IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 265 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 11, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag3 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra4 tion, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 

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

6 TITLE I 

7 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

8 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

9 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

12 $46,532,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

13 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

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

15 Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development: Pro16 vided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 

17 in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and 

18 expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 

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

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

21 exceed $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Part22 nerships and Public Engagement; not to exceed 

23 $23,105,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist24 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,301,000 

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1 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv2 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis3 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis4 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 

5 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 

6 the Department: Provided further, That funds made avail7 able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mis8 sion area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 

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

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

11 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 

12 out the programs funded by this Act, including programs 

13 involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 

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

15 available for the Office of Communications: Provided fur16 ther, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 

17 transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 

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

19 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 

20 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per21 cent: Provided further, That not to exceed $11,000 of the 

22 amount made available under this paragraph for the im23 mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi24 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

25 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 


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1 further, That the amount made available under this head2 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 

3 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex4 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 

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

6 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 

7 Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 

8 to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 

9 this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro10 vided further, That no funds made available under this 

11 heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres12 sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 

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

14 notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

15 of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 

16 agency. 

17 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

18 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

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

21 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

22 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

23 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

25 Appeals, $15,222,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

3 Program Analysis, $9,525,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In6 formation Officer, $63,950,000, of which not less than 

7 $38,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de8 partment. 

9 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi11 nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

13 RIGHTS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

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

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

17 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

18 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of19 fice. 

20 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

22 $24,206,000. 


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1 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

9 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

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

12 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im13 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili14 ties, and for related costs, $58,330,000, to remain avail15 able until expended. 

16 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

21 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain avail23 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

24 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

25 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 


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1 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

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

3 lands. 

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

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

8 $98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 

9 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

10 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In11 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 

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

13 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 

14 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 

15 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen16 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 

17 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 

18 (Public Law 97–98). 

19 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

21 Counsel, $45,146,000. 

22 OFFICE OF ETHICS

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

24 $4,136,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

2 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

4 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

5 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

6 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco7 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail8 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

9 the Office. 

10 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

11 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

12 Service, $86,757,000. 

13 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

14 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

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

16 $45,300,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen17 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

18 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur19 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

20 2204g(d) and (f). 

21 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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


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1 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

4 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed5 eral ownership, $1,300,966,000, of which $10,600,000, to 

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

7 the science program at the National Bio- and Agro-de8 fense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas; of which not 

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

10 dryland agriculture research program; and of which not 

11 less than $7,000,000 shall be available for purposes of en12 tering into a management, operations, and research sup13 port contract to expedite the hiring of a capable workforce 

14 for the commissioning of the Central Utility Plant and in 

15 support of operations and management of the National 

16 Bio- and Agro-defense Facility: Provided, That appropria17 tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and 

18 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

19 one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro20 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

22 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro23 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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


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

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

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

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

5 year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace6 ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 

7 greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

8 shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 

9 Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 

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

11 the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 

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

13 and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re14 moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

15 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter16 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza17 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 

18 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here19 under shall be available for granting easements at the 

20 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 

21 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace22 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 

23 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro24 priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease25 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 


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

2 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re3 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

4 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

6 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

8 may be received from any State, other political subdivi9 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab10 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

11 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

12 by law. 

13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

14 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

15 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

16 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

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

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

19 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

20 and Education Activities’’ in the explanatory statement 

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

22 for research grants for 1994 institutions, education grants 

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

24 colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research 

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1 tural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution chal2 lenge grants, and grants management systems shall re3 main available until expended: Provided further, That each 

4 institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen 

5 program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided fur6 ther, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native 

7 and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made avail8 able to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi9 ble institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the 

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

11 for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 

12 available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 

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

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

15 any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Re16 search Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained 

17 by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 

18 incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority. 

