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Union Calendar No. 358 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7610 

[Report No. 116–446] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 13, 2020 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 

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

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, 

and for other purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

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

7 September 30, 2021, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

10 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

14 $47,638,000, of which not to exceed $5,118,000 shall be 

15 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

16 to exceed $1,329,000 shall be available for the Office of 

17 Homeland Security; not to exceed $6,508,000 shall be 

18 available for the Office of Partnerships and Public En19 gagement, of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 

20 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $23,392,000 shall be available 

21 for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra22 tion, of which $22,509,000 shall be available for Depart23 mental Administration to provide for necessary expenses 

24 for management support services to offices of the Depart25 ment and for general administration, security, repairs and 


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1 alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 

2 not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 

3 and efficient work of the Department: Provided, That 

4 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Ad5 ministration mission area for salaries and expenses are 

6 available to fund up to one administrative support staff 

7 for the Office; not to exceed $3,921,000 shall be available 

8 for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Re9 lations and Intergovernmental Affairs to carry out the 

10 programs funded by this Act, including programs involv11 ing intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the execu12 tive branch; and not to exceed $7,370,000 shall be avail13 able for the Office of Communications: Provided further, 

14 That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer 

15 funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec16 retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: 

17 Provided further, That no appropriation for any office 

18 shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent: 

19 Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of the 

20 amount made available under this paragraph for the im21 mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi22 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

23 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 

24 further, That the amount made available under this head25 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 


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1 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex2 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 

3 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 

4 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 

5 Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern6 mental Affairs may be transferred to agencies of the De7 partment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain 

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

9 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

10 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 

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

12 Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the alloca14 tion of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, 

15 That during any 30 day notification period referenced in 

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

17 take no action to begin implementation of the action that 

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

19 announcement of such action in any form. 

20 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

21 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

23 Economist, $21,251,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for 

24 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

25 7 U.S.C. 3155. 


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1 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

3 Appeals, $15,448,000. 

4 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

6 Program Analysis, $9,666,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In9 formation Officer, $73,354,000, of which not less than 

10 $56,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de11 partment. 

12 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi14 nancial Officer, $6,137,000. 

15 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

16 RIGHTS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

18 Secretary for Civil Rights, $910,000: Provided, That 

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

20 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

21 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of22 fice. 

23 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

25 $22,875,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu3 rity, and Protection, $23,218,000. 

4 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu7 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

8 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis9 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri10 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

12 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

13 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con14 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

15 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im16 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili17 ties, and for related costs, $108,186,000, to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri22 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

24 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 

2 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man3 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart4 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 

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

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

8 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

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

10 $99,791,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 

11 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

12 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In13 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 

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

15 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 

16 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 

17 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen18 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 

19 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 

20 (Public Law 97–98). 

21 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

23 Counsel, $45,579,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF ETHICS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

3 $4,198,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

5 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

8 $6,109,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

9 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco10 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail11 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

12 the Office. 

13 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

14 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

15 Service, $86,703,000. 

16 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

17 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

18 Statistics Service, $183,434,000, of which up to 

19 $46,300,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen20 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

21 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur22 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

23 2204g(d) and (f). 


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1 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

6 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

9 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed10 eral ownership, $1,453,712,000: Provided, That appro11 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

12 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

13 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

14 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

16 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro17 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

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

21 exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for two buildings to 

22 be constructed at a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 each, 

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

24 year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace25 ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 


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1 greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

2 shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 

3 Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 

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

5 the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 

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

7 and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re8 moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

9 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter10 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza11 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 

12 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here13 under shall be available for granting easements at the 

14 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 

15 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace16 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 

17 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro18 priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease19 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 

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

21 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re22 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

23 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

25 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 


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

2 may be received from any State, other political subdivi3 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab4 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

5 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

6 by law. 

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im9 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

10 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri11 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri12 culture, where not otherwise provided, $11,200,000 to re13 main available until expended, to be allocated for ARS fa14 cilities co-located with university partners. 

15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

16 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

17 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

18 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

19 for other expenses, $997,729,000, which shall be for the 

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

21 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

22 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

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1 ing for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agri2 culture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 

3 loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellow4 ship and institution challenge grants, and grants manage5 ment systems shall remain available until expended: Pro6 vided further, That each institution eligible to receive 

7 funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less 

8 than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for edu9 cation grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian10 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

11 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

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

14 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

15 eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: 

16 Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the 

17 amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry 

18 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 

19 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained by the Secretary of Agri20 culture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec21 retary in carrying out that authority. 

22 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

23 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

25 note), $11,857,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

2 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

4 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $538,557,000, 

5 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci6 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

7 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom8 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im9 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

10 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

11 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex12 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

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

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

15 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail16 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

17 extension agents. 

18 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

19 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

20 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex21 penses, $39,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

22 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In23 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

24 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

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1 main available until September 30, 2022: Provided further, 

2 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 

3 costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple4 mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 

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

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

7 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

9 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

10 $809,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

11 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro12 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

13 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of14 fice. 

15 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

20 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

22 $1,069,817,000, of which $480,000, to remain available 

23 until expended, shall be available for the control of out24 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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


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1 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

2 which $15,338,000, to remain available until expended, 

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

4 cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradi5 cation zones; of which $38,167,000, to remain available 

6 until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Serv7 ices; of which $2,000,000 shall be for activities under the 

8 authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amend9 ed (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $63,331,000, to remain 

10 available until expended, shall be used to support avian 

11 health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; 

13 of which $198,912,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, 

15 $13,979,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

16 for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which 

17 $18,651,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

18 for zoonotic disease management; of which $41,363,000, 

19 to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency 

20 preparedness and response; of which $60,600,000, to re21 main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

22 pests; of which $5,739,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 

24 which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex25 pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 


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

2 shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 

3 aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 

4 this heading for wildlife services methods development, 

5 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro6 vided further, That of amounts available under this head7 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

8 available until expended; of which $20,838,000, to remain 

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

10 science program and transition activities for the National 

11 Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kan12 sas: Provided further, That no funds shall be used to for13 mulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for 

14 the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 

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

16 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

17 purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of air18 craft: Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies 

19 which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 

20 industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer 

21 from other appropriations or funds available to the agen22 cies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 

23 be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emer24 gencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or in25 fectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and 


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1 for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 

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

3 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection 

4 Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended bal5 ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes 

6 in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 

7 transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropria8 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 

9 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased build10 ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the 

11 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

12 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

13 value of the building. 

