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Calendar No. 113 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2599 

[Report No. 117–34] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 4, 2021 

Ms. BALDWIN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

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

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for 

other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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1 tion, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep2 tember 30, 2022, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

9 $52,916,000, of which not to exceed $5,703,000 shall be 

10 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

11 to exceed $4,749,000 shall be available for the Office of 

12 Homeland Security; not to exceed $1,025,000 shall be 

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

14 $6,044,000 shall be available for the Office of Partner15 ships and Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall 

16 be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $23,431,000 

17 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

18 for Administration, of which $21,782,000 shall be avail19 able for Departmental Administration to provide for nec20 essary expenses for management support services to of21 fices of the Department and for general administration, 

22 security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 

23 supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec24 essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart25 ment: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to 
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1 an agency in the Administration mission area for salaries 

2 and expenses are available to fund up to one administra3 tive support staff for the Office; not to exceed $4,480,000 

4 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 

5 Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to 

6 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro7 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 

8 within the executive branch; and not to exceed $7,484,000 

9 shall be available for the Office of Communications: Pro10 vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is author11 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 

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

13 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 

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

15 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 

16 of the amount made available under this paragraph for 

17 the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available 

18 for official reception and representation expenses, not oth19 erwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Pro20 vided further, That the amount made available under this 

21 heading for Departmental Administration shall be reim22 bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for trav23 el expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 

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

25 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 
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1 Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern2 mental Affairs may be transferred to agencies of the De3 partment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain 

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

5 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

6 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 

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

8 Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 

9 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the alloca10 tion of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, 

11 That during any 30 day notification period referenced in 

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

13 take no action to begin implementation of the action that 

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

15 announcement of such action in any form. 

16 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

17 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

19 Economist, $25,499,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for 

20 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

21 7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made avail22 able under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to 

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

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

25 as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115–334. 
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1 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

3 Appeals, $16,173,000. 

4 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

6 Program Analysis, $12,310,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In9 formation Officer, $84,746,000, of which not less than 

10 $69,672,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de11 partment. 

12 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi14 nancial Officer, $7,118,000. 

15 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

16 RIGHTS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

18 Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,426,000: Provided, That 

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

20 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

23 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

25 $29,328,000. 
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1 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu4 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

5 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis6 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri7 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

9 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

10 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con11 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

12 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im13 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili14 ties, and for related costs, $313,443,000, to remain avail15 able until expended. 

16 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri19 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

21 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 6901 et seq.), $6,545,000, to remain available until ex23 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 

24 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man25 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
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1 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 

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

3 OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu5 rity, and Protection, $23,306,000. 

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

8 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

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

10 $106,309,000, including such sums as may be necessary 

11 for contracting and other arrangements with public agen12 cies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 

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

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

15 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 

16 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 

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

19 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 

20 (Public Law 97–98). 

21 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

23 Counsel, $60,723,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF ETHICS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

3 $4,277,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

5 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

8 $1,327,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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

12 the Office. 

13 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

14 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

15 Service, $90,794,000. 

16 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

17 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

18 Statistics Service, $191,662,000, of which up to 

19 $46,850,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen20 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

21 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur22 rent Agricultural Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 

23 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f). 
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1 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

6 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

9 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed10 eral ownership, $1,675,040,000: Provided, That appro11 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

12 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

13 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

14 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 be constructed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, 

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

24 year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace25 ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 
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1 greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

2 shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 

3 Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 

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

5 the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 

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

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

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

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

14 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 

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

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

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

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

23 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

25 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 
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1 interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 

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

5 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

6 by law. 

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

10 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri11 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri12 culture, where not otherwise provided, $45,405,000 to re13 main available until expended. 

14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

15 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

16 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

17 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

18 for other expenses, $1,057,420,000, which shall be for the 

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

20 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

21 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

23 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, His24 panic serving institutions education grants, capacity build25 ing for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agri-
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1 culture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 

2 loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellow3 ship and institution challenge grants, and grants manage4 ment systems shall remain available until expended: Pro5 vided further, That each institution eligible to receive 

6 funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less 

7 than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for edu8 cation grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian9 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

10 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

11 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha12 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 

13 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

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

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

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

17 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 

18 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained by the Secretary of Agri19 culture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec20 retary in carrying out that authority. 

21 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

22 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

24 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

2 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

4 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $559,400,000, 

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

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

10 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

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

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

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

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

17 extension agents. 

18 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

19 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

20 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex21 penses, $40,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

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

24 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

25 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re-
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1 main available until September 30, 2023: Provided further, 

2 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 

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

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

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

7 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

9 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

10 $1,577,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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

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

15 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

20 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

22 $1,122,116,000 of which up to $3,474,000 shall be for 

23 the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this ac24 count in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spend25 ing’’ in the report to accompany this Act, in accordance 
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1 with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements; of 

2 which $491,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

3 be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 

4 diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals 

5 and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent necessary to 

6 meet emergency conditions; of which $14,725,000, to re7 main available until expended, shall be used for the cotton 

8 pests program, including for cost share purposes or for 

9 debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which 

10 $38,486,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

11 for Animal Health Technical Services; of which 

12 $2,340,000 shall be for activities under the authority of 

13 the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 

14 1831); of which $63,833,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, shall be used to support avian health; of which 

16 $4,251,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

17 for information technology infrastructure; of which 

18 $210,342,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

19 for specialty crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2023, shall be for one-time 

21 control and management and associated activities directly 

22 related to the multiple-agency response to citrus greening; 

23 of which, $11,137,000, to remain available until expended, 

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

25 which $19,782,000, to remain available until expended, 
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1 shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which 

2 $38,380,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

3 for emergency preparedness and response; of which 

4 $61,217,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

5 for tree and wood pests; of which $6,751,000, to remain 

6 available until expended, shall be for the National Veteri7 nary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain 

8 available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program 

9 for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available 

10 until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage manage11 ment program for aviation safety: Provided, That any of 

12 the funds described in the ‘‘Congressionally Directed 

13 Spending’’ table that the Secretary determines will not be 

14 obligated during the fiscal year shall not be subject to the 

15 direction provided in such table: Provided further, That of 

16 amounts available under this heading for wildlife services 

17 methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available 

18 until expended: Provided further, That of amounts avail19 able under this heading for the screwworm program, 

20 $4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of which 

21 $24,307,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

22 used to carry out the science program and transition ac23 tivities for the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility lo24 cated in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, That no 

25 funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel-
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1 losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that 

2 does not require minimum matching by the States of at 

3 least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation 

4 shall be available for the purchase, replacement, operation, 

5 and maintenance of aircraft: Provided further, That in ad6 dition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

7 agricultural production industry of the United States, the 

8 Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

9 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart10 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail11 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi12 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani13 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

14 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro15 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

16 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 

17 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

18 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

19 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

20 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

21 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter22 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

23 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

24 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 

25 current replacement value of the building. 
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1 In fiscal year 2022, the agency is authorized to collect 

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

4 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

5 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

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

11 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

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

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

18 available until expended. 

19 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

20 MARKETING SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

22 Service, $231,063,000, of which $7,000,000 shall be avail23 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

24 79: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

25 this heading, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 

2 115–334 and shall result in an equal distribution of funds 

3 between only the three regional innovation initiatives that 

4 were funded in fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That 

5 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 

6 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

7 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build8 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

9 the current replacement value of the building. 