19 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

20 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

23 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

24 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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


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

2 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci3 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

4 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory 

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

6 That funds for facility improvements at 1890 institutions 

7 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

9 3221 for cooperative extension receive no less than 

10 $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for cooperative 

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

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

13 Law 93–471 shall be available for retirement and employ14 ees’ compensation costs for extension agents. 

15 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

16 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

17 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex18 penses, $38,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

19 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In20 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

21 the explanatory statement described in section 769 of this 

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

23 Defense Initiative shall remain available until September 

24 30, 2020: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

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


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1 against any Extension Implementation Program Area 

2 grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest Manage3 ment Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

5 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

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

9 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro10 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

13 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

18 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

20 $1,000,493,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 

21 until expended, shall be available for the control of out22 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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

24 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

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


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

2 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

3 zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

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

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

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

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

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

10 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

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

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

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

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

15 remain available until expended, shall be for zoonotic dis16 ease management; of which $41,466,000, to remain avail17 able until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness 

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

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

20 $5,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

21 for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 

22 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

23 for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 

24 $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

25 for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 


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1 safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this 

2 heading for wildlife services methods development, 

3 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro4 vided further, That of amounts available under this head5 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

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

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

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

9 Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, 

10 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 

11 a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 

12 year that does not require minimum matching by the 

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

14 appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

15 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

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

17 further, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten 

18 any segment of the agricultural production industry of the 

19 United States, the Secretary may transfer from other ap20 propriations or funds available to the agencies or corpora21 tions of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec22 essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 

23 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

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

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1 mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 

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

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

4 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre5 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

6 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

7 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

8 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve9 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 

10 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

11 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build12 ing. 

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

14 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist15 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

16 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

17 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

21 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail22 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

23 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 


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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

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

6 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail7 able until expended. 

8 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

9 MARKETING SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

11 Service, $155,845,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be avail12 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

13 79; and of which $7,000,000 shall be available for mar14 keting activities authorized under section 204(b) of the 

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

16 to provide to State departments of agriculture, State coop17 erative extension services, institutions of higher education, 

18 and nonprofit organizations grants to carry out programs 

19 and provide technical assistance to promote innovation, 

20 process improvement, and marketing relating to dairy 

21 products: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail22 able pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 

23 and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost 

24 of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 


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1 not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 

2 of the building. 

3 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

5 U.S.C. 9701). 

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

8 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra9 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

11 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

12 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

13 Congress. 

14 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

15 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au18 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com19 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

21 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

22 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans23 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 

24 $20,489,000 for formulation and administration of mar25 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 


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1 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 

2 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 

3 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

4 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

5 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

6 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul7 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

8 $1,235,000. 

9 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

10 EXPENSES

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

12 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

13 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac14 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

15 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

16 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com17 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

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

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

22 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

23 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of24 fice. 


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1 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses to carry out services author3 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

4 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

6 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

8 $1,049,344,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred9 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab10 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

11 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

12 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

13 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

14 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

16 be employed during fiscal year 2019 for purposes dedi17 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

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

19 seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec20 tion Service shall continue implementation of section 

21 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the 

22 amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 

23 79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

24 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter25 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 


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1 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

2 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

3 value of the building. 

4 TITLE II 

5 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

6 PROGRAMS 

7 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM

8 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

10 Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 

11 $901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

12 Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva13 tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

14 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of15 fice. 

16 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS

17 CENTER

18 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

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

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

21 amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant 

22 to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest23 ment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred 

24 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 

25 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 


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1 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

2 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

4 as follows: 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, 

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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 

25 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 


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

2 Development Act, $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 

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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 

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


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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 

25 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by 


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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 

25 in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of 


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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), 

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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’’. 

15 TITLE VI 

16 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

17 ADMINISTRATION 

18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

19 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad22 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

23 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

25 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 


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

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

3 amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 

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

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

6 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac7 tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 

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

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

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

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

12 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author13 ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac14 count and remain available until expended; $196,668,000 

15 shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 

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

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

18 be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 

19 by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac20 count and remain available until expended; $40,922,000 

21 shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 

22 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be cred23 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

24 $30,331,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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1 to this account and remain available until expended; 

2 $18,336,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 

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

4 be credited to this account and remain available until ex5 pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod6 uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 

7 credited to this account and remain available until ex8 pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith9 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 

10 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 

11 user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi12 cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 

13 new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 

14 year 2019 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred15 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

16 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 

17 medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

18 product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as19 sessments for fiscal year 2019, including any such fees 

20 collected prior to fiscal year 2019 but credited for fiscal 

21 year 2019, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2019 limita22 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 

23 payment during fiscal year 2019 of user fees specified 

24 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2020, 

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1 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2020 for which the Sec2 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2019 shall not be 

