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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7610 Reported in House (RH)]

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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.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2021, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                  Processing, Research, and Marketing

                        office of the secretary

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $47,638,000, 
of which not to exceed $5,118,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,329,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed $6,508,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement, of 
which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed 
$23,392,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration, of which $22,509,000 shall be available 
for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for 
management support services to offices of the Department and for 
general administration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and 
necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department:  
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the 
Administration mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 
fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not to 
exceed $3,921,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to 
carry out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and 
not to exceed $7,370,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Communications:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:  
Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall be 
increased or decreased by more than 5 percent:  Provided further, That 
not to exceed $22,000 of the amount made available under this paragraph 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 
for, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the amount 
made available under this heading for Departmental Administration shall 
be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel 
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 
551-558:  Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional 
Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs may be transferred to agencies 
of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain 
personnel at the agency level:  Provided further, That no funds made 
available under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 
Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the date of 
enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these 
funds by USDA agency:  Provided further, That during any 30 day 
notification period referenced in section 716 of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall take no action to begin implementation 
of the action that is subject to section 716 of this Act or make any 
public announcement of such action in any form.

                          Executive Operations

                     office of the chief economist

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 
$21,251,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative 
agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155.

                     office of hearings and appeals

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, 
$15,448,000.

                 office of budget and program analysis

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $9,666,000.

                office of the chief information officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $73,354,000, of which not less than $56,000,000 is for 
cybersecurity requirements of the department.

                 office of the chief financial officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $6,137,000.

           office of the assistant secretary for civil rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Civil Rights, $910,000:  Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for salaries and 
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff 
for the Office.

                         office of civil rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $22,875,000.

               office of safety, security, and protection

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, and 
Protection, $23,218,000.

                  agriculture buildings and facilities

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of 
authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department 
of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the 
Department which are included in this Act, and for alterations and 
other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate 
unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the 
Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, 
improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and 
for related costs, $108,186,000, to remain available until expended.

                     hazardous materials management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply 
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $7,518,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That appropriations and funds available herein to 
the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to 
any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $99,791,000, including such sums as 
may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public 
agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.), and 
including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational 
expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the 
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-98).

                     Office of the General Counsel

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$45,579,000.

                            office of ethics

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,198,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Research, Education, and Economics, $6,109,000:  Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and 
Economics mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office.

                       Economic Research Service

    For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$86,703,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

    For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $183,434,000, of which up to $46,300,000 shall be available 
until expended for the Census of Agriculture:  Provided, That amounts 
made available for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct 
Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f).

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for 
acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 
cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the lands 
exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of 
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 
value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
$1,453,712,000:  Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the 
purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only:  Provided further, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing 
any one building shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or 
greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 
buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 
$1,100,000 each, and except for two buildings to be constructed at a 
cost not to exceed $3,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 
greater:  Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available for entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural 
Research Service location for the construction of a research facility 
by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research Service 
and a condition of the lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, 
operated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be removed 
upon the expiration or termination of the lease agreement:  Provided 
further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act 
shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 
at Beltsville, Maryland:  Provided further, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville 
Agricultural Research Center:  Provided further, That the foregoing 
limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry 
out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a):  Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at 
any Agricultural Research Service location for the construction of a 
research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable 
to, the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the easements 
shall be that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 
Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 
Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the interest of 
the United States:  Provided further, That funds may be received from 
any State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for 
the purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or 
research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by 
law.

                        buildings and facilities

    For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as 
necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the 
Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $11,200,000 to 
remain available until expended, to be allocated for ARS facilities co-
located with university partners.

               National Institute of Food and Agriculture

                   research and education activities

    For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative 
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, 
$997,729,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table titled ``National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture, Research and Education Activities'' in the report 
accompanying this Act:  Provided, That funds for research grants for 
1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, Hispanic 
serving institutions education grants, capacity building for non-land-
grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research 
initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, 
graduate fellowship and institution challenge grants, and grants 
management systems shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That each institution eligible to receive funds under the 
Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000:  Provided 
further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native 
Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 
institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded 
equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii:  Provided further, 
That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 
available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 
and 3222:  Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the 
amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry out the 
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be 
retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority.

              native american institutions endowment fund

    For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by 
Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,857,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                          extension activities

    For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa, $538,557,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table titled ``National Institute of Food 
and Agriculture, Extension Activities'' in the report accompanying this 
Act:  Provided, That funds for facility improvements at 1890 
institutions shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for 
cooperative extension receive no less than $1,000,000:  Provided 
further, That funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) and 
(c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) 
of Public Law 93-471 shall be available for retirement and employees' 
compensation costs for extension agents.

                         integrated activities

    For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, including necessary administrative expenses, $39,000,000, 
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated 
Activities'' in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That funds 
for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain available 
until September 30, 2022:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, indirect costs shall not be charged against any 
Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 
Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $809,000:  Provided, That funds made 
available by this Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 
$1,069,817,000, of which $480,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 
diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds 
(``contingency fund'') to the extent necessary to meet emergency 
conditions; of which $15,338,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used for the cotton pests program, including for cost share 
purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which 
$38,167,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for Animal 
Health Technical Services; of which $2,000,000 shall be for activities 
under the authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 
U.S.C. 1831); of which $63,331,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for information technology 
infrastructure; of which $198,912,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $13,979,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland 
ecosystem pests; of which $18,651,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which 
$41,363,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency 
preparedness and response; of which $60,600,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $5,739,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for the National 
Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; of 
which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 
wildlife damage management program for aviation safety:  Provided, That 
of amounts available under this heading for wildlife services methods 
development, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That of amounts available under this heading for the 
screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of 
which $20,838,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used to 
carry out the science program and transition activities for the 
National Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas:  
Provided further, That no funds shall be used to formulate or 
administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 
year that does not require minimum matching by the States of at least 
40 percent:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available for the purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of 
aircraft:  Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies which 
threaten any segment of the agricultural production industry of the 
United States, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or 
funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Department such 
sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such 
emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious 
disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in 
accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health 
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended 
balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the 
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts:  
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased 
buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of 
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building.
    In fiscal year 2021, the agency is authorized to collect fees to 
cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or 
services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic 
and international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, 
provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's liability 
for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 
be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended, 
without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
services.