10 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

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

13 the development or maintenance of grain standards under 

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

15 seq. 

16 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

17 Not to exceed $61,786,000 (from fees collected) shall 

18 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra19 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

21 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

23 Congress. 
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1 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

2 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au5 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com6 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

8 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

9 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans10 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 

11 $20,705,000 for formulation and administration of mar12 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 

13 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 

14 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 

15 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

16 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

17 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

18 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul19 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

20 $4,000,000. 

21 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

22 EXPENSES

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

24 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

25 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
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1 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

2 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

3 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Food Safety, $1,327,000: Provided, That 

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

9 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

10 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of11 fice. 

12 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

13 For necessary expenses to carry out services author14 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

15 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

17 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

19 $1,153,064,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred20 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab21 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

22 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

23 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

24 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

25 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
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1 That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 

2 be employed during fiscal year 2022 for purposes dedi3 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

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

5 seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec6 tion Service shall continue implementation of section 

7 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the 

8 amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 

9 79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

10 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter11 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 

12 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

13 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

14 value of the building. 

15 TITLE II 

16 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

17 PROGRAMS 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM

19 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

21 Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 

22 $1,687,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

23 Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva24 tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
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1 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of2 fice. 

3 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS

4 CENTER

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

8 Conservation Business Center, $238,177,000: Provided, 

9 That $60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the cur10 rent fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm 

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

12 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged with this ac13 count. 

14 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

18 $1,178,324,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall 

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

20 anticipated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county of21 fices and farm loan officers and shall be available until 

22 September 30, 2023: Provided, That not more than 50 

23 percent of the funding made available under this heading 

24 for information technology related to farm program deliv25 ery may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con2 gress, and receives written or electronic notification of re3 ceipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 

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

5 the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 

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

7 lifecycle cost for the entirety of the project/investment, in8 cluding estimates for development as well as maintenance 

9 and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) dem10 onstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent 

11 with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 

12 Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applica13 ble lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) 

14 subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning 

15 and investment control requirements; and (3) has been re16 viewed by the Government Accountability Office and ap17 proved by the Committees on Appropriations of both 

18 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency 

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

20 fiscal year 2022 to the Committees on Appropriations and 

21 the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for 

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

23 performance against key indicators of customer satisfac24 tion, (b) current performance of service level agreements 

25 or other technical metrics, (c) current performance against 
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1 a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown 

2 of current and planned spending on operational enhance3 ments or upgrades, and (e) an assessment of whether the 

4 investment continues to meet business needs as intended 

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

6 That the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facili7 ties, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity 

8 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro9 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 

10 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

11 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac12 count: Provided further, That funds made available to 

13 county committees shall remain available until expended: 

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

15 Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service 

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

17 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

18 to permanently relocate county based employees that 

19 would result in an office with two or fewer employees with20 out prior notification and approval of the Committees on 

21 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

22 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

23 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul24 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

25 5106), $7,000,000. 
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1 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

3 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

5 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

9 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

10 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

11 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

13 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de14 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

15 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria16 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

17 12). 

18 GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND

19 RANCHERS

20 For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimburse21 ment payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers 

22 and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conserva23 tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), 

24 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

6 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer7 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac8 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 

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

10 1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and 

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

12 to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit In13 surance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed 

14 farm ownership loans and $2,800,000,000 for farm owner15 ship direct loans; $2,118,482,000 for unsubsidized guar16 anteed operating loans and $1,633,333,000 for direct op17 erating loans; emergency loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe 

18 land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conserva19 tion loans, $150,000,000; relending program, 

20 $61,425,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

21 $5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 

22 $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the 

23 pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll 

24 weevil eradication program loans. 
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1 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

2 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

4 as follows: $40,017,000 for direct farm operating loans, 

5 $16,524,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating 

6 loans, $267,000 for emergency loans, $5,000,000 for the 

7 relending program, and $407,000 for Indian highly 

8 fractionated land loans, to remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

11 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

12 $314,772,000: Provided, That of this amount, 

13 $294,114,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

14 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex15 penses’’. 

16 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

17 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

18 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

19 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro20 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

21 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad22 vance of any transfer. 
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1 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

4 Agency, $67,700,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the 

5 amount appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 

6 be available for compliance and integrity activities re7 quired under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop In8 surance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall 

9 be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such pur10 pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

11 be available for official reception and representation ex12 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

13 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

14 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi16 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

17 including preparation of conservation plans and establish18 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

19 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas20 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

21 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con22 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva23 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

24 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

25 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 
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1 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 

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

3 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter4 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build5 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

6 $937,964,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2023, of which up to $19,611,000 shall be for the pur8 poses, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 

9 the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 

10 the report to accompany this Act, in accordance with ap11 plicable statutory and regulatory requirements: Provided, 

12 That any of the funds described in the ‘‘Congressionally 

13 Directed Spending’’ table that the Secretary determines 

14 will not be obligated during the fiscal year shall not be 

15 subject to the direction provided in such table: Provided 

16 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

17 pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improve18 ment of buildings and public improvements at plant mate19 rials centers, except that the cost of alterations and im20 provements to other buildings and other public improve21 ments shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That 

22 when buildings or other structures are erected on non23 Federal land, that the right to use such land is obtained 

24 as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That of 

25 the total amount available under this heading, $8,000,000 
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1 shall be for necessary expenses to carry out the Urban 

2 Agriculture and Innovative Production Program under 

3 section 222 of subtitle A of title II of the Department of 

4 Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), 

5 as amended by section 12302 of Public Law 115–334: 

6 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

7 under this heading, $15,000,000, to remain available until 

8 expended, may be provided, pursuant to section 3709(b) 

9 of title 16, United States Code, to the National Fish and 

10 Wildlife Foundation to establish a Working Land Resil11 ience Program to collaborate with the Natural Resources 

12 Conservation Service to offer technical and financial as13 sistance to farmers, ranchers, and non-industrial private 

14 forestland owners who will adopt voluntary practices that 

15 will restore and increase the resiliency of natural eco16 systems to protect rural communities from future adverse 

17 weather events: Provided further, That projects funded 

18 pursuant to the preceding proviso will meet Natural Re19 sources Conservation Service requirements for planning 

20 and practice implementation: Provided further, That funds 

21 for such projects shall be matched on at least a one-for22 one basis by the Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided 

23 further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds 

24 to a non-Federal recipient for such projects at the propor-
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1 tionate rate that the recipient obtains the non-Federal 

2 matching funds. 

3 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas5 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga6 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 

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

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

9 1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi10 sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

11 $198,275,000, to remain available until expended; of 

12 which up to $23,275,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

13 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti14 tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report to 

15 accompany this Act, in accordance with applicable statu16 tory and regulatory requirements: Provided, That for 

17 funds provided by this Act or any other prior Act, the limi18 tation regarding the size of the watershed or subwatershed 

19 exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand acres in which 

20 such activities can be undertaken shall only apply for ac21 tivities undertaken for the primary purpose of flood pre22 vention (including structural and land treatment meas23 ures): Provided further, That of the amounts made avail24 able under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be allocated 

25 to projects and activities that can commence promptly fol-
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1 lowing enactment; that address regional priorities for flood 

2 prevention, agricultural water management, inefficient ir3 rigation systems, fish and wildlife habitat, or watershed 

4 protection; or that address authorized ongoing projects 

5 under the authorities of section 13 of the Flood Control 

6 Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78–534) with a 

7 primary purpose of watershed protection by preventing 

8 floodwater damage and stabilizing stream channels, tribu9 taries, and banks to reduce erosion and sediment trans10 port: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail11 able under this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain avail12 able until expended for the authorities under 16 U.S.C. 