14 In fiscal year 2021, the agency is authorized to collect 

15 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist16 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

17 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

18 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

22 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail23 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

24 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 


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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte3 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al4 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

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

7 available until expended. 

8 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

9 MARKETING SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

11 Service, $188,891,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be avail12 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

13 79: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 

14 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and 

15 repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al16 tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 

17 exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 

18 building. 

19 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

21 U.S.C. 9701). 

22 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

23 Not to exceed $61,227,000 (from fees collected) shall 

24 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra25 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 


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

2 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

3 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

4 Congress. 

5 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

6 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au9 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com10 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

12 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

13 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans14 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 

15 $20,705,000 for formulation and administration of mar16 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 

17 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 

18 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 

19 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

20 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

21 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

22 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul23 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

24 $1,235,000. 


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1 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

2 EXPENSES

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

4 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

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

7 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

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

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

12 Secretary for Food Safety, $809,000: Provided, That 

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

14 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

17 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

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

20 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

22 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

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1 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

2 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

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

4 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

6 That of the amounts available provided under this head7 ing, $7,300,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

8 be for the relocation of the Mid-Western Laboratory: Pro9 vided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent 

10 positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2021 for 

11 purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement 

12 related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 

13 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That the Food 

14 Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementa15 tion of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further 

16 clarified by the amendments made in section 12106 of 

17 Public Law 113–79: Provided further, That this appro18 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 

19 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve20 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during 

21 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 

22 replacement value of the building. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM

5 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 

8 $916,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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

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

13 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS

14 CENTER

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

18 Conservation Business Center, $232,194,000: Provided, 

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

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

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


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1 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

5 $1,152,323,000, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 

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

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

9 September 30, 2022: Provided, That not more than 50 

10 percent of the funding made available under this heading 

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

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

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

17 the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 

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

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

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

23 with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 

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


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1 subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning 

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

5 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency 

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

7 fiscal year 2021 to the Committees on Appropriations and 

8 the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for 

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

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

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

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

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

16 investment continues to meet business needs as intended 

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

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

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

22 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

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

25 county committees shall remain available until expended: 


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

2 Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service 

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

4 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

5 to permanently relocate county based employees that 

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

8 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

9 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

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

12 5106), $6,914,000. 

13 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

15 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

17 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

21 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

22 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

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

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1 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

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

4 12). 

5 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di9 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

10 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer11 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac12 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 

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

14 1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and 

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

16 to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit In17 surance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 for guaranteed 

18 farm ownership loans and $2,119,000,000 for farm owner19 ship direct loans; $2,118,482,000 for unsubsidized guar20 anteed operating loans and $1,633,333,000 for direct op21 erating loans; emergency loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe 

22 land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conserva23 tion loans, $150,000,000; relending program, 

24 $33,693,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

25 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 


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1 loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

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

3 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

4 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

5 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

7 as follows: $38,710,000 for direct farm operating loans, 

8 $23,727,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating 

9 loans, $207,000 for emergency loans, $5,000,000 for the 

10 relending program, and $1,484,000 for Indian highly 

11 fractionated land loans, to remain available until ex12 pended. 

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

14 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

15 $307,344,000: Provided, That of this amount, 

16 $294,114,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

17 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex18 penses’’. 

19 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

20 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

21 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

22 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro23 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

24 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad25 vance of any transfer. 


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1 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

4 Agency, $59,374,000: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be 

5 available for compliance and integrity activities required 

6 under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance 

7 Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)) in addition to other 

8 amounts provided: Provided further, That not to exceed 

9 $1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep10 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

11 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

12 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

13 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi14 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

15 including preparation of conservation plans and establish16 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

17 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas18 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

19 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con20 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva21 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

22 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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


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1 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter2 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build3 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

4 $833,785,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2022: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

7 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

8 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

9 and improvements to other buildings and other public im10 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

11 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

12 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob13 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 

14 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

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

22 $155,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 

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


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1 thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken 

2 shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary 

3 purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land 

4 treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 

5 amounts made available under this heading, $52,500,000 

6 shall be allocated to projects and activities that can com7 mence promptly following enactment; that address re8 gional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 

9 management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wild10 life habitat, or watershed protection; or that address au11 thorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 

12 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public 

13 Law 78–534) with a primary purpose of watershed protec14 tion by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing 

15 stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion 

16 and sediment transport. 

17 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

18 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

19 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $12,000,000 is pro20 vided. 

21 CORPORATIONS 

22 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

23 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

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


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1 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

2 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

3 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

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

7 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

8 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

11 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

12 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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1 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com2 modity Credit Corporation business. 

3 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

4 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

5 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

7 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

8 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

9 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

11 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 

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

13 TITLE III 

14 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

16 DEVELOPMENT

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

18 Secretary for Rural Development, $812,000: Provided, 

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

20 the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex21 penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup22 port staff for 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; 

8 and for cooperative agreements; $311,942,000: Provided, 

9 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

10 appropriated under this heading may be used for adver11 tising and promotional activities that support Rural Devel12 opment programs: Provided further, That in addition to 

13 any other funds appropriated for purposes authorized by 

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

15 1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section will 

16 immediately be credited to this account and will remain 

17 available until expended for such purposes: Provided fur18 ther, That of the amount provided under this heading, 

19 $1,000,000, shall be for the administration of the multi20 family voucher program account: Provided further, That 

21 of the amount provided under this heading, $30,000,000, 

22 to remain available until expended, shall be for the reloca23 tion from the Goodfellow facility in St. Louis, Missouri. 


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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 

7 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,000,000,000 

8 shall be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for 

9 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 

10 504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515 

11 rental housing; $230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 

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

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

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

15 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

19 502 loans, $33,300,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

20 504 housing repair loans, $2,215,000; section 523 self21 help housing land development loans, $269,000; section 

22 524 site development loans, $355,000; and repair, reha23 bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 

24 housing, $6,688,000: Provided, That to support the loan 

25 program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 


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1 available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 

2 adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan 

3 guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Re4 form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 

5 on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, 

6 That applicants in communities that have a current rural 

7 area waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 

8 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural 

9 area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans pro10 vided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 

11 amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 

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

13 direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur14 suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 

15 housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 

16 Act of 1949 until June 1, 2021: Provided further, That 

17 the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incen18 tives to nonprofit organizations and public housing au19 thorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 

20 Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such 

21 nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities 

22 that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi23 family housing program for a period of time as determined 

24 by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, but not 

25 be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit entities 


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1 and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest2 ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low 

3 income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 

4 grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, 

5 invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza6 tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re7 ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 

8 per property. 

