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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3064 

To authorize a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and 

Health, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 26, 2021 

Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. BRAUN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

A BILL 

To authorize a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, 

Hunger, and Health, 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘White House Con5 ference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and Health Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) hunger and food and nutrition insecurity 

9 are conditions that can be solved; 


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1 (2) access to healthy food and good nutrition 

2 should be a fundamental priority of each individual 

3 who lives in a State; 

4 (3) more than 50 years have passed since the 

5 United States convened a White House conference to 

6 comprehensively address the issues of food, hunger, 

7 health, and nutrition in the United States; 

8 (4) more than 38,000,000 individuals live in 

9 households that face food insecurity, 12,600,000 of 

10 whom are children and 5,000,000 of whom are sen11 iors and persons with disabilities or critical illnesses; 

12 (5)(A) because of the COVID–19 pandemic, 

13 more than 42,000,000 individuals, including 

14 13,000,000 children, are projected to experience 

15 food insecurity; and 

16 (B) diet-related diseases greatly worsen outcomes from COVID–19, contributing to nearly 2 17 ⁄3 of 

18 all COVID–19 hospitalizations in the United States; 

19 (6)(A) the COVID–19 pandemic has disrupted 

20 global and local food supply chains, identifying the 

21 fragility and importance of the food system as a na22 tional security issue and making clear that a diverse 

23 local and regional food system is essential to the re24 silience of the United States; and 


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1 (B) that issue has become entangled with the 

2 issues of hunger and food and nutrition insecurity; 

3 (7)(A) the burdens of food insecurity are not 

4 distributed equally, as the burdens remain higher 

5 among racial and ethnic minority groups, in rural 

6 areas, and in the south and southeast; 

7 (B) households headed by Blacks and Hispanics 

8 face higher rates of food insecurity, at a rate of 21.2 

9 percent and 16.2 percent, respectively, while the na10 tional average is 11.1 percent; and 

11 (C) the geographic distributions of food insecu12 rity remain a serious concern, as rural communities 

13 represent 87 percent of the counties in the United 

14 States with the highest rates of overall food insecu15 rity; 

16 (8)(A) nutrition insecurity and diet-related 

17 chronic diseases disproportionately affect racial and 

18 ethnic minority groups and low-income, rural, and 

19 other underserved populations in the United States; 

20 and 

21 (B) in just over 10 years, type 2 diabetes rates 

22 have doubled for African-American children and in23 creased 50 percent for Native-American children and 

24 Hispanic children between 10 and 19 years old; 


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1 (9) conservative cost estimates show that the 

2 true cost of hunger and illness related to hunger and 

3 food and nutrition insecurity in the United States is 

4 at least $160,000,000,000 per year with respect to 

5 direct medical costs, most of which is paid by Medi6 care and Medicaid, an amount that exceeds the an7 nual budget of the Department of Agriculture; 

8 (10) hyper-consolidation in the food industry 

9 has led to a dramatic decline in the farmer’s share 

10 of the food dollar, fewer choices for consumers, and 

11 economic insecurity for rural communities, many of 

12 which are now considered food deserts; 

13 (11)(A) better food and nutrition can save the 

14 United States billions of dollars in health care costs 

15 by preventing or delaying the progression to late16 stage disease for tens of millions of individuals who 

17 live in a State and have chronic diseases; 

18 (B) the adverse social, physical, and psycho19 logical outcomes associated with food and nutrition 

20 insecurity are well documented, particularly in 

21 households with children, including higher rates of 

22 diabetes and hypertension, self-reported fair or poor 

23 health, maternal depression, behavioral problems 

24 and developmental delays in early life, and poor aca25 demic achievement; 


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1 (C) those outcomes are not only detrimental to 

2 the health and well-being of individual children and 

3 families, but also negatively impact broader society; 

4 and 

5 (D) based on a combination of lower worker 

6 productivity, higher costs of public education, great7 er health care costs, and the cost associated with 

8 emergency food distribution, the economic burden 

9 associated with food insecurity has been estimated to 

10 be over $178,930,000,000 annually; and 

11 (12) a national discussion of the root causes 

12 and social determinants of hunger and food and nu13 trition insecurity, as well as identification of solu14 tions to those epidemics, can lead to action to imple15 ment those solutions and to end hunger in the 

16 United States. 

17 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act: 

19 (1) CO-CHAIRS.—The term ‘‘Co-chairs’’ 

20 means— 

21 (A) the Secretary of Health and Human 

22 Services; 

23 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture; and 

24 (C) the Secretary of the Treasury. 