13 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 for authorized ongoing water14 shed projects with a primary purpose of providing water 

15 to rural communities. 

16 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

17 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

18 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $10,000,000 is pro19 vided. 

20 CORPORATIONS 

21 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

22 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

23 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor24 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

25 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
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1 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

2 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

4 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here5 inafter provided. 

6 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

7 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

10 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

11 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec14 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

15 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim16 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

17 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

18 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec19 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

20 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

22 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv23 ice for information resource management activities of the 

24 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com25 modity Credit Corporation business. 
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1 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

2 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

3 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

5 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

6 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

7 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

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

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

11 TITLE III 

12 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

14 DEVELOPMENT

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

16 Secretary for Rural Development, $1,580,000: Provided, 

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

18 the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex19 penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup20 port staff for the Office. 

21 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis25 tration and implementation of Rural Development pro-
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1 grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 

2 development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 

3 and for cooperative agreements; $363,922,000: Provided, 

4 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

5 $32,000,000 shall be for the StrikeForce activities of the 

6 Department of Agriculture, and may be transferred to 

7 agencies of the Department for such purpose, consistent 

8 with the missions and authorities of such agencies: Pro9 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used 

11 for advertising and promotional activities that support 

12 Rural Development programs: Provided further, That in 

13 addition to any other funds appropriated for purposes au14 thorized by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

15 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected under such sec16 tion, as amended by this Act, will immediately be credited 

17 to this account and will remain available until expended 

18 for such purposes. 

19 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

20 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di23 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

25 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,250,000,000 
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1 shall be for direct loans and $30,000,000,000 shall be for 

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

3 504 housing repair loans; $92,000,000 for section 515 

4 rental housing; $250,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 

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

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

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

8 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

9 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

12 502 loans, $23,250,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

13 504 housing repair loans, $484,000; section 523 self-help 

14 housing land development loans, $55,000; section 524 site 

15 development loans, $206,000; and repair, rehabilitation, 

16 and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

17 $8,225,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

18 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 

19 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 

20 any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guaran21 tees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 

22 of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such 

23 loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That appli24 cants in communities that have a current rural area waiv25 er under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
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1 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area 

2 for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided 

3 under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 

4 available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 

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

6 loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 

7 to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing 

8 grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 

9 1949 until June 1, 2022: Provided further, That the Sec10 retary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to 

11 nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to 

12 facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) 

13 multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit organi14 zations and public housing authorities that commit to keep 

15 such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program 

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

17 such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the fol18 lowing: allow such nonprofit entities and public housing 

19 authorities to earn a Return on Investment on their own 

20 resources to include proceeds from low income housing tax 

21 credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and devel22 oper loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; 

23 and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associ24 ated with owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset 

25 Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property. 
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1 In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 

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

3 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

4 $32,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 

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

7 rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 

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

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

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

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

20 use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc21 turing: Provided further, That any balances, including ob22 ligated balances, available for all demonstration programs 

23 for the preservation and revitalization of sections 514, 

24 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties in the 

25 ‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’ 
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1 shall be transferred to and merged with this account, and 

2 shall also be available for the preservation and revitaliza3 tion of sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental 

4 housing properties, including the restructuring of existing 

5 USDA multi-family housing loans: Provided further, That 

6 following the transfer of balances described in the pre7 ceding proviso, any adjustments to obligations for dem8 onstration programs for the preservation and revitaliza9 tion of section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental hous10 ing properties that would otherwise be incurred in ‘‘Multi11 family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’ shall be 

12 made in this account from amounts transferred to this ac13 count under the preceding proviso. 

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

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

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

17 $12,831,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

18 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

19 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail20 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans21 ferred to and merged with this account. 

22 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

23 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

24 $412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
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1 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex2 penses’’. 

3 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re5 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

6 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 

7 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house8 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous9 ing Act of 1949, $1,450,000,000, of which $40,000,000 

10 shall be available until September 30, 2023; and in addi11 tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec12 tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 

13 fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 

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

15 assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the 

16 current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period: 

17 Provided further, That upon request by an owner of a 

18 project financed by an existing loan under section 514 or 

19 515 of the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assist20 ance agreement for a period of 20 years or until the term 

21 of such loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations: 

22 Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain23 ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans24 ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction, main25 tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 
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1 preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 

2 under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as3 sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 

4 fiscal year 2022 for a farm labor multi-family housing 

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

6 not be recaptured for use in another project until such 

7 assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 con8 secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten9 ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as10 sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist11 ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist12 ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 

13 farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 

14 section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That ex15 cept as provided in the fourth proviso under this heading 

16 and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 

17 Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 

18 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2022 for a 

19 project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 

20 rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur21 rent needs. 

22 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT

23 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

24 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not25 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, $45,000,000, 
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1 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

2 funds made available under this heading shall be available 

3 for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 

4 (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 

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

6 been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 

7 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

8 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 

9 for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 

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

11 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap12 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

13 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

14 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid15 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

16 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

17 Development: Provided further, That in addition to any 

18 other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more 

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

20 available under this heading, for administrative expenses 

21 for activities funded under this heading. 

22 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

23 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

24 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

25 1490c), $32,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

3 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

5 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di9 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

11 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di12 rect loans and $500,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

13 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 

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

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

16 for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 

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

18 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

19 $172,690,000, to remain available until expended, of 

20 which up to $83,690,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

21 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti22 tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report to 

23 accompany this Act, in accordance with applicable statu24 tory and regulatory requirements: Provided, That 

25 $6,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
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1 ing shall be available for a Rural Community Development 

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

3 solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, non4 profit community-based housing and community develop5 ment organizations, low-income rural communities, and 

6 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to under7 take projects to improve housing, community facilities, 

8 community and economic development projects in rural 

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

10 available to qualified private, nonprofit and public inter11 mediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 

12 of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, 

13 That such intermediary organizations shall provide match14 ing funds from other sources, including Federal funds for 

15 related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro16 vided: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

17 under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be available to cover 

18 the subsidy costs for loans or loan guarantees under this 

19 heading: Provided further, That if any such funds remain 

20 unobligated for the subsidy costs after June 30, 2022, the 

21 unobligated balance may be transferred to the grant pro22 grams funded under this heading: Provided further, That 

23 any unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 

24 under this heading for the cost of direct loans, loan guar25 antees and grants, including amounts deobligated or can-
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1 celled, may be made available to cover the subsidy costs 

2 for direct loans and or loan guarantees under this heading 

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

4 be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso from 

5 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 

6 emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolu7 tion on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer8 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 

9 $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head10 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

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

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

13 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

14 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

15 heading. 