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

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

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

12 $15,093,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

13 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

14 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail15 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans16 ferred to and merged with this account. 

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

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

19 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

20 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 

21 shall be for a demonstration program for the preservation 

22 and revitalization of the multi-family rental housing prop23 erties assisted under sections 514, 515, and 516 of the 

24 Housing Act of 1949 to restructure existing USDA multi25 family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, 


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1 expressly for the purpose of ensuring the projects have 

2 sufficient resources to preserve the projects for the pur3 pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in4 come residents and farm laborers including reducing or 

5 eliminating interest, deferring loan payments, subordi6 nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt, and providing 

7 other financial assistance including advances, payments 

8 and incentives (including the ability of owners to obtain 

9 reasonable returns on investment) required by the Sec10 retary: Provided, That as part of the preservation and re11 vitalization agreement, the Secretary shall obtain a restric12 tive use agreement consistent with the terms of the re13 structuring: Provided further, That all balances, including 

14 obligated balances, available for all demonstration pro15 grams for the preservation and revitalization of section 

16 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties 

17 in the ‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program Ac18 count’’ shall be transferred to and merged with this ac19 count and shall be for the preservation and revitalization 

20 of section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 

21 properties, including the restructuring of existing USDA 

22 multi-family housing loans: Provided further, That fol23 lowing the transfer of balances described in the preceding 

24 proviso, any adjustments to obligations for the demonstra25 tion programs for the preservation and revitalization of 


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1 section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family housing rental 

2 housing properties incurred in the ‘‘Multi-Family Housing 

3 Revitalization Program Account’’ shall be made in this ac4 count. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

6 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

7 $412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

8 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex9 penses’’. 

10 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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 

15 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house16 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous17 ing Act of 1949, $1,450,000,000, of which $40,000,000 

18 shall be available until September 30, 2022; and in addi19 tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec20 tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 

21 fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 

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

23 amounts made available under this heading, 

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1 ance agreements entered into or renewed during the cur2 rent fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period: Pro3 vided further, That upon request by an owner of a project 

4 financed by an existing loan under section 514 or 515 of 

5 the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assistance 

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

7 such loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations: 

8 Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain9 ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans10 ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction, main11 tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 

12 preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 

13 under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as14 sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 

15 fiscal year 2021 for a farm labor multi-family housing 

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

17 not be recaptured for use in another project until such 

18 assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 con19 secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten20 ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as21 sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist22 ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist23 ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 

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1 cept as provided in the fifth proviso under this heading 

2 and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 

3 Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 

4 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2021 for a 

5 project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 

6 rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur7 rent needs: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

8 available under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be avail9 able for rural housing vouchers to any low-income house10 hold, including a household that does not receive rental 

11 assistance, residing in a property financed with a section 

12 515 loan that has been prepaid or otherwise paid off after 

13 September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the amount 

14 of such vouchers shall be equal to the difference between 

15 comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the 

16 tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That such 

17 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap18 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

19 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

20 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid21 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

22 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

23 Development: Provided further, That any balances avail24 able for the rural housing voucher program in the ‘‘Multi25 Family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’ shall be 


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1 transferred to and merged with this account and shall be 

2 available for the rural housing voucher program: Provided 

3 further, That if the Secretary determines that the amount 

4 made available for vouchers or rental assistance in this 

5 Act is not needed for vouchers or rental assistance, the 

6 Secretary may use such funds for any of the programs 

7 described under this heading. 

8 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

9 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

10 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

11 1490c), $31,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

13 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

14 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

16 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di20 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

22 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di23 rect loans and $500,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

24 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

25 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 


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1 section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

2 Development Act, $49,000,000, to remain available until 

3 expended: Provided, That $6,000,000 of the amount ap4 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

5 Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur6 ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 

7 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

8 housing and community development organizations, low9 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na10 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 

11 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

12 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

13 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri14 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro15 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

16 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga17 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

18 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

19 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

20 That $6,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

21 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

22 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco23 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per24 cent for administration and capacity building in the State 

25 rural development offices: Provided further, That 


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1 $5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head2 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

3 tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such 

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

5 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

6 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

7 heading: Provided further, That the unexpended amounts 

8 provided under the first paragraph of this heading in Pub9 lic Law 114–113 and made available for gross obligations 

10 of direct loans under section 1942.30 of title 7, Code of 

11 Federal Regulations, shall remain available through fiscal 

12 year 2026. 

13 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

14 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

20 Development Act, $62,200,000, to remain available until 

21 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

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

23 available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

24 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

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


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

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

3 Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa4 lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 

5 for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 

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

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

8 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 

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

10 under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 

11 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

12 $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 

13 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

14 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 

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

16 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

17 funds made available under this heading. 

18 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author21 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac22 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

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1 able through June 30, 2021, for Federally Recognized Na2 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be 

3 available through June 30, 2021, for Mississippi Delta Re4 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

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

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

7 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

10 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop11 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

12 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

13 ACCOUNT

14 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author15 ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 

16 Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop17 ment and job creation projects, $50,000,000. 

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

19 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro20 moting rural economic development and job creation 

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

22 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

23 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

25 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $26,600,000, of 


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

2 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro3 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

4 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

5 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

6 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di7 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in8 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

9 groups; and of which $15,000,000, to remain available 

10 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod11 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

12 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 

13 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

14 for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 

15 section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 

16 RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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

18 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

19 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

20 Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s): Provided, That such costs of loans, 

21 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined 

22 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

23 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

24 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under 

25 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 


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1 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

2 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $476,000: Provided, That the cost 

3 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

4 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

6 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

7 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di10 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

12 Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 

13 $1,400,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 

14 guaranteed loans. 

15 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants for rural 

16 water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste man17 agement programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 

18 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 

19 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consoli20 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $610,980,000, 

21 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

22 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro23 gram described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and 

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

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

2 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 

3 grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consoli4 dated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition to 

5 funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Pro6 vided further, That $68,000,000 of the amount appro7 priated under this heading shall be for loans and grants 

8 including water and waste disposal systems grants author9 ized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the 

10 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and Fed11 erally Recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 

12 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That funding 

13 provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

14 Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium 

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

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

17 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

18 Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the 

19 State of Alaska for training and technical assistance pro20 grams and not more than 2 percent of the funding pro21 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

22 Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 

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

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1 propriated under this heading shall be for technical assist2 ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 

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

4 makes a determination of extreme need, of which 

5 $8,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a quali6 fied nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance or7 ganization, with experience in working with small commu8 nities on water and waste water problems, the principal 

9 purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities 

10 with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the plan11 ning, financing, development, operation, and management 

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

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

14 American organization to provide technical assistance for 

15 rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur16 ther, That not to exceed $19,570,000 of the amount ap17 propriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 

18 qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 

19 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 

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

21 amounts made available under this heading shall be for 

22 solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 

23 sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

24 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 

25 made available under this heading. 