                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase 
of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and 
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

    For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
$188,891,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be available for the purposes 
of section 12306 of Public Law 113-79:  Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for 
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost 
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building.
    Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $61,227,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:  Provided, 
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events 
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

    funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as 
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for: 
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers 
otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,705,000 for 
formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the 
Agricultural Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-128).

                   payments to states and possessions

    For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments 
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 
204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,235,000.

        limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

    Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services:  
Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this 
limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Food Safety, $809,000:  Provided, That funds made available by this Act 
to an agency in the Food Safety mission area for salaries and expenses 
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and 
the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,088,552,000; and in 
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees 
collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by 
section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 
1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f):  Provided, That funds provided for the Public 
Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided further, That of the amounts available 
provided under this heading, $7,300,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the relocation of the Mid-Western Laboratory:  
Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions 
shall be employed during fiscal year 2021 for purposes dedicated solely 
to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods of 
Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.):  Provided further, That the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementation of section 
11016 of Public Law 110-246 as further clarified by the amendments made 
in section 12106 of Public Law 113-79:  Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for 
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost 
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building.

                                TITLE II

               FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

   Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Farm Production and Conservation, $916,000:  Provided, That funds made 
available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Production and 
Conservation mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 
fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.

            Farm Production and Conservation Business Center

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conservation 
Business Center, $232,194,000:  Provided, That $60,228,000 of amounts 
appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) 
shall be transferred to and merged with this account.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, $1,152,323,000, 
of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be for the hiring of new 
employees to fill vacancies and anticipated vacancies at Farm Service 
Agency county offices and farm loan officers and shall be available 
until September 30, 2022:  Provided, That not more than 50 percent of 
the funding made available under this heading for information 
technology related to farm program delivery may be obligated until the 
Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, and receives written or electronic notification of receipt 
from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for 
each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and performance 
capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, 
(b) the estimated lifecycle cost for the entirety of the project/
investment, including estimates for development as well as maintenance 
and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that 
each project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency 
Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with 
applicable lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) subject 
to the applicable Department's capital planning and investment control 
requirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government 
Accountability Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That the agency shall 
submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021 to 
the Committees on Appropriations and the Government Accountability 
Office, that identifies for each project/investment that is operational 
(a) current performance against key indicators of customer 
satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agreements or 
other technical metrics, (c) current performance against a pre-
established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current and 
planned spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an 
assessment of whether the investment continues to meet business needs 
as intended as well as alternatives to the investment:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary is authorized to use the services, 
facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to make program payments for all programs administered by 
the Agency:  Provided further, That other funds made available to the 
Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with 
this account:  Provided further, That funds made available to county 
committees shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be 
used to close Farm Service Agency county offices:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be 
used to permanently relocate county based employees that would result 
in an office with two or fewer employees without prior notification and 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

                         state mediation grants

    For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $6,914,000.

               grassroots source water protection program

    For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $6,500,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                        dairy indemnity program

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to 
dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy 
indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That such program is carried out by the 
Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program described 
in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387, 114 
Stat. 1549A-12).

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating (7 
U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), 
Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans 
(7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), 
relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and Indian highly fractionated land 
loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) to be available from funds in the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 for guaranteed farm 
ownership loans and $2,119,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 
$2,118,482,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans and 
$1,633,333,000 for direct operating loans; emergency loans, 
$37,668,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; 
guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; relending program, 
$33,693,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and 
for boll weevil eradication program loans, $60,000,000:  Provided, That 
the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the 
purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, including 
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: $38,710,000 for direct 
farm operating loans, $23,727,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm 
operating loans, $207,000 for emergency loans, $5,000,000 for the 
relending program, and $1,484,000 for Indian highly fractionated land 
loans, to remain available until expended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $307,344,000:  Provided, That of 
this amount, $294,114,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
    Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conservation direct 
loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs:  
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $59,374,000:  
Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be available for compliance and 
integrity activities required under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)) in addition to 
other amounts provided:  Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, 
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of 
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and 
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special 
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural 
related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; 
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; 
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant 
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost 
not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
2268a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent 
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$833,785,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022:  Provided, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and public 
improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of 
alterations and improvements to other buildings and other public 
improvements shall not exceed $250,000:  Provided further, That when 
buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the 
right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.

               watershed and flood prevention operations

    For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including 
but not limited to surveys and investigations, engineering operations, 
works of improvement, and changes in use of land, in accordance with 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 
and 1007-1009) and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating 
to the activities of the Department, $155,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That for funds provided by this Act or any 
other prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the watershed or 
subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand acres in which 
such activities can be undertaken shall only apply for activities 
undertaken for the primary purpose of flood prevention (including 
structural and land treatment measures):  Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $52,500,000 shall be 
allocated to projects and activities that can commence promptly 
following enactment; that address regional priorities for flood 
prevention, agricultural water management, inefficient irrigation 
systems, fish and wildlife habitat, or watershed protection; or that 
address authorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 13 
of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78-534) with 
a primary purpose of watershed protection by preventing floodwater 
damage and stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, and banks to 
reduce erosion and sediment transport.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

    Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection and 
Flood Prevention Act, $12,000,000 is provided.

                              CORPORATIONS

    The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, 
and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or 
agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 reimbursement for net realized losses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses 
sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the 
Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11):  Provided, That of the 
funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the 
conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to 
$5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural 
Service for information resource management activities of the Foreign 
Agricultural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit 
Corporation business.

                       hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

    For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
not expend more than $15,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup 
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the 
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and 
section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6961).

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Rural Development, $812,000:  Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office.