16 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

17 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

20 rural business development programs authorized by sec21 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 

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

23 Development Act, $81,150,000, to remain available until 

24 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

25 under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
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1 available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

2 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

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

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

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

6 Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa7 lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 

8 for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 

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

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

11 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 

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

13 under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 

14 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

15 $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 

16 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

17 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 

18 That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 

19 $5,000,000 shall be for the Rural Innovation Stronger 

20 Economy Grant Program (7 U.S.C. 2008w): Provided fur21 ther, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 

22 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

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

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author4 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac5 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

6 For the cost of direct loans, $1,524,000, as author7 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac8 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $167,000 shall be avail9 able through June 30, 2022, for Federally Recognized Na10 tive American Tribes; and of which $305,000 shall be 

11 available through June 30, 2022, for Mississippi Delta Re12 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

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

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

15 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

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

20 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

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

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

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

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

5 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

6 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

8 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $26,800,000, of 

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

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

12 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

13 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

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

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

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

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

21 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

22 for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 

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

2 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di3 rect loans as authorized by section 379E of the Consoli4 dated Farm and Rural Development Act (U.S.C. 2008s), 

5 $150,000,000. 

6 For the cost of grants, $6,000,000 under the same 

7 terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of the 

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

9 2008s). 

10 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

11 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 

12 grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized 

13 by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest14 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $22,168,000: Pro15 vided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost 

16 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

17 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

18 HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE

19 For the cost of loans and grants consistent with sec20 tion 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of 

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

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

23 for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects 

24 that provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, 

25 to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low- 
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1 income communities, $6,000,000, to remain available until 

2 expended: Provided, That the cost of such loans, including 

3 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 

4 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

5 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

6 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di9 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

11 Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 

12 $1,400,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 

13 guaranteed loans. 

14 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, including 

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

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

17 waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management 

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

19 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 

20 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 

21 and Rural Development Act, $665,702,000, to remain 

22 available until expended, of which not to exceed 

23 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro24 gram described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and 

25 of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for 
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1 the rural utilities program described in section 306E of 

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

3 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 

4 grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consoli5 dated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition to 

6 funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Pro7 vided further, That $73,000,000 of the amount appro8 priated under this heading shall be for loans and grants 

9 including water and waste disposal systems grants author10 ized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the 

11 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally 

12 Recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 

13 306C(a)(1) of such Act, and the Department of Hawaiian 

14 Homelands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, 

15 That funding provided for section 306D of the Consoli16 dated Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided 

17 to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public 

18 Law 105–83: Provided further, That not more than 2 per19 cent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Con20 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used 

21 by the State of Alaska for training and technical assist22 ance programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding 

23 provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

24 Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 

25 formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for 
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1 training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur2 ther, That not to exceed $37,500,000 of the amount ap3 propriated under this heading shall be for technical assist4 ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 

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

6 makes a determination of extreme need, of which 

7 $9,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a quali8 fied nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance or9 ganization, with experience in working with small commu10 nities on water and waste water problems, the principal 

11 purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities 

12 with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the plan13 ning, financing, development, operation, and management 

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

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

16 American organization to provide technical assistance for 

17 rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur18 ther, That not to exceed $20,157,000 of the amount ap19 propriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 

20 qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 

21 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 

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

23 amounts made available under this heading shall be for 

24 solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 

25 $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
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1 ing shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural 

2 Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to 

3 provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural 

4 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided fur5 ther, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost 

6 grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrifica7 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to 

8 and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 

9 Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sections 

10 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

11 Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 

12 available under this heading. 

13 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

14 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

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

18 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, and 940g) 

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

20 4(c)(2), 305(d)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of 

21 that Act, rural direct electric loans, $6,500,000,000; guar22 anteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A of 

23 that Act, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni24 cations loans and cost of money rural telecommunications 

25 loans, $690,000,000: Provided, That up to 
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1 $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi2 tion, design and engineering or improvement of fossil3 fueled electric generating plants (whether new or existing) 

4 that utilize carbon subsurface utilization and storage sys5 tems. 

6 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

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

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

9 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

10 of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 

11 $2,070,000. 

12 In addition, $11,500,000 to remain available until ex13 pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security 

14 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro15 vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by 

16 the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon17 strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 

18 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

19 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

20 $33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

21 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

22 and Expenses’’. 
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1 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

2 PROGRAM

3 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

5 et seq., $62,510,000, to remain available until expended, 

6 of which up to $2,510,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

7 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti8 tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report to 

9 accompany this Act, in accordance with applicable statu10 tory and regulatory requirements: Provided, That 

11 $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants authorized 

12 by section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De13 velopment Act: Provided further, That funding provided 

14 under this heading for grants under section 379G of the 

15 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 

16 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri17 teria for a consortium as established by this section. 

18 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

19 sections 601 and 602 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

20 $2,272,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

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

22 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

23 In addition, $37,500,000, to remain available until 

24 expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au25 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

7 $1,327,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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

9 Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail10 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

11 the Office. 

12 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

13 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

18 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

19 21; $26,878,922,000 to remain available through Sep20 tember 30, 2023, of which such sums as are made avail21 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

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

25 Provided, That of the total amount available, $20,004,000 
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1 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu2 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

3 further, That of the total amount available, $15,607,000 

4 shall be available to carry out studies and evaluations and 

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

7 available to provide competitive grants to State agencies 

8 for subgrants to local educational agencies and schools to 

9 purchase the equipment, with a value of greater than 

10 $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 

11 safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte12 nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro13 vided further, That of the total amount available, 

14 $45,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 

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

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

17 the total amount available, $2,000,000 shall remain avail18 able until expended to carry out activities authorized 

19 under subsections (a)(2) and (e)(2) of Section 21 of the 

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

21 1769b-1(a)(2) and (e)(2)): Provided further, That of the 

22 total amount available, $6,000,000 shall be available until 

23 September 30, 2023 to carry out section 23 of the Child 

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

25 $2,000,000 shall be for grants under such section to the 
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1 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 

2 Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Is3 lands, Guam, and American Samoa: Provided further, 

4 That section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National 

5 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in 

6 the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2022’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘2010 through 2023’’: Provided further, That 

8 section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

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

10 sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2021’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’: Provided further, That section 

12 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sen14 tence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2021’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’. 

16 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

17 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup19 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

21 $6,278,000,000, to remain available through September 

22 30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

23 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

24 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 

25 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 
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1 and $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Pro2 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this ac3 count shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 

4 except in accordance with the cost containment and com5 petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 

6 such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds pro7 vided shall be available for activities that are not fully re8 imbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

9 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro10 vided further, That upon termination of a federally man11 dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi12 tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 

13 waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re14 quest of a State agency. 

15 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

18 $105,829,347,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

19 available through September 30, 2024, shall be placed in 

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

21 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

22 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

23 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

25 available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 
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1 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

2 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

3 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

4 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

5 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re6 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

7 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re8 main available through September 30, 2023: Provided fur9 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

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

11 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 

12 through September 30, 2023: Provided further, That none 

13 of the funds made available under this heading may be 

14 obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 

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

16 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

17 heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 

18 staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi19 ties related to program integrity provided that such activi20 ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

21 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist23 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

24 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con25 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
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1 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist2 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec3 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend4 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm5 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

6 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $447,070,000, 

7 to remain available through September 30, 2023: Pro8 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim9 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

10 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith11 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

12 made available in fiscal year 2021 to support the Seniors 

13 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

14 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

15 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

16 September 30, 2023: Provided further, That of the funds 

17 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri18 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

19 use up to 20 percent for costs associated with the distribu20 tion of commodities. 

21 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

22 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

23 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri24 tion assistance program, $178,233,000: Provided, That of 

25 the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 
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1 the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 

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

3 TITLE V 

4 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

5 PROGRAMS 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

7 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

9 Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 

10 $1,408,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

11 Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 

12 Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail13 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

14 the Office. 