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1 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

2 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

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

6 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935, 936, and 940g) 

7 shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant to sections 

8 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 

9 rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 

10 loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, $750,000,000; 

11 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money 

12 rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursu13 ant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 

14 loans, $690,000,000: Provided, That up to 

15 $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi16 tion, design and engineering or improvement of fossil17 fueled electric generating plants (whether new or existing) 

18 that utilize carbon subsurface utilization and storage sys19 tems. 

20 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

21 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

22 935), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in 

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

24 of money rural telecommunications loans, $2,277,000. 


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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

4 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

5 and Expenses’’. 

6 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

7 PROGRAM

8 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni9 cation loans, $11,179,000. 

10 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

12 et seq., $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

13 Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for 

14 grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 

15 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

16 provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the 

17 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 

18 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri19 teria for a consortium as established by this section. 

20 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

21 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $1,884,000, 

22 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

23 cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 

24 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 


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

2 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

3 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

4 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

5 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq. 

6 TITLE IV 

7 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

9 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

11 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

12 $809,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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

14 Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail15 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

16 the Office. 

17 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

18 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

23 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

24 21; $25,131,440,000 to remain available through Sep25 tember 30, 2022, of which such sums as are made availVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:12 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7610.RH H7610

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1 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

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

5 Provided, That of the total amount available, $18,004,000 

6 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu7 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

8 further, That of the total amount available, $15,299,000 

9 shall be available to carry out studies and evaluations and 

10 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

11 That of the total amount available, $35,000,000 shall be 

12 available to provide competitive grants to State agencies 

13 for subgrants to local educational agencies and schools to 

14 purchase the equipment, with a value of greater than 

15 $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 

16 safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte17 nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro18 vided further, That of the total amount available, 

19 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 

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

21 of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That sec22 tion 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

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

24 sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2021’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘2010 through 2022’’: Provided further, That section 


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1 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘For 

3 fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2021’’: 

4 Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. 

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

6 1758(h)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 

7 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2021’’. 

8 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

9 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup11 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

13 $5,750,000,000, to remain available through September 

14 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

15 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

16 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 

17 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

18 and $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Pro19 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this ac20 count shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 

21 except in accordance with the cost containment and com22 petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 

23 such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds pro24 vided shall be available for activities that are not fully re25 imbursed by other Federal Government departments or 


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1 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro2 vided further, That upon termination of a federally man3 dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi4 tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 

5 waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re6 quest of a State agency. 

7 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

10 $68,277,362,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

11 available through September 30, 2023, shall be placed in 

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

13 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

14 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

15 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

18 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

19 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

20 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

21 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

22 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re23 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

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1 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

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

3 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 

4 through September 30, 2022: Provided further, That with 

5 respect to funds made available under this heading for sec6 tion 28(d)(1), the Secretary shall use 2 percent for admin7 istration, training and technical assistance, and pilot 

8 projects under section 28: Provided further, That none of 

9 the funds made available under this heading may be obli10 gated or expended in contravention of section 213A of the 

11 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Pro12 vided further, That funds made available under this head13 ing may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff 

14 to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities re15 lated to program integrity provided that such activities are 

16 authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

17 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist19 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

20 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con21 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

22 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist23 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec24 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend25 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the FarmVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:12 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7610.RH H7610

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1 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

2 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $390,700,000, 

3 to remain available through September 30, 2022: Pro4 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim5 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

6 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith7 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

8 made available in fiscal year 2021 to support the Seniors 

9 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

10 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

11 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

12 September 30, 2022: Provided further, That of the funds 

13 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri14 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

15 use up to 20 percent for costs associated with the distribu16 tion of commodities. 

17 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

19 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri20 tion assistance program, $156,368,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

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


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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

5 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 

8 $887,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

9 Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 

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

12 the Office. 

13 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

15 Alimentarius, $4,805,000, including not to exceed 

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

17 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

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

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

24 $222,243,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re25 main available until September 30, 2022, for overseas opVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:12 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7610.RH H7610

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1 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 

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

3 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 

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

10 for middle-income country training programs, funds made 

11 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 

12 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 

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

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

18 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

19 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

22 program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 

23 480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $112,000, 

24 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 


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1 for ‘‘Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, 

2 Salaries and Expenses’’. 

3 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

4 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth5 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in6 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

7 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec8 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

9 $1,775,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

11 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest14 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $235,000,000, to 

15 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com16 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

17 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im18 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

19 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 

20 amount made available under this heading, $23,500,000 

21 shall remain available until expended to purchase agricul22 tural commodities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) 

23 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 

24 (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, $6,381,000, to cover common 

7 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com8 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

9 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 

10 $6,063,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

11 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

12 and Expenses’’, and of which $318,000 shall be trans13 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

14 Production and Conservation Business Center, Salaries 

15 and Expenses’’. 

16 TITLE VI 

17 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

18 ADMINISTRATION 

19 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

20 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad24 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

25 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 


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

2 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

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

5 amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 

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

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

8 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac9 tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 

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

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

12 Public Law 107–188; $5,891,241,000: Provided, That of 

13 the amount provided under this heading, $1,119,188,000 

14 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author15 ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac16 count and remain available until expended; $238,595,000 

17 shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 

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

19 and remain available until expended; $526,039,000 shall 

20 be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 

21 by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac22 count and remain available until expended; $42,998,000 

23 shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 

24 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be cred25 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 


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1 $31,306,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

3 to this account and remain available until expended; 

4 $20,609,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 

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

6 be credited to this account and remain available until ex7 pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod8 uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 

9 credited to this account and remain available until ex10 pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith11 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 

12 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 

13 user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi14 cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 

15 new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 

16 year 2021 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred17 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

18 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 

19 medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

20 product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as21 sessments for fiscal year 2021, including any such fees 

22 collected prior to fiscal year 2021 but credited for fiscal 

23 year 2021, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2021 limita24 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 

25 payment during fiscal year 2021 of user fees specified 


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1 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2022, 

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

3 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2022 for which the Sec4 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2021 shall not be 