                           Rural Development

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and 
implementation of Rural Development programs, including activities with 
institutions concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $311,942,000:  Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used for advertising and promotional 
activities that support Rural Development programs:  Provided further, 
That in addition to any other funds appropriated for purposes 
authorized by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section will immediately be 
credited to this account and will remain available until expended for 
such purposes:  Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, $1,000,000, shall be for the administration of the multi-
family voucher program account:  Provided further, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the relocation from the Goodfellow facility in 
St. Louis, Missouri.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 
to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as 
follows: $1,000,000,000 shall be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 504 
housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; 
$230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 
$10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing acquired 
property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land development 
loans; and $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $33,300,000 shall be for 
direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $2,215,000; section 523 
self-help housing land development loans, $269,000; section 524 site 
development loans, $355,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new 
construction of section 515 rental housing, $6,688,000:  Provided, That 
to support the loan program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 
available under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any 
fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to 
the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), 
and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized:  Provided 
further, That applicants in communities that have a current rural area 
waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) 
shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 502 
guaranteed loans provided under this heading:  Provided further, That 
of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 
loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for 
individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program funded with 
a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized by section 523 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2021:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit 
organizations and public housing authorities to facilitate the 
acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily housing 
properties by such nonprofit organizations and public housing 
authorities that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multifamily 
housing program for a period of time as determined by the Secretary, 
with such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the following: 
allow such nonprofit entities and public housing authorities to earn a 
Return on Investment on their own resources to include proceeds from 
low income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, grants, 
and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; 
and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associated with owner's 
oversight of asset referred to as ``Asset Management Fee'' of up to 
$7,500 per property.
    In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $15,093,000, to remain available until expended, 
for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
grants and contracts:  Provided, That any balances available for the 
Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to and merged with this 
account.
    In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, including the 
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be for a demonstration program for the preservation and 
revitalization of the multi-family rental housing properties assisted 
under sections 514, 515, and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 to 
restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary 
deems appropriate, expressly for the purpose of ensuring the projects 
have sufficient resources to preserve the projects for the purpose of 
providing safe and affordable housing for low-income residents and farm 
laborers including reducing or eliminating interest, deferring loan 
payments, subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt, and 
providing other financial assistance including advances, payments and 
incentives (including the ability of owners to obtain reasonable 
returns on investment) required by the Secretary:  Provided, That as 
part of the preservation and revitalization agreement, the Secretary 
shall obtain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of 
the restructuring:  Provided further, That all balances, including 
obligated balances, available for all demonstration programs for the 
preservation and revitalization of section 514, 515, and 516 multi-
family rental housing properties in the ``Multi-Family Housing 
Revitalization Program Account'' shall be transferred to and merged 
with this account and shall be for the preservation and revitalization 
of section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties, 
including the restructuring of existing USDA multi-family housing 
loans:  Provided further, That following the transfer of balances 
described in the preceding proviso, any adjustments to obligations for 
the demonstration programs for the preservation and revitalization of 
section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family housing rental housing 
properties incurred in the ``Multi-Family Housing Revitalization 
Program Account'' shall be made in this account.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses''.

                       rental assistance program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant 
to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 or 
agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for 
eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the 
Housing Act of 1949, $1,450,000,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2022; and in addition such sums as may be 
necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate 
debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental 
assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:  Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, $1,410,000,000 shall 
be available for renewal of rental assistance agreements:  Provided 
further, That rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period:  
Provided further, That upon request by an owner of a project financed 
by an existing loan under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Secretary 
may renew the rental assistance agreement for a period of 20 years or 
until the term of such loan has expired, subject to annual 
appropriations:  Provided further, That any unexpended balances 
remaining at the end of such one-year agreements may be transferred and 
used for purposes of any debt reduction, maintenance, repair, or 
rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental 
assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act:  Provided 
further, That rental assistance provided under agreements entered into 
prior to fiscal year 2021 for a farm labor multi-family housing project 
financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for 
use in another project until such assistance has remained unused for a 
period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a waiting list of 
tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental assistance 
eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance:  Provided 
further, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 
practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 
project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act:  Provided 
further, That except as provided in the fifth proviso under this 
heading and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 
Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under agreements 
entered into prior to fiscal year 2021 for a project that the Secretary 
determines no longer needs rental assistance and use such recaptured 
funds for current needs:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be available for rural 
housing vouchers to any low-income household, including a household 
that does not receive rental assistance, residing in a property 
financed with a section 515 loan that has been prepaid or otherwise 
paid off after September 30, 2005:  Provided further, That the amount 
of such vouchers shall be equal to the difference between comparable 
market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 
unit:  Provided further, That such vouchers shall be subject to the 
availability of annual appropriations:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 
vouchers with current regulations and administrative guidance 
applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development:  Provided further, 
That any balances available for the rural housing voucher program in 
the ``Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program Account'' shall be 
transferred to and merged with this account and shall be available for 
the rural housing voucher program:  Provided further, That if the 
Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers or 
rental assistance in this Act is not needed for vouchers or rental 
assistance, the Secretary may use such funds for any of the programs 
described under this heading.

                  mutual and self-help housing grants

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $31,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                    rural housing assistance grants

    For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing 
preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 1474 and 1490m, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended.

               rural community facilities program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in section 
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$2,800,000,000 for direct loans and $500,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
    For the cost of grants for rural community facilities programs as 
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $49,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That $6,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for a Rural 
Community Development Initiative:  Provided further, That such funds 
shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, 
nonprofit community-based housing and community development 
organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized 
Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, 
community facilities, community and economic development projects in 
rural areas:  Provided further, That such funds shall be made available 
to qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations 
proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical assistance: 
 Provided further, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 
matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related 
activities, in an amount not less than funds provided:  Provided 
further, That $6,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with 
extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106-
387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in 
the State rural development offices:  Provided further, That $5,000,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 
section 306(a)(19) of such Act:  Provided further, That sections 381E-H 
and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 
applicable to the funds made available under this heading:  Provided 
further, That the unexpended amounts provided under the first paragraph 
of this heading in Public Law 114-113 and made available for gross 
obligations of direct loans under section 1942.30 of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations, shall remain available through fiscal year 2026.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                     rural business program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural business 
development programs authorized by section 310B and described in 
subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $62,200,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for one grant 
to a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance 
for rural transportation in order to promote economic development and 
$9,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 
U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional Commission (40 
U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 
U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 
purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for 
administrative expenses:  Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business grants to 
benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 
for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical 
assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic 
development:  Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds 
made available under this heading.

              intermediary relending program fund account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), 
$18,889,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, $2,939,000, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which 
$557,000 shall be available through June 30, 2021, for Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2021, for Mississippi Delta Region counties 
(as determined in accordance with Public Law 100-460):  Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

            rural economic development loans program account

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of 
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$50,000,000.
    The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) of the Rural 
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic 
development and job creation projects shall not exceed $10,000,000.

                  rural cooperative development grants

    For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section 
310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932), $26,600,000, of which $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative 
agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas 
program:  Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants 
for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups 
of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority 
of the boards of directors or governing boards of which are comprised 
of individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of 
which $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
value-added agricultural product market development grants, as 
authorized by section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 
of which $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 of 
Public Law 107-171.

               rural microentrepreneur assistance program

    For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under the same terms 
and conditions as authorized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s):  Provided, That such costs 
of loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                    rural energy for america program

    For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the same terms 
and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $476,000:  Provided, That 
the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974.

