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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 265 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2019 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 

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 Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 

7 September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

3 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

7 $46,532,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

8 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

9 to exceed $800,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

10 Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development: Pro11 vided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 

12 in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and 

13 expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 

14 support staff for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall 

15 be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to 

16 exceed $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Part17 nerships and Public Engagement; not to exceed 

18 $23,105,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist19 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,301,000 

20 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro21 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv22 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis23 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis24 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 

25 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 


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1 the Department: Provided further, That funds made avail2 able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mis3 sion area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 

4 up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not 

5 to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of 

6 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 

7 out the programs funded by this Act, including programs 

8 involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 

9 executive branch; and not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be 

10 available for the Office of Communications: Provided fur11 ther, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 

12 transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 

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

14 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 

15 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per16 cent: Provided further, That not to exceed $11,000 of the 

17 amount made available under this paragraph for the im18 mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi19 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

20 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 

21 further, That the amount made available under this head22 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 

23 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex24 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 

25 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 


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1 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 

2 Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 

3 to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 

4 this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro5 vided further, That no funds made available under this 

6 heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres7 sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 

9 notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

10 of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 

11 agency. 

12 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

13 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

15 Economist, $19,786,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 

16 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

17 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

18 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

20 Appeals, $15,222,000. 

21 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

23 Program Analysis, $9,525,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In3 formation Officer, $63,950,000, of which not less than 

4 $38,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de5 partment. 

6 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi8 nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

10 RIGHTS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

12 Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That 

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

14 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

17 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

19 $24,206,000. 

20 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu23 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

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1 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

3 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

4 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con5 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

6 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im7 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili8 ties, and for related costs, $58,330,000, to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri13 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

15 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain avail17 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

18 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

19 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

20 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

21 pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 

22 lands. 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

25 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 


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

2 $98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 

3 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

4 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In5 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 

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

7 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 

8 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 

9 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen10 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 

11 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 

12 (Public Law 97–98). 

13 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

15 Counsel, $45,146,000. 

16 OFFICE OF ETHICS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

18 $4,136,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

20 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

23 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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1 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

2 the Office. 

3 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

5 Service, $86,757,000. 

6 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

7 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

8 Statistics Service, $174,767,000, of which up to 

9 $45,300,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen10 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

11 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur12 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

13 2204g(d) and (f). 

14 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

19 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

22 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed23 eral ownership, $1,300,966,000, of which $10,600,000, to 

24 remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out 

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1 fense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas; of which not 

2 less than $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 

3 dryland agriculture research program; and of which not 

4 less than $7,000,000 shall be available for purposes of en5 tering into a management, operations, and research sup6 port contract to expedite the hiring of a capable workforce 

7 for the commissioning of the Central Utility Plant and in 

8 support of operations and management of the National 

9 Bio- and Agro-defense Facility: Provided, That appropria10 tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and 

11 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

12 one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro13 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

15 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro16 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

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

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

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

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

23 year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace24 ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 

25 greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 


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1 shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 

2 Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 

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

4 the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 

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

6 and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re7 moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

8 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter9 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza10 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 

11 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here12 under shall be available for granting easements at the 

13 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 

14 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace15 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 

16 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro17 priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease18 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 

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

20 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re21 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

22 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

24 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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


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1 may be received from any State, other political subdivi2 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab3 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

4 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

5 by law. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

7 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

8 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

9 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

10 for other expenses, $898,535,000, which shall be for the 

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

12 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

13 and Education Activities’’ in the explanatory statement 

14 described in section 769 of this Act: Provided, That funds 

15 for research grants for 1994 institutions, education grants 

16 for 1890 institutions, capacity building for non-land-grant 

17 colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research 

18 initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicul19 tural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution chal20 lenge grants, and grants management systems shall re21 main available until expended: Provided further, That each 

22 institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen 

23 program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided fur24 ther, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native 

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1 able to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi2 ble institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the 

3 States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds 

4 for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 

5 available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 

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

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

8 any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Re9 search Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained 

10 by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 

11 incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority. 

12 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

13 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

16 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

17 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

19 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $486,692,000, 

20 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci21 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

22 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory 

23 statement described in section 769 of this Act: Provided, 

24 That funds for facility improvements at 1890 institutions 

25 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 


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1 That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 

2 3221 for cooperative extension receive no less than 

3 $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for cooperative 

4 extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever 

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

6 Law 93–471 shall be available for retirement and employ7 ees’ compensation costs for extension agents. 

8 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

9 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

10 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex11 penses, $38,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

12 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In13 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

14 the explanatory statement described in section 769 of this 

15 Act: Provided, That funds for the Food and Agriculture 

16 Defense Initiative shall remain available until September 

17 30, 2020: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

18 other provision of law, indirect costs shall not be charged 

19 against any Extension Implementation Program Area 

20 grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest Manage21 ment Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

22 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

23 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

25 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 


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1 $901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

2 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro3 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

4 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of5 fice. 

6 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

11 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

13 $1,000,493,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 

14 until expended, shall be available for the control of out15 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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

17 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

18 which $11,520,000, to remain available until expended, 

19 shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share 

20 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

21 zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

23 which $705,000 shall be for activities under the authority 

24 of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 

25 U.S.C. 1831); of which $62,840,000, to remain available 


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1 until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of 

2 which $4,251,000, to remain available until expended, 

3 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

4 which $178,170,000, to remain available until expended, 

5 shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $11,826,000, 

6 to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop 

7 and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $16,523,000, to 

8 remain available until expended, shall be for zoonotic dis9 ease management; of which $41,466,000, to remain avail10 able until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness 

11 and response; of which $60,000,000, to remain available 

12 until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which 

13 $5,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

14 for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 

15 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

16 for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 

17 $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

18 for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 

19 safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this 

20 heading for wildlife services methods development, 

21 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro22 vided further, That of amounts available under this head23 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

24 available until expended; of which $13,600,000, to remain 

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


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1 science program at the National Bio- and Agro-defense 

2 Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, 

3 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 

4 a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 

5 year that does not require minimum matching by the 

6 States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this 

7 appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

8 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

9 five, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided 

10 further, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten 

11 any segment of the agricultural production industry of the 

12 United States, the Secretary may transfer from other ap13 propriations or funds available to the agencies or corpora14 tions of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec15 essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 

16 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

17 or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 

18 in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani19 mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 

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

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

22 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre23 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

24 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

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1 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve2 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 

3 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

4 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build5 ing. 