5 included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 

6 That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab7 lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 

8 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 

9 amount appropriated: (1) $1,098,459,000 shall be for the 

10 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

11 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 

12 $2,031,084,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua13 tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 

14 of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $427,243,000 shall be for the 

15 Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for re16 lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

17 (4) $240,257,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 

18 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 

19 Regulatory Affairs; (5) $611,327,000 shall be for the Cen20 ter for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 

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

22 $66,712,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi23 cological Research; (7) $662,612,000 shall be for the Cen24 ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

25 in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $190,217,000 shall 


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1 be for Rent and Related activities, of which $53,608,000 

2 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 

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

4 $236,121,000 shall be for payments to the General Serv5 ices Administration for rent; and (10) $327,209,000 shall 

6 be for other activities, including the Office of the Commis7 sioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veteri8 nary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco Prod9 ucts, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office 

10 of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and cen11 tral services for these offices: Provided further, That not 

12 to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official re13 ception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro14 vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided 

15 further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 

16 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

17 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made avail18 able under this heading for other activities: Provided fur19 ther, That of the amounts that are made available under 

20 this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not de21 rived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to 

22 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of 

23 Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector Gen24 eral’’ for oversight of the programs and operations of the 

25 Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition 


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1 to funds otherwise made available for oversight of the 

2 Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, That 

3 funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 

4 another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap5 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

6 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

7 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

9 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

10 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro11 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

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

13 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

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

15 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 

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

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

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

19 4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs 

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

21 account, to remain available until expended. 

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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1 istration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to 

2 remain available until expended. 

3 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de6 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

7 Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur8 poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

9 $70,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 

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

12 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans13 ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 

14 be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

15 to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 

16 Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 

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

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

19 Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre20 vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 

21 such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 

22 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi23 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 


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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

2 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in6 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

8 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $304,000,000, 

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

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

11 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

12 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu13 latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 

14 remain available until September 30, 2022, and of which 

15 not less than $3,568,000 shall be for expenses of the Of16 fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith17 standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro18 vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 

19 of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 

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

21 Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 

22 liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re23 corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 

24 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro25 viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 


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1 in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es2 tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 

3 and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 

4 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

5 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

6 Not to exceed $80,400,000 (from assessments col7 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

8 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

9 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

11 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re12 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

14 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con15 gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 

16 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 

17 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 

18 exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica19 tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 

20 loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a 

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

22 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 2021 

9 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased 

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

11 additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine 

12 that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 

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

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

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

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

19 within 30 days of the notification. 

20 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

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1 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv2 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech3 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

4 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re5 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

6 funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall 

7 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

8 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur9 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

10 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

11 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

12 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

13 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 

14 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

15 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

16 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De17 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti18 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap19 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

20 section 716 of this Act: Provided further, That none of 

21 the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to 

22 the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available 

23 for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, im24 plement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 

25 systems, missions, personnel, or functions of the offices 


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1 of the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Information 

2 Officer, co-located with or from the National Finance Cen3 ter prior to written notification to and prior approval of 

4 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con5 gress and in accordance with the requirements of section 

6 716 of this Act: Provided further, That the National Fi7 nance Center Information Technology Services Division 

8 personnel and data center management responsibilities, 

9 and control of any functions, missions, and systems for 

10 current and future human resources management and in11 tegrated personnel and payroll systems (PPS) and func12 tions provided by the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief 

13 Information Office shall remain in the National Finance 

14 Center and under the management responsibility and ad15 ministrative control of the National Finance Center: Pro16 vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the 

17 offices of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market 

18 to existing and new Departments and other government 

19 agencies National Finance Center shared services includ20 ing, but not limited to, payroll, financial management, and 

21 human capital shared services and allow the National Fi22 nance Center to perform technology upgrades: Provided 

23 further, That of annual income amounts in the Working 

24 Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture attrib25 utable to the amounts in excess of the true costs of the 


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1 shared services provided by the National Finance Center 

2 and budgeted for the National Finance Center, the Sec3 retary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the re4 placement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 

5 equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementa6 tion of financial, administrative, and information tech7 nology services, and other systems of the National Finance 

8 Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the 

9 National Finance Center: Provided further, That none of 

10 the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation un11 less the Secretary submits written notification of the obli12 gation to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

13 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations 

14 on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congres15 sional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, 

16 as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond 

17 to a declared state of emergency that significantly impacts 

18 the operations of the National Finance Center; or to evac19 uate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe 

20 haven to continue operations of the National Finance Cen21 ter. 

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 

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

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

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

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

15 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

16 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

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

20 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

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

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

3 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

4 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

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

7 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

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

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

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

15 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 

16 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 

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

18 based upon the performance of an agency measured 

19 against the performance plan requirements described in 

20 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 

21 235. 

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

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

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1 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

2 year. 

3 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 

5 repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 

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

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

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

10 as a borrower under such Act. 

11 SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro12 vided by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated 

13 balances from appropriations made available for salaries 

14 and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency 

15 shall remain available through September 30, 2022, for 

16 information technology expenses. 

17 (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

18 not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 

19 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 

20 this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall re21 main available through September 30, 2022, for informa22 tion technology expenses. 

23 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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


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1 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

5 113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 

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

7 which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 

8 is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 

9 of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 

10 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

11 and related administrative expenses, including tech12 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

13 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

14 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

15 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

18 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

19 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

20 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

21 in such section. 

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

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

24 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

25 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 


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1 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego2 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi3 tively awarded grants. 

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

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

6 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

7 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

10 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi11 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

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

13 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 

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

15 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

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

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

19 referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,359,864,000 

20 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 

21 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 

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

23 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

24 $2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 

25 Purchases—$36,746,000: Provided, That of the total 


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1 funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 

2 that remain unobligated on October 1, 2021, such unobli3 gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2022 and 

4 shall remain available until expended for any of the pur5 poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 

6 used in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not 

7 exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the 

8 Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 

9 the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 both Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: 

11 Provided further, That, with the exception of any available 

12 carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 

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

14 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail15 able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

16 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 

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

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

19 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex20 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

22 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

23 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De24 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

25 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 


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1 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

2 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

3 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

4 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

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

6 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

7 the fiscal year 2022 appropriations Act. 

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

9 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen10 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

12 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

14 available for obligation or expenditure through a re15 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au16 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart17 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 

18 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or19 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

20 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

21 (1) creates new programs; 

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

23 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

24 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

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1 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

3 or 

4 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

5 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

6 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the 

7 Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Sec8 retary of Health and Human Services (as the case may 

9 be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 

11 least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such 

12 funds or the use of such authority. 

