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Union Calendar No. 80 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3164 

[Report No. 116–107] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 6, 2019 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 

following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 

and for other purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 

7 September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

10 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

14 $45,112,000, of which not to exceed $4,850,000 shall be 

15 available for the Immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

16 to exceed $1,448,000 shall be available for the Office of 

17 Homeland Security; not to exceed $6,211,000 shall be 

18 available for the Office of Partnerships and Public En19 gagement, of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 

20 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $22,251,000 shall be available 

21 for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra22 tion, of which $21,376,000 shall be available for Depart23 mental Administration to provide for necessary expenses 

24 for management support services to offices of the Depart25 ment and for general administration, security, repairs and 


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1 alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 

2 not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 

3 and efficient work of the Department: Provided, That 

4 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Ad5 ministration mission area for salaries and expenses are 

6 available to fund up to one administrative support staff 

7 for the Office; not to exceed $3,091,000 shall be available 

8 for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Re9 lations and Intergovernmental Affairs to carry out the 

10 programs funded by this Act, including programs involv11 ing intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the execu12 tive branch; and not to exceed $7,261,000 shall be avail13 able for the Office of Communications: Provided further, 

14 That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer 

15 funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec16 retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: 

17 Provided further, That no appropriation for any office 

18 shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent: 

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

20 amount made available under this paragraph for the Im21 mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi22 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

23 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 

24 further, That the amount made available under this head25 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 


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1 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex2 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 

3 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 

4 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 

5 Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern6 mental Affairs may be transferred to agencies of the De7 partment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain 

8 personnel at the agency level. 

9 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

10 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

12 Economist, $21,013,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for 

13 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

14 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

15 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

17 Appeals, $15,222,000. 

18 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

20 Program Analysis, $9,525,000. 

21 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In23 formation Officer, $101,400,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi3 nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

5 RIGHTS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

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

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

9 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

12 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

14 $24,206,000. 

15 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu18 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

19 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis20 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri21 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

23 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

24 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con25 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 


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1 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im2 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili3 ties, and for related costs, $331,114,000, to remain avail4 able until expended. 

5 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri8 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

10 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 6901 et seq.), $5,288,000, to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 

13 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man14 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart15 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 

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

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

19 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

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

21 $98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 

22 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

23 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In24 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 

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


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1 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 

2 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 

3 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen4 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 

5 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 

6 (Public Law 97–98). 

7 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

9 Counsel, $41,242,000. 

10 OFFICE OF ETHICS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

12 $4,136,000. 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

14 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

16 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

17 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

18 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco19 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail20 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

21 the Office. 

22 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

23 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

24 Service, $87,757,000: Provided, That the term ‘‘necessary 

25 expenses’’ does not include any expenditure of funds to 


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1 relocate the Economic Research Service outside the Na2 tional Capital Region. 

3 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

5 Statistics Service, $180,794,000, of which up to 

6 $45,300,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen7 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

8 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur9 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

10 2204g(d) and (f). 

11 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

16 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

19 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed20 eral ownership, $1,347,516,000, of which $13,100,000, to 

21 remain available until expended, shall be used for transi22 tion and equipment purchases for the National Bio and 

23 Agro-Defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Pro24 vided, That of the amounts available to the Agricultural 

25 Research Service for the National Bio and Agro-Defense 


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1 Facility, no funds may be obligated above the amount pro2 vided for the facility in P.L. 116–6 until the Secretary 

3 of Agriculture submits to the Committees on Appropria4 tions of both Houses of Congress, and receives written or 

5 electronic notification of receipt from such Committees, a 

6 strategic plan as required in the report accompanying this 

7 Act: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 

8 be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 

9 and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 

10 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

11 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the con12 struction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improve13 ments, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of con14 structing any one building shall not exceed $500,000, ex15 cept for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be 

16 limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings to be con17 structed or improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 

18 each, and except for two buildings to be constructed at 

19 a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 each, and the cost of alter20 ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

21 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build22 ing or $500,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, 

23 That appropriations hereunder shall be available for enter24 ing into lease agreements at any Agricultural Research 

25 Service location for the construction of a research facility 


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1 by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Re2 search Service and a condition of the lease shall be that 

3 any facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained by 

4 the non-Federal entity and shall be removed upon the ex5 piration or termination of the lease agreement: Provided 

6 further, That the limitations on alterations contained in 

7 this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement 

8 of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided fur9 ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 

10 granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research 

11 Center: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations 

12 shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry 

13 out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided 

14 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

15 for granting easements at any Agricultural Research Serv16 ice location for the construction of a research facility by 

17 a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the 

18 Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the ease19 ments shall be that upon completion the facility shall be 

20 accepted by the Secretary, subject to the availability of 

21 funds herein, if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the 

22 facility is in the interest of the United States: Provided 

23 further, That funds may be received from any State, other 

24 political subdivision, organization, or individual for the 

25 purpose of establishing or operating any research facility 


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1 or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, 

2 as authorized by law. 