6 In fiscal year 2019, the agency is authorized to collect 

7 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist8 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

9 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

10 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

14 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail15 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

16 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

17 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

18 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte19 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al20 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

22 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail23 able until expended. 


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1 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

2 MARKETING SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

4 Service, $155,845,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be avail5 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

6 79; and of which $7,000,000 shall be available for mar7 keting activities authorized under section 204(b) of the 

8 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)) 

9 to provide to State departments of agriculture, State coop10 erative extension services, institutions of higher education, 

11 and nonprofit organizations grants to carry out programs 

12 and provide technical assistance to promote innovation, 

13 process improvement, and marketing relating to dairy 

14 products: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail15 able pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 

16 and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost 

17 of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 

18 not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 

19 of the building. 

20 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

22 U.S.C. 9701). 

23 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

24 Not to exceed $60,982,000 (from fees collected) shall 

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1 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

3 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

5 Congress. 

6 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

7 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au10 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com11 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

13 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

14 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans15 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 

16 $20,489,000 for formulation and administration of mar17 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 

18 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 

19 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 

20 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

21 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

22 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

23 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul24 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

25 $1,235,000. 


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1 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

2 EXPENSES

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

4 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

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

7 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

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

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

12 Secretary for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That 

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

14 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

17 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

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

20 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

22 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

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1 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

2 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

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

4 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

6 That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 

7 be employed during fiscal year 2019 for purposes dedi8 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

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

10 seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec11 tion Service shall continue implementation of section 

12 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the 

13 amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 

14 79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

15 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter16 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 

17 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

18 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

19 value of the building. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM

5 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 

8 $901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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

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

13 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS

14 CENTER

15 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

16 Conservation Business Center, $1,028,000, to remain 

17 available until expended: Provided, That $149,000 of 

18 amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant 

19 to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest20 ment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred 

21 to and merged with this account. 


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1 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

5 $1,202,146,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 

6 of the $44,691,000 made available under this heading for 

7 information technology related to farm program delivery, 

8 including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Ag9 ricultural Systems and other farm program delivery sys10 tems, may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con12 gress, and receives written or electronic notification of re13 ceipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 

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

15 the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 

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

17 lifecycle cost, including estimates for development as well 

18 as maintenance and operations, and (c) key milestones to 

19 be met; (2) demonstrates that each project/investment is, 

20 (a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information 

21 Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance 

22 with applicable lifecycle management policies and guid23 ance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department’s cap24 ital planning and investment control requirements; and (3) 

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1 fice and approved by the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the 

3 agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quar4 ter of fiscal year 2019 to the Committees on Appropria5 tions and the Government Accountability Office, that iden6 tifies for each project/investment that is operational (a) 

7 current performance against key indicators of customer 

8 satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agree9 ments or other technical metrics, (c) current performance 

10 against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed 

11 breakdown of current and planned spending on oper12 ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 

13 of whether the investment continues to meet business 

14 needs as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: 

15 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use 

16 the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) 

17 of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program 

18 payments for all programs administered by the Agency: 

19 Provided further, That other funds made available to the 

20 Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 

21 merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 

22 made available to county committees shall remain avail23 able until expended: Provided further, That none of the 

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1 ther, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 

2 Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based 

3 employees that would result in an office with two or fewer 

4 employees without prior notification and approval of the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con6 gress. 

7 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

8 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul9 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

10 5106), $3,904,000. 

11 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

13 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

15 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

19 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

20 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

21 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

23 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de24 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

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1 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

2 12). 

3 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di7 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

8 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer9 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac10 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 

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

12 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

13 (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricul14 tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 

15 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 

16 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,960,000,000 for un17 subsidized guaranteed operating loans and 

18 $1,530,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

19 loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

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

21 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

22 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 

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

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

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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: farm operating loans, $59,670,000 for direct 

5 operating loans, $21,168,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 

6 operating loans, emergency loans, $1,567,000 and 

7 $2,134,000 for Indian highly fractionated land loans to 

8 remain available until expended. 

9 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

10 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

11 $325,068,000: Provided, That of this amount, 

12 $314,998,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

13 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex14 penses’’, of which $8,000,000 shall be available until Sep15 tember 30, 2020. 

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, $74,829,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

5 $1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

7 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

8 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

9 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi10 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

11 including preparation of conservation plans and establish12 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

13 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas14 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

15 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con16 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva17 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

18 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

22 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter23 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build24 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

25 $879,107,000, to remain available until September 30, 


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1 2020: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

3 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

4 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

5 and improvements to other buildings and other public im6 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

7 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

8 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob9 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 

10 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

11 $5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the 

12 authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 

13 for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary 

14 purpose of providing water to rural communities. 

15 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

16 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas17 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga18 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 

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

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

21 1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi22 sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

23 $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 

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1 shed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty 

2 thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken 

3 shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary 

4 purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land 

5 treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 

6 amounts made available under this heading, $50,000,000 

7 shall be allocated to projects and activities that can com8 mence promptly following enactment; that address re9 gional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 

10 management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wild11 life habitat, or watershed protection; or that address au12 thorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 

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

14 Law 78–534) with a primary purpose of watershed protec15 tion by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing 

16 stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion 

17 and sediment transport. 

18 CORPORATIONS 

19 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

20 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

21 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor22 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

23 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

24 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

25 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 


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

2 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here3 inafter provided. 

4 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

5 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

8 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

9 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec12 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

13 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim14 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

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

16 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec17 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

18 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

20 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv21 ice for information resource management activities of the 

22 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com23 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 $5,000,000 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 Resource Conservation 

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

11 TITLE III 

12 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

13 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis17 tration and implementation of Rural Development pro18 grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 

19 development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 

20 and for cooperative agreements; $232,835,000: Provided, 

21 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

22 appropriated under this heading may be used for adver23 tising and promotional activities that support Rural Devel24 opment programs: Provided further, That in addition to 

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

2 1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section will 

3 immediately be credited to this account and will remain 

4 available until expended for such purposes. 