13 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro14 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

15 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

16 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

17 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

19 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro20 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

21 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

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

23 that— 

24 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac25 tivities; 


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1 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist2 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per3 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

4 (3) results from any general savings from a re5 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

6 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap7 proved by Congress; 

8 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the 

9 Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Sec10 retary of Health and Human Services (as the case may 

11 be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 

13 least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer 

14 of such funds or the use of such authority. 

15 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the 

16 Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Sec17 retary of Health and Human Services shall notify in writ18 ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro19 priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 

20 any program or activity not carried out during the pre21 vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 

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

23 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro24 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

25 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 


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1 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

2 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

4 available for— 

5 (1) modifying major capital investments fund6 ing levels, including information technology systems, 

7 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

8 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

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

10 whichever is less; 

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

12 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

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

14 with five or more personnel; or 

15 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

16 were not described in the budget request; 

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

18 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con19 gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 

20 these purposes. 

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

22 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

23 Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis24 sion, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services re25 ceives from the Committees on Appropriations of both 


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1 Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma2 tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec3 tion. 

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

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

6 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

7 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

8 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

9 portion of the loan. 

10 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

12 Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 

13 Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 

14 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re15 ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re16 sult of information requested for the appropriations hear17 ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non18 Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com19 modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 

20 Administration employee. 

21 SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

23 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre24 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

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1 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

2 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

3 funded by that executive branch agency. 

4 SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri5 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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

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

9 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

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

11 period of assignment. 

12 SEC. 721. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

13 or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro14 grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 

15 populations. 

16 SEC. 722. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

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

18 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 

19 Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis20 sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra21 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

22 both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro23 gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 

24 under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 

25 in the report accompanying this Act. 


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1 SEC. 723. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

2 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 

3 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

4 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $1,000,000,000 are hereby re5 scinded. 

6 SEC. 724. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm 

8 Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 

9 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop10 ment Act. 

11 SEC. 725. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

12 require budget authority and the program level has been 

13 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

14 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran15 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

16 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec17 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria18 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad19 vance. 

20 SEC. 726. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

21 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec22 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

23 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria24 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

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1 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap2 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

3 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

4 obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 

5 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis6 trative, and information technology services, including 

7 cloud adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the 

8 agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

9 SEC. 727. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

11 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc12 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As13 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

14 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 

15 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri16 culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 

17 fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed18 eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 

19 of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 

20 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num21 ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 

22 staple food category so that the total number of such items 

23 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 

24 items in each staple food category included in the final 

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1 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend2 ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard3 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple4 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 

5 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

6 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

7 SEC. 728. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

8 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 

9 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

10 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

11 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 

12 subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 

14 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

15 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

18 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

19 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod20 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

21 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis22 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

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

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1 SEC. 730. Hereafter, and notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law, ARS facilities as described in the ‘‘Memo3 randum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department 

4 of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv5 ice (APHIS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Ag6 ricultural Research Service (ARS) Concerning Laboratory 

7 Animal Welfare’’ (16–6100–0103–MU Revision 16–1) 

8 shall be inspected by APHIS for compliance with the Ani9 mal Welfare Act and its regulations and standards. 

10 SEC. 731. Funds made available under title II of the 

11 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 

12 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

13 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis14 trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 

15 received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 

16 food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap17 propriate purposes. 

18 SEC. 732. There is hereby appropriated $12,000,000, 

19 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 

20 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

21 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 

22 allow eligible entities, or comparable entities that provide 

23 energy efficiency services using their own billing mecha24 nism to offer loans to customers in any part of their serv25 ice territory and to offer loans to replace a manufactured 


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1 housing unit with another manufactured housing unit, if 

2 replacement would be more cost effective in saving energy. 

3 SEC. 733. None of the funds (including fees) made 

4 available by this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year 

5 (including Acts other than appropriations Acts) may be 

6 used to finalize, implement, administer, enforce, carry out, 

7 or otherwise give effect to the final rule entitled ‘‘Supple8 mental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for 

9 Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents’’ published in the 

10 Federal Register on December 5, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 

11 66782). 

12 SEC. 734. None of the funds (including fees) made 

13 available by this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year 

14 (including Acts other than appropriations Acts) may be 

15 used to finalize, implement, administer, enforce, carry out, 

16 or otherwise give effect to the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Sup17 plemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Standardization 

18 of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allow19 ances’’ published in the Federal Register on October 3, 

20 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 52809). 

21 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 

23 expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 

24 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the re25 newal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs 


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1 and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or 

2 testing. 

3 SEC. 736. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

4 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis5 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

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

7 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

8 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 

9 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

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

11 products used in the project are produced in the United 

12 States. 

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

14 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

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

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

17 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein18 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

19 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat20 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 

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

22 of the Secretary finds that— 

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

2 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail3 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 

4 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro5 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

6 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

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

8 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des9 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 

10 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

11 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

12 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

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

14 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re15 quest and accompanying information available by elec16 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

17 site of the Department. 

18 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con19 sistent with United States obligations under international 

20 agreements. 

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

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

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1 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re2 quirements of this section. 

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

4 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 

5 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

6 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re7 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

8 date of enactment of this Act. 

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

10 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 

11 States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog12 nized Indian tribe. 

13 SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

15 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

16 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu17 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

18 1913. 

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

20 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod21 ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 

22 Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 

23 under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 

25 Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 


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1 the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 

2 section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 

3 breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

4 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 

5 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per7 sonnel— 

8 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 

9 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

10 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

11 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

12 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

13 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

14 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

15 regulation). 

16 SEC. 740. Of the total amounts made available by 

17 this Act for direct loans and grants in section 732 and 

18 in the following headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural 

19 Housing Insurance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural 

20 Housing Service—Mutual and Self-Help Housing 

21 Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Assist22 ance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Commu23 nity Facilities Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business–Coop24 erative Service—Rural Business Program Account’’; 

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1 Development Loans Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business– 

2 Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative Development 

3 Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and 

4 Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Serv5 ice—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans 

6 Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Dis7 tance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, 

8 to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 percent of the 

9 funds shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty 

10 counties under this section, including, notwithstanding 

11 any other provision regarding population limits, any coun12 ty seat of such a persistent poverty county that has a pop13 ulation that does not exceed the authorized population 

14 limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That for pur15 poses of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty coun16 ties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or more 

17 of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, 

18 as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, 

19 and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-year aver20 age, or any territory or possession of the United States: 

21 Provided further, That with respect to specific activities 

22 for which program levels have been made available by this 

23 Act that are not supported by budget authority, the re24 quirements of this section shall be applied to such program 

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1 SEC. 741. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 

2 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for the Na3 tional Institute of Food and Agriculture to issue a com4 petitive grant to support the establishment of an Agri5 culture Business Innovation Center at a historically black 

6 college or university to serve as a technical assistance hub 

7 to enhance agriculture-based business development oppor8 tunities. 