3 included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 

4 That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab5 lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 

6 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 

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

8 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

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

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

11 foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 

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

13 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 

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

15 $369,857,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua16 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 

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

18 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 

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

20 $495,988,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra21 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of22 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $65,531,000 shall be for 

23 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

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1 latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $174,751,000 shall be for 

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

3 White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 

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

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

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

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

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

9 Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco 

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

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

12 central services for these offices: Provided further, That 

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

14 reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro15 vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided 

16 further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 

17 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

18 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made avail19 able under this heading for other activities: Provided fur20 ther, That of the amounts that are made available under 

21 this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not de22 rived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to 

23 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of 

24 Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector Gen25 eral’’ for oversight of the programs and operations of the 


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1 Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition 

2 to funds otherwise made available for oversight of the 

3 Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, That 

4 funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 

5 another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap6 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

7 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

8 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

10 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

11 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro12 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

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

14 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

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

16 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 

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

18 by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure pri19 ority review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

20 360bbb–4a, shall be credited to this account, to remain 

21 available until expended. 

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

2 remain available until expended. 

3 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de5 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

6 Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur7 poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

8 $70,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 

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

11 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans12 ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 

13 be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

14 to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 

15 Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala16 ries and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in 

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

18 the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the 

19 previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro20 vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the ac21 count: Provided further, That such transfer authority is 

22 in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

2 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

3 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

4 Not to exceed $74,600,000 (from assessments col5 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

6 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

7 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

9 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re10 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

12 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con13 gress. 

14 TITLE VII 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

18 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart19 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

21 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

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

23 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith24 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

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1 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper2 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

3 public safety. 

4 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

9 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi10 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv11 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech12 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

13 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re14 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

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

16 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

17 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur18 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

19 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

20 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

21 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

23 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

24 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

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1 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti2 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap3 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

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

5 the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to 

6 the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available 

7 for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, im8 plement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 

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

10 Financial Officer or any personnel from the National Fi11 nance Center prior to written notification to and prior ap12 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 

13 of Congress and in accordance with the requirements of 

14 section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 

16 Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart17 ments and other government agencies National Finance 

18 Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay19 roll, financial management, and human capital shared 

20 services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 

21 technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in22 come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De23 partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex24 cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 

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1 tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 

2 more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 

3 of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve4 ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis5 trative, and information technology services, and other 

6 systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un7 foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen8 ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 

9 shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub10 mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro12 vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 

13 funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 

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

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

16 of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 

17 the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 

18 the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 

19 operations of the National Finance Center. 

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

21 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

22 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

24 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

25 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 


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1 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu2 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

3 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar4 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

5 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro6 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

7 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com8 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro9 priations are provided in this Act. 

10 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri11 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

12 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

13 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

14 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop15 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica16 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

17 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

19 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac20 quire new information technology systems or significant 

21 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor22 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa23 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa24 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

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1 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

2 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa3 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

4 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

5 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith6 standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 

7 none of the funds available to the Department of Agri8 culture for information technology shall be obligated for 

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

10 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa11 tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 

12 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 

13 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 

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

15 based upon the performance of an agency measured 

16 against the performance plan requirements described in 

17 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 

18 235. 

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

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

21 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex22 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

23 year. 

24 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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1 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

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

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

4 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

5 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor6 rower under such Act. 

7 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

8 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal9 ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 

10 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 

11 remain available through September 30, 2020, for infor12 mation technology expenses: Provided, That except as oth13 erwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances 

14 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex15 penses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area 

16 shall remain available through September 30, 2020, for 

17 information technology expenses. 

18 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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

21 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

22 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

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1 of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 

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

3 to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 

4 Corporation— 

5 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

6 and related administrative expenses, including tech7 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

8 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

9 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

10 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

13 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

14 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

15 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

16 in such section. 

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

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

19 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

20 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

21 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego22 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi23 tively awarded grants. 