5 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

6 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

11 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,100,000,000 

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

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

14 504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515 

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

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

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

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

19 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

20 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

23 502 loans, $53,900,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

24 504 housing repair loans, $3,419,000; section 523 self25 help housing land development loans, $431,000; section 


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1 524 site development loans, $176,000; and repair, reha2 bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 

3 housing, $9,484,000: Provided, That to support the loan 

4 program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 

5 available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 

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

7 guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Re8 form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 

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

10 That applicants in communities that have a current rural 

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

12 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural 

13 area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans pro14 vided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 

15 amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 

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

17 direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur18 suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 

19 housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 

20 Act of 1949 until June 1, 2019: Provided further, That 

21 the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incen22 tives to nonprofit organizations and public housing au23 thorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 

24 Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such 

25 nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities 


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1 that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi2 family housing program for a period of time as determined 

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

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

5 and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest6 ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low 

7 income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 

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

9 invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza10 tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re11 ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 

12 per property. 

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

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

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

16 $14,281,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

17 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

18 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail19 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans20 ferred to and merged with this account. 

21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

22 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

23 $412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

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1 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re3 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

4 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 

5 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house6 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous7 ing Act of 1949, $1,331,400,000, of which $40,000,000 

8 shall be available until September 30, 2020; and in addi9 tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec10 tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 

11 fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 

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

13 assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the 

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

15 Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain16 ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans17 ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; main18 tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 

19 preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 

20 under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as21 sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 

22 fiscal year 2019 for a farm labor multi-family housing 

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

24 not be recaptured for use in another project until such 

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1 secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten2 ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as3 sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist4 ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist5 ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 

6 farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 

7 section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That ex8 cept as provided in the third proviso under this heading 

9 and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 

10 Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 

11 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2019 for a 

12 project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 

13 rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur14 rent needs. 

15 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

18 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not19 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi20 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 

21 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous22 ing properties described in this paragraph, $50,000,000, 

23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

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1 income household (including those not receiving rental as2 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

3 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

4 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

5 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 

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

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

8 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap9 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

10 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

11 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid12 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

13 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

14 Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de15 termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 

16 this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec17 retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 

18 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 

19 rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro20 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

21 heading, $24,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra22 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

23 sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 

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1 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi2 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

3 providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi4 dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 

5 interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 

6 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

7 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

8 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in9 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

10 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

11 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

12 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

13 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

14 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

15 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra16 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur17 ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 

18 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 

19 program similar to the demonstration program described 

20 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 

21 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

22 out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit23 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro24 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

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1 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

2 under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi3 ties funded under this heading. 

4 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

5 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

6 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

7 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

9 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

10 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

12 $40,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di16 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

18 Farm and Rural Development Act, $3,000,000,000 for di19 rect loans and $148,287,000 for guaranteed loans. 

20 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 

21 of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con22 gressional Budget Act of 1974, $4,285,000, to remain 

23 available until expended. 

24 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

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

2 Development Act, $47,778,000, to remain available until 

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

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

7 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

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

11 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

12 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

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

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

18 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

19 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

20 That $5,778,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

21 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

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

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1 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head2 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

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

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

5 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

6 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

7 heading. 

8 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

9 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

12 rural business development programs authorized by sec13 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 

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

15 Development Act, $69,619,000, to remain available until 

16 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

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

18 available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

19 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

20 order to promote economic development and $8,000,000 

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

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

23 Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa24 lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 

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

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

3 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 

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

5 under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 

6 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

7 $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 

8 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

9 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 

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

11 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

12 funds made available under this heading. 

13 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author16 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac17 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

18 For the cost of direct loans, $4,157,000, as author19 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac20 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $557,000 shall be avail21 able through June 30, 2019, for Federally Recognized Na22 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be 

23 available through June 30, 2019, for Mississippi Delta Re24 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

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


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

2 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

5 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop6 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

7 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author10 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

11 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

12 and job creation projects, $45,000,000. 

13 The cost of grants authorized under section 313 of 

14 the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting 

15 rural economic development and job creation projects shall 

16 not exceed $10,000,000. 

17 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

18 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

20 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $30,050,000, of 

21 which $3,750,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

22 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro23 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

24 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

25 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 


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1 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di2 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in3 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

4 groups; and of which $17,500,000, to remain available 

5 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod6 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

7 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 

8 U.S.C. 1632a), of which $2,500,000 shall be for Agri9 culture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 

10 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 

11 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

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

13 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

14 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

15 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $338,000: Provided, That the cost 

16 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

17 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

19 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

20 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 

23 grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, 

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1 scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 

2 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop3 ment Act, $558,183,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail5 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

6 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

7 $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

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

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

10 this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 

11 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop12 ment Act in addition to funding authorized by section 

13 306A(i)(1) of such Act and such grants may not exceed 

14 $1,000,000 notwithstanding section 306A(f)(1) of such 

15 Act: Provided further, That $68,000,000 of the amount 

16 appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and 

17 grants including water and waste disposal systems grants 

18 authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of 

19 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 

20 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes authorized 

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

22 provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

23 Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium 

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

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


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1 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

2 Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the 

3 State of Alaska for training and technical assistance pro4 grams and not more than 2 percent of the funding pro5 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

6 Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 

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

8 training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur9 ther, That not to exceed $40,000,000 of the amount ap10 propriated under this heading shall be for technical assist11 ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 

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

13 makes a determination of extreme need, of which 

14 $8,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a quali15 fied nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance or16 ganization, with experience in working with small commu17 nities on water and waste water problems, the principal 

18 purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities 

19 with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the plan20 ning, financing, development, operation, and management 

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

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

23 American organization to provide technical assistance for 

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1 propriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 

2 qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 

3 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 

4 Provided further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be 

5 for solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 

6 $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head7 ing shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural 

8 Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to 

9 provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural 

10 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided fur11 ther, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost 

12 grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrifica13 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to 

14 and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 

15 Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sections 

16 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

17 Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 

18 available under this heading. 

19 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

20 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

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

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

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


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1 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 

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

3 loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 5 percent 

4 rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural tele5 communications loans, and for loans made pursuant to 

6 section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

7 $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall 

8 be used for the construction, acquisition, design and engi9 neering or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 

10 plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sub11 surface utilization and storage systems. 

12 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

13 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

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

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

16 of money rural telecommunications loans, $1,725,000. 

17 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

18 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

19 $33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

20 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

21 and Expenses’’. 