9 SEC. 742. In addition to any other funds made avail10 able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 

11 $12,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard 

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

13 1769(g)), to remain available until expended. 

14 SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

15 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for the cost 

16 of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 

17 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 

18 of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 

19 to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre20 serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu21 nities. 

22 SEC. 744. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 

23 Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 

24 $8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 

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1 tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 

2 citrus greening. 

3 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl5 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves6 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 

7 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

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

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

10 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 

11 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis12 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec13 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 

14 SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 

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

16 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti17 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

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

19 published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu20 lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 

21 grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 

22 SEC. 747. For school year 2021–2022, only a school 

23 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 

24 school food service account as of December 31, 2020, shall 

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1 ance with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 

2 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 

3 SEC. 748. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

4 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for a pilot 

5 program for the National Institute of Food and Agri6 culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 

7 programs and services to establish and enhance farming 

8 and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 

9 SEC. 749. For school years 2020–2021 and 2021– 

10 2022, none of the funds made available by this Act may 

11 be used to implement or enforce the matter following the 

12 first comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of sec13 tion 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 

14 respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under 

15 the school breakfast program established under section 4 

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

17 SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

19 (1) not later than 60 days after the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on 

21 Appropriations of the House of Representatives the 

22 documents cited in Press Release No. 0176.18 of the 

23 Department of Agriculture as the basis for the Sep24 tember 6, 2018 decision to cancel the Forest Service 


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1 application for the Rainy River Watershed With2 drawal, including— 

3 (A) the environmental assessment entitled 

4 ‘‘Northern Minnesota Federal Minerals With5 drawal’’ and dated September 2018; 

6 (B) each mineral resources report cited in 

7 such Release; 

8 (C) each biological and economic impact 

9 assessment cited in such Release; and 

10 (D) each document developed with respect 

11 to such Release relating to the potential im12 pacts of proposed mineral activities in the 

13 Rainy River Watershed on— 

14 (i) water resources; 

15 (ii) wilderness areas; and 

16 (iii) cultural resources; and 

17 (2) for the period beginning not later than 60 

18 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 

19 ending on the date that is 10 years thereafter, make 

20 publicly available on the website of the Department 

21 of Agriculture all documents (without redaction) de22 scribed in paragraph (1). 

23 SEC. 751. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

24 through the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspec25 tion Service, shall— 


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1 (1) revoke any line speed waivers issued to a 

2 processor subject to the Federal Meat Inspection Act 

3 (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products In4 spection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) during the pe5 riod beginning on or after the first day of the 

6 COVID-19 emergency period and ending on the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act; and 

8 (2) subject to subsection (b), not issue any such 

9 waivers on or after such date of enactment, for the 

10 duration of the COVID-19 emergency period. 

11 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

12 may issue a line speed waiver to a processor referred to 

13 in such subsection, if such processor— 

14 (1) agrees to an inspection for such purpose 

15 conducted by the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

16 Occupational Safety and Health; and 

17 (2) the Assistant Secretary certifies to the Sec18 retary of Agriculture that any increases in line speed 

19 at such processor’s facilities would not have an ad20 verse impact on worker safety. 

21 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘COVID22 19 emergency period’’ has the meaning given the term 

23 ‘‘emergency period’’ in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social 

24 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)). 


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1 SEC. 752. In addition to any funds made available 

2 in this Act or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated 

3 $14,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2022, for grants from the National Institute of Food and 

5 Agriculture to the 1890 Institutions to support the Cen6 ters of Excellence. 

7 SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 

8 to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of 

9 Agriculture to carry out a pilot program that assists rural 

10 hospitals to improve long-term operations and financial 

11 health by providing technical assistance through analysis 

12 of current hospital management practices. 

13 SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 

14 to remain available until expended, for grants under sec15 tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 

16 SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 

17 to carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 

18 SEC. 756. The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

19 (1) within 30 days of enactment of this Act, publish 

20 a notice in the Federal Register of the Department’s in21 tent to lift the stay issued on July 31, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 

22 46255) and a proposed date upon which the final rule pub23 lished on December 31, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 76815) (‘‘the 

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1 (2) take public comments on the notice for not more 

2 than 60 days; and 

3 (3) not later than 30 days after the end of the com4 ment period, publish in the Federal Register the date upon 

5 which the stay is lifted and the final rule shall become 

6 effective. 

7 SEC. 757. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 

8 to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out 

9 section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relating to dem10 onstration projects for Tribal Organizations. 

11 SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 

12 to carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 

13 SEC. 759. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 

14 the matching funds requirement under Section 412(g) of 

15 the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re16 form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 

17 SEC. 760. There is hereby appropriated $15,000,000, 

18 to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out 

19 section 23 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

20 1793), of which $2,000,000 shall be for grants under such 

21 section to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com22 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United 

23 States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. 

24 SEC. 761. Any funds made available by this or any 

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1 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

2 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 

3 shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess4 ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 

5 such funds to appropriations of the Department of Agri6 culture. 

7 SEC. 762. There is hereby appropriated $7,000,000 

8 to carry out section 222 of Subtitle A of the Department 

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

10 6923) as amended by section 12302 of Public Law 115– 

11 334. 

12 SEC. 763. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to 

13 carry out section 224 of Subtitle A of the Department of 

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

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

16 SEC. 764. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

17 to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out 

18 section 4208 of Public Law 115–334. 

19 SEC. 765. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 

20 carry out section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, 

21 Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 

22 5925(g)(4(B)) as amended by section 7209 of Public Law 

23 115–334. 

24 SEC. 766. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 

25 to carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334. 


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1 SEC. 767. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 

2 to carry out section 1450 of the National Agricultural Re3 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

4 U.S.C. 3222e) as amended by section 7120 of Public Law 

5 115–334. 

6 SEC. 768. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 

7 to carry out section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Con8 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) as 

9 amended by section 7208 of Public Law 115–334. 

10 SEC. 769. In response to an eligible community where 

11 the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat12 ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 

13 drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po14 table water through the Emergency Community Water As15 sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 

16 not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro17 vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 

18 SEC. 770. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 

19 to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out 

20 section 4206 of Public Law 115–334. 

