 

23 multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit organiza24 tions and public housing authorities that commit to keep 

25 such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program 

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

2 such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the fol3 lowing: allow such nonprofit entities and public housing 

4 authorities to earn a Return on Investment on their own 

5 resources to include proceeds from low income housing tax 

6 credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and developer 

7 loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; and 

8 allow reimbursement of organizational costs associated with 

9 owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset Management 

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

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

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

13 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $40,000,000, 

14 to remain available until expended, for a demonstration 

15 program for the preservation and revitalization of the sec16 tions 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing prop17 erties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing 

18 loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the 

19 purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to 

20 preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and 

21 affordable housing for low-income residents and farm labor22 ers including reducing or eliminating interest; deferring 

23 loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing 

24 loan debt; and other financial assistance including ad25 vances, payments and incentives (including the ability of 

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1 owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required 

2 by the Secretary: Provided, That the Secretary shall, as 

3 part of the preservation and revitalization agreement, ob4 tain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms 

5 of the restructuring: Provided further, That any balances, 

6 including obligated balances, available for all demonstra7 tion programs for the preservation and revitalization of sec8 tions 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing prop9 erties in the ‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Pro10 gram Account’’ shall be transferred to and merged with this 

11 account, and shall also be available for the preservation and 

12 revitalization of sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 

13 rental housing properties, including the restructuring of ex14 isting USDA multi-family housing loans: Provided further, 

15 That following the transfer of balances described in the pre16 ceding proviso, any adjustments to obligations for dem17 onstration programs for the preservation and revitalization 

18 of sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 

19 properties that would otherwise be incurred in the ‘‘Multi20 Family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’ shall be 

21 made in this account from amounts transferred to this ac22 count under the preceding proviso. 

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

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

25 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $18,126,000, 

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1 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 

2 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

3 contracts: Provided, That any balances available for the 

4 Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to and 

5 merged with this account. 

6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

7 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

8 $412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

9 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex10 penses’’. 

11 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

12 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re13 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

14 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in 

15 lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households 

16 as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act 

17 of 1949, $1,493,926,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be 

18 available until September 30, 2024; and in addition such 

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

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

21 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec22 tion 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance 

23 agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 

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

25 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

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1 not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for newly con2 structed units financed under section 514 and 516 of the 

3 Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That upon request 

4 by an owner of a project financed by an existing loan under 

5 section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Secretary may renew the 

6 rental assistance agreement for a period of 20 years or until 

7 the term of such loan has expired, subject to annual appro8 priations: Provided further, That any unexpended balances 

9 remaining at the end of such one-year agreements may be 

10 transferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction, 

11 maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing 

12 projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities au13 thorized under title V of the Act: Provided further, That 

14 rental assistance provided under agreements entered into 

15 prior to fiscal year 2023 for a farm labor multi-family 

16 housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the 

17 Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until 

18 such assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 con19 secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants 

20 seeking such assistance or the project has rental assistance 

21 eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Pro22 vided further, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, 

23 to the extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor 

24 multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 

25 516 of the Act: Provided further, That except as provided 

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1 in the fifth proviso under this heading and notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of the Act, the Secretary may recapture 

3 rental assistance provided under agreements entered into 

4 prior to fiscal year 2023 for a project that the Secretary 

5 determines no longer needs rental assistance and use such 

6 recaptured funds for current needs. 

7 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT

8 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

9 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwith10 standing subsection (b) of such section, $38,000,000, to re11 main available until expended: Provided, That the funds 

12 made available under this heading shall be available for 

13 rural housing vouchers to any low-income household (in14 cluding those not receiving rental assistance) residing in 

15 a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 

16 prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 2005: 

17 Provided further, That the amount of such voucher shall be 

18 the difference between comparable market rent for the sec19 tion 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Pro20 vided further, That funds made available for such vouchers 

21 shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations: 

22 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum 

23 extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 

24 regulations and administrative guidance applicable to sec25 tion 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of 

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1 the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Pro2 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

3 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 

4 total, from the program funds made available under this 

5 heading, for administrative expenses for activities funded 

6 under this heading. 

7 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

8 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

9 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 

10 $33,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

12 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

13 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

15 $48,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di19 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 

20 described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 

21 and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans 

22 and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

23 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 

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

25 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for 

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1 rural community facilities programs as authorized by sec2 tion 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consoli3 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $194,865,000, to 

4 remain available until expended, of which up to 

5 $126,865,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 

6 specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community 

7 Project Funding’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Pro8 vided, That $8,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

9 this heading shall be available for a Rural Community De10 velopment Initiative: Provided further, That such funds 

11 shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of 

12 private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu13 nity development organizations, low-income rural commu14 nities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 

15 to undertake projects to improve housing, community facili16 ties, community and economic development projects in 

17 rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

18 made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 

19 intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro20 gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur21 ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 

22 matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds 

23 for related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro24 vided: Provided further, That any unobligated balances 

25 from prior year appropriations under this heading for the 

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

2 amounts deobligated or cancelled, may be made available 

3 to cover the subsidy costs for direct loans and or loan guar4 antees under this heading in this fiscal year: Provided fur5 ther, That no amounts may be made available pursuant 

6 to the preceding proviso from amounts that were designated 

7 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

8 a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or that 

10 were specified in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Fund11 ing/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory 

12 statement for Division A of Public Law 117–103 described 

13 in section 4 in the matter preceding such division A: Pro14 vided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated 

15 under this heading shall be available for community facili16 ties grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 

17 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 

18 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

19 Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 

20 available under this heading. 

21 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

22 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

25 rural business development programs authorized by section 

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1 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of 

2 section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop3 ment Act, $88,800,000, to remain available until expended: 

4 Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 

5 heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 

6 one grant to a qualified national organization to provide 

7 technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 

8 promote economic development and $9,000,000 shall be for 

9 grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa 

10 et seq.), the Northern Border Regional Commission (40 

11 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appalachian Regional Com12 mission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any Rural Commu13 nity Advancement Program purpose as described in section 

14 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

15 Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for ad16 ministrative expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of 

17 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 

18 business grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native 

19 American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a quali20 fied national organization to provide technical assistance 

21 for rural transportation in order to promote economic de22 velopment: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

23 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

24 are not applicable to funds made available under this head25 ing. 