24 SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail25 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 


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1 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 

2 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

3 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

4 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

5 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

6 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro7 vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 

8 National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail9 able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 

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

11 U.S.C. 638). 

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

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

14 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

15 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

18 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi19 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

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

21 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 

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

23 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

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


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

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

3 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 

4 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 

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

6 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

7 $2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 

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

9 funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 

10 that remain unobligated on October 1, 2019, such unobli11 gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2020 and 

12 shall remain available until expended for any of the pur13 poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 

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

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

16 Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 

17 the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of 

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

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

20 carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 

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

22 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail23 able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

24 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 

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

2 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex3 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

5 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

6 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De7 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

8 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

9 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

10 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

11 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

12 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

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

14 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

15 the fiscal year 2020 appropriations Act. 

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

17 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen18 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

20 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

22 available for obligation or expenditure through a re23 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au24 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart25 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 


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1 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or2 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

3 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

4 (1) creates new programs; 

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

6 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

7 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

8 denied or restricted; 

9 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

11 or 

12 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

13 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

14 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary of 

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

16 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

17 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

18 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or 

19 the use of such authority. 

20 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro21 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

22 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

23 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

24 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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


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1 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro2 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

3 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

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

5 that— 

6 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac7 tivities; 

8 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist9 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per10 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

11 (3) results from any general savings from a re12 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

13 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap14 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri15 culture or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv16 ices (as the case may be) notifies in writing and re17 ceives approval from the Committees on Appropria18 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

19 in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such 

20 funds or the use of such authority. 

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

22 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 

23 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 

24 of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro25 gram or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 


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

2 or specifically funded by any other Act. 

3 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro4 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

5 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

6 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— 

10 (1) modifying major capital investments fund11 ing levels, including information technology systems, 

12 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

13 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

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

15 whichever is less; 

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

17 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

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

19 with five or more personnel; or 

20 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

21 were not described in the budget request; unless the 

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

23 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

24 Congress at least 30 days in advance of using the 

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

2 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 

3 the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 

4 the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con5 gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 

6 the notification as required in this section. 

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

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

9 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

10 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

11 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

12 portion of the loan. 

13 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

15 Food and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Ad16 ministration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 

17 available reports, questions, or responses to questions that 

18 are a result of information requested for the appropria19 tions hearing process to any non-Department of Agri20 culture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, 

21 or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 

22 SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

24 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre25 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 


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1 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti2 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

3 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

4 funded by that executive branch agency. 

5 SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri6 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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

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

10 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

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

12 period of assignment. 

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

14 for a pilot program to provide competitive grants to State 

15 departments of agriculture, State cooperative extension 

16 services, and nonprofit organizations to carry out pro17 grams to address farmer stress and suicide. 

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

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

20 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and 

21 the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 

22 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

23 Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, 

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1 this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in 

2 Senate Report 115-259. 

3 SEC. 724. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

4 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 

5 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

6 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $501,000,000 are hereby re7 scinded. 

8 SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue an inter9 mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro10 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re11 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec12 retary shall continue agreements with current inter13 mediary organizations and with additional qualified inter14 mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 

15 these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 

16 502 single family direct loan program in rural commu17 nities and shall set aside and make available from the na18 tional reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to 

19 support the work of such intermediaries and provide a pri20 ority for review of such loans. 

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

22 require budget authority and the program level has been 

23 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

24 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran25 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 


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1 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec2 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria3 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad4 vance. 

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

6 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec7 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

8 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria9 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

10 shall be available for obligation without written notifica11 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap12 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

13 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

14 obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 

15 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis16 trative, and information technology services of primary 

17 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

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

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

20 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc21 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As22 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

23 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 

24 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri25 culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 


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1 fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed2 eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 

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

4 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num5 ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 

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

7 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 

8 items in each staple food category included in the final 

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

10 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend11 ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard12 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple13 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 

14 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

15 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

16 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act or any other Act may be used— 

18 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag19 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 

20 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

21 sale, or use of industrial hemp, or seeds of such 

22 plant, that is grown or cultivated in accordance with 

23 subsection section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 

24 2014, within or outside the State in which the indus25 trial hemp is grown or cultivated. 


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1 SEC. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro2 priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini3 tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 

4 without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 

5 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching require6 ments in laws in effect on the date before the date of en7 actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 

8 of 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply. 

9 SEC. 731. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

10 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 

11 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

12 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

13 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 

14 subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 

16 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

17 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 

19 any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 

20 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

21 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod22 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

23 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis24 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 


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1 paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 

2 allow or require such distribution. 