22 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

23 PROGRAM

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1 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

3 et seq., $33,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

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

5 grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 

6 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

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

8 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 

9 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri10 teria for a consortium as established by this section. 

11 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

12 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,830,000, 

13 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

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

15 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

16 In addition, $30,000,000, to remain available until 

17 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

18 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

19 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

20 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

21 RURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS

22 Any funds provided by this Act for rural health and 

23 safety education programs authorized under section 502(i) 

24 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)) 

25 may be used under those programs to address the opioid 


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1 abuse epidemic and to combat opioid abuse in rural com2 munities. 

3 TITLE IV 

4 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

6 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

8 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

9 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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

11 Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail12 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

13 the Office. 

14 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

15 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

20 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

21 21; $23,184,012,000 to remain available through Sep22 tember 30, 2020, of which such sums as are made avail23 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

2 Provided, That of the total amount available, $17,004,000 

3 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu4 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

5 further, That of the total amount available, $30,000,000 

6 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 

7 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

8 schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater 

9 than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 

10 safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte11 nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro12 vided further, That of the total amount available, 

13 $28,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 

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

15 of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That sec16 tion 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

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

18 sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2018’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘2010 through 2019’’: Provided further, That section 

20 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

21 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sen22 tence by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘for 

23 fiscal year 2019’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) 

24 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

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1 striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal 

2 year 2019’’. 

3 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

4 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup6 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

8 $6,150,000,000, to remain available through September 

9 30, 2020, of which $25,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, 

10 to remain available until expended, to be allocated as the 

11 Secretary deemed necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) 

12 of such Act, to support participation should cost or partici13 pation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That notwith14 standing section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 

15 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less than $67,500,000 

16 shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other 

17 related activities, and $19,000,000 shall be used for infra18 structure, of which $5,000,000 shall be for competitive 

19 grants to promote breastfeeding and improved nutritional 

20 health through technologies and services, including tele21 medicine: Provided further, That none of the funds pro22 vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 

23 of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con24 tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 

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1 the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 

2 not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart3 ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 

4 Act: Provided further, That upon termination of a feder5 ally mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms 

6 and conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary 

7 may waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the 

8 request of a State agency. 

9 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

12 $73,219,274,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

13 available through December 31, 2020, shall be placed in 

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

15 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

16 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

17 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

20 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

21 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

22 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

23 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

24 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re25 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 


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1 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re2 main available through September 30, 2020: Provided fur3 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

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

5 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 

6 through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That none 

7 of the funds made available under this heading may be 

8 obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 

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

10 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

11 heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 

12 staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi13 ties related to program integrity provided that such activi14 ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

15 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist17 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

18 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con19 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

20 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist21 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec22 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend23 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm24 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

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1 to remain available through September 30, 2020: Pro2 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim3 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

4 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith5 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

6 made available in fiscal year 2019 to support the Seniors 

7 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

8 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

9 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

10 September 30, 2020: Provided further, That of the funds 

11 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri12 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

13 use up to 15 percent for costs associated with the distribu14 tion of commodities. 

15 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

17 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri18 tion assistance program, $164,688,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

5 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 

8 $875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

9 Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 

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

12 the Office. 

13 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

15 Alimentarius, $3,976,000, including not to exceed 

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

17 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

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

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

24 $212,230,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re25 main available until September 30, 2020, for overseas opVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:38 Jan 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H265.IH H265

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1 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 

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

3 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 

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

10 for middle-income country training programs, funds made 

11 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 

12 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 

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

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

18 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

19 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

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

23 480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $142,000, 

24 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

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


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1 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

2 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth3 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in4 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

5 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec6 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

7 $1,716,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

9 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

11 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest12 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $210,255,000, to 

13 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com14 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

15 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im16 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

17 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 

18 amount made available under this heading, $15,000,000, 

19 shall remain available until expended for necessary ex20 penses to carry out the provisions of section 3207 of the 

21 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 1726c). 


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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

2 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

6 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $8,845,000; to cover common 

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

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

10 $6,382,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

11 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

12 and Expenses’’, and of which $2,463,000 shall be trans13 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

14 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 


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1 TITLE VI 

2 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

5 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad8 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

9 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

11 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

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

14 amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 

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

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

17 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac18 tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 

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

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

21 Public Law 107–188; $5,419,299,000: Provided, That of 

22 the amount provided under this heading, $960,568,000 

23 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author24 ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac25 count and remain available until expended; $196,668,000 


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1 shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 

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

3 and remain available until expended; $501,396,000 shall 

4 be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 

5 by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac6 count and remain available until expended; $40,922,000 

7 shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 

8 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be cred9 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

10 $30,331,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

12 to this account and remain available until expended; 

13 $18,336,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 

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

15 be credited to this account and remain available until ex16 pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod17 uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 

18 credited to this account and remain available until ex19 pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith20 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 

21 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 

22 user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi23 cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 

24 new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 

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1 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

2 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 

3 medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

4 product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as5 sessments for fiscal year 2019, including any such fees 

6 collected prior to fiscal year 2019 but credited for fiscal 

7 year 2019, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2019 limita8 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 

9 payment during fiscal year 2019 of user fees specified 

10 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2020, 

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

12 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2020 for which the Sec13 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2019 shall not be 

14 included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 

15 That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab16 lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 

17 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 

18 amount appropriated: (1) $1,052,315,000 shall be for the 

19 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

20 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 

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

22 foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 

23 imported seafood; (2) $1,720,807,000 shall be for the 

24 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 

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1 $369,857,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua2 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 

3 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $216,914,000 shall be 

4 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 

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

6 $495,988,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra7 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of8 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $65,531,000 shall be for 

9 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

10 $662,043,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod11 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu12 latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $174,751,000 shall be for 

13 Rent and Related activities, of which $50,987,000 is for 

14 White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 

15 the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not to 

16 exceed $240,887,000 shall be for payments to the General 

17 Services Administration for rent; and (10) $420,206,000 

18 shall be for other activities, including the Office of the 

19 Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods and 

20 Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco 

21 Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the 

22 Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and 

23 central services for these offices: Provided further, That 

24 not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official 

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1 vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided 

2 further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 

3 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

4 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made avail5 able under this heading for other activities: Provided fur6 ther, That of the amounts that are made available under 

7 this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not de8 rived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to 

9 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of 

10 Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector Gen11 eral’’ for oversight of the programs and operations of the 

12 Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition 

13 to funds otherwise made available for oversight of the 

14 Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, That 

15 funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 

16 another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap17 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

18 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

19 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

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

22 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro23 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

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

25 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 


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

2 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 

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

4 by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure pri5 ority review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

6 360bbb–4a, shall be credited to this account, to remain 

7 available until expended. 