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1 (2) CONFERENCE.—The term ‘‘Conference’’ 

2 means the White House Conference on Food, Nutri3 tion, Hunger, and Health convened under section 

4 4(a). 

5 (3) POLICY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Policy 

6 Committee’’ means the Policy Committee established 

7 under section 5(a). 

8 (4) PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNEE.—The term 

9 ‘‘Presidential Designee’’ means the Presidential Des10 ignee selected by the President under section 4(b). 

11 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 

12 (A) any of the several States; 

13 (B) the District of Columbia; 

14 (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

15 (D) Guam; 

16 (E) American Samoa; 

17 (F) the United States Virgin Islands; and 

18 (G) the Commonwealth of the Northern 

19 Mariana Islands. 

20 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE. 

21 (a) AUTHORITY TO CALL CONFERENCE.—The Presi22 dent shall call the White House Conference on Food, Nu23 trition, Hunger, and Health, to be convened by the Co24 chairs not later than 18 months after the selection of the 


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1 members of the Policy Committee in accordance with sec2 tion 5(a)— 

3 (1) to make fundamental policy recommenda4 tions with respect to ending hunger, improving nu5 trition, making the food system more resilient, and 

6 creating sustainable markets for farmers and ranch7 ers in the United States; and 

8 (2) to implement the purposes described in sub9 section (d) and improve Federal food and nutrition 

10 assistance programs. 

11 (b) SELECTION OF A PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNEE.— 

12 The President shall select a senior executive branch offi13 cial to serve as Presidential Designee. 

14 (c) PLANNING AND DIRECTION.—The Co-chairs, in 

15 consultation with the Presidential Designee, shall plan, 

16 conduct, and convene the Conference. 

17 (d) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Conference 

18 are— 

19 (1) to identify the impacts of the COVID–19 

20 pandemic on the state of food and nutrition insecu21 rity; 

22 (2) to identify areas of weakness within the 

23 food system of the United States; 


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1 (3) to explore the impact of racial, urban, rural, 

2 and geographic disparities on hunger and food and 

3 nutrition insecurity; 

4 (4) to identify viable solutions for— 

5 (A) ending hunger in the United States by 

6 2030; 

(B) reducing by 1 7 ⁄2 the level of nutrition 

8 insecurity by 2025; and 

(C) reducing by 1 9 ⁄2 the level of diet-related 

10 illnesses by 2030; 

11 (5) to identify any changes and trends with re12 spect to food and nutrition-related security, health, 

13 and healthcare spending for the 30 years prior to 

14 the date of enactment of this Act; 

15 (6) to review the structure, scope, and effective16 ness of existing laws, regulations, or programs— 

17 (A) at the Federal, State, and local levels 

18 that provide for the nutritional needs of food19 insecure individuals who live in a State; and 

20 (B) across all Federal departments and 

21 agencies that carry out activities related to food 

22 and nutrition; 

23 (7) to identify possible duplication among Fed24 eral food and nutrition programs and to recommend 

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1 tional and food security outcomes in the United 

2 States; 

3 (8) to determine the extent to which current 

4 Federal, State, and local programs can help improve 

5 the nutritional health of individuals who live in a 

6 State to better use available resources and ensure 

7 greater coordination among those programs; 

8 (9) to identify the ways in which healthcare sys9 tems can best integrate and incorporate food and 

10 nutrition interventions to improve health, end hunger, and reduce by 1 11 ⁄2 the levels of nutrition insecu12 rity and diet-related illnesses in the United States; 

13 (10) to identify ways to provide opportunities 

14 for independent family farmers and ranchers to meet 

15 the nutritional needs of every individual who lives in 

16 a State; 

17 (11) to highlight emerging and innovative pro18 grams from the public and private sectors, including 

19 community-based and faith-based organizations that 

20 effectively address the nutrition needs of vulnerable 

21 individuals who live in a State; 

22 (12) to identify opportunities for effective part23 nerships between the government, private industry, 

24 labor, healthcare, independent family farmers, and 


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1 nonprofit sectors to fight hunger in the United 