15 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

17 Alimentarius, $4,841,000, including not to exceed 

18 $40,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 

19 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

23 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa24 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

25 the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
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1 $229,644,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re2 main available until September 30, 2023, for overseas op3 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff, 

4 and of which $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out 

5 section 3307 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the 

6 Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this 

7 appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal 

8 agencies, public and private organizations and institutions 

9 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 

10 food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and 

11 the foreign assistance programs of the United States 

12 Agency for International Development: Provided further, 

13 That funds made available for middle-income country 

14 training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 

15 International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow16 ship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agri17 cultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of off18 setting fluctuations in international currency exchange 

19 rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricul20 tural Service, shall remain available until expended. 

21 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

22 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth23 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in24 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

25 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec-
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1 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

2 $1,760,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

4 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest7 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $245,000,000, to 

8 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com9 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

10 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im11 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

12 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 

13 amount made available under this heading, not more than 

14 10 percent, but not less than $24,000,000, shall remain 

15 available until expended to purchase agricultural commod16 ities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm 

17 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

18 1736o–1(a)(2)). 

19 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

20 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com23 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 

24 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common 

25 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
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1 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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

3 $6,063,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

4 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

5 and Expenses’’. 

6 TITLE VI 

7 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

8 ADMINISTRATION 

9 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

10 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad14 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

15 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

17 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

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

20 amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 

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

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

23 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac24 tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 

25 be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not 
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1 to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of 

2 Public Law 107–188; $6,122,657,000: Provided, That of 

3 the amount provided under this heading, $1,141,861,000 

4 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author5 ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac6 count and remain available until expended; $241,431,000 

7 shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 

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

9 and remain available until expended; $527,848,000 shall 

10 be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 

11 by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac12 count and remain available until expended; $43,116,000 

13 shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 

14 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be cred15 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

16 $33,836,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

18 to this account and remain available until expended; 

19 $23,137,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 

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

21 be credited to this account and remain available until ex22 pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod23 uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 

24 credited to this account and remain available until ex25 pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith-
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1 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 

2 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 

3 user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi4 cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 

5 new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 

6 year 2022 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred7 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

8 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 

9 medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

10 product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as11 sessments for fiscal year 2022, including any such fees 

12 collected prior to fiscal year 2022 but credited for fiscal 

13 year 2022, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2022 limita14 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 

15 payment during fiscal year 2022 of user fees specified 

16 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2023, 

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

18 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2023 for which the Sec19 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2022 shall not be 

20 included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 

21 That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab22 lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 

23 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 

24 amount appropriated: (1) $1,153,405,000 shall be for the 

25 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
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1 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 

2 no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of 

3 foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 

4 imported seafood; (2) $2,086,106,000 shall be for the 

5 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 

6 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) 

7 $459,150,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua8 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 

9 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $263,668,000 shall be 

10 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 

11 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 

12 $637,327,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra13 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of14 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $75,180,000 shall be for 

15 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

16 $680,812,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod17 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu18 latory Affairs; (8) $198,485,000 shall be for Rent and Re19 lated activities, of which $55,892,000 is for White Oak 

20 Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 

21 Services Administration for rent; (9) $235,348,000 shall 

22 be for payments to the General Services Administration 

23 for rent; and (10) $333,176,000 shall be for other activi24 ties, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and 

25 Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office 
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1 of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and cen2 tral services for these offices: Provided further, That not 

3 to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official re4 ception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro5 vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided 

6 further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 

7 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

8 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made avail9 able under this heading for other activities: Provided fur10 ther, That of the amounts that are made available under 

11 this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not de12 rived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to 

13 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of 

14 Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector Gen15 eral’’ for oversight of the programs and operations of the 

16 Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition 

17 to funds otherwise made available for oversight of the 

18 Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, That 

19 funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 

20 another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap21 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

22 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

23 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

25 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 
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1 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro2 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

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

4 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

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

6 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 

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

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

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

10 4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs 

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

12 account, to remain available until expended. 

13 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

14 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten15 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip16 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin17 istration, where not otherwise provided, $ 15,288,000, to 

18 remain available until expended. 

19 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de22 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

23 Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur24 poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

25 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 

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

3 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans4 ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 

5 be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

6 to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 

7 Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 

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

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

10 Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre11 vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 

12 such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 

13 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi14 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

15 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

16 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

18 Not to exceed $84,200,000 (from assessments col19 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

20 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

21 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

23 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re24 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

25 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con2 gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 

3 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 

4 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 

5 exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica6 tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 

7 loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a 

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

9 clause. 

10 TITLE VII 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

12 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 

14 made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 

15 Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 

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

17 total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2022 

18 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased 

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

20 additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine 

21 that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 

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

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

24 Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri25 culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary 
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1 notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com2 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

3 within 30 days of the notification. 

4 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli6 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

7 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal8 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

9 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi10 tion of property, plant and equipment and for the improve11 ment, delivery, and implementation of Department finan12 cial, and administrative, information technology services, 

13 and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 

14 financial, administrative, and information technology serv15 ices, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary 

16 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, 

17 such transferred funds to remain available until expended: 

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

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

20 Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad21 ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 

22 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 

23 section shall be available for obligation without written no24 tification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 

25 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 

2 made available to the Department’s Working Capital 

3 Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 

4 make any changes to the Department’s National Finance 

5 Center without written notification to and prior approval 

6 of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

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

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

9 or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 

10 Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 

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

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

13 functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and 

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

15 National Finance Center prior to written notification to 

16 and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 

17 of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the 

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

19 That the National Finance Center Information Tech20 nology Services Division personnel and data center man21 agement responsibilities, and control of any functions, 

22 missions, and systems for current and future human re23 sources management and integrated personnel and payroll 

24 systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Finan25 cial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain 
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1 in the National Finance Center and under the manage2 ment responsibility and administrative control of the Na3 tional Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec4 retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 

5 Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart6 ments and other government agencies National Finance 

7 Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay8 roll, financial management, and human capital shared 

9 services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 

10 technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in11 come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De12 partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex13 cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 

14 the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na15 tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 

16 more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 

17 of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve18 ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis19 trative, and information technology services, and other 

20 systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un21 foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen22 ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 

23 shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub24 mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit25 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
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1 vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 

2 funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 

3 shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by 

4 the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state 

5 of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 

6 the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 

7 the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 

8 operations of the National Finance Center. 

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

10 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

11 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

13 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

14 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

15 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu16 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

17 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar18 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

19 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro20 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

21 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com22 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro23 priations are provided in this Act. 

24 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri25 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
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1 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

2 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

3 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop4 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica5 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

6 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

8 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac9 quire new information technology systems or significant 

10 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor11 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa12 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa13 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

14 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

15 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

16 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa17 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

18 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

19 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith20 standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 

21 none of the funds available to the Department of Agri22 culture for information technology shall be obligated for 

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

24 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa25 tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 
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1 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 

2 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 

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

4 based upon the performance of an agency measured 

5 against the performance plan requirements described in 

6 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 

7 235. 

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

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

10 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex11 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

12 year. 

13 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 

15 repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 

16 under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not17 for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 

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

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

20 as a borrower under such Act. 

21 SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro22 vided by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated 

23 balances from appropriations made available for salaries 

24 and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency 
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1 shall remain available through September 30, 2023, for 

2 information technology expenses. 