3 SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl5 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves6 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 

7 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

8 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 

9 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 

10 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 

11 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis12 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec13 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 

14 SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this 

15 or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 

16 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 

17 put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz18 ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require19 ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 

20 analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for 

21 animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc22 tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by23 products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 

24 SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 

25 to carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 


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1 SEC. 736. No partially hydrogenated oils as defined 

2 in the order published by the Food and Drug Administra3 tion in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. 

4 Reg. 34650 et seq.) shall be deemed unsafe within the 

5 meaning of section 409(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

6 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) and no food that is intro7 duced or delivered for introduction into interstate com8 merce that bears or contains a partially hydrogenated oil 

9 shall be deemed adulterated under sections 402(a)(1) or 

10 402(a)(2)(C)(i) of this Act by virtue of bearing or con11 taining a partially hydrogenated oil until the compliance 

12 date as specified in such order (June 18, 2018). 

13 SEC. 737. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 

14 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 

15 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

16 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 

17 allow eligible entities to offer loans to customers in any 

18 part of their service territory and to offer loans to replace 

19 a manufactured housing unit with another manufactured 

20 housing unit, if replacement would be more cost effective 

21 in saving energy. 

22 SEC. 738. For fiscal years 2019 through 2025, the 

23 Administrators of the Agricultural Research Service and 

24 the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may 

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1 for employees of such agencies at the National Bio- and 

2 Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas: 

3 Provided, That such appointments may be made in the 

4 manner provided by 7 U.S.C. 7657(b)(4)(A)(i–v): Pro5 vided further, That such appointments may be made at 

6 a rate of basic pay that exceeds the rate payable for such 

7 positions under the General Schedule or the Executive 

8 Schedule, or other applicable schedule, as appropriate. 

9 SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 

10 for the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that pro11 vides forestry inventory analysis, forest management and 

12 economic outcomes modelling for certain currently en13 rolled Conservation Reserve Program participants. The 

14 Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation 

15 to enter into agreements with and provide grants to quali16 fied non-profit organizations dedicated to conservation, 

17 forestry and wildlife habitats, that also have experience in 

18 conducting accurate forest inventory analysis through the 

19 use of advanced, cost-effective technology. The Secretary 

20 shall focus the analysis on lands enrolled for at least eight 

21 years and located in areas with a substantial concentration 

22 of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted to 

23 multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including 

24 CP03, CP03A, CP11, CP22, CP31 and CP40. 


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1 SEC. 740. During fiscal year 2019, the Food and 

2 Drug Administration shall not allow the introduction or 

3 delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any 

4 food that contains genetically engineered salmon until the 

5 FDA publishes final labeling guidelines for informing con6 sumers of such content. 

7 SEC. 741. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

8 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

9 of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to 

10 remain available until expended, to implement non-renew11 able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri12 cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 

13 Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

14 SEC. 742. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

15 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis16 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

17 by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 

18 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

19 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 

20 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

21 water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 

22 products used in the project are produced in the United 

23 States. 

24 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 

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1 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

2 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 

3 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein4 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

5 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat6 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 

7 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 

8 of the Secretary finds that— 

9 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon10 sistent with the public interest; 

11 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

12 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail13 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 

14 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro15 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

16 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

17 (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 

18 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des19 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 

20 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

21 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

22 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

23 at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 

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1 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

2 site of the Department. 

3 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con4 sistent with United States obligations under international 

5 agreements. 

6 (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 

7 the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 

8 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac9 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub10 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re11 quirements of this section. 

12 (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 

13 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 

14 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

15 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re16 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

17 date of enactment of this Act. 

18 (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 

19 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 

20 States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog21 nized Indian tribe. 

22 SEC. 743. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 

23 Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 

24 15, 2019, an amount of funds made available in title III 

25 under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 


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1 Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 

2 Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa3 cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac4 count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 

5 and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 

6 equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re7 spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 

8 recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 

9 such headings for REAP Zones. 

10 SEC. 744. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

11 or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro12 grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 

13 populations. 