2 States; 

3 (13) to bring public attention to the more than 

4 38,000,000 individuals who live in a State that face 

5 a constant struggle against hunger, food insecurity, 

6 and nutrition insecurity; 

7 (14) to review— 

8 (A) the medical, developmental, and edu9 cational impact of hunger, food insecurity, and 

10 nutrition insecurity; 

11 (B) the potential savings to the United 

12 States health care system, educational system, 

13 and other sectors when appropriate food is 

14 available to the critically and chronically ill; and 

15 (C) the economic opportunities for inde16 pendent farmers and ranchers to provide 

17 healthy food to their communities; and 

18 (15) to build understanding among individuals 

19 who live in a State— 

20 (A) of the cost of hunger and nutrition in21 security in the United States, including lost 

22 wages, diminished stamina, and reduced capac23 ity to learn; and 

24 (B) that hunger, malnutrition, and food 

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1 creasingly consolidated and foreign-owned food 

2 and farm supply system, is a matter of national 

3 security. 

4 SEC. 5. POLICY COMMITTEE AND RELATED COMMITTEES. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than June 30, 

6 2022, the Co-chairs shall establish a Policy Committee 

7 composed of 25 members to be appointed as follows: 

8 (1) PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES.—Thirteen 

9 members shall be appointed by the President and 

10 shall include— 

11 (A) the Presidential Designee; 

12 (B) 2 members who are officers or employ13 ees of the United States; 

14 (C) 2 members who are representatives of 

15 the healthcare system; 

16 (D) 2 members who are farmers or ranch17 ers; and 

18 (E) 6 members with experience in address19 ing the needs of food-insecure and nutrition-in20 secure individuals who live in a State. 

21 (2) SENATE APPOINTEES.— 

22 (A) Three members shall be appointed by 

23 the majority leader of the Senate, in consulta24 tion with— 


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1 (i) the chairperson and ranking mem2 ber of the Committee on Health, Edu3 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

4 (ii) the chairperson and ranking mem5 ber of the Committee on Agriculture, Nu6 trition, and Forestry of the Senate; and 

7 (iii) the chairperson and ranking 

8 member of the Committee on Finance of 

9 the Senate. 

10 (B) Three members shall be appointed by 

11 the minority leader of the Senate, in consulta12 tion with the members of the committees de13 scribed in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subpara14 graph (A). 

15 (3) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AP16 POINTEES.— 

17 (A) Three members shall be appointed by 

18 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in 

19 consultation with— 

20 (i) the chairperson and ranking mem21 ber of the Committee on Education and 

22 Labor of the House of Representatives; 

23 (ii) the chairperson and ranking mem24 ber of the Committee on Agriculture of the 

25 House of Representatives; and 


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1 (iii) the chairperson and ranking 

2 member of the Committee on Ways and 

3 Means of the House of Representatives. 

4 (B) Three members shall be appointed by 

5 the minority leader of the House of Representa6 tives, in consultation with the members of the 

7 committees described in clauses (i), (ii), and 

8 (iii) of subparagraph (A). 

9 (b) OPERATION OF COMMITTEE.— 

10 (1) CHAIRPERSON.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Presidential Des12 ignee shall serve as the chairperson of the Pol13 icy Committee. 

14 (B) VOTING PRIVILEGE.—The chairperson 

15 may vote only to break a tie vote of the other 

16 members of the Policy Committee. 

17 (2) VOTING.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Policy Committee 

19 shall act by the vote of a majority of the mem20 bers present. 

21 (B) QUORUM.—A quorum of members 

22 shall not be required to conduct Policy Com23 mittee business. 

24 (c) DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE.— 

25 (1) MEETINGS.— 


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1 (A) INITIAL MEETING.—The Co-chairs of 

2 the Conference shall hold the first meeting of 

3 the Policy Committee not later than 30 days 

4 after the last member is appointed to the Com5 mittee in accordance with subsection (a). 

6 (B) REGULAR MEETINGS.—Subsequent 

7 meetings of the Policy Committee shall be held 

8 at the call of the Co-chairs of the Conference. 