21 SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

22 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 

23 12513 of Public Law 115–334. 

24 SEC. 772. (a) There is hereby appropriated 

25 $915,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 


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1 additional amount for ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance 

2 Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’ for the 

3 same purpose and under the same terms and conditions 

4 as funds appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 115– 

5 141 (as amended by section 776). 

6 (b) Section 313(b) of the Rural Electrification Act 

7 of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)), shall be applied 

8 for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter until 

9 the specified funding has been expended as if the following 

10 were inserted after the final period in subsection (b)(2): 

11 ‘‘In addition, the Secretary shall use, for the same purpose 

12 and under the same terms and conditions as funds appro13 priated by section 779 of Public Law 115–141, 

14 $425,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fis15 cal year 2019 and thereafter until expended; 

16 $255,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fis17 cal year 2020 and thereafter until expended; and 

18 $75,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal 

19 year 2021 and thereafter until expended: Provided, That 

20 any use of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming 

21 of funds under section 716 of this Act.’’. 

22 (c) Section 787(b) of division B of Public Law 116– 

23 94 shall no longer apply. 

24 SEC. 773. Hereafter, and notwithstanding any other 

25 provision of law, no funds available to the Department of 


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1 Agriculture may be used to move any staff office or any 

2 agency from the mission area in which it was located on 

3 August 1, 2018, to any other mission area or office within 

4 the Department in the absence of the enactment of specific 

5 legislation affirming such move. 

6 SEC. 774. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 

7 to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of 

8 Agriculture to carry out a pilot program to provide finan9 cial assistance for rural communities to further develop 

10 renewable energy. 

11 SEC. 775. Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition 

12 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

14 2021’’. 

15 SEC. 776. Section 779 of Public Law 115–141 is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘efforts made’’ in the fourth proviso 

17 and inserting ‘‘service provided’’. 

18 SEC. 777. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 

19 of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 

20 funds appropriated under this Act for the Watershed and 

21 Flood Prevention Operations Program and the Watershed 

22 Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to the Wa23 tershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 

24 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Protec25 tion Program carried out pursuant to section 403 of the 


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1 Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to pro2 vide technical services for such programs pursuant to sec3 tion 1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

4 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding subsection (c) of 

5 such section. 

6 SEC. 778. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human 

7 Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and 

8 Drugs (Commissioner), shall explore and, if it determines 

9 to be feasible, implement a number of options for regu10 lating the export of shrimp to the United States from 

11 other countries, such as sampling of products prior to ex12 port to the United States, increasing foreign inspections 

13 of export facilities, increased seafood importer inspections, 

14 foreign surveillance inspections at overseas manufacturing 

15 sites, enhanced import screening, higher rates of examina16 tion and sampling, use of third-party audits, and formal 

17 seafood arrangements with foreign competent authorities. 

18 (b) The Commissioner shall especially consider the 

19 following: (1) that appropriate controls are applied to 

20 shrimp feed and production ponds, processing plants, and 

21 facilities throughout the chain of distribution to determine 

22 compliance with seafood safety requirements; (2) dedicate 

23 its inspectional effort to determine compliance with sea24 food arrangements, once established, from any dedicated 

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1 fore the end of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023 with 

2 the reporting requirement goal being to provide the Com3 mittee information related to FDA’s oversight of the safe4 ty of shrimp products imported into the United States. 

5 SEC. 779. Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Im6 provement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law 

7 115–334) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

8 2021’’ for ‘‘the date that is 1 year after the date on which 

9 the Secretary establishes a plan under section 297C of the 

10 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946’’. 

11 SEC. 780. None of the funds made available by this 

12 or any other act may be used to restrict the offering of 

13 low-fat (1% fat) flavored milk in the National School 

14 Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program, as long as 

15 such milk is not inconsistent with the most recent Dietary 

16 Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of 

17 the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research 

18 Act of 1990. 

19 SEC. 781. The Commissioner of the Food and Drug 

20 Administration shall develop a plan within 180 days of en21 actment that would allow the Agency to identify, detain 

22 and refuse all FDA regulated products originating from 

23 foreign establishments that did not allow FDA investiga24 tors immediate physical access to the registered establish25 ment and its records to determine a registered establishVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:12 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7610.RH H7610

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1 ment’s ongoing compliance with FDA laws and regula2 tions. Any foreign establishment that meets these criteria 

3 may be placed on import alert. This import alert would 

4 be specific for this foreign establishment, focusing on de5 taining all products from this establishment. 

6 SEC. 782. In administering the pilot program estab7 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap8 propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec9 retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en10 tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu11 nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 

12 That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail13 able by section 772 may be used for this purpose. 

14 SEC. 783. Not later than 1 year after the date of 

15 enactment of this Act, the National Academy of Sciences, 

16 Engineering, and Medicine shall complete a review and 

17 provide a report to the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec18 retary of Health and Human Services, and the Congress, 

19 on the most recent edition of the dietary guidelines for 

20 Americans that includes the following: 

21 (1) A comparative analysis of the scientific 

22 methodologies, review protocols, and evaluation proc23 esses used to develop the most recently issued guide24 lines as compared to recommendations included in 

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1 Medicine September 2017 report entitled ‘‘Rede2 signing the Process for Establishing the Dietary 

3 Guidelines for Americans’’. 

4 (2) A comparative analysis of the scientific 

5 studies used to develop such guidelines to determine 

6 the dietary needs of Americans with diet-related 

7 metabolic diseases as compared to the most current 

8 and rigorous scientific studies on diet and diet-re9 lated metabolic diseases available. 

10 (3) An analysis of how full implementation of 

11 the recommendations described in paragraph (1) 

12 would have affected the most recently issued guide13 lines. 

14 SEC. 784. (a) Section 569D of the Federal Food, 

15 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–8d) is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CON18 TROLLED SUBSTANCES’’ and inserting ‘‘DRUGS 

19 AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES’’; 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘controlled substance’’ each place 

21 such term appears and inserting ‘‘drug or controlled sub22 stance’’; 

23 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘controlled sub24 stances’’ and inserting ‘‘drugs or controlled substances’’; 

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1 (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or an official senior 

2 to such Director’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘or the Di3 rector of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research 

4 (or an official senior to either such Director)’’. 

5 (b) Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

6 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘is a controlled substance subject to an order under sec8 tion 569D’’ and inserting ‘‘is a drug or controlled sub9 stance subject to an order under section 569D’’. 

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De11 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

12 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 358 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7610 

[Report No. 116–446] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2021, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JULY 13, 2020 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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