                        Rural Utilities Service

             rural water and waste disposal program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in section 
381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as 
follows: $1,400,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 
guaranteed loans.
    For the cost of loan guarantees and grants for rural water, waste 
water, waste disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized 
by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in 
sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $610,980,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, 
and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for the rural 
utilities program described in section 306E of such Act:  Provided, 
That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition to funding 
authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act:  Provided further, That 
$68,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 
loans and grants including water and waste disposal systems grants 
authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recognized 
Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act:  Provided 
further, That funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed 
pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105-83:  Provided further, That 
not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State of 
Alaska for training and technical assistance programs and not more than 
2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium formed 
pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105-83 for training and technical 
assistance programs:  Provided further, That not to exceed $35,000,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical 
assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 
306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of 
extreme need, of which $8,000,000 shall be made available for a grant 
to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance 
organization, with experience in working with small communities on 
water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant 
shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 
in improving the planning, financing, development, operation, and 
management of water and waste water systems, and of which not less than 
$800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal 
communities:  Provided further, That not to exceed $19,570,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 
qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide 
technical assistance for rural water systems:  Provided further, That 
not to exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be for solid waste management grants:  Provided further, 
That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 
this heading.

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized 
by sections 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 935, 936, and 940g) shall be made as follows: loans made 
pursuant to sections 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that 
Act, rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans 
pursuant to section 313A of that Act, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural 
telecommunications loans, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 
and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural 
telecommunications loans, $690,000,000:  Provided, That up to 
$2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisition, design 
and engineering or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 
plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon subsurface 
utilization and storage systems.
    For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305 of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), including the cost of 
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, $2,277,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

         distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

    For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans, 
$11,179,000.
    For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural 
areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $50,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made 
available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act:  Provided further, That funding provided under 
this heading for grants under 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act may only be provided to entities that meet all of the 
eligibility criteria for a consortium as established by this section.
    For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 of 
the Rural Electrification Act, $1,884,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 
grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural areas eligible 
for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

    Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer 
                                Services

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $809,000:  Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and 
Consumer Services mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 
17 and 21; $25,131,440,000 to remain available through September 30, 
2022, of which such sums as are made available under section 
14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110-246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and 
available for the same time period and purposes as provided herein:  
Provided, That of the total amount available, $18,004,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.):  Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $15,299,000 shall be available to carry out studies and 
evaluations and shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $35,000,000 shall be 
available to provide competitive grants to State agencies for subgrants 
to local educational agencies and schools to purchase the equipment, 
with a value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, 
improve food safety, and to help support the establishment, 
maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast program:  Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $50,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture 
Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-80):  Provided further, That 
section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``2010 
through 2021'' and inserting ``2010 through 2022'':  Provided further, 
That section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended by striking ``For fiscal year 
2020'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 2021'':  Provided further, That 
section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended by striking ``For fiscal year 2020'' and 
inserting ``For fiscal year 2021''.

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $5,750,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2022:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 
17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 
not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer 
counselors and other related activities, and $14,000,000 shall be used 
for infrastructure:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 
requirements specified in section 17 of such Act:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided shall be available for activities that 
are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act:  Provided 
further, That upon termination of a federally mandated vendor 
moratorium and subject to terms and conditions established by the 
Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 CFR 
246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency.

               supplemental nutrition assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $68,277,362,000, of which $3,000,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2023, shall be placed in 
reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become 
necessary to carry out program operations:  Provided, That funds 
provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008:  Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide 
nutrition education services to State agencies and Federally Recognized 
Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
Reservations:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 
required by law:  Provided further, That funds made available for 
Employment and Training under this heading shall remain available 
through September 30, 2022:  Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and 
section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2022:  Provided further, That with 
respect to funds made available under this heading for section 
28(d)(1), the Secretary shall use 2 percent for administration, 
training and technical assistance, and pilot projects under section 28: 
 Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A):  Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading may be used to 
enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, 
or to conduct activities related to program integrity provided that 
such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

                      commodity assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and the 
Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section 4(a) of 
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c 
note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance 
for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of 
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
188); and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $390,700,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2022:  Provided, That none of 
these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit 
Corporation for commodities donated to the program:  Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with funds 
made available in fiscal year 2021 to support the Seniors Farmers' 
Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain 
available through September 30, 2022:  Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for 
costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

                   nutrition programs administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition 
Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance program, 
$156,368,000:  Provided, That of the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 
shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, 
as amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110-246.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

   Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Affairs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $887,000:  Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign 
Agricultural Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are 
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office.

                      office of codex alimentarius

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, 
$4,805,000, including not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 
U.S.C. 1766), $222,243,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2022, for overseas operations to 
include the payment of locally employed staff:  Provided, That the 
Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation 
for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private 
organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to 
the agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) 
and the foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 
International Development:  Provided further, That funds made available 
for middle-income country training programs, funds made available for 
the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology 
Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations 
in international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by 
the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available until 
expended.

  food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program 
                                account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program of 
title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480) and the Food for 
Progress Act of 1985, $112,000, shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``Farm Production and Conservation Business 
Center, Salaries and Expenses''.

                     food for peace title ii grants

    For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480), for 
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 
II of said Act, $1,775,000,000, to remain available until expended.

  mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition 
                             program grants

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3107 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-
1), $235,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing such 
section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided herein:  
Provided further, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$23,500,000 shall remain available until expended to purchase 
agricultural commodities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-
1(a)(2)).

 commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program 
                                account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation's Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 
$6,381,000, to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section 
11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,063,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $318,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm 
Production and Conservation Business Center, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                Department of Health and Human Services

                      food and drug administration

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of 
space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313 for 
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the 
District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to amounts appropriated 
to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying out the activities 
described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public 
Law 114-255); for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed 
$25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 107-188; 
$5,891,241,000:  Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $1,119,188,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended; $238,595,000 shall be 
derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$526,039,000 shall be derived from human generic drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-42, and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; $42,998,000 shall be derived from 
biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-
52, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended; $31,306,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-12, and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; $20,609,000 shall be derived from 
generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-21, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That in addition to and 
notwithstanding any other provision under this heading, amounts 
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, 
human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, 
animal drug user fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that 
exceed the respective fiscal year 2021 limitations are appropriated and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical 
device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, animal drug, 
and generic new animal drug assessments for fiscal year 2021, including 
any such fees collected prior to fiscal year 2021 but credited for 
fiscal year 2021, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2021 limitations: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal 
year 2021 of user fees specified under this heading and authorized for 
fiscal year 2022, prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts 
of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2022 for which the Secretary 
accepts payment in fiscal year 2021 shall not be included in amounts 
under this heading:  Provided further, That none of these funds shall 
be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701:  Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,098,459,000 shall be for the Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $2,031,084,000 shall be for the 
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in 
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $427,243,000 shall be for the 
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $240,257,000 shall 
be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $611,327,000 shall 
be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $66,712,000 
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$662,612,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) 
$190,217,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which 
$53,608,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid 
to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) $236,121,000 shall 
be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; and 
(10) $327,209,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office 
of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods and 
Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the 
Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, the 
Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for these offices:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, as determined by the Commissioner:  Provided further, 
That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from 
amounts made available under this heading for other activities:  
Provided further, That of the amounts that are made available under 
this heading for ``other activities'', and that are not derived from 
user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of 
Inspector General'' for oversight of the programs and operations of the 
Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds 
otherwise made available for oversight of the Food and Drug 
Administration:  Provided further, That funds may be transferred from 
one specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b, 
export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority 
review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed 
recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer 
program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-31, outsourcing facility fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62, prescription drug wholesale 
distributor licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider licensing and inspection fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority 
review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-4a, and fees 
relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j-72 shall be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended.