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

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

5 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 

6 this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall re7 main available through September 30, 2023, for informa8 tion technology expenses. 

9 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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

12 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

13 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

16 113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 

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

18 which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 

19 is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 

20 of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 

21 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

22 and related administrative expenses, including tech23 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

24 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

25 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 
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1 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

4 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

5 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

6 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

7 in such section. 

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

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

10 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

11 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

12 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego13 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi14 tively awarded grants. 

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

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

17 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

18 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

21 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi22 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

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

24 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 

25 section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 
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1 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

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

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

5 referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,391,211,000 

6 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 

7 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 

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

9 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

10 $2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 

11 Purchases—$38,810,000: Provided, That of the total 

12 funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 

13 that remain unobligated on October 1, 2022, such unobli14 gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2023 and 

15 shall remain available until expended for any of the pur16 poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 

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

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

19 Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 

20 the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of 

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

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

23 carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 

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

25 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
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1 able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

2 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 

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

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

5 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex6 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

8 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

9 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De10 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

11 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

12 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

13 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

14 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

15 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

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

17 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

18 the fiscal year 2023 appropriations Act. 

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

20 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen21 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

23 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

25 available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
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1 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au2 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart3 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 

4 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or5 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

6 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

7 (1) creates new programs; 

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

9 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

10 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

11 denied or restricted; 

12 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

14 or 

15 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

16 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

17 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

18 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

19 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

20 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

21 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or 

22 the use of such authority. 

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

25 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
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1 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

2 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

4 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro5 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

6 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

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

8 that— 

9 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac10 tivities; 

11 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist12 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per13 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

14 (3) results from any general savings from a re15 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

16 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap17 proved by Congress; 

18 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

19 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

20 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

21 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

22 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such 

23 funds or the use of such authority. 

24 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

25 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 
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1 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro3 gram or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 

4 year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act 

5 or specifically funded by any other Act. 

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

8 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

9 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

10 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

12 available for— 

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

15 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

16 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

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

18 whichever is less; 

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

20 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

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

22 with five or more personnel; or 

23 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

24 were not described in the budget request; 
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1 unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 

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

4 these purposes. 

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

6 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 

7 the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 

8 the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con9 gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 

10 the notification as required in this section. 

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

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

13 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

14 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

15 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

16 portion of the loan. 

17 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

19 Food and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Ad20 ministration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 

21 available reports, questions, or responses to questions that 

22 are a result of information requested for the appropria23 tions hearing process to any non-Department of Agri24 culture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, 

25 or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 
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1 SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

3 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre4 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

5 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti6 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

7 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

8 funded by that executive branch agency. 

9 SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri10 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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

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

14 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

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

16 period of assignment. 

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

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

19 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and 

20 the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 

21 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, 

23 project, and activity for all the funds made available under 

24 this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in 

25 the report accompanying this Act. 
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1 SEC. 722. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

2 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 

3 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

4 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $514,660,000 are hereby re5 scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 

6 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

7 an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Res8 olution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

11 or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro12 grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 

13 populations. 

14 SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

15 require budget authority and the program level has been 

16 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

17 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran18 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

19 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec20 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria21 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad22 vance. 

23 SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

24 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec25 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
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1 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria2 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

3 shall be available for obligation without written notifica4 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap5 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

6 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

7 obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 

8 equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de9 livery, and implementation of Department financial man10 agement, information technology, and other support sys11 tems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra12 tive, and information technology services, including cloud 

13 adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 

14 of the Department of Agriculture. 

15 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

17 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc18 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As19 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

20 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 

21 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri22 culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 

23 fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed24 eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 

25 of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 
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1 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num2 ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 

3 staple food category so that the total number of such items 

4 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 

5 items in each staple food category included in the final 

6 rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 

7 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend8 ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard9 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple10 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 

11 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

12 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

13 SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

14 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 

15 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

16 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

17 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 

18 subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 

20 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

21 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act shall be available for the 

23 United States Department of Agriculture to propose, fi24 nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 
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1 new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 

4 or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 

5 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 

6 put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz7 ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require8 ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 

9 analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for 

10 animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc11 tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by12 products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 

13 SEC. 730. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

16 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

17 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod18 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

19 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis20 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

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

22 allow or require such distribution. 

23 SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
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1 (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 

2 the following factors in the country or region being 

3 audited, as applicable— 

4 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 

5 (B) disease history and vaccination prac6 tices; 

7 (C) livestock demographics and 

8 traceability; 

9 (D) epidemiological separation from poten10 tial sources of infection; 

11 (E) surveillance practices; 

12 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

13 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 

14 and 

15 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 

16 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 

17 to paragraph (1). 

18 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con19 sistent with United States obligations under its inter20 national trade agreements. 

21 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm 

23 Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 

24 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop25 ment Act. 
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1 SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 

3 expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 

4 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the re5 newal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs 

6 and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or 

7 testing. 

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

9 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis10 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

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

12 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

13 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 

14 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

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

16 products used in the project are produced in the United 

17 States. 

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

19 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

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

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

22 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein23 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

24 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat25 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 
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1 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 

2 of the Secretary finds that— 

3 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon4 sistent with the public interest; 

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

6 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail7 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 

8 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro9 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

10 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

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

12 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des13 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 

14 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

15 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

16 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

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

18 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re19 quest and accompanying information available by elec20 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

21 site of the Department. 

22 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con23 sistent with United States obligations under international 

24 agreements. 
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1 (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 

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

3 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac4 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub5 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re6 quirements of this section. 

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

8 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 

9 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

10 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re11 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

12 date of enactment of this Act. 

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

14 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 

15 States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog16 nized Indian tribe. 

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

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

19 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

20 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu21 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

22 1913. 

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

24 this Act for direct loans and grants and in the following 

25 headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur-
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1 ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 

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

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

4 Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 

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

6 Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera7 tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro8 gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 

9 Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 

10 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac11 count’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Electrification 

12 and Telecommunications Loans Program Account’’; and 

13 ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, Telemedi14 cine, and Broadband Program’’, to the maximum extent 

15 feasible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated 

16 for assistance in persistent poverty counties under this 

17 section, including, notwithstanding any other provision re18 garding population limits, any county seat of such a per19 sistent poverty county that has a population that does not 

20 exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 

21 percent: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the 

22 term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 

23 has had 20 percent or more of its population living in pov24 erty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 

25 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007–2011 American Com-
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1 munity Survey 5-year average, or any territory or posses2 sion of the United States: Provided further, That with re3 spect to specific activities for which program levels have 

4 been made available by this Act that are not supported 

5 by budget authority, the requirements of this section shall 

6 be applied to such program level. 

7 SEC. 737. In addition to any other funds made avail8 able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 

9 $17,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard 

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

11 1769(g)), to remain available until expended, of which 

12 $5,000,000 shall be used to establish a National Farm to 

13 School Institute to provide technical and practical assist14 ance to Farm to School programs across the country and 

15 shall be located at Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, VT: 

16 Provided, That notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of the 

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

18 1769 (g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount provided to a farm 

19 to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2022 shall not ex20 ceed $500,000. 