8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten10 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip11 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin12 istration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to 

13 remain available until expended. 

14 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de16 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

17 Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur18 poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

19 $70,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 

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

22 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans23 ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 

24 be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

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1 Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala2 ries and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in 

3 such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by 

4 the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the 

5 previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro6 vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the ac7 count: Provided further, That such transfer authority is 

8 in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

9 law. 

10 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

11 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

12 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

13 Not to exceed $74,600,000 (from assessments col14 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

15 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

16 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

18 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re19 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

21 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con22 gress. 


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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 

5 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart6 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

7 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 

8 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

9 motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, 

10 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith11 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

12 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

13 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper14 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

15 public safety. 

16 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli18 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

19 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal20 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

21 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi22 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv23 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech24 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

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1 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

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

3 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

4 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur5 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

6 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

7 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

8 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

10 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

11 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

12 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De13 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti14 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap15 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

16 section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That none of 

17 the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to 

18 the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available 

19 for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, im20 plement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 

21 systems, missions, or functions of the offices of the Chief 

22 Financial Officer or any personnel from the National Fi23 nance Center prior to written notification to and prior ap24 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 

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1 section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec2 retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 

3 Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart4 ments and other government agencies National Finance 

5 Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay6 roll, financial management, and human capital shared 

7 services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 

8 technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in9 come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De10 partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex11 cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 

12 the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na13 tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 

14 more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 

15 of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve16 ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis17 trative, and information technology services, and other 

18 systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un19 foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen20 ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 

21 shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub22 mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit23 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro24 vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 

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

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

3 of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 

4 the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 

5 the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 

6 operations of the National Finance Center. 

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

8 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

9 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

11 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

12 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

13 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu14 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

15 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar16 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

17 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro18 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

19 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com20 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro21 priations are provided in this Act. 

22 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri23 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

24 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

25 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 


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1 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop2 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica3 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

4 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

6 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac7 quire new information technology systems or significant 

8 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor9 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa10 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa11 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

12 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

13 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

14 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa15 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

16 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

17 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith18 standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 

19 none of the funds available to the Department of Agri20 culture for information technology shall be obligated for 

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

22 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa23 tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 

24 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 

25 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 


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

2 based upon the performance of an agency measured 

3 against the performance plan requirements described in 

4 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 

5 235. 

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

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

8 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex9 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

10 year. 

11 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid 

13 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

14 Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 

15 that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 

16 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

17 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor18 rower under such Act. 

19 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

20 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal21 ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 

22 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 

23 remain available through September 30, 2020, for infor24 mation technology expenses: Provided, That except as oth25 erwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances 


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1 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex2 penses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area 

3 shall remain available through September 30, 2020, for 

4 information technology expenses. 

5 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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

8 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

9 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

12 113–79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III 

13 of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 

14 were provided in that Act, that is authorized or required 

15 to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 

16 Corporation— 

17 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

18 and related administrative expenses, including tech19 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

20 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

21 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

22 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

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1 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

2 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

3 in such section. 

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

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

6 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

7 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

8 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego9 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi10 tively awarded grants. 

11 SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail12 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 

13 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 

14 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

15 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

16 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

17 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

18 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro19 vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 

20 National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail21 able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 

22 awarded under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 

23 U.S.C. 638). 

24 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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


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1 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

2 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

5 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi6 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

7 SEC. 715. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

8 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 

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

10 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

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

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

14 referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,299,600,000 

15 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 

16 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 

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

18 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

19 $2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 

20 Purchases—$35,853,000: Provided, That of the total 

21 funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 

22 that remain unobligated on October 1, 2019, such unobli23 gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2020 and 

24 shall remain available until expended for any of the pur25 poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 


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

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

3 Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 

4 the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of 

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

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

7 carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 

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

9 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail10 able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

11 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 

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

13 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

14 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex15 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

17 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

18 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De19 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

20 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

21 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

22 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

23 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

24 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

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1 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

2 the fiscal year 2020 appropriations Act. 

3 SEC. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

4 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen5 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

7 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

9 available for obligation or expenditure through a re10 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au11 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart12 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 

13 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or14 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

15 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

16 (1) creates new programs; 

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

18 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

19 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

20 denied or restricted; 

21 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

23 or 

24 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

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1 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary of 

2 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

3 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

5 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or 

6 the use of such authority. 

7 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro8 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

9 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

10 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

11 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

13 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro14 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

15 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

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

17 that— 

18 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac19 tivities; 

20 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist21 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per22 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

23 (3) results from any general savings from a re24 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

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1 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri2 culture or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv3 ices (as the case may be) notifies in writing and re4 ceives approval from the Committees on Appropria5 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

6 in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such 

7 funds or the use of such authority. 

8 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

9 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 

10 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 

11 of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro12 gram or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 

13 year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act 

14 or specifically funded by any other Act. 

15 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro16 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

17 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

18 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

19 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

21 available for— 

22 (1) modifying major capital investments fund23 ing levels, including information technology systems, 

24 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

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1 excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 

2 whichever is less; 

3 (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 

4 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

5 establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 

6 with five or more personnel; or 

7 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

8 were not described in the budget request; unless the 

9 agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

11 Congress at least 30 days in advance of using the 

12 funds for these purposes. 

13 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

14 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 

15 the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 

16 the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con17 gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 

18 the notification as required in this section. 

19 SEC. 718. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

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

21 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

22 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

23 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

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1 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

3 Food and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Ad4 ministration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 

5 available reports, questions, or responses to questions that 

6 are a result of information requested for the appropria7 tions hearing process to any non-Department of Agri8 culture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, 

9 or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 

10 SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

11 law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 

12 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre13 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

14 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti15 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

16 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

17 funded by that executive branch agency. 

18 SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri19 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

20 office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 

21 agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 

22 in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 

23 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

24 office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 

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1 SEC. 722. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 

2 for a pilot program to provide competitive grants to State 

3 departments of agriculture, State cooperative extension 

4 services, and nonprofit organizations to carry out pro5 grams to address farmer stress and suicide. 