14 SEC. 745. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

15 to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 

16 for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 

17 organizations and public housing authorities to provide 

18 technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 

19 to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 

20 acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 

21 areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af22 fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 

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1 ing program for a period of time as determined by the 

2 Secretary. 

3 SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 

5 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

6 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu7 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

8 1913. 

9 SEC. 747. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (referred 

10 to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a 

11 pilot program during fiscal year 2019 with respect to the 

12 2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk coverage 

13 payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act 

14 of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), that provides all or some 

15 of the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State 

16 the opportunity to provide agricultural producers in the 

17 State a supplemental payment described in subsection (c) 

18 based on the alternate calculation method described in 

19 subsection (b) for 1 or more counties in a State if the 

20 office for that State determines that the alternate calcula21 tion method is necessary to ensure that, to the maximum 

22 extent practicable, there are not significant yield calcula23 tion disparities between comparable counties in the State. 

24 (b) The alternate calculation method referred to in 

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1 for the 2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk 

2 coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri3 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), under 

4 which— 

5 (1) county data of the National Agricultural 

6 Statistics Service (referred to in this section as 

7 ‘‘NASS data’’) is used for the calculations; 

8 (2) if there is insufficient NASS data for a 

9 county (as determined under standards of the Sec10 retary in effect as of the date of enactment of this 

11 Act) or the available NASS data produces a sub12 stantially disparate result, the calculation of the 

13 county yield is determined using comparable contig14 uous county NASS data as determined by the Farm 

15 Service Agency office in the applicable State; and 

16 (3) if there is insufficient NASS data for a 

17 comparable contiguous county (as determined under 

18 standards of the Secretary in effect as of the date 

19 of enactment of this Act), the calculation of the 

20 county yield is determined using reliable yield data 

21 from other sources, such as Risk Management Agen22 cy data, National Agricultural Statistics Service dis23 trict data, National Agricultural Statistics Service 

24 State yield data, or other data as determined by the 

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1 (c)(1) A supplemental payment made under the pilot 

2 program established under this section may be made to 

3 an agricultural producer who is subject to the alternate 

4 calculation method described in subsection (b) if that agri5 cultural producer would otherwise receive a county-level 

6 agriculture risk coverage payment for the 2018 crop year 

7 in an amount that is less than the payment that the agri8 cultural producer would receive under the alternate cal9 culation method. 

10 (2) The amount of a supplemental payment to an ag11 ricultural producer under this section may not exceed the 

12 difference between— 

13 (A) the payment that the agricultural producer 

14 would have received without the alternate calculation 

15 method described in subsection (b); and 

16 (B) the payment that the agricultural producer 

17 would receive using the alternate calculation method. 

18 (d)(1) There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of 

19 funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

20 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

21 to carry out the pilot program described in this section. 

22 (2) Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall use 

23 not more than $5,000,000 to carry out the pilot program 

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1 (e)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Sec2 retary shall select States to participate in the pilot pro3 gram under this section so the cost of the pilot program 

4 equals the amount provided under subsection (d). 

5 (2) To the extent that the cost of the pilot program 

6 exceeds the amount made available, the Secretary shall re7 duce all payments under the pilot program on a pro rata 

8 basis. 

9 (f) Nothing in this section affects the calculation of 

10 actual yield for purposes of county-level agriculture risk 

11 coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri12 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)) other than 

13 payments made in accordance with the pilot program 

14 under this section. 

15 (g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alter16 nate calculation method described in subsection (b) shall 

17 not be used as a basis for any agriculture risk coverage 

18 payment determinations under section 1117 of the Agri19 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) other than for pur20 poses of the pilot program under this section. 

21 SEC. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec22 retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 

23 information and subject to the same requirements applica24 ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

25 as provided in section 453 of the Social Security Act (42 


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1 U.S.C. 653) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal 

2 Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix)) to 

3 verify the income for individuals participating in sections 

4 502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

5 U.S.C. 1472, 1474, 1490a, and 1490r), notwithstanding 

6 section 453(l)(1) of the Social Security Act. 

7 SEC. 749. In addition to any other funds made avail8 able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 

9 $5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard 

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

11 1769(g)), to remain available until expended. 

12 SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 

14 to develop, issue, promote, or advance any regulations ap15 plicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium 

16 reduction actions or to develop, issue, promote or advance 

17 final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long 

18 term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the 

19 date on which a dietary reference intake report with re20 spect to sodium is completed. 