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

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

23 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti24 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

25 and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 
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1 published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu2 lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 

3 grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 

4 SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

5 to remain available until September 30, 2023, for a pilot 

6 program for the National Institute of Food and Agri7 culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 

8 programs and services to establish and enhance farming 

9 and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 

10 SEC. 740. For school years 2021–2022 and 2022– 

11 2023, none of the funds made available by this Act may 

12 be used to implement or enforce the matter following the 

13 first comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of sec14 tion 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 

15 respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under 

16 the school breakfast program established under section 4 

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

18 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act or any other Act may be used— 

20 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag21 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 

22 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec23 tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

24 2018; or 
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1 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

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

3 grown or cultivated in accordance with subsection 

4 section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or Sub5 title G of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 

6 within or outside the State in which the hemp is 

7 grown or cultivated. 

8 SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl10 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves11 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 

12 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

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

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

15 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 

16 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis17 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec18 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 

19 SEC. 743. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

20 available for ‘‘Agricultural Research Service, Buildings 

21 and Facilities’’, there is hereby appropriated $39,700,000 

22 for construction and other costs to establish a Plant 

23 Germplasm Research Facility located at the University of 

24 Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. 
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1 SEC. 744. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 

2 and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 

3 Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis4 sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than September 

5 30, 2022, and following the review required under Execu6 tive Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regu7 latory planning and review), issue advice revising the ad8 vice provided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice 

9 About Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection 

10 Agency and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish 

11 Advice; Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 

12 2017)), in a manner that is consistent with nutrition 

13 science recognized by the Food and Drug Administration 

14 on the net effects of seafood consumption. 

15 SEC. 745. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 

16 the matching funds requirement under Section 412(g) of 

17 the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re18 form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 

19 SEC. 746. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 

20 to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 

21 for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 

22 organizations and public housing authorities to provide 

23 technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 

24 to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 

25 acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 
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1 areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af2 fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 

3 public housing authorities as authorized by law that com4 mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous5 ing program for a period of time as determined by the 

6 Secretary. 

7 SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 

8 to carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334, includ9 ing for project locations in additional regions and timely 

10 completion of required reporting to Congress. 

11 SEC. 748. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 

12 to carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334. 

13 SEC. 749. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 

14 to carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relat15 ing to demonstration projects for Tribal Organizations. 

16 SEC. 750. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

17 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

18 of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to 

19 remain available until expended, to implement non-renew20 able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri21 cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 

22 Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

23 SEC. 751. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 

24 Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 

25 15, 2022, an amount of funds made available in title III 
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1 under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

2 Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 

3 Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa4 cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac5 count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 

6 and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 

7 equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re8 spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 

9 recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 

10 such headings for REAP Zones. 

11 SEC. 752. Hereafter, in response to an eligible com12 munity where the drinking water supplies are inadequate 

13 due to a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, 

14 including drought or severe weather, the Secretary may 

15 provide potable water through the Emergency Community 

16 Water Assistance Grant Program for an additional period 

17 of time not to exceed 120 days beyond the established pe18 riod provided under the Program in order to protect public 

19 health. 

20 SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

21 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 

22 2103 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the Sec23 retary shall prioritize the wetland compliance needs of 

24 areas with significant numbers of individual wetlands, wet25 land acres, and conservation compliance requests. 
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1 SEC. 754. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, the acceptable market name of any engineered animal 

3 approved prior to the effective date of the National Bio4 engineered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 

5 2019) shall include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ 

6 prior to the existing acceptable market name. 

7 SEC. 755. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 

8 of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 

9 funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 

10 the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 

11 and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 

12 pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven13 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 

14 Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 

15 section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 

16 U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such pro17 grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu18 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 

19 subsection (c) of such section. 

20 SEC. 756. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod22 ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 

23 Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 

24 under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

25 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 
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1 Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 

2 the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 

3 section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 

4 breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

5 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 

6 SEC. 757. For school year 2022–2023, only a school 

7 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 

8 school food service account as of December 31, 2020, shall 

9 be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accord10 ance with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 

11 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 

12 SEC. 758. (a) There is hereby appropriated 

13 $650,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 

14 additional amount for section 779 of Public Law 115–141. 

15 (b) Section 313(b) of the Rural Electrification Act 

16 of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)), shall be applied 

17 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter until 

18 the specified funding has been expended as if the following 

19 were inserted after the final period in subsection (b)(2): 

20 ‘‘In addition, the Secretary shall use $425,000,000 of 

21 funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2019 for 

22 an additional amount for the same purpose and under the 

23 same terms and conditions as funds appropriated by sec24 tion 779 of Public Law 115–141, shall use $255,000,000 

25 of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2020 
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1 for an additional amount for the same purpose and under 

2 the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated by 

3 section 779 of Public Law 115–141, shall use 

4 $104,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fis5 cal year 2021 for an additional amount for the same pur6 pose and under the same terms and conditions as funds 

7 appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 115–141, and 

8 shall use $50,000,000 of funds available in this sub9 account in fiscal year 2022 for an additional amount for 

10 the same purpose and under the same terms and condi11 tions as funds appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 

12 115–141.’’: Provided, That any use of such funds shall 

13 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 716 

14 of this Act. 

15 (c) Section 775(b) of division A of Public Law 116– 

16 260 shall no longer apply. 

17 SEC. 759. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 

18 carry out section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, 

19 Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 

20 5925(g)(4(B)) as amended by section 7209 of Public Law 

21 115–334. 

22 SEC. 760. Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Im23 provement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law 

24 115–334) is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2022’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘January 1, 2023.’’. 
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1 SEC. 761. Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition 

2 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘December 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

4 2022’’. 

5 SEC. 762. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 

6 to carry out the duties of the working group established 

7 under section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 

8 Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap9 propriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 89). 

10 SEC. 763. (a) For the period beginning on the date 

11 of enactment of this Act through school year 2022-2023, 

12 with respect to the school lunch program established under 

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

14 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program es15 tablished under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

16 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) and final regulations published by 

17 the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 

18 January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.), the Sec19 retary of Agriculture shall allow States to grant an exemp20 tion from the whole grain requirements that took effect 

21 on or after July 1, 2014, and the States shall establish 

22 a process for evaluating and responding, in a reasonable 

23 amount of time, to requests for an exemption: Provided, 

24 That school food authorities demonstrate hardship, includ25 ing financial hardship, in procuring specific whole grain 
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1 products which are acceptable to the students and compli2 ant with the whole grain-rich requirements: Provided fur3 ther, That school food authorities shall comply with the 

4 applicable grain component or standard with respect to 

5 the school lunch or school breakfast program that was in 

6 effect prior to July 1, 2014. 

7 (b) For the period beginning on the date of enact8 ment of this Act through school year 2022-2023, none of 

9 the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

10 or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 

11 expenses of personnel to implement any regulations under 

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

13 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

14 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 

15 of 2010 (Public Law 111–296), or any other law that 

16 would require a reduction in the quantity of sodium con17 tained in federally reimbursed meals, foods, and snacks 

18 sold in schools below Target 1 (as described in section 

19 220.8(f)(3) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc20 cessor regulations)). 

21 (c) For the period beginning on the date of enactment 

22 of this Act through school year 2022-2023, notwith23 standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 

24 allow States to grant special exemptions for the service 

25 of flavored, low-fat fluid milk in the school lunch program 
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1 established under the Richard B. Russell National School 

2 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school break3 fast program established under the Child Nutrition Act 

4 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), and as a competitive 

5 food available on campus during the school day, to schools 

6 which demonstrate a reduction in student milk consump7 tion or an increase in school milk waste. 