6 SEC. 723. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

7 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

8 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and 

9 the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 

10 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, 

12 project, and activity for all the funds made available under 

13 this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in 

14 Senate Report 115-259. 

15 SEC. 724. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

16 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 

17 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

18 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $501,000,000 are hereby re19 scinded. 

20 SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue an inter21 mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro22 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re23 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec24 retary shall continue agreements with current inter25 mediary organizations and with additional qualified interVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:38 Jan 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H265.IH H265

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1 mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 

2 these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 

3 502 single family direct loan program in rural commu4 nities and shall set aside and make available from the na5 tional reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to 

6 support the work of such intermediaries and provide a pri7 ority for review of such loans. 

8 SEC. 726. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

9 require budget authority and the program level has been 

10 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

11 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran12 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

13 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec14 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria15 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad16 vance. 

17 SEC. 727. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

18 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec19 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

20 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria21 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

22 shall be available for obligation without written notifica23 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap24 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

25 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 


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1 obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 

2 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis3 trative, and information technology services of primary 

4 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

5 SEC. 728. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

7 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc8 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As9 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

10 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 

11 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri12 culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 

13 fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed14 eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 

15 of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 

16 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num17 ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 

18 staple food category so that the total number of such items 

19 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 

20 items in each staple food category included in the final 

21 rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 

22 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend23 ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard24 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple25 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 


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1 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

2 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

3 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act or any other Act may be used— 

5 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag6 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 

7 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

8 sale, or use of industrial hemp, or seeds of such 

9 plant, that is grown or cultivated in accordance with 

10 subsection section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 

11 2014, within or outside the State in which the indus12 trial hemp is grown or cultivated. 

13 SEC. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro14 priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini15 tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 

16 without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 

17 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching require18 ments in laws in effect on the date before the date of en19 actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 

20 of 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply. 

21 SEC. 731. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

22 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 

23 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

24 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

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1 subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 

3 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

4 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 

6 any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 

7 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

8 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod9 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

10 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis11 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

12 paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 

13 allow or require such distribution. 

14 SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl16 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves17 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 

18 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

19 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 

20 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 

21 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 

22 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis23 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec24 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 


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1 SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 

3 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 

4 put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz5 ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require6 ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 

7 analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for 

8 animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc9 tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by10 products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 

11 SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 

12 to carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 

13 SEC. 736. No partially hydrogenated oils as defined 

14 in the order published by the Food and Drug Administra15 tion in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. 

16 Reg. 34650 et seq.) shall be deemed unsafe within the 

17 meaning of section 409(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

18 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) and no food that is intro19 duced or delivered for introduction into interstate com20 merce that bears or contains a partially hydrogenated oil 

21 shall be deemed adulterated under sections 402(a)(1) or 

22 402(a)(2)(C)(i) of this Act by virtue of bearing or con23 taining a partially hydrogenated oil until the compliance 

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1 SEC. 737. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 

2 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 

3 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

4 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 

5 allow eligible entities to offer loans to customers in any 

6 part of their service territory and to offer loans to replace 

7 a manufactured housing unit with another manufactured 

8 housing unit, if replacement would be more cost effective 

9 in saving energy. 

10 SEC. 738. For fiscal years 2019 through 2025, the 

11 Administrators of the Agricultural Research Service and 

12 the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may 

13 make not to exceed 50 appointments in any fiscal year 

14 for employees of such agencies at the National Bio- and 

15 Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas: 

16 Provided, That such appointments may be made in the 

17 manner provided by 7 U.S.C. 7657(b)(4)(A)(i–v): Pro18 vided further, That such appointments may be made at 

19 a rate of basic pay that exceeds the rate payable for such 

20 positions under the General Schedule or the Executive 

21 Schedule, or other applicable schedule, as appropriate. 

22 SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 

23 for the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that pro24 vides forestry inventory analysis, forest management and 

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1 rolled Conservation Reserve Program participants. The 

2 Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation 

3 to enter into agreements with and provide grants to quali4 fied non-profit organizations dedicated to conservation, 

5 forestry and wildlife habitats, that also have experience in 

6 conducting accurate forest inventory analysis through the 

7 use of advanced, cost-effective technology. The Secretary 

8 shall focus the analysis on lands enrolled for at least eight 

9 years and located in areas with a substantial concentration 

10 of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted to 

11 multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including 

12 CP03, CP03A, CP11, CP22, CP31 and CP40. 

13 SEC. 740. During fiscal year 2019, the Food and 

14 Drug Administration shall not allow the introduction or 

15 delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any 

16 food that contains genetically engineered salmon until the 

17 FDA publishes final labeling guidelines for informing con18 sumers of such content. 

19 SEC. 741. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

20 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

21 of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to 

22 remain available until expended, to implement non-renew23 able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri24 cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 

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1 SEC. 742. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

2 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis3 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

4 by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 

5 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

6 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 

7 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

8 water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 

9 products used in the project are produced in the United 

10 States. 

11 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 

12 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

13 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

14 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 

15 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein16 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

17 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat18 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 

19 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 

20 of the Secretary finds that— 

21 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon22 sistent with the public interest; 

23 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

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1 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro2 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

3 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

4 (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 

5 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des6 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 

7 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

8 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

9 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

10 at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 

11 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re12 quest and accompanying information available by elec13 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

14 site of the Department. 

15 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con16 sistent with United States obligations under international 

17 agreements. 

18 (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 

19 the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 

20 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac21 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub22 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re23 quirements of this section. 

24 (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 

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1 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

2 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re3 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

4 date of enactment of this Act. 

5 (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 

6 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 

7 States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog8 nized Indian tribe. 

9 SEC. 743. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 

10 Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 

11 15, 2019, an amount of funds made available in title III 

12 under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

13 Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 

14 Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa15 cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac16 count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 

17 and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 

18 equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re19 spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 

20 recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 

21 such headings for REAP Zones. 

22 SEC. 744. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

23 or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro24 grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 

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1 SEC. 745. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

2 to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 

3 for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 

4 organizations and public housing authorities to provide 

5 technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 

6 to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 

7 acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 

8 areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af9 fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 

10 public housing authorities as authorized by law that com11 mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous12 ing program for a period of time as determined by the 

13 Secretary. 

14 SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

15 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 

16 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

17 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu18 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

19 1913. 