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1 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

4 by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 

5 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

6 For the cost of direct loans, $3,313,000, as authorized 

7 by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 

8 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $331,000 shall be available through 

9 June 30, 2023, for Federally Recognized Native American 

10 Tribes; and of which $663,000 shall be available through 

11 June 30, 2023, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

12 determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro13 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

14 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

15 Budget Act of 1974. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

18 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop19 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

20 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

23 under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for 

24 the purpose of promoting rural economic development and 

25 job creation projects, $50,000,000. 

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

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

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

5 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

6 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

8 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $27,600,000, of which 

9 $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap10 propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro11 vided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants for 

12 cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or 

13 groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 

14 groups and a majority of the boards of directors or gov15 erning boards of which are comprised of individuals who 

16 are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which 

17 $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

18 for value-added agricultural product market development 

19 grants, as authorized by section 210A of the Agricultural 

20 Marketing Act of 1946, of which $3,000,000, to remain 

21 available until expended, shall be for Agriculture Innova22 tion Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 of Public 

23 Law 107–171. 

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1 RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For the principal amount of direct loans authorized 

3 by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel4 opment Act (U.S.C. 2008s), $25,000,000. 

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

6 same terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E 

7 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

8 U.S.C. 2008s). 

9 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

10 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 

11 grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized 

12 by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

13 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $10,045,000: Provided, That 

14 the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 

15 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

17 HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE

18 For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with 

19 section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of 

20 Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), 

21 as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, 

22 for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects 

23 that provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, 

24 to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low25 income communities, $5,000,000, to remain available until 

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1 expended: Provided, That such costs of loans, including the 

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

3 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

4 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

5 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

9 described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 

10 and Rural Development Act, as follows: $1,450,000,000 for 

11 direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

12 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, including 

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

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

15 waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management 

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

17 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 

18 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 

19 Rural Development Act, $685,072,000, to remain available 

20 until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

21 available for the rural utilities program described in section 

22 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

23 $5,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

24 described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That not 

25 to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

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1 this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 

2 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop3 ment Act in addition to funding authorized by section 

4 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That $70,000,000 

5 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 

6 loans and grants including water and waste disposal sys7 tems grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and sec8 tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop9 ment Act, and Federally Recognized Native American 

10 Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided fur11 ther, That funding provided for section 306D of the Consoli12 dated Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided 

13 to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public 

14 Law 105–83: Provided further, That not more than 2 per15 cent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consoli16 dated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by 

17 the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 

18 programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding pro19 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

20 Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pur21 suant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and 

22 technical assistance programs: Provided further, That not 

23 to exceed $37,500,000 of the amount appropriated under 

24 this heading shall be for technical assistance grants for 

25 rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 

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1 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a deter2 mination of extreme need, of which $8,500,000 shall be 

3 made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi4 State regional technical assistance organization, with expe5 rience in working with small communities on water and 

6 waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant 

7 shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 

8 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, devel9 opment, operation, and management of water and waste 

10 water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall 

11 be for a qualified national Native American organization 

12 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for 

13 tribal communities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

14 $20,762,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 

15 shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza16 tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist17 ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not 

18 to exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made available under 

19 this heading shall be for solid waste management grants: 

20 Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appro21 priated under this heading shall be transferred to, and 

22 merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 

23 Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 

24 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 

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1 energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural 

2 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be trans3 ferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High 

4 Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That not 

5 to exceed $6,810,000 of the amounts appropriated under 

6 this heading shall be available as the Secretary deems ap7 propriate for water and waste direct one percent loans for 

8 distressed communities: Provided further, That if the Sec9 retary determines that any portion of the amount made 

10 available for one percent loans is not needed for such loans, 

11 the Secretary may use such amounts, for grants authorized 

12 by section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

13 Development Act: Provided further, That if any funds made 

14 available for the direct loan subsidy costs remain unobli15 gated after July 31, 2024, such unobligated balances may 

16 be used for grant programs funded under this heading: Pro17 vided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Con18 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not appli19 cable to the funds made available under this heading. 

20 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

21 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

24 as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural 

25 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, and 

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1 940g) shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant to sec2 tion 306, guaranteed electric loans, $2,167,000,000; loans 

3 made pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding 4(c)(2), of 

4 that Act, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, cost5 of-money direct loans, $4,333,000,000; loans made pursuant 

6 to section 313A of that Act, guaranteed underwriting loans, 

7 $800,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 

8 305(d)(2) of that Act, cost of money telecommunications 

9 loans, $690,000,000. 

10 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

11 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

12 935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 

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

14 of money rural telecommunications loans, $3,726,000. 

15 In addition, $11,500,000 to remain available until ex16 pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and 

17 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, 

18 That the energy efficiency measures supported by the fund19 ing in this paragraph shall contribute in a demonstrable 

20 way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 

21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

22 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

23 $33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with 

24 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

25 Expenses’’. 

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1 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

2 PROGRAM

3 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv4 ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 

5 seq., $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants 

7 authorized by section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 

8 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

9 provided under this heading for grants under section 379G 

10 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 

11 only be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility 

12 criteria for a consortium as established by this section. 

13 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by sec14 tions 601 and 602 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

15 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

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

17 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

18 For the broadband loan and grant pilot program es19 tablished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 

20 Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under the 

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

22 901 et seq.), $465,513,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, of which up to $15,513,000 shall be for the pur24 poses, and in the amounts, specified for this account in the 

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1 companying this Act: Provided, That the Secretary may 

2 award grants described in section 601(a) of the Rural Elec3 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for 

4 the purposes of carrying out such pilot program: Provided 

5 further, That the cost of direct loans shall be defined in sec6 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

7 further, That at least 90 percent of the households to be 

8 served by a project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot 

9 program shall be in a rural area without sufficient access 

10 to broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such 

11 pilot program, a rural area without sufficient access to 

12 broadband shall be defined as twenty-five megabytes per sec13 ond downstream and three megabytes per second upstream: 

14 Provided further, That to the extent possible, projects receiv15 ing funds provided under the pilot program must build out 