8 SEC. 764. None of the funds made available by this 

9 or any other act may be used to restrict the offering of 

10 low-fat (1 percent fat) flavored milk in the National 

11 School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program, as 

12 long as such milk is not inconsistent with the most recent 

13 Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 

14 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Re15 search Act of 1990. 

16 SEC. 765. In administering the pilot program estab17 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap18 propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec19 retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en20 tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu21 nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 

22 That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail23 able by section 758 may be used for this purpose. 

24 SEC. 766. There is hereby appropriated $24,525,000 

25 for the Goodfellow Federal facility, to remain available 
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1 until expended, of which $12,000,000 shall be transferred 

2 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Office of the 

3 Chief Information Officer’’ and of which $12,525,000 

4 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

5 for ‘‘Food Safety and Inspection Service’’. 

6 SEC. 767. (a) There is hereby appropriated 

7 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a pilot 

8 program for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

9 Service to provide grants to State departments of agri10 culture and forestry commissions in states identified in the 

11 final environmental assessment published in the Federal 

12 Register on September 23, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 59735), 

13 to combat and treat cogongrass through established 

14 cogongrass control programs. 

15 (b) Not to exceed 2 percent of the funds provided 

16 under this section shall be available for necessary costs 

17 of grant administration. 

18 SEC. 768. Section 764(d)(3)(B) of division N of Pub19 lic Law 116–260 is amended by inserting ‘‘and fiscal year 

20 2022’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’ and before the final period. 

21 SEC. 769. Section 6402(f) of the Farm Security and 

22 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b(f)) is 

23 amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by strik24 ing ‘‘section 210A(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

25 210A(d)(5)(D)’’. 
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1 SEC. 770. For an additional amount for the Office 

2 of the Secretary, $30,000,000, to remain available until 

3 expended, to establish an Institute for Rural Partnerships: 

4 Provided, That the Secretary shall establish a grant pro5 gram and distribute the funds to three geographically di6 verse established land-grant universities: Provided further, 

7 That the Institute for Rural Partnerships shall dedicate 

8 resources to researching the causes and conditions of chal9 lenges facing rural areas, and develop community partner10 ships to address such challenges: Provided further, That 

11 administrative or other fees shall not exceed one percent: 

12 Provided further, That such partnership shall coordinate 

13 and publish an annual report. 

14 SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

15 to remain available until September 30, 2023, for a Cattle 

16 Contracts Library pilot program that the Agricultural 

17 Marketing Service shall develop and maintain. This pro18 gram shall be similar, as determined by the Secretary, to 

19 the swine contract library the U.S. Department of Agri20 culture currently maintains pursuant to section 222 of the 

21 Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 198a). The promul22 gation of the regulations and administration of this section 

23 shall be made without regard to: (1) the notice and com24 ment provisions of section 553 of title 5; and (2) chapter 
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1 35 of title 44 (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Re2 duction Act’’). 

3 SEC. 772. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 

4 to remain available until expended, for costs associated 

5 with the establishment of an Institute of Rural Partner6 ship, located at the University of Vermont, Burlington, 

7 VT. 

8 SEC. 773. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office 

9 of the Secretary’’, $7,030,000,000, which shall remain 

10 available until December 31, 2023, for necessary expenses 

11 related to losses of crops (including milk, on-farm stored 

12 commodities, crops prevented from planting in 2020 and 

13 2021, and harvested adulterated wine grapes), trees, 

14 bushes, and vines, as a consequence of droughts, wildfires, 

15 hurricanes, floods, derechos, winter storms, smoke expo16 sure, quality losses of crops, and excessive moisture occur17 ring in calendar years 2020 and 2021 under such terms 

18 and conditions as determined by the Secretary: Provided, 

19 That losses due to drought shall only be eligible under this 

20 section if any area within the county in which the loss 

21 occurs was rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having 

22 a D3 (Extreme Drought) or higher level of drought inten23 sity during the applicable calendar years: Provided further, 

24 That of the amounts provided in this section, the Sec25 retary shall use $750,000,000 to provide assistance to pro-
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1 ducers of livestock, as determined by the Secretary of Ag2 riculture, for losses incurred during calendar year 2021 

3 due to drought or wildfires: Provided further, That at the 

4 election of a processor eligible for a loan under section 

5 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 

6 Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) or a cooperative processor 

7 of dairy, the Secretary shall make payments for losses in 

8 2021 to such processors (to be paid to producer members, 

9 as determined by such processors) in lieu of payments to 

10 producers and under the same terms and conditions as 

11 payments made to processors pursuant to Title I of the 

12 Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Re13 lief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–20) under the heading 

14 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs— 

15 Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Sec16 retary’’, as last amended by section 791(c) of title VII of 

17 division B of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

18 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided further, That 

19 notwithstanding section 760.1503(j) of title 7 of the Code 

20 of Federal Regulations, in the event that a processor de21 scribed in the preceding proviso does not elect to receive 

22 payments under such clause, the Secretary shall make di23 rect payments to producers under this section: Provided 

24 further, That of the amounts provided in this section, not 

25 more than $20,000,000 may be used for administrative 
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1 costs to carry out this section: Provided further, That the 

2 total amount of payments received under this section and 

3 applicable policies of crop insurance under the Federal 

4 Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or the Non5 insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) under 

6 section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 

7 Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) shall not exceed 90 

8 percent of the loss as determined by the Secretary: Pro9 vided further, That the total amount of payments received 

10 under this section for producers who did not obtain a pol11 icy or plan of insurance for an insurable commodity for 

12 the applicable crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance 

13 Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring the 

14 losses or did not file the required paperwork and pay the 

15 service fee by the applicable State filing deadline for a 

16 noninsurable commodity for the applicable crop year under 

17 NAP for the crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 70 

18 percent of the loss as determined by the Secretary: Pro19 vided further, That producers receiving payments under 

20 this section, as determined by the Secretary, shall be re21 quired to purchase crop insurance where crop insurance 

22 is available for the next two available crop years and pro23 ducers receiving payments under this section shall be re24 quired to purchase coverage under NAP where crop insur25 ance is not available in the next two available crop years, 
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1 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That not 

2 later than 120 days after the end of fiscal year 2021, the 

3 Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress specifying 

4 the type, amount, and method of such assistance by state 

5 and territory: Provided further, That such amount is des6 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re7 quirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 

8 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

9 budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the 

10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

11 1985. 

12 SEC. 774. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per14 sonnel— 

15 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 

16 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

17 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

18 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

19 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

20 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

21 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

22 regulation). 

23 SEC. 775. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 

24 regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and hol25 iday pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 
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1 establishments subject to the inspection requirements of 

2 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. §451 et 

3 seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. §601 

4 et seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 

5 §1031 et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided 

6 outside of an establishment’s approved inspection shifts, 

7 and for inspection services provided on Federal holidays: 

8 Provided, That any sums charged pursuant to this para9 graph shall be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay 

10 under section 1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act 

11 of 2021 (Pubic Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided fur12 ther, That sums received by the Secretary under this para13 graph shall, in addition to other available funds, remain 

14 available until expended to the Secretary without further 

15 appropriation for the purpose of funding all costs associ16 ated with FSIS inspections. 

17 SEC. 776. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

18 to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

19 provided under this section shall be for grants to the 

20 Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15301 

21 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 

22 purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consoli23 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not 

24 more than 5 percent may be used for administrative ex25 penses. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De2 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 
Calendar No. 113 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2599 

[Report No. 117–34] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Detember 30, 2022, and for other purposes. Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

AUGUST 4, 2021 

Read twice and placed on the calendar