                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise 
provided, $11,788,000, to remain available until expended.

                   fda innovation account, cures act

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described under 
section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition to 
amounts available for such purposes under the heading ``Salaries and 
Expenses'', $70,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appropriated pursuant 
to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to be derived 
from amounts transferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and 
may be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the 
appropriation for ``Department of Health and Human Services Food and 
Drug Administration Salaries and Expenses'' solely for the purposes 
provided in such Act:  Provided further, That upon a determination by 
the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the previous 
proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts may 
be transferred back to the account:  Provided further, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases), in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $304,000,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for 
consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign 
governmental and other regulatory officials, of which not less than 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022, and of 
which not less than $3,568,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General:  Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations 
in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under this heading are available 
for the liquidation of obligations equal to current year payments on 
leases entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act:  
Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any 
lease obligations that should have been recorded and liquidated against 
accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the 
preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in 
a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been established for the 
sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liquidating such unpaid 
obligations.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $80,400,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249:  Provided, 
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with 
receiverships:  Provided further, That the agency may exceed this 
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That the 
purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 
U.S.C. 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may exempt, an 
amount in its sole discretion, from the application of the limitation 
provided in that clause of export loans described in the clause 
guaranteed or insured in a manner other than described in subclause 
(II) of the clause.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (including rescissions and transfers of funds)