16 service to at least one hundred megabytes per second down17 stream, and twenty megabytes per second upstream: Pro18 vided further, That an entity to which a loan or grant is 

19 made under the pilot program shall not use the loan or 

20 grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a serv21 ice area by any entity that has received a broadband loan 

22 from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not 

23 provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum 

24 service threshold: Provided further, That not more than four 

25 percent of the funds made available in this paragraph can 

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1 be used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot pro2 gram and up to three percent of funds made available in 

3 this paragraph may be available for technical assistance 

4 and pre-development planning activities to support the 

5 most rural communities: Provided further, That the Rural 

6 Utilities Service is directed to expedite program delivery 

7 methods that would implement this paragraph: Provided 

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

9 shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assess10 ment requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural 

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

12 In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until ex13 pended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au14 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 

15 TITLE IV 

16 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

17 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

18 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec20 retary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

21 $1,376,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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

23 Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail24 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 

25 Office. 

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1 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

2 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

5 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), 

6 except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

7 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; 

8 $28,619,957,000 to remain available through September 30, 

9 2024, of which such sums as are made available under sec10 tion 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

11 of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this Act, 

12 shall be merged with and available for the same time period 

13 and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total 

14 amount available, $20,162,000 shall be available to carry 

15 out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

16 1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 

17 available, $21,005,000 shall be available to carry out stud18 ies and evaluations and shall remain available until ex19 pended: Provided further, That of the total amount avail20 able, $12,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 

21 carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National 

22 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, 

23 That notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. 

24 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount provided to a farm 

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1 to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2023 shall not exceed 

2 $500,000: Provided further, That of the total amount avail3 able, $40,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive 

4 grants to State agencies for subgrants to local educational 

5 agencies and schools to purchase the equipment, with a 

6 value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier 

7 meals, improve food safety, and to help support the estab8 lishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast 

9 program: Provided further, That of the total amount avail10 able, $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 

11 carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations 

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

13 of the total amount available, $10,000,000 shall be available 

14 until September 30, 2024 to carry out section 23 of the 

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

16 $2,000,000 shall be for grants under such section to the 

17 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 

18 Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Is19 lands, Guam, and American Samoa: Provided further, That 

20 section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

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

22 sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2023’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘2010 through 2024’’: Provided further, That section 

24 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

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

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1 by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 

2 year 2023’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the 

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

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

5 ‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 

6 2023’’. 

7 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

8 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple10 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 

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

12 $6,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

13 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of 

14 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 

15 not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding 

16 peer counselors and other related activities, and 

17 $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Provided fur18 ther, That the Secretary shall use funds made available 

19 under this heading to increase the amount of a cash-value 

20 voucher for women and children participants to an amount 

21 recommended by the National Academies of Science, Engi22 neering and Medicine and adjusted for inflation: Provided 

23 further, That none of the funds provided in this account 

24 shall be available for the purchase of infant formula except 

25 in accordance with the cost containment and competitive 

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1 bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: 

2 Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall be 

3 available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by 

4 other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 

5 authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 

6 upon termination of a federally mandated vendor morato7 rium and subject to terms and conditions established by the 

8 Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 

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

10 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nu12 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 

13 $111,180,895,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

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

15 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as 

16 may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

17 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended in 

18 accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

19 of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

20 under this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutri21 tion education services to State agencies and Federally Rec22 ognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Pro23 gram on Indian Reservations: Provided further, That of the 

24 funds made available under this heading, $3,000,000, to re25 main available until September 30, 2024, shall be used to 

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1 carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relating 

2 to demonstration projects for tribal organizations: Provided 

3 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

4 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re5 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

6 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re7 main available through September 30, 2024: Provided fur8 ther, That funds made available under this heading for sec9 tion 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the Food 

10 and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available through 

11 September 30, 2024: Provided further, That none of the 

12 funds made available under this heading may be obligated 

13 or expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immi14 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided 

15 further, That funds made available under this heading may 

16 be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct 

17 studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to pro18 gram integrity provided that such activities are authorized 

19 by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

20 For making, after June 30 of the current fiscal year, 

21 benefit payments to individuals, and payments to States 

22 or other non-Federal entities, pursuant to the Food and Nu23 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), for unantici24 pated costs incurred for the last three months of the fiscal 

25 year, such sums as may be necessary. 

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1 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 

3 and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au4 thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 

5 Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency 

6 Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nu7 clear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of 

8 the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 

9 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition 

10 Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri11 tion Act of 1966, $469,710,000, to remain available through 

12 September 30, 2024: Provided, That none of these funds 

13 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor14 poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 

15 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2023 to 

17 support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, 

18 as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and 

19 Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain 

20 available through September 30, 2024: Provided further, 

21 That of the funds made available under section 27(a) of 

22 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), 

23 the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for costs associated 

24 with the distribution of commodities. 

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1 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 

3 Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 

4 assistance program, $231,378,000: Provided, That of the 

5 funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the pur6 poses of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as amended 

7 by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 

8 TITLE V 

9 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

11 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec13 retary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 

14 $932,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 

15 to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Af16 fairs mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

17 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 

18 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

20 Alimentarius, $4,922,000, including not to exceed $40,000 

21 for official reception and representation expenses. 

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1 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

5 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representation 

6 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

8 $234,913,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall remain 

9 available until September 30, 2024, for overseas operations 

10 to include the payment of locally employed staff: Provided, 

11 That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reim12 burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 

13 of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 

14 institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the ag15 ricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 

16 1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 

17 States Agency for International Development: Provided fur18 ther, That funds made available for middle-income country 

19 training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 

20 International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow21 ship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricul22 tural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offset23 ting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, 

24 subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Serv25 ice, shall remain available until expended. 

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1 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

2 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other3 wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ4 ing interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public 

5 Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connection with 

6 dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

7 $1,800,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

9 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

11 section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

12 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $265,000,000, to remain 

13 available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 

14 Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa15 cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 

16 such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro17 vided herein: Provided further, That of the amount made 

18 available under this heading, not more than 10 percent, but 

19 not less than $26,500,000, shall remain available until ex20 pended to purchase agricultural commodities as described 

21 in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural 

22 Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(a)(2)). 