20 SEC. 747. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (referred 

21 to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a 

22 pilot program during fiscal year 2019 with respect to the 

23 2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk coverage 

24 payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act 

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1 of the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State 

2 the opportunity to provide agricultural producers in the 

3 State a supplemental payment described in subsection (c) 

4 based on the alternate calculation method described in 

5 subsection (b) for 1 or more counties in a State if the 

6 office for that State determines that the alternate calcula7 tion method is necessary to ensure that, to the maximum 

8 extent practicable, there are not significant yield calcula9 tion disparities between comparable counties in the State. 

10 (b) The alternate calculation method referred to in 

11 subsection (a) is a method of calculating the actual yield 

12 for the 2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk 

13 coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri14 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), under 

15 which— 

16 (1) county data of the National Agricultural 

17 Statistics Service (referred to in this section as 

18 ‘‘NASS data’’) is used for the calculations; 

19 (2) if there is insufficient NASS data for a 

20 county (as determined under standards of the Sec21 retary in effect as of the date of enactment of this 

22 Act) or the available NASS data produces a sub23 stantially disparate result, the calculation of the 

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1 uous county NASS data as determined by the Farm 

2 Service Agency office in the applicable State; and 

3 (3) if there is insufficient NASS data for a 

4 comparable contiguous county (as determined under 

5 standards of the Secretary in effect as of the date 

6 of enactment of this Act), the calculation of the 

7 county yield is determined using reliable yield data 

8 from other sources, such as Risk Management Agen9 cy data, National Agricultural Statistics Service dis10 trict data, National Agricultural Statistics Service 

11 State yield data, or other data as determined by the 

12 Farm Service Agency office in the applicable State. 

13 (c)(1) A supplemental payment made under the pilot 

14 program established under this section may be made to 

15 an agricultural producer who is subject to the alternate 

16 calculation method described in subsection (b) if that agri17 cultural producer would otherwise receive a county-level 

18 agriculture risk coverage payment for the 2018 crop year 

19 in an amount that is less than the payment that the agri20 cultural producer would receive under the alternate cal21 culation method. 

22 (2) The amount of a supplemental payment to an ag23 ricultural producer under this section may not exceed the 

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1 (A) the payment that the agricultural producer 

2 would have received without the alternate calculation 

3 method described in subsection (b); and 

4 (B) the payment that the agricultural producer 

5 would receive using the alternate calculation method. 

6 (d)(1) There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of 

7 funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

8 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

9 to carry out the pilot program described in this section. 

10 (2) Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall use 

11 not more than $5,000,000 to carry out the pilot program 

12 described in this section. 

13 (e)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Sec14 retary shall select States to participate in the pilot pro15 gram under this section so the cost of the pilot program 

16 equals the amount provided under subsection (d). 

17 (2) To the extent that the cost of the pilot program 

18 exceeds the amount made available, the Secretary shall re19 duce all payments under the pilot program on a pro rata 

20 basis. 

21 (f) Nothing in this section affects the calculation of 

22 actual yield for purposes of county-level agriculture risk 

23 coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri24 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)) other than 


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1 payments made in accordance with the pilot program 

2 under this section. 

3 (g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alter4 nate calculation method described in subsection (b) shall 

5 not be used as a basis for any agriculture risk coverage 

6 payment determinations under section 1117 of the Agri7 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) other than for pur8 poses of the pilot program under this section. 

9 SEC. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec10 retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 

11 information and subject to the same requirements applica12 ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

13 as provided in section 453 of the Social Security Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 653) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal 

15 Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix)) to 

16 verify the income for individuals participating in sections 

17 502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

18 U.S.C. 1472, 1474, 1490a, and 1490r), notwithstanding 

19 section 453(l)(1) of the Social Security Act. 

20 SEC. 749. In addition to any other funds made avail21 able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 

22 $5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard 

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

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1 SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 

3 to develop, issue, promote, or advance any regulations ap4 plicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium 

5 reduction actions or to develop, issue, promote or advance 

6 final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long 

7 term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the 

8 date on which a dietary reference intake report with re9 spect to sodium is completed. 

10 SEC. 751. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

11 to remain available until September 30, 2020, for the cost 

12 of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 

13 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 

14 of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 

15 to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre16 serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu17 nities. 

18 SEC. 752. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 

19 Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 

20 $7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

21 for one-time control and management and associated ac22 tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 

23 citrus greening. 

24 SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti2 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

3 and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 

4 published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu5 lation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of 

6 grape varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely 

7 for wine and receive commercial processing that ade8 quately reduces the presence of microorganisms of public 

9 health significance. 

10 SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, 

11 to remain available until expended, for an additional 

12 amount for telemedicine and distance learning services in 

13 rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., to 

14 help address the opioid epidemic in rural America. 

15 SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

16 to remain available until September 30, 2020, for a pilot 

17 program for the National Institute of Food and Agri18 culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 

19 programs and services to establish and enhance farming 

20 and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 

21 SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated 

22 $425,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 

23 additional amount for Sec. 779 of Public Law 115–141. 

24 SEC. 757. For an additional amount for the cost of 

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1 Waste Disposal Program Account’’, $400,000,000, to re2 main available until expended. 

3 SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per5 sonnel— 

6 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 

7 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

8 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

9 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

10 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

11 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

12 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

13 regulation). 

14 SEC. 759. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to revoke an exception made— 

16 (1) pursuant to the final rule of the Depart17 ment of Agriculture entitled ‘‘Exceptions to Geo18 graphic Areas for Official Agencies Under the 

19 USGSA’’ (68 Fed. Reg. 19137 (April 18, 2003)); 

20 and 

21 (2) on a date before April 14, 2017. 

22 SEC. 760. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide 

23 to any State or county impacted by a volcanic eruption 

24 covered by a major disaster declared by the President in 

25 calendar year 2018 in accordance with section 401 of the 


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1 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist2 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) technical assistance— 

3 (1) to assess damage to agricultural production 

4 and rural infrastructure; and 

5 (2) to develop recovery plans for impacted 

6 farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. 