    Sec. 701.  The Secretary may use any appropriations made available 
to the Department of Agriculture in this Act to purchase new passenger 
motor vehicles, in addition to specific appropriations for this 
purpose, so long as the total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal 
year 2021 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased in 
fiscal year 2018:  Provided, That, prior to purchasing additional motor 
vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such vehicles are necessary 
for transportation safety, to reduce operational costs, and for the 
protection of life, property, and public safety:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may not increase the Department of Agriculture's 
fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, 
and receives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress within 30 days of the notification.
    Sec. 702.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances of 
discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other available 
unobligated discretionary balances that are remaining available of the 
Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery 
of financial, administrative, and information technology services of 
primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such 
transferred funds to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
none of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of 
the agency administrator:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall 
be available for obligation without written notification to and the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by 
this Act or made available to the Department's Working Capital Fund 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes to 
the Department's National Finance Center without written notification 
to and prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress as required by section 716 of this Act:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made 
available to the Department's Working Capital Fund shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, implement, or 
make any changes to remove or relocate any systems, missions, 
personnel, or functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer 
and the Chief Information Officer, co-located with or from the National 
Finance Center prior to written notification to and prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in 
accordance with the requirements of section 716 of this Act:  Provided 
further, That the National Finance Center Information Technology 
Services Division personnel and data center management 
responsibilities, and control of any functions, missions, and systems 
for current and future human resources management and integrated 
personnel and payroll systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief 
Financial Officer and the Chief Information Office shall remain in the 
National Finance Center and under the management responsibility and 
administrative control of the National Finance Center:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief 
Financial Officer shall actively market to existing and new Departments 
and other government agencies National Finance Center shared services 
including, but not limited to, payroll, financial management, and human 
capital shared services and allow the National Finance Center to 
perform technology upgrades:  Provided further, That of annual income 
amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture 
attributable to the amounts in excess of the true costs of the shared 
services provided by the National Finance Center and budgeted for the 
National Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 
percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, 
including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementation 
of financial, administrative, and information technology services, and 
other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, 
extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center:  Provided further, 
That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation 
unless the Secretary submits written notification of the obligation to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided 
further, That the limitations on the obligation of funds pending 
notification to Congressional Committees shall not apply to any 
obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to 
respond to a declared state of emergency that significantly impacts the 
operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 
the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of 
the National Finance Center.
    Sec. 703.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 704.  No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay 
negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar 
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and 
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost 
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is 
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and 
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed 
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act.
    Sec. 705.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the 
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current 
fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: 
the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural 
Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program account, and the 
Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.
    Sec. 706.  None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief 
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information 
Technology Investment Review Board:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 11319 of 
title 40, United States Code, none of the funds available to the 
Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated 
for projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 prior to 
receipt of written approval by the Chief Information Officer:  Provided 
further, That the Chief Information Officer may authorize an agency to 
obligate funds without written approval from the Chief Information 
Officer for projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured against the 
performance plan requirements described in the explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 113-235.
    Sec. 707.  Funds made available under section 524(b) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall 
remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the 
current fiscal year.
    Sec. 708.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any former 
Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, 
direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 
direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under 
section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such 
Act.
    Sec. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not 
more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made 
available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service 
Agency shall remain available through September 30, 2022, for 
information technology expenses.
    (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not more than 
$20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Rural Development mission 
area shall remain available through September 30, 2022, for information 
technology expenses.
    Sec. 710.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the 
employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 711.  In the case of each program established or amended by 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) or by a successor to 
that Act, other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, 
or programs for which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, 
that is authorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation--
            (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
        administrative expenses, including technical assistance, 
        associated with the implementation of the program, without 
        regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and 
        fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
        Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
            (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 
        considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of 
        applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and 
        fund transfers contained in such section.
    Sec. 712.  Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than 
$2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities 
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task 
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to 
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate 
competitively awarded grants.
    Sec. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 714.  Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 14222 of 
Public Law 110-246 (7 U.S.C. 612c-6; in this section referred to as 
``section 14222''), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 
the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section referred to 
as ``section 32'') in excess of $1,359,864,000 (exclusive of carryover 
appropriations from prior fiscal years), as follows: Child Nutrition 
Programs Entitlement Commodities--$485,000,000; State Option 
Contracts--$5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities--$2,500,000; 
Administration of Section 32 Commodity Purchases--$36,746,000:  
Provided, That of the total funds made available in the matter 
preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on October 1, 2021, such 
unobligated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2022 and shall 
remain available until expended for any of the purposes of section 32, 
except that any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3) 
of section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated 
until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 
expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least two weeks in advance:  Provided further, That, with 
the exception of any available carryover funds authorized in any prior 
appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 
32, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any 
employee of the Department of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of 
section 32.
    Sec. 715.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who prepare 
or submit appropriations language as part of the President's budget 
submission to the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or 
reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals 
that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the 
budget unless such budget submission identifies which additional 
spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals 
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of 
conference for the fiscal year 2022 appropriations Act.
    Sec. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal 
year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming, 
transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy Act, 
or in the case of the Department of Agriculture, through use of the 
authority provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89-106 
(7 U.S.C. 2263), that--
            (1) creates new programs;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
        project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
        restricted;
            (4) relocates an office or employees;
            (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
            (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
        presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use 
of such authority.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 
through a reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in 
subsection (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, that--
            (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
            (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
        project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as 
        approved by Congress; or
            (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
        personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
        activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds 
or the use of such authority.
    (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall notify in writing and receive approval from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before 
implementing any program or activity not carried out during the 
previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded by this 
Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
    (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for--
            (1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 
        including information technology systems, that involves 
        increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 
        the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 
        of the total cost, whichever is less;
            (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant 
        positions or agency activities or functions to establish a 
        center, office, branch, or similar entity with five or more 
        personnel; or
            (3) carrying out activities or functions that were not 
        described in the budget request;
unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 
days in advance of using the funds for these purposes.
    (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for any 
activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services receives from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt 
of the notification as required in this section.
    Sec. 717.  Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may 
assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business and industry loan in 
an amount that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan.
    Sec. 718.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 
Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Farm 
Credit Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 
available reports, questions, or responses to questions that are a 
result of information requested for the appropriations hearing process 
to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health and 
Human Services, non-Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm 
Credit Administration employee.
    Sec. 719.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive branch agency 
to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or 
distribution in the United States unless the story includes a clear 
notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story 
that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that 
executive branch agency.
    Sec. 720.  No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act or any 
other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more than 
60 days in a fiscal year unless the individual's employing agency or 
office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the 
salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
    Sec. 721.  For the purposes of determining eligibility or level of 
program assistance for Rural Development programs the Secretary shall 
not include incarcerated prison populations.
    Sec. 722.  Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the Food 
and Drug Administration, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