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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

2 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com5 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 

6 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common over7 head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 

8 Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 

9 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall be trans10 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign 

11 Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

12 TITLE VI 

13 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

14 ADMINISTRATION 

15 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

16 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis20 tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve21 hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu22 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 

23 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 

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1 priated to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying out 

2 the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st 

3 Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for miscellaneous 

4 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author5 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

6 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 

7 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

8 107–188; $6,484,171,000: Provided, That of the amount 

9 provided under this heading, $1,224,132,000 shall be de10 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

11 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and re12 main available until expended; $248,342,000 shall be de13 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

14 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

15 available until expended; $550,449,000 shall be derived 

16 from human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

17 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

18 available until expended; $40,841,000 shall be derived from 

19 biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 

20 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and 

21 remain available until expended; $32,238,000 shall be de22 rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

23 379j–12, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

24 available until expended; $29,459,000 shall be derived from 

25 generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

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1 379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

2 available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived 

3 from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

4 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

5 available until expended: Provided further, That in addi6 tion to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 

7 heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 

8 medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, bio9 similar biological product user fees, animal drug user fees, 

10 and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the re11 spective fiscal year 2023 limitations are appropriated and 

12 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

13 expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescrip14 tion drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar 

15 biological product, animal drug, and generic new animal 

16 drug assessments for fiscal year 2023, including any such 

17 fees collected prior to fiscal year 2023 but credited for fiscal 

18 year 2023, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2023 limita19 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept pay20 ment during fiscal year 2023 of user fees specified under 

21 this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2024, prior to 

22 the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees 

23 assessed for fiscal year 2024 for which the Secretary accepts 

24 payment in fiscal year 2023 shall not be included in 

25 amounts under this heading: Provided further, That none 

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1 of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate 

2 any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: 

3 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated: 

4 (1) $1,244,007,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety 

5 and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the 

6 Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 

7 $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood 

8 manufacturers and field examinations of imported seafood; 

9 (2) $2,225,209,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua10 tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 

11 of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $10,000,000 

12 shall be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspec13 tions and shall remain available until expended, and 

14 $15,000,000 shall be for coordinating programs and activi15 ties of the Food and Drug Administration with those of the 

16 Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Customs and 

17 Border Protection to combat the illicit importation of 

18 opioids, including fentanyl, through international mail fa19 cilities and land ports-of entry; (3) $477,782,000 shall be 

20 for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and 

21 for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af22 fairs; (4) $295,999,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 

23 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Reg24 ulatory Affairs; (5) $682,221,000 shall be for the Center for 

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1 tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $77,893,000 

2 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; 

3 (7) $677,165,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod4 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu5 latory Affairs; (8) $216,603,000 shall be for Rent and Re6 lated activities, of which $56,011,000 is for White Oak Con7 solidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 

8 Services Administration for rent; (9) $237,917,000 shall be 

9 for payments to the General Services Administration for 

10 rent; and (10) $349,375,000 shall be for other activities, in11 cluding the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 

12 the Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office of Oper13 ations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services 

14 for these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed 

15 $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and 

16 representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as de17 termined by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any 

18 transfer of funds pursuant to, and for the administration 

19 of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

20 Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made 

21 available under this heading for other activities and shall 

22 not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That of the 

23 amounts that are made available under this heading for 

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1 propriation for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv2 ices—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the pro3 grams and operations of the Food and Drug Administra4 tion and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made avail5 able for oversight of the Food and Drug Administration: 

6 Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one 

7 specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

9 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 

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

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

12 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food rein13 spection fees, and voluntary qualified importer program 

14 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing facility 

15 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription drug 

16 wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees author17 ized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider 

18 licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

19 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 

20 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority review 

21 voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, and 

22 fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs author23 ized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this account, 

24 to remain available until expended. 

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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten3 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip4 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Adminis5 tration, where not otherwise provided, $16,000,000, to re6 main available until expended. 

7 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de10 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 

11 Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 

12 under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, $50,000,000, 

13 to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

14 amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appropriated 

15 pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures 

16 Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under sec17 tion 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by 

18 the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the appropriation 

19 for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services Food and 

20 Drug Administration Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for the 

21 purposes provided in such Act: Provided further, That upon 

22 a determination by the Commissioner that funds trans23 ferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not necessary 

24 for the purposes provided, such amounts may be transferred 

25 back to the account: Provided further, That such transfer 

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1 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

2 provided by law. 

3 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

4 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

7 the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 

8 the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 

9 rental of space (to include multiple year leases), in the Dis10 trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, including 

11 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa12 tion expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses 

13 for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission 

14 with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of 

15 which not less than $20,000,000 shall remain available 

16 until September 30, 2024, and of which not less than 

17 $4,567,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

18 General: Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations in 

19 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under this heading are 

20 available for the liquidation of obligations equal to current 

21 year payments on leases entered into prior to the date of 

22 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That for the pur23 pose of recording and liquidating any lease obligations that 

24 should have been recorded and liquidated against accounts 

25 closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the 

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1 preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and 

2 recorded in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has 

3 been established for the sole purpose of recording adjust4 ments for and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 

5 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

7 Not to exceed $88,500,000 (from assessments collected 

8 from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agri9 cultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during 

10 the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as au11 thorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limita12 tion shall not apply to expenses associated with receiver13 ships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed this 

14 limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com15 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro16 vided further, That the purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) 

17 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 

18 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may ex19 empt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the application 

20 of the limitation provided in that clause of export loans 

21 described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a manner 

22 other than described in subclause (II) of the clause. 

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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 

5 made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 

6 Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 

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

8 total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2023 does 

9 not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased in fiscal 

10 year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing additional 

11 motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such vehi12 cles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper13 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

14 public safety: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 

15 increase the Department of Agriculture’s fleet above the 

16 2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, and re17 ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 both Houses of Congress within 30 days of the notification. 