21 SEC. 751. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

22 to remain available until September 30, 2020, for the cost 

23 of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 

24 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 

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1 to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre2 serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu3 nities. 

4 SEC. 752. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 

5 Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 

6 $7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

7 for one-time control and management and associated ac8 tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 

9 citrus greening. 

10 SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 

11 or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 

12 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti13 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

14 and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 

15 published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu16 lation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of 

17 grape varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely 

18 for wine and receive commercial processing that ade19 quately reduces the presence of microorganisms of public 

20 health significance. 

21 SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, 

22 to remain available until expended, for an additional 

23 amount for telemedicine and distance learning services in 

24 rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., to 

25 help address the opioid epidemic in rural America. 


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1 SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

2 to remain available until September 30, 2020, for a pilot 

3 program for the National Institute of Food and Agri4 culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 

5 programs and services to establish and enhance farming 

6 and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 

7 SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated 

8 $425,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 

9 additional amount for Sec. 779 of Public Law 115–141. 

10 SEC. 757. For an additional amount for the cost of 

11 direct loans and grants made under the ‘‘Rural Water and 

12 Waste Disposal Program Account’’, $400,000,000, to re13 main available until expended. 

14 SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per16 sonnel— 

17 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 

18 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

19 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

20 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

21 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

22 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

23 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

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1 SEC. 759. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to revoke an exception made— 

3 (1) pursuant to the final rule of the Depart4 ment of Agriculture entitled ‘‘Exceptions to Geo5 graphic Areas for Official Agencies Under the 

6 USGSA’’ (68 Fed. Reg. 19137 (April 18, 2003)); 

7 and 

8 (2) on a date before April 14, 2017. 

9 SEC. 760. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide 

10 to any State or county impacted by a volcanic eruption 

11 covered by a major disaster declared by the President in 

12 calendar year 2018 in accordance with section 401 of the 

13 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist14 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) technical assistance— 

15 (1) to assess damage to agricultural production 

16 and rural infrastructure; and 

17 (2) to develop recovery plans for impacted 

18 farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. 

19 RESEARCH ON OCEAN AGRICULTURE

20 SEC. 761. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordi21 nation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 

22 Atmospheric Administration, shall establish a working 

23 group (referred to in this section as the ‘‘working 

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1 (1) to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal 

2 marshes, and seagrass meadows could help deacidify 

3 the oceans; 

4 (2) to study emerging ocean farming practices 

5 that use kelp and seagrass to deacidify the oceans 

6 while providing feedstock for agriculture and other 

7 commercial and industrial inputs; and 

8 (3) to coordinate and conduct research to de9 velop and enhance pilot-scale research for farming of 

10 kelp and seagrass in order— 

11 (A) to deacidify ocean environments; 

12 (B) to produce a feedstock for agriculture; 

13 and 

14 (C) to develop other scalable commercial 

15 applications for kelp, seagrass, or products de16 rived from kelp or seagrass. 

17 (b) The working group shall include— 

18 (1) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

19 (2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic 

20 and Atmospheric Administration; 

21 (3) representatives of any relevant offices with22 in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis23 tration; and 

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1 (c) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

2 of this Act, the working group shall submit to Congress 

3 a report that includes— 

4 (1) the findings of the research described in 

5 subsection (a); 

6 (2) the results of the pilot-scale research de7 scribed in subsection (a)(3); and 

8 (3) any policy recommendations based on those 

9 findings and results. 

10 SEC. 762. Not later than 180 days after the date of 

11 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

12 submit to Congress a report describing the ways in which 

13 conservation programs administered by the Natural Re14 sources Conservation Service may be better used for the 

15 conservation of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and any ac16 tion taken by the Chief of the Natural Resources Con17 servation Service relating to the conservation of ocelots. 

18 SEC. 763. Not later than 1 year after the date of 

19 enactment of this Act, the Rural Housing Service of the 

20 Department of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a re21 port including— 

22 (1) a description of— 

23 (A) the number of properties assisted 

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1 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) that are reaching the end 

2 of their loan term; 

3 (B) the location of each property described 

4 in subparagraph (A); 

5 (C) the number of units in each property 

6 described in subparagraph (A); and 

7 (D) the date on which each the loan for 

8 each property described in subparagraph (A) is 

9 expected to reach maturity; 

10 (2) the strategy of the Rural Housing Service 

11 to preserve the long-term affordability of the prop12 erties described in paragraph (1)(A) when the loan 

13 matures; and 

14 (3) a description of the resources and tools that 

15 the Rural Housing Service needs from Congress in 

16 order to preserve the long-term affordability of the 

17 properties described in paragraph (1) (A). 