detailed spending plan by program, project, and activity for all the 
funds made available under this Act including appropriated user fees, 
as defined in the report accompanying this Act.
    Sec. 723.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 
for the supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $1,000,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 724.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 in a manner 
inconsistent with section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act.
    Sec. 725.  For loans and loan guarantees that do not require budget 
authority and the program level has been established in this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may increase the program level for such loans 
and loan guarantees by not more than 25 percent:  Provided, That prior 
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary notifies, 
in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 15 days in advance.
    Sec. 726.  None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107-76) shall be 
available for obligation without written notification to, and the prior 
approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress:  Provided, That the refunds or rebates so transferred shall 
be available for obligation only for the acquisition of plant and 
capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, 
administrative, and information technology services, including cloud 
adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the 
Department of Agriculture.
    Sec. 727.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce the ``variety'' requirements of 
the final rule entitled ``Enhancing Retailer Standards in the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)'' published by the 
Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 
(81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture amends the 
definition of the term ``variety'' as de fined in section 
278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
``variety'' as applied in the definition of the term ``staple food'' as 
defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
increase the number of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in 
each staple food category so that the total number of such items in 
each staple food category exceeds the number of such items in each 
staple food category included in the final rule as published on 
December 15, 2016:  Provided, That until the Secretary promulgates such 
regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements 
regarding acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were in effect on the day 
before the date of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113-79).
    Sec. 728.  In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall have the same authority with respect to loans guaranteed under 
such section and eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has 
under subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1490p-2) with respect to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and 
eligible lenders for such loans.
    Sec. 729.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or take any other action 
with respect to, allowing or requiring information intended for a 
prescribing health care professional, in the case of a drug or 
biological product subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to such 
professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) unless and until 
a Federal law is enacted to allow or require such distribution.
    Sec. 730.  Hereafter, and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, ARS facilities as described in the ``Memorandum of Understanding 
Between the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Concerning Laboratory Animal 
Welfare'' (16-6100-0103-MU Revision 16-1) shall be inspected by APHIS 
for compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and its regulations and 
standards.
    Sec. 731.  Funds made available under title II of the Food for 
Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to provide 
assistance to recipient nations if adequate monitoring and controls, as 
determined by the Administrator, are in place to ensure that emergency 
food aid is received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappropriate 
purposes.
    Sec. 732.  There is hereby appropriated $12,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a):  Provided, 
That the Secretary may allow eligible entities, or comparable entities 
that provide energy efficiency services using their own billing 
mechanism to offer loans to customers in any part of their service 
territory and to offer loans to replace a manufactured housing unit 
with another manufactured housing unit, if replacement would be more 
cost effective in saving energy.
    Sec. 733.  None of the funds (including fees) made available by 
this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year (including Acts other 
than appropriations Acts) may be used to finalize, implement, 
administer, enforce, carry out, or otherwise give effect to the final 
rule entitled ``Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements 
for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents'' published in the Federal 
Register on December 5, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 66782).
    Sec. 734.  None of the funds (including fees) made available by 
this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year (including Acts other 
than appropriations Acts) may be used to finalize, implement, 
administer, enforce, carry out, or otherwise give effect to the 
proposed rule entitled ``Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: 
Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility 
Allowances'' published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2019 (84 
Fed. Reg. 52809).
    Sec. 735.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to carry out any activities or incur any expense related to the 
issuance of licenses under section 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 
U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal of such licenses, to class B dealers who 
sell dogs and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or 
testing.
    Sec. 736. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for this fiscal 
year for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste 
management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, 
and 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or wastewater 
system unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project 
are produced in the United States.
    (2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel products'' means the 
following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined 
pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, 
hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, 
structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction 
materials.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases 
in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as 
the ``Secretary'') or the designee of the Secretary finds that--
            (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
        public interest;
            (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
        States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of 
        a satisfactory quality; or
            (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
        United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 
        more than 25 percent.
    (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request for a 
waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee shall make 
available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request and 
information available to the Secretary or the designee concerning the 
request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for 
at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The 
Secretary or the designee shall make the request and accompanying 
information available by electronic means, including on the official 
public Internet Web site of the Department.
    (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under international agreements.
    (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 
appropriated in this Act for ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural Water and 
Waste Disposal Program Account'' for carrying out the provisions 
described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the 
requirements of this section.
    (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project for 
which the engineering plans and specifications include use of iron and 
steel products otherwise prohibited by such subsection if the plans and 
specifications have received required approvals from State agencies 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
    (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ``United States'' and 
``State'' shall include each of the several States, the District of 
Columbia, and each federally recognized Indian tribe.
    Sec. 737.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action 
on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 
U.S.C. 1913.
    Sec. 738.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to procure raw or processed poultry products imported into the United 
States from the People's Republic of China for use in the school lunch 
program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food Program under 
section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the Summer Food Service 
Program for Children under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or 
the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
    Sec. 739.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel--
            (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
        Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
            (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
        Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
        note; Public Law 104-127); or
            (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 
        of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
    Sec. 740.  Of the total amounts made available by this Act for 
direct loans and grants in section 732 and in the following headings: 
``Rural Housing Service--Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 
Account''; ``Rural Housing Service--Mutual and Self-Help Housing 
Grants''; ``Rural Housing Service--Rural Housing Assistance Grants''; 
``Rural Housing Service--Rural Community Facilities Program Account''; 
``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Business Program Account''; 
``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Economic Development Loans 
Program Account''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural 
Cooperative Development Grants''; ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural 
Water and Waste Disposal Program Account''; ``Rural Utilities Service--
Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account''; 
and ``Rural Utilities Service--Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and 
Broadband Program'', to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 
percent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 
poverty counties under this section, including, notwithstanding any 
other provision regarding population limits, any county seat of such a 
persistent poverty county that has a population that does not exceed 
the authorized population limit by more than 10 percent:  Provided, 
That for purposes of this section, the term ``persistent poverty 
counties'' means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its 
population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 
1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007-2011 American Community 
Survey 5-year average, or any territory or possession of the United 
States:  Provided further, That with respect to specific activities for 
which program levels have been made available by this Act that are not 
supported by budget authority, the requirements of this section shall 
be applied to such program level.
    Sec. 741.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, for the National Institute of Food 
and Agriculture to issue a competitive grant to support the 
establishment of an Agriculture Business Innovation Center at a 
historically black college or university to serve as a technical 
assistance hub to enhance agriculture-based business development 
opportunities.
    Sec. 742.  In addition to any other funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act, there is appropriated $12,000,000 to carry out 
section 18(g)(8) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1769(g)), to remain available until expended.
    Sec. 743.  There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, for the cost of loans and grants 
that is consistent with section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, 
for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects that 
provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and 
preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities.
    Sec. 744.  For an additional amount for ``Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service--Salaries and Expenses'', $8,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, for one-time control and management 
and associated activities directly related to the multiple-agency 
response to citrus greening.
    Sec. 745.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt of a submission 
for an exemption for investigational use of a drug or biological 
product under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which a human embryo 
is intentionally created or modified to include a heritable genetic 
modification. Any such submission shall be deemed to have not been 
received by the Secretary, and the exemption may not go into effect.
    Sec. 746.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to enforce the final rule promulgated by the Food and 
Drug Administration entitled ``Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, 
Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,'' and published 
on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation of entities that 
grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or 
almonds.
    Sec. 747.  For school year 2021-2022, only a school food authority 
that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service 
account as of December 31, 2020, shall be required to establish a price 
for paid lunches in accordance with section 12(p) of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)).
    Sec. 748.  There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, for a pilot program for the 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide grants to 
nonprofit organizations for programs and services to establish and 
enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans.
    Sec. 749.  For school years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, none of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce 
the matter following the first comma in the second sentence of footnote 
(c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 
respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under the school 
breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).
    Sec. 750.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall--
            (1) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives the documents cited in Press Release 
        No. 0176.18 of the Department of Agriculture as the basis for 