19 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

20 Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 

21 balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act 

22 or any other available unobligated discretionary balances 

23 that are remaining available of the Department of Agri24 culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 

25 property, plant and equipment and for the improvement, 

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1 delivery, and implementation of Department financial, and 

2 administrative information technology services, and other 

3 support systems necessary for the delivery of financial, ad4 ministrative, and information technology services, includ5 ing cloud adoption and migration, of primary benefit to 

6 the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such trans7 ferred funds to remain available until expended: Provided, 

8 That none of the funds made available by this Act or any 

9 other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 

10 without the prior approval of the agency administrator: 

11 Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to the 

12 Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be 

13 available for obligation without written notification to and 

14 the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

15 both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 

16 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

17 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

18 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De19 partment’s National Finance Center without written notifi20 cation to and prior approval of the Committees on Appro21 priations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 

22 716 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 

23 appropriated by this Act or made available to the Depart24 ment’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for obliga25 tion or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, implement, 

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1 or make any changes to remove or relocate any systems, 

2 missions, personnel, or functions of the offices of the Chief 

3 Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer, co-lo4 cated with or from the National Finance Center prior to 

5 written notification to and prior approval of the Committee 

6 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in ac7 cordance with the requirements of section 716 of this Act: 

8 Provided further, That the National Finance Center Infor9 mation Technology Services Division personnel and data 

10 center management responsibilities, and control of any 

11 functions, missions, and systems for current and future 

12 human resources management and integrated personnel and 

13 payroll systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief 

14 Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall 

15 remain in the National Finance Center and under the man16 agement responsibility and administrative control of the 

17 National Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 

19 Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart20 ments and other government agencies National Finance 

21 Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, 

22 financial management, and human capital shared services 

23 and allow the National Finance Center to perform tech24 nology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual income 

25 amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department 

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1 of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in excess of the 

2 true costs of the shared services provided by the National 

3 Finance Center and budgeted for the National Finance Cen4 ter, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for 

5 the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, includ6 ing equipment for the improvement, delivery, and imple7 mentation of financial, administrative, and information 

8 technology services, and other systems of the National Fi9 nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 

10 of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 

11 none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga12 tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of the 

13 obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

14 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations 

15 on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congres16 sional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, 

17 as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to 

18 a declared state of emergency that significantly impacts the 

19 operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate 

20 employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven 

21 to continue operations of the National Finance Center. 

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

23 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

24 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 the 

6 agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange7 ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 

8 the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay9 ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 

10 institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 

11 similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 

12 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 De22 partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 

23 new information technology systems or significant up24 grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 

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1 cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech2 nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith3 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap4 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 

5 transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 

6 without written notification to and the prior approval of 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con8 gress: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 11319 

9 of title 40, United States Code, none of the funds available 

10 to the Department of Agriculture for information technology 

11 shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other agreements 

12 over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the 

13 Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief 

14 Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate 

15 funds without written approval from the Chief Information 

16 Officer for projects, contracts, or other agreements up to 

17 $250,000 based upon the performance of an agency meas18 ured against the performance plan requirements described 

19 in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 

20 113–235. 

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

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

23 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex24 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

25 year. 

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1 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid 

3 or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the 

4 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit util5 ity that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 

6 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

7 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 

8 under such Act. 

9 SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided 

10 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances 

11 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex12 penses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain 

13 available through September 30, 2024, for information tech14 nology expenses. 

15 (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

16 not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 

17 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 

18 this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall re19 main available through September 30, 2024, for informa20 tion technology expenses. 

21 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

22 made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel 

23 by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in con24 travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 

25 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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1 SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or 

2 amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 

3 79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title I or 

4 subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which 

5 indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is au6 thorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 

7 Commodity Credit Corporation— 

8 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and 

9 related administrative expenses, including technical 

10 assistance, associated with the implementation of the 

11 program, without regard to the limitation on the total 

12 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 

13 section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 

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

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

16 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

17 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

18 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 

19 such section. 

20 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 

21 more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex22 penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan23 els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri24 culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 

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1 rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 

2 awarded grants. 

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

4 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net5 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

6 and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

9 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi10 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

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

12 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 

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

14 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

15 other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 

16 personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of the 

17 Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section re18 ferred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,483,309,000 (exclu19 sive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), 

20 as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commod21 ities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; 

22 Removal of Defective Commodities—$2,500,000; Adminis23 tration of section 32 Commodity Purchases—$37,178,000: 

24 Provided, That, of the total funds made available in the 

25 matter preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on 

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1 October 1, 2023, such unobligated balances shall carryover 

2 into fiscal year 2024 and shall remain available until ex3 pended for any of the purposes of section 32, except that 

4 any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause 

5 (3) of section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may 

6 not be obligated until the Secretary of Agriculture provides 

7 written notification of the expenditures to the Committees 

8 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least two 

9 weeks in advance: Provided further, That, with the excep10 tion of any available carryover funds authorized in any 

11 prior appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of 

12 clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or 

13 otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be 

14 used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the 

15 Department of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 

16 32. 

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

18 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 

19 of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan20 guage as part of the President’s budget submission to the 

21 Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appro22 priations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Develop23 ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen24 cies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 

25 previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been 

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1 enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget unless 

2 such budget submission identifies which additional spend3 ing reductions should occur in the event the user fees pro4 posals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 

5 of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2024 appro6 priations Act. 

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

8 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

9 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

10 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 

11 accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

12 available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail13 able for obligation or expenditure through a reprogram14 ming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized 

15 by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of 

16 Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by sec17 tion 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act 

18 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89– 

19 106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

20 (1) creates new programs; 

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

22 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

23 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

24 denied or restricted; 

25 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

2 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

3 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

4 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 

5 and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity 

6 Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies 

7 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

9 in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use 

10 of such authority. 

11 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

12 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

13 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

14 in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 

15 in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 

16 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

17 obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 

18 projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities 

19 referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 

20 $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

21 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac22 tivities; 

23 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist24 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per25 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

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1 (3) results from any general savings from a re2 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

3 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap4 proved by Congress; 

5 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 

6 and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity 

7 Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies 

8 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

9 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

10 in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds 

11 or the use of such authority. 