9 (2) DUTIES.—Through meetings, hearings, and 

10 working sessions, the Policy Committee shall— 

11 (A) make recommendations to the Co12 chairs to facilitate the timely convening of the 

13 Conference; 

14 (B) not later than 90 days after the first 

15 meeting of the Policy Committee, prepare and 

16 submit to the Co-chairs a proposed agenda for 

17 the Conference that reflects, to the greatest ex18 tent practicable— 

19 (i) the major issues facing the field of 

20 food and nutrition; and 

21 (ii) the purposes of the Conference de22 scribed in section 4(d); 

23 (C) make recommendations with respect to 

24 the selection of the delegates to the Conference; 


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1 (D) establish the number of delegates to be 

2 selected under section 6; and 

3 (E) establish an executive committee 

4 that— 

5 (i) consists of 3 members of the Policy 

6 Committee, selected in consultation with 

7 the Committee on Agriculture of the House 

8 of Representatives, the Committee on 

9 Rules of the House of Representatives, and 

10 the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

11 and Forestry of the Senate; and 

12 (ii) collaborates with the delegates to 

13 the Conference. 

14 SEC. 6. CONFERENCE DELEGATES. 

15 To carry out the purposes of the Conference de16 scribed in section 4(d), the Co-chairs shall appoint dele17 gates who are representative of the spectrum of thought 

18 in the field of food and nutrition, without regard to polit19 ical affiliation or past partisan activity, who shall in20 clude— 

21 (1) representatives of Federal, State, and local 

22 governments; 

23 (2) individuals working in the field of food, 

24 health, nutrition, farming, and economic security; 

25 and 


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1 (3) members of the general public who are af2 fected by hunger and nutrition insecurity in the 

3 United States. 

4 SEC. 7. CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION. 

5 (a) ADMINISTRATION.—In administering this Act, 

6 the Co-chairs shall— 

7 (1) not later than 48 hours before the start of 

8 a meeting, hearing, or working session, provide writ9 ten notice to all members of the Policy Committee 

10 of that meeting, hearing, or working session; 

11 (2) request the cooperation and assistance of 

12 the heads of Federal departments and agencies as 

13 may be appropriate, including the detailing of per14 sonnel from those departments and agencies; 

15 (3) make available for public comment the pro16 posed agenda submitted by the Policy Committee 

17 under section 5(c)(2)(B); 

18 (4) not later than 30 days after the date on 

19 which the proposed agenda is submitted for public 

20 comment under paragraph (3), approve that agenda; 

21 and 

22 (5) prepare and make available to delegates 

23 background materials determined by the Co-chairs 

24 to be necessary. 


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1 (b) NO COMPENSATION.—All members appointed 

2 under this Act shall serve in the roles for which they are 

3 appointed without compensation. 

4 (c) DUTIES.—The Co-chairs shall ensure that— 

5 (1) the proposed agenda prepared under section 

6 5(c)(2)(B) is published in the Federal Register not 

7 later than 30 days after that agenda is approved 

8 under subsection (a)(4); 

9 (2) any employed personnel are fairly balanced 

10 with respect to points of views represented and are 

11 appointed without regard to political affiliation or 

12 previous partisan activities; 

13 (3) the recommendations of the Conference— 

14 (A) are not inappropriately influenced by 

15 any special interest; and 

16 (B) are the result of the independent and 

17 collective judgment of the delegates to the Con18 ference; and 

19 (4) not later than 30 days before the Con20 ference is convened, the delegates to the Conference 

21 have access to information provided by relevant Fed22 eral agencies that includes— 

23 (A) updated statistical data (including de24 cennial census data) and other information on 

25 food and nutrition in the United States; and 


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1 (B) information necessary to evaluate Fed2 eral programs and policies relating to food and 

3 nutrition. 

4 (d) GIFTS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Co-chairs may accept, 

6 on behalf of the United States, gifts (in cash or in 

7 kind, including voluntary and uncompensated serv8 ices), which shall be available to carry out this Act. 

9 (2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.—Gifts of cash shall 

10 be available in addition to amounts appropriated to 

11 carry out this Act. 

12 (e) RECORDS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Co-chairs shall main14 tain records regarding— 

15 (A) the sources, amounts, and uses of gifts 

16 accepted under subsection (d); and 

17 (B) the identity of each individual assisting 

18 in carrying out this Act, and the amount of 

19 compensation, if any, received by each such in20 dividual. 

21 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—For each gift ac22 cepted under subsection (d), the records described in 

23 paragraph (1) shall be made public not later than 30 

24 days after the date on which the gift is received. 