18 SEC. 764. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 

19 and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 

20 Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis21 sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than July 1, 

22 2019, and following the review required under Executive 

23 Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory 

24 planning and review), issue advice revising the advice pro25 vided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About 


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1 Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency 

2 and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; 

3 Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in 

4 a manner that is consistent with nutrition science recog5 nized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net 

6 effects of seafood consumption. 

7 SEC. 765. In administering the pilot program estab8 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap9 propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec10 retary of Agriculture shall— 

11 (1) ensure that applicants that are determined 

12 to be ineligible for the pilot program have a means 

13 of appealing or otherwise challenging that deter14 mination in a timely fashion; and 

15 (2) in determining whether an entity may over16 build or duplicate broadband expansion efforts made 

17 by any entity that has received a broadband loan 

18 from the Rural Utilities Service, not consider loans 

19 that were rescinded or defaulted on, or loans the 

20 terms and conditions of which were not met, if the 

21 entity under consideration has not previously de22 faulted on, or failed to meet the terms and condi23 tions of, a Rural Utilities Service loan or had a 

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1 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE

2 UNIVERSITY

3 SEC. 767. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of this Act, the amounts made available by this Act to 

5 carry out sections 1444 and 1445, respectively, of the Na6 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 

7 Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221, 3222) shall each be 

8 increased by $3,000,000. 

9 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

10 the amount made available under the heading ‘‘(INCLUD11 ING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRI12 CULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES’’ under the heading 

13 ‘‘AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be de14 creased by $6,000,000. 

15 SEC. 768. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act shall be used to enforce the requirement in the final 

17 rule entitled ‘‘Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition 

18 and Supplement Facts Labels’’, published in the Federal 

19 Register on May 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 33742), that any 

20 single ingredient sugar, honey, agave, or syrup (including 

21 maple syrup) that is packaged and offered for sale as a 

22 single ingredient food bear the declaration ‘‘Includes ‘X’g 

23 Added Sugars’’. 

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1 on January 3, 2019, and submitted by the Chair of the 

2 Committee on Appropriations, shall have the same effect 

3 with respect to allocation of funds and implementation of 

4 this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 

5 committee of conference. 

6 SEC. 770. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of 

7 any lapse in appropriations beginning on or about Decem8 ber 22, 2018 and ending on the date of enactment of this 

9 Act shall be compensated at their standard rate of com10 pensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, 

11 as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations 

12 ends. 

13 (b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘employees’’ means 

14 any Federal employees whose salaries and expenses are 

15 provided in this Act. 

16 (c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap17 propriations made and authority granted by this Act for 

18 the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity 

19 to protect life and property and bringing about orderly ter20 mination of Government functions, and for purposes as 

21 otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and ap22 proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this 

23 Act. 

24 SEC. 771. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 

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1 continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 

2 State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com3 pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 

4 by the Federal Government— 

5 (1) such furloughed employees shall be com6 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 

7 such period; 

8 (2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 

9 reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 

10 by the Federal Government during such period had 

11 appropriations been available, including the cost of 

12 compensating such furloughed employees, together 

13 with interest thereon calculated under section 

14 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 

15 (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 

16 funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 

17 such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 

18 the grantee), together with interest thereon cal19 culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 

20 States Code. 

21 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 

22 and the term ‘‘grantee,’’ including United States terri23 tories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such 

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1 eral program’’ means the continued performance by a 

2 State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 

3 lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the 

4 State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior 

5 to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 

6 (c) The authority under this section applies with re7 spect to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to peri8 ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 

9 of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appro10 priations with respect to any department or agency of the 

11 Federal Government receiving funding in this Act which, 

12 but for such lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or 

13 made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses re14 ferred to in this section with respect to the program in15 volved. Payments and reimbursements under this author16 ity shall be made only to the extent and in amounts pro17 vided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De19 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

20 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 10, 

2019. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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