12 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

13 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com14 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ15 ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro16 priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 

17 any program or activity not carried out during the pre18 vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 

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

20 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

21 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

22 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

23 in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 

24 in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 

25 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for— 

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1 (1) modifying major capital investments funding 

2 levels, including information technology systems, that 

3 involves increasing or decreasing funds in the current 

4 fiscal year for the individual investment in excess of 

5 $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, whichever is 

6 less; 

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

8 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

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

10 with five or more personnel; or 

11 (3) carrying out activities or functions that were 

12 not described in the budget request; 

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

14 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con15 gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 

16 these purposes. 

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

18 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

19 Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman 

20 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission receives 

21 from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of 

22 Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt 

23 of the notification as required in this section. 

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

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

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1 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any 

2 guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that 

3 does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal por4 tion of the loan. 

5 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

6 made available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food 

7 and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading 

8 Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration shall be 

9 used to transmit or otherwise make available reports, ques10 tions, or responses to questions that are a result of informa11 tion requested for the appropriations hearing process to any 

12 non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health 

13 and Human Services, non-Commodity Futures Trading 

14 Commission, or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 

15 SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 

16 none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 

17 executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news 

18 story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United 

19 States unless the story includes a clear notification within 

20 the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 

21 prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that ex22 ecutive branch agency. 

23 SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri24 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 

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1 or office of the Department for more than 60 days in a 

2 fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency or of3 fice is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 

4 for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period 

5 of assignment. 

6 SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of en7 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com8 missioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the Chair9 man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and 

10 the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall sub11 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

12 of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, project, 

13 and activity for all the funds made available under this 

14 Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in the re15 port accompanying this Act. 

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

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

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

19 requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

20 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological product 

21 subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

22 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to 

23 such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) 

24 unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or re25 quire such distribution. 

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1 SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

2 or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro3 grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 

4 populations. 

5 SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

6 require budget authority and the program level has been 

7 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

8 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran9 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior to 

10 the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary 

11 notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 

12 both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance. 

13 SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

14 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec15 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

16 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria17 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) shall 

18 be available for obligation without written notification to, 

19 and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropria20 tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 

21 or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation 

22 only for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, 

23 including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and 

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1 essary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and in2 formation technology services, including cloud adoption and 

3 migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the Depart4 ment of Agriculture. 

5 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

7 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc8 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As9 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

10 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 

11 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture 

12 amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as defined in 

13 section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula14 tions, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition of the term 

15 ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code 

16 of Federal Regulations, to increase the number of items that 

17 qualify as acceptable varieties in each staple food category 

18 so that the total number of such items in each staple food 

19 category exceeds the number of such items in each staple 

20 food category included in the final rule as published on De21 cember 15, 2016: Provided, That until the Secretary pro22 mulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall 

23 apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties and 

24 breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro25 gram retailers that were in effect on the day before the date 

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1 of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public 

2 Law 113–79). 

3 SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 

4 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary 

5 of Agriculture shall have the same authority with respect 

6 to loans guaranteed under such section and eligible lenders 

7 for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) 

8 and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with 

9 respect to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and eli10 gible lenders for such loans. 

11 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

12 made available by this Act shall be available for the United 

13 States Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize or im14 plement any regulation that would promulgate new user 

15 fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 729. For fiscal year 2023, the Secretary shall es18 tablish a process under which an establishment in the 

19 Chesapeake Bay area that is subject to examination and 

20 inspection under section 6 of the Federal Meat Inspection 

21 Act solely due to the establishment’s processing of domestic, 

22 wild caught, invasive blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), may 

23 apply for a waiver of such examination and inspection re24 quirements if the establishment is subject to inspection 

25 under the Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points 

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1 Program of the Food and Drug Administration and the es2 tablishment attests that it applies existing Seafood Hazard 

3 Critical Control Points Program for all species processed 

4 at the establishment. 

5 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 

6 regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and holi7 day pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge es8 tablishments subject to the inspection requirements of the 

9 Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq., the 

10 Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq, and the 

11 Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., for 

12 the cost of inspection services provided outside of an estab13 lishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for inspection 

14 services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, That any 

15 sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed 

16 as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 1001(d) of 

17 the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 

18 2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums received by 

19 the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in addition to 

20 other available funds, remain available until expended to 

21 the Secretary without further appropriation for the purpose 

22 of funding all costs associated with FSIS inspections. 

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

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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 traceability; 

8 (D) epidemiological separation from poten9 tial sources of infection; 

10 (E) surveillance practices; 

11 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

12 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 

13 and 

14 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 

15 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 

16 to subsection (1). 

17 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con18 sistent with United States obligations under its inter19 national trade agreements. 

20 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm 

22 Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 

23 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop24 ment Act. 

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1 SEC. 733. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and not2 withstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 

3 made available by this Act may be used to carry out any 

4 activities or incur any expense related to the issuance of 

5 licenses under section 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 

6 2133), or the renewal of such licenses, to class B dealers 

7 who sell Random Source dogs and cats for use in research, 

8 experiments, teaching, or testing. 

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

10 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis11 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized by 

12 sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the 

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

14 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the construction, 

15 alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or 

16 wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products 

17 used in the project are produced in the United States. 

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

19 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

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

21 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 

22 clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 

23 precast concrete, and construction materials. 

24 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat25 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this 

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1 section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee of 

2 the Secretary finds that— 

3 (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 

4 with the public interest; 

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

6 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail7 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 

8 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 

9 in the United States will increase the cost of the over10 all project by more than 25 percent. 

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

12 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee 

13 shall make available to the public on an informal basis a 

14 copy of the request and information available to the Sec15 retary or the designee concerning the request, and shall 

16 allow for informal public input on the request for at least 

17 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. 

18 The Secretary or the designee shall make the request and 

19 accompanying information available by electronic means, 

20 including on the official public Internet Web site of the De21 partment. 

22 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con23 sistent with United States obligations under international 

24 agreements. 

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

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

3 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac4 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub5 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the require6 ments of this section. 

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

8 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 

9 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

10 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re11 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

12 date of enactment of this Act. 

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

14 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, 

15 the District of Columbia, and each Federally recognized In16 dian Tribe. 

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

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

19 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

20 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu21 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

22 1913. 