        the September 6, 2018 decision to cancel the Forest Service 
        application for the Rainy River Watershed Withdrawal, 
        including--
                    (A) the environmental assessment entitled 
                ``Northern Minnesota Federal Minerals Withdrawal'' and 
                dated September 2018;
                    (B) each mineral resources report cited in such 
                Release;
                    (C) each biological and economic impact assessment 
                cited in such Release; and
                    (D) each document developed with respect to such 
                Release relating to the potential impacts of proposed 
                mineral activities in the Rainy River Watershed on--
                            (i) water resources;
                            (ii) wilderness areas; and
                            (iii) cultural resources; and
            (2) for the period beginning not later than 60 days after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date 
        that is 10 years thereafter, make publicly available on the 
        website of the Department of Agriculture all documents (without 
        redaction) described in paragraph (1).
    Sec. 751. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, shall--
            (1) revoke any line speed waivers issued to a processor 
        subject to the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et 
        seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et 
        seq.) during the period beginning on or after the first day of 
        the COVID-19 emergency period and ending on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) subject to subsection (b), not issue any such waivers 
        on or after such date of enactment, for the duration of the 
        COVID-19 emergency period.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may issue a line 
speed waiver to a processor referred to in such subsection, if such 
processor--
            (1) agrees to an inspection for such purpose conducted by 
        the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and 
        Health; and
            (2) the Assistant Secretary certifies to the Secretary of 
        Agriculture that any increases in line speed at such 
        processor's facilities would not have an adverse impact on 
        worker safety.
    (c) For purposes of this section, the term ``COVID-19 emergency 
period'' has the meaning given the term ``emergency period'' in section 
1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B)).
    Sec. 752.  In addition to any funds made available in this Act or 
any other Act, there is hereby appropriated $14,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, for grants from the National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture to the 1890 Institutions to support 
the Centers of Excellence.
    Sec. 753.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out 
a pilot program that assists rural hospitals to improve long-term 
operations and financial health by providing technical assistance 
through analysis of current hospital management practices.
    Sec. 754.  There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for grants under section 12502 of Public Law 
115-334.
    Sec. 755.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out 
section 1621 of Public Law 110-246.
    Sec. 756.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall--
    (1) within 30 days of enactment of this Act, publish a notice in 
the Federal Register of the Department's intent to lift the stay issued 
on July 31, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 46255) and a proposed date upon which 
the final rule published on December 31, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 76815) 
(``the final rule'') shall be become effective;
    (2) take public comments on the notice for not more than 60 days; 
and
    (3) not later than 30 days after the end of the comment period, 
publish in the Federal Register the date upon which the stay is lifted 
and the final rule shall become effective.
    Sec. 757.  There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, to carry out section 4003(b) of 
Public Law 115-334 relating to demonstration projects for Tribal 
Organizations.
    Sec. 758.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out 
section 3307 of Public Law 115-334.
    Sec. 759.  The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the matching 
funds requirement under Section 412(g) of the Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)).
    Sec. 760.  There is hereby appropriated $15,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, to carry out section 23 of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1793), of which $2,000,000 shall 
be for grants under such section to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States 
Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
    Sec. 761.  Any funds made available by this or any other Act that 
the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 1668(g)(2) of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), 
as amended, shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk 
assessment research:  Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such 
funds to appropriations of the Department of Agriculture.
    Sec. 762.  There is hereby appropriated $7,000,000 to carry out 
section 222 of Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923) as amended by section 12302 
of Public Law 115-334.
    Sec. 763.  There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to carry out 
section 224 of Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924) as amended by section 12504 
of Public Law 115-334.
    Sec. 764.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, to carry out section 4208 of Public 
Law 115-334.
    Sec. 765.  There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to carry out 
section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(g)(4(B)) as amended by section 7209 of 
Public Law 115-334.
    Sec. 766.  There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out 
section 12301 of Public Law 115-334.
    Sec. 767.  There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out 
section 1450 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222e) as amended by section 7120 
of Public Law 115-334.
    Sec. 768.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out 
section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) as amended by section 7208 of Public Law 115-334.
    Sec. 769.  In response to an eligible community where the drinking 
water supplies are inadequate due to a natural disaster, as determined 
by the Secretary, including drought or severe weather, the Secretary 
may provide potable water through the Emergency Community Water 
Assistance Grant Program for an additional period of time not to exceed 
120 days beyond the established period provided under the Program in 
order to protect public health.
    Sec. 770.  There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, to carry out section 4206 of Public 
Law 115-334.
    Sec. 771.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115-
334.
    Sec. 772. (a) There is hereby appropriated $915,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for an additional amount for ``Rural 
Utilities Service--Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband 
Program'' for the same purpose and under the same terms and conditions 
as funds appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 115-141 (as amended 
by section 776).
    (b) Section 313(b) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)), shall be applied for fiscal year 2021 and 
each fiscal year thereafter until the specified funding has been 
expended as if the following were inserted after the final period in 
subsection (b)(2): ``In addition, the Secretary shall use, for the same 
purpose and under the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated 
by section 779 of Public Law 115-141, $425,000,000 of funds available 
in this subaccount in fiscal year 2019 and thereafter until expended; 
$255,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2020 
and thereafter until expended; and $75,000,000 of funds available in 
this subaccount in fiscal year 2021 and thereafter until expended: 
Provided, That any use of such funds shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 716 of this Act.''.
    (c) Section 787(b) of division B of Public Law 116-94 shall no 
longer apply.
    Sec. 773.  Hereafter, and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds available to the Department of Agriculture may be used to 
move any staff office or any agency from the mission area in which it 
was located on August 1, 2018, to any other mission area or office 
within the Department in the absence of the enactment of specific 
legislation affirming such move.
    Sec. 774.  There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out 
a pilot program to provide financial assistance for rural communities 
to further develop renewable energy.
    Sec. 775.  Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 2021''.
    Sec. 776.  Section 779 of Public Law 115-141 is amended by striking 
``efforts made'' in the fourth proviso and inserting ``service 
provided''.
    Sec. 777.  The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, may use funds appropriated under this 
Act for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program and the 
Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for 
the Emergency Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 
section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to 
provide technical services for such programs pursuant to section 
1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), 
notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section.
    Sec. 778. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (Commissioner), shall 
explore and, if it determines to be feasible, implement a number of 
options for regulating the export of shrimp to the United States from 
other countries, such as sampling of products prior to export to the 
United States, increasing foreign inspections of export facilities, 
increased seafood importer inspections, foreign surveillance 
inspections at overseas manufacturing sites, enhanced import screening, 
higher rates of examination and sampling, use of third-party audits, 
and formal seafood arrangements with foreign competent authorities.
    (b) The Commissioner shall especially consider the following: (1) 
that appropriate controls are applied to shrimp feed and production 
ponds, processing plants, and facilities throughout the chain of 
distribution to determine compliance with seafood safety requirements; 
(2) dedicate its inspectional effort to determine compliance with 
seafood arrangements, once established, from any dedicated funds; (3) 
provide an annual report to the Committee before the end of fiscal 
years 2021, 2022, and 2023 with the reporting requirement goal being to 
provide the Committee information related to FDA's oversight of the 
safety of shrimp products imported into the United States.
    Sec. 779.  Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law 115-334) shall be applied by 
substituting ``September 30, 2021'' for ``the date that is 1 year after 
the date on which the Secretary establishes a plan under section 297C 
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946''.
    Sec. 780.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
act may be used to restrict the offering of low-fat (1% fat) flavored 
milk in the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program, 
as long as such milk is not inconsistent with the most recent Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National 
Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990.
    Sec. 781.  The Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration 
shall develop a plan within 180 days of enactment that would allow the 
Agency to identify, detain and refuse all FDA regulated products 
originating from foreign establishments that did not allow FDA 
investigators immediate physical access to the registered establishment 
and its records to determine a registered establishment's ongoing 
compliance with FDA laws and regulations. Any foreign establishment 
that meets these criteria may be placed on import alert. This import 
alert would be specific for this foreign establishment, focusing on 
detaining all products from this establishment.
    Sec. 782.  In administering the pilot program established by 
section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 
(Public Law 115-141), the Secretary of Agriculture may, for purposes of 
determining entities eligible to receive assistance, consider those 
communities which are ``Areas Rural in Character'':  Provided, That not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available by section 772 may be 
used for this purpose.
    Sec. 783.  Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 
shall complete a review and provide a report to the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the 
Congress, on the most recent edition of the dietary guidelines for 
Americans that includes the following:
            (1) A comparative analysis of the scientific methodologies, 
        review protocols, and evaluation processes used to develop the 
        most recently issued guidelines as compared to recommendations 
        included in the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and 
        Medicine September 2017 report entitled ``Redesigning the 
        Process for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for 
        Americans''.
            (2) A comparative analysis of the scientific studies used 
        to develop such guidelines to determine the dietary needs of 
        Americans with diet-related metabolic diseases as compared to 
        the most current and rigorous scientific studies on diet and 
        diet-related metabolic diseases available.
            (3) An analysis of how full implementation of the 
        recommendations described in paragraph (1) would have affected 
        the most recently issued guidelines.
    Sec. 784. (a) Section 569D of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-8d) is amended--
    (1) in the section heading, by striking ``CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES'' 
and inserting ``DRUGS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES'';
    (2) by striking ``controlled substance'' each place such term 
appears and inserting ``drug or controlled substance'';
    (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``controlled substances'' and 
inserting ``drugs or controlled substances''; and
    (4) in subsection (c), by striking ``or an official senior to such 
Director'' and inserting the following: ``or the Director of the Center 
for Biologics Evaluation and Research (or an official senior to either 
such Director)''.
    (b) Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended by striking ``is a controlled substance 
subject to an order under section 569D'' and inserting ``is a drug or 
controlled substance subject to an order under section 569D''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2021''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 358

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7610

                          [Report No. 116-446]

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                                 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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                             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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