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1 SEC. 8. CONFERENCE REPORT. 

2 (a) PRELIMINARY REPORT.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 100 days 

4 after the date on which the Conference adjourns, the 

5 Policy Committee shall prepare a preliminary report 

6 on the Conference, which shall be— 

7 (A) published in the Federal Register; and 

8 (B) submitted to the chief executive offi9 cers of each of the States. 

10 (2) VIEWS AND FINDINGS.—The Policy Com11 mittee shall request that, not later than 45 days 

12 after the submission of the report by the Policy 

13 Committee under paragraph (1)(B), the chief execu14 tive officers of each of the States shall submit to the 

15 Policy Committee views and findings with respect to 

16 that report. 

17 (b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

18 the date on which the Conference adjourns, the Policy 

19 Committee shall— 

20 (1) prepare a final report on the Conference, 

21 which shall include— 

22 (A) a compilation of the views and findings 

23 of the chief executive officers of each of the 

24 States submitted under subsection (a)(2); and 


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1 (B) recommendations for administrative 

2 action and legislation with respect to those 

3 views and findings; and 

4 (2) publish in the Federal Register, and trans5 mit to the President and to Congress, the rec6 ommendations described in paragraph (1)(B). 

7 SEC. 9. STATUS REPORTS. 

8 (a) INITIAL STATUS REPORT.—Not later than 2 

9 years after the date on which the Conference adjourns, 

10 the Presidential Designee shall— 

11 (1) prepare a status report documenting the im12 plementation of the recommendations contained in 

13 the final report described in section 8(b)(1)(B); and 

14 (2) publish in the Federal Register, and trans15 mit to the President and to Congress, that status re16 port. 

17 (b) SUBSEQUENT STATUS REPORTS.—Not later than 

18 5 years after the date on which the Conference adjourns, 

19 and every 2 years thereafter for not longer than 10 years, 

20 the Presidential Designee shall— 

21 (1) prepare a status report documenting the im22 plementation of the recommendations contained in 

23 that final report; and 


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1 (2) publish in the Federal Register, and trans2 mit to the President and to Congress, that status re3 port. 

4 SEC. 10. COMMITTEE HEARINGS. 

5 (a) HEARINGS ON REPORTS.—The Committee on Ag6 riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Com7 mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, 

8 and the Committee on Rules of the House of Representa9 tives shall each hold hearings on the recommendations and 

10 status reports transmitted to Congress under sections 

11 8(b)(2), 9(a)(2), and 9(b)(2). 

12 (b) HEARINGS ON STATUS OF HUNGER, NUTRITION

13 SECURITY, AND FOOD SYSTEMS.—The Committee on Ag14 riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Com15 mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, 

16 and the Committee on Rules of the House of Representa17 tives shall each hold annual hearings on the status of hun18 ger, food and nutrition insecurity, and resilient food sys19 tems in the United States. 

20 (c) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—Sub21 sections (a) and (b) are enacted— 

22 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

23 the Senate and the House of Representatives, and, 

24 as such, shall be considered as part of the rules of 

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1 case may be), and such rules shall supersede any 

2 other rule of the Senate or the House of Representa3 tives only to the extent that any such rule is incon4 sistent therewith; and 

5 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

6 right of either House to change such rules (so far 

7 as relating to the procedure in such House) at any 

8 time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 

9 as in the case of any other rule of the Senate or the 

10 House of Representatives. 

11 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

14 appropriated $2,500,000 to carry out this Act for 

15 each of— 

16 (A) the fiscal year in which the Policy 

17 Committee plans the Conference and for the 

18 following fiscal year; and 

19 (B) the fiscal year in which the Conference 

20 is held. 

21 (2) LIMITATION.—Any new spending authority 

22 or new authority to enter into contracts under this 

23 Act, and under which the United States is obligated 

24 to make outlays, shall be effective only to the extent, 


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1 and in such amounts, as are provided in advance in 

2 appropriation Acts. 

3 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated to carry 

5 out this Act and funds received as gifts under sec6 tion 7(d) shall remain available for obligation or ex7 penditure for 1 year after the date on which the 

8 Conference adjourns. 

9 (2) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Any funds de10 scribed in paragraph (1) that are not expended or 

11 obligated before the expiration of the 1-year period 

12 described in that paragraph shall be returned to the 

13 United States Treasury. 

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