23 SEC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by this 

24 Act for direct loans and grants under the following head25 ings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance 

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1 Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mu2 tual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 

3 Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Hous4 ing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Ac5 count’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Busi6 ness Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Serv7 ice—Rural Economic Development Loans Program Ac8 count’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Coop9 erative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative 

10 Service—Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program’’; 

11 ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal 

12 Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Elec13 trification and Telecommunications Loans Program Ac14 count’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, 

15 Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, to the maximum 

16 extent feasible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allo17 cated for assistance in persistent poverty counties under 

18 this section, including, notwithstanding any other provision 

19 regarding population limits, any county seat of such a per20 sistent poverty county that has a population that does not 

21 exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 per22 cent: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term 

23 ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has 

24 had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty 

25 over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 

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1 decennial censuses, and 2007–2011 American Community 

2 Survey 5-year average, or any territory or possession of the 

3 United States: Provided further, That with respect to spe4 cific activities for which program levels have been made 

5 available by this Act that are not supported by budget au6 thority, the requirements of this section shall be applied to 

7 such program level. 

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

9 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl10 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for investiga11 tional use of a drug or biological product under section 

12 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

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

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

15 human embryo is intentionally created or modified to in16 clude a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission 

17 shall be deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, 

18 and the exemption may not go into effect. 

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

20 or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule pro21 mulgated by the Food and Drug Administration entitled 

22 ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and 

23 Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and pub24 lished on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation 

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1 of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, 

2 hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 

3 SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to 

4 remain available until September 30, 2024, for a pilot pro5 gram for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture 

6 to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs 

7 and services to establish and enhance farming and ranching 

8 opportunities for military veterans. 

9 SEC. 740. For school years 2022–2023 and 2023–2024, 

10 none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

11 to implement or enforce the matter following the first 

12 comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of section 

13 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect 

14 to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under the school 

15 breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child 

16 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 

17 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act or any other Act may be used— 

19 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agri20 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the 

21 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 

22 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; or 

23 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

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

25 grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 

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1 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or Subtitle G of the 

2 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or outside 

3 the State in which the hemp is grown or cultivated. 

4 SEC. 742. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 

5 remain available until expended, for grants under section 

6 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 

7 SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to 

8 carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 

9 SEC. 744. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the 

10 matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of the Ag11 ricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 

12 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 

13 SEC. 745. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 

14 remain available until expended, for a pilot program for 

15 the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit orga16 nizations and public housing authorities to provide tech17 nical assistance, including financial and legal services, to 

18 RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the ac19 quisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas 

20 where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable 

21 housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public 

22 housing authorities as authorized by law that commit to 

23 keep such properties in the RHS multi-family housing pro24 gram for a period of time as determined by the Secretary. 

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1 SEC. 746. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 

2 carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334, including 

3 for project locations in additional regions and timely com4 pletion of required reporting to Congress. 

5 SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to 

6 carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334, Farming 

7 Opportunities Training and Outreach. 

8 SEC. 748. In response to an eligible community where 

9 the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural 

10 disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including drought 

11 or severe weather, the Secretary may provide potable water 

12 through the Emergency Community Water Assistance 

13 Grant Program for an additional period of time not to ex14 ceed 120 days beyond the established period provided under 

15 the Program in order to protect public health. 

16 SEC. 749. Funds made available under title II of the 

17 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 

18 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

19 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis20 trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 

21 received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 

22 food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap23 propriate purposes. 

24 SEC. 750. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and not25 withstanding any other provision of law, ARS facilities as 

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1 described in the ‘‘Memorandum of Understanding Between 

2 the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant 

3 Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the U.S. Depart4 ment of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS) 

5 Concerning Laboratory Animal Welfare’’ (16–6100–0103– 

6 MU Revision 16–1) shall be inspected by APHIS for com7 pliance with the Animal Welfare Act and its regulations 

8 and standards. 

9 SEC. 751. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod11 ucts imported into the United States from the People’s Re12 public of China for use in the school lunch program under 

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

14 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food Pro15 gram under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the 

16 Summer Food Service Program for Children under section 

17 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast 

18 program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

19 1771 et seq.). 

20 SEC. 752. For school year 2023–2024, only a school 

21 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 

22 school food service account as of June 30, 2022, shall be 

23 required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 

24 with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 

25 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 

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1 SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 

2 remain available until expended, for the Secretary of Agri3 culture to carry out a pilot program that assists rural hos4 pitals to improve long-term operations and financial health 

5 by providing technical assistance through analysis of cur6 rent hospital management practices. 

7 SEC. 754. Any funds made available by this or any 

8 other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 

9 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

10 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, shall 

11 be available for grants for biotechnology risk assessment re12 search: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such 

13 funds among appropriations of the Department of Agri14 culture for purposes of making such grants. 

15 SEC. 755. Hereafter, none of the funds made available 

16 by this Act or any other Act, may be used to pay the sala17 ries or expenses of personnel to implement any activities 

18 related to: 

19 (a) the permitting of non-recording of observed viola20 tions of the Animal Welfare Act or its regulations on official 

21 inspection reports; or 

22 (b) the prioritizing of education or collaborative ap23 proaches to violations or noncompliance ahead of enforce24 ment under the Animal Welfare Act. 

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1 SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 

2 carry out section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, 

3 Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 

4 5925(g)(4(B)) as amended by section 7209 of Public Law 

5 115–334. 

6 SEC. 757. For necessary expenses associated with cot7 ton classing activities pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 55, to include 

8 equipment and facility upgrades, and in addition to any 

9 other funds made available for this purpose, there is appro10 priated $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2024: Provided, That amounts made available in this sec12 tion shall be treated as funds collected by fees authorized 

13 under Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, §5, 42 Stat. 1518, as amended 

14 (7 U.S.C. 55). 

15 SEC. 758. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 no funds available to the Department of Agriculture may 

17 be used to move any staff office or any agency from the 

18 mission area in which it was located on August 1, 2018, 

19 to any other mission area or office within the Department 

20 in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation affirm21 ing such move. 

22 SEC. 759. The Secretary, acting through the Chief of 

23 the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use funds 

24 appropriated under this Act or any other Act for the Water25 shed and Flood Prevention Operations Program and the 

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1 Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to 

2 the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

3 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Pro4 tection Program carried out pursuant to section 403 of the 

5 Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to provide 

6 technical services for such programs pursuant to section 

7 1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

8 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section. 