7 RESEARCH ON OCEAN AGRICULTURE

8 SEC. 761. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordi9 nation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 

10 Atmospheric Administration, shall establish a working 

11 group (referred to in this section as the ‘‘working 

12 group’’)— 

13 (1) to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal 

14 marshes, and seagrass meadows could help deacidify 

15 the oceans; 

16 (2) to study emerging ocean farming practices 

17 that use kelp and seagrass to deacidify the oceans 

18 while providing feedstock for agriculture and other 

19 commercial and industrial inputs; and 

20 (3) to coordinate and conduct research to de21 velop and enhance pilot-scale research for farming of 

22 kelp and seagrass in order— 

23 (A) to deacidify ocean environments; 

24 (B) to produce a feedstock for agriculture; 

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1 (C) to develop other scalable commercial 

2 applications for kelp, seagrass, or products de3 rived from kelp or seagrass. 

4 (b) The working group shall include— 

5 (1) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

6 (2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic 

7 and Atmospheric Administration; 

8 (3) representatives of any relevant offices with9 in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis10 tration; and 

11 (4) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for En12 ergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

13 (c) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

14 of this Act, the working group shall submit to Congress 

15 a report that includes— 

16 (1) the findings of the research described in 

17 subsection (a); 

18 (2) the results of the pilot-scale research de19 scribed in subsection (a)(3); and 

20 (3) any policy recommendations based on those 

21 findings and results. 

22 SEC. 762. Not later than 180 days after the date of 

23 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

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1 sources Conservation Service may be better used for the 

2 conservation of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and any ac3 tion taken by the Chief of the Natural Resources Con4 servation Service relating to the conservation of ocelots. 

5 SEC. 763. Not later than 1 year after the date of 

6 enactment of this Act, the Rural Housing Service of the 

7 Department of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a re8 port including— 

9 (1) a description of— 

10 (A) the number of properties assisted 

11 under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

12 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) that are reaching the end 

13 of their loan term; 

14 (B) the location of each property described 

15 in subparagraph (A); 

16 (C) the number of units in each property 

17 described in subparagraph (A); and 

18 (D) the date on which each the loan for 

19 each property described in subparagraph (A) is 

20 expected to reach maturity; 

21 (2) the strategy of the Rural Housing Service 

22 to preserve the long-term affordability of the prop23 erties described in paragraph (1)(A) when the loan 

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1 (3) a description of the resources and tools that 

2 the Rural Housing Service needs from Congress in 

3 order to preserve the long-term affordability of the 

4 properties described in paragraph (1) (A). 

5 SEC. 764. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 

6 and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 

7 Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis8 sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than July 1, 

9 2019, and following the review required under Executive 

10 Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory 

11 planning and review), issue advice revising the advice pro12 vided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About 

13 Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency 

14 and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; 

15 Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in 

16 a manner that is consistent with nutrition science recog17 nized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net 

18 effects of seafood consumption. 

19 SEC. 765. In administering the pilot program estab20 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap21 propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec22 retary of Agriculture shall— 

23 (1) ensure that applicants that are determined 

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1 of appealing or otherwise challenging that deter2 mination in a timely fashion; and 

3 (2) in determining whether an entity may over4 build or duplicate broadband expansion efforts made 

5 by any entity that has received a broadband loan 

6 from the Rural Utilities Service, not consider loans 

7 that were rescinded or defaulted on, or loans the 

8 terms and conditions of which were not met, if the 

9 entity under consideration has not previously de10 faulted on, or failed to meet the terms and condi11 tions of, a Rural Utilities Service loan or had a 

12 Rural Utilities Service loan rescinded. 

13 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE

14 UNIVERSITY

15 SEC. 767. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

16 of this Act, the amounts made available by this Act to 

17 carry out sections 1444 and 1445, respectively, of the Na18 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 

19 Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221, 3222) shall each be 

20 increased by $3,000,000. 

21 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

22 the amount made available under the heading ‘‘(INCLUD23 ING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRI24 CULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES’’ under the heading 


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1 ‘‘AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be de2 creased by $6,000,000. 

3 SEC. 768. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act shall be used to enforce the requirement in the final 

5 rule entitled ‘‘Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition 

6 and Supplement Facts Labels’’, published in the Federal 

7 Register on May 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 33742), that any 

8 single ingredient sugar, honey, agave, or syrup (including 

9 maple syrup) that is packaged and offered for sale as a 

10 single ingredient food bear the declaration ‘‘Includes ‘X’g 

11 Added Sugars’’. 

12 SEC. 769. The explanatory statement regarding divi13 sion C of H.R. 21, printed in the Congressional Record 

14 on January 3, 2019, and submitted by the Chair of the 

15 Committee on Appropriations, shall have the same effect 

16 with respect to allocation of funds and implementation of 

17 this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 

18 committee of conference. 

19 SEC. 770. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of 

20 any lapse in appropriations beginning on or about Decem21 ber 22, 2018 and ending on the date of enactment of this 

22 Act shall be compensated at their standard rate of com23 pensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, 

24 as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations 

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1 (b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘employees’’ means 

2 any Federal employees whose salaries and expenses are 

3 provided in this Act. 

4 (c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap5 propriations made and authority granted by this Act for 

6 the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity 

7 to protect life and property and bringing about orderly ter8 mination of Government functions, and for purposes as 

9 otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and ap10 proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this 

11 Act. 

12 SEC. 771. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 

13 used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 

14 continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 

15 State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com16 pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 

17 by the Federal Government— 

18 (1) such furloughed employees shall be com19 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 

20 such period; 

21 (2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 

22 reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 

23 by the Federal Government during such period had 

24 appropriations been available, including the cost of 

25 compensating such furloughed employees, together 


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1 with interest thereon calculated under section 

2 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 

3 (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 

4 funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 

5 such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 

6 the grantee), together with interest thereon cal7 culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 

8 States Code. 

9 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 

10 and the term ‘‘grantee,’’ including United States terri11 tories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such 

12 terms under the applicable Federal program under sub13 section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed14 eral program’’ means the continued performance by a 

15 State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 

16 lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the 

17 State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior 

18 to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 

19 (c) The authority under this section applies with re20 spect to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to peri21 ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 

22 of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appro23 priations with respect to any department or agency of the 

24 Federal Government receiving funding in this Act which, 

25 but for such lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or 


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1 made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses re2 ferred to in this section with respect to the program in3 volved. Payments and reimbursements under this author4 ity shall be made only to the extent and in amounts pro5 vided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De7 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

8 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

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