9 SEC. 760. In administering the pilot program estab10 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap11 propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec12 retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining enti13 ties eligible to receive assistance, consider those communities 

14 which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, That not 

15 more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 

16 the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and 

17 Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot program 

18 established by section 779 of Public Law 115–141 may be 

19 used for this purpose. 

20 SEC. 761. There is hereby appropriated $29,700,000 

21 for the Goodfellow Federal facility, to remain available 

22 until expended, which shall be transferred to and merged 

23 with the appropriation for ‘‘Food Safety and Inspection 

24 Service’’. 

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1 SEC. 762. Hereafter, none of the funds made available 

2 by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries 

3 or expenses of personnel— 

4 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed5 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

6 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

7 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

8 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

9 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

10 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

11 regulation). 

12 SEC. 763. There is appropriated to the Department of 

13 Agriculture, for an additional amount for ‘‘Agricultural 

14 Programs—Processing, Research, and Marketing—Office of 

15 the Secretary’’, $5,000,000, which shall remain available 

16 until expended, for necessary expenses, under such terms 

17 and conditions determined by the Secretary, related to test18 ing soil, water, or agricultural products for per- and 

19 polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the request of an agri20 cultural producer, assisting agricultural producers affected 

21 by PFAS contamination with costs related to mitigate the 

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1 vided, That the Secretary shall prioritize such assistance 

2 to agricultural producers in states and territories that have 

3 established a tolerance threshold for PFAS in a food or agri4 cultural product: Provided further, That, not later than 90 

5 days after the end of fiscal year 2023, the Secretary shall 

6 submit a report to the Congress specifying the type, amount, 

7 and method of such assistance by state and territory and 

8 the status of the amounts obligated and plans for further 

9 expenditure, and include improvements that can be made 

10 to U.S. Department of Agriculture programs, either admin11 istratively or legislatively, to increase support for agricul12 tural producers impacted by PFAS contamination and to 

13 enhance scientific knowledge on PFAS uptake in crops and 

14 livestock and PFAS mitigation and remediation methods 

15 and disseminate such knowledge to agricultural producers. 

16 SEC. 764. Any future compliance date for any provi17 sion of the Food and Drug Administration’s final rule enti18 tled ‘‘Milk and Cream Products and Yogurt Products; Final 

19 Rule To Revoke the Standards for Lowfat Yogurt and Non20 fat Yogurt and To Amend the Standard for Yogurt’’ (86 

21 Fed. Reg. 31117, June 11, 2021) for which the agency is 

22 exercising enforcement discretion or that is stayed as a re23 sult of objections timely filed under 21 U.S.C. 371(e)(2), 

24 shall be established no earlier than January 1 of the year 

25 that is three years after either: 

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1 (a) Final action upon such objection(s) is taken by the 

2 Secretary of Health and Human Services; or 

3 (b) The party withdraws such objection(s). 

4 SEC. 765. In addition to the amount of reimbursement 

5 for administrative and operating expenses available for 

6 crop insurance contracts described in subsection (a)(2)(F) 

7 of section III of the 2023 Standard Reinsurance Agreement 

8 (SRA) that cover agricultural commodities described in sec9 tion 101 of title I of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness 

10 Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note), there is hereby appro11 priated $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

12 to pay, with respect to such contracts for the 2021 reinsur13 ance year, an amount that is equal to the difference between 

14 the amount to be paid pursuant to the SRA for the applica15 ble reinsurance year and the amount that would be paid 

16 if such contracts were not subject to a reduction described 

17 in subsection (a)(2)(G) of section III of the SRA but subject 

18 to a reimbursement rate equal to 17.5 percent of the net 

19 book premium. 

20 SEC. 766. There is appropriated to the Department of 

21 Agriculture, for an additional amount for ‘‘Agricultural 

22 Programs—Processing, Research, and Marketing—Office of 

23 the Secretary’’, $10,000,000, which shall remain available 

24 until expended, for necessary expenses to address assistance 

25 for disasters occurring in calendar year 2022. 

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1 SEC. 767. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 

2 there is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture 

3 $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 

4 to provide relief payments for frontline grocery workers 

5 through the Farmworker and Food Worker Relief Grant 

6 Program of the Agricultural Marketing Service. 

7 SEC. 768. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to review or approve an application under 

9 section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

10 (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 

11 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) that is submitted by a 

12 sponsor located in Russia, unless such application is for 

13 a drug that is intended to treat a serious or life-threatening 

14 condition and for which there is an unmet medical treat15 ment need. 

16 SEC. 769. The Secretary of Agriculture shall take such 

17 actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of ag18 ricultural land located in the United States by companies 

19 owned, in full or in part, by the People’s Republic of China, 

20 Russia, North Korea, or Iran. 

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De22 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

23 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 

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1 DIVISION B—WAYS & MEANS 

2 SEC. 1101. ADDITION OF VACCINES AGAINST COVID–19 TO 

3 LIST OF TAXABLE VACCINES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4132(a)(1) of the Internal 

5 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following new subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(Q) Any vaccine against COVID–19.’’. 

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

9 (1) SALES, ETC.—The amendment made by this 

10 section shall apply to sales and uses on or after the 

11 later of— 

12 (A) the first day of the first month which 

13 begins more than 4 weeks after the date of the en14 actment of this Act, or 

15 (B) the date on which the Secretary of 

16 Health and Human Services lists any vaccine 

17 against COVID–19 for purposes of compensation 

18 for any vaccine-related injury or death through 

19 the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

20 (2) DELIVERIES.—For purposes of paragraph 

21 (1) and section 4131 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

22 1986, in the case of sales on or before the effective date 

23 described in such paragraph for which delivery is 

24 made after such date, the delivery date shall be con25 sidered the sale date. 

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1 SEC. 1102. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

2 (a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg3 etary effects of this division shall not be entered on either 

4 PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 

5 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

6 (b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary ef7 fects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO 

8 scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 

9 Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 

10 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Not11 withstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines 

12 set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee 

13 of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 

14 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of 

16 this division shall not be estimated— 

17 (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 

18 (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com19 mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) 

20 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 

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1 (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 

2 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 

3 being included in an appropriation Act. 

4 DIVISION C 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 2617 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 

SENATE AMENDMENT