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im5 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

6 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri7 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri8 culture, where not otherwise provided, $50,000,000 to re9 main available until expended. 

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

11 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

12 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

13 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

14 for other expenses, $1,033,007,000, which shall be for the 

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

16 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

17 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

19 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capac20 ity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 

21 agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medi22 cine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fel23 lowship and institution challenge grants, and grants man24 agement systems shall remain available until expended: 

25 Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 


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1 funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less 

2 than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for edu3 cation grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian4 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

5 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

6 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha7 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 

8 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

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

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

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

12 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 

13 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained by the Secretary of Agri14 culture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec15 retary in carrying out that authority: Provided further, 

16 That none of these funds may be used to relocate the Na17 tional Institute of Food and Agriculture outside the Na18 tional Capital Region. 

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, $541,086,000, 

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 report accom5 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im6 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

7 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

8 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex9 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

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

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

12 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail13 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

14 extension agents: Provided further, That none of these 

15 funds may be used to relocate the National Institute of 

16 Food and Agriculture outside the National Capital Region. 

17 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

18 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

19 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex20 penses, $40,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

21 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In22 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

23 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

24 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re25 main available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, 


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1 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 

2 costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple3 mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 

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

5 Provided further, That none of these funds may be used 

6 to relocate the National Institute of Food and Agriculture 

7 outside the National Capital Region. 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

9 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

11 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

12 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

13 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro14 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

17 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

22 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

24 $1,034,011,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 

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1 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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

3 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

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

5 shall be used for the cotton pests program, including for 

6 cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradi7 cation zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available 

8 until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Serv9 ices; of which $1,000,000 shall be for activities under the 

10 authority of the Horse Protection Act, as amended (15 

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

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

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

14 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

15 which $186,513,000, to remain available until expended, 

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

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

18 and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $17,523,000, to 

19 remain available until expended, shall be for zoonotic dis20 ease management; of which $40,966,000, to remain avail21 able until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness 

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

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

24 $5,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

25 for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 


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

2 for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 

3 $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

4 for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 

5 safety; of which $17,800,000, to remain available until ex6 pended, shall be used to carry out the science program 

7 and transition activities for the National Bio and Agro8 Defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, 

9 That of the amounts available to the Animal and Plant 

10 Health Inspection Service for the National Bio and Agro11 Defense Facility, no funds may be obligated above the 

12 amount provided for the facility in P.L. 116–6 until the 

13 Secretary of Agriculture submits to the Committees on 

14 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives 

15 written or electronic notification of receipt from such 

16 Committees, a strategic plan as required in the report ac17 companying this Act: Provided further, That of amounts 

18 available under this heading for wildlife services methods 

19 development, $1,000,000 shall remain available until ex20 pended: Provided further, That of amounts available under 

21 this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall 

22 remain available until expended: Provided further, That no 

23 funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel24 losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that 

25 does not require minimum matching by the States of at 


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1 least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation 

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

3 and maintenance of aircraft: Provided further, That in ad4 dition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

5 agricultural production industry of the United States, the 

6 Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

7 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart8 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail9 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi10 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani11 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

12 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro13 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

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

15 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

16 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

17 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

18 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

19 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter20 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

21 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

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

23 current replacement value of the building. 

24 In fiscal year 2020, the agency is authorized to collect 

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1 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

2 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

3 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

7 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail8 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

9 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

10 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

11 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte12 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al13 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

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

16 available until expended. 

17 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

18 MARKETING SERVICES

19 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

20 Service, $182,888,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be avail21 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

22 79: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 

23 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and 

24 repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al25 tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 


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1 exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 

2 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 $61,227,000 (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 $20,705,000 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 $1,054,344,000; 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 2020 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 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

21 Conservation Business Center, $206,530,000: Provided, 

22 That $60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the cur23 rent fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm 

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


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1 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged with this ac2 count. 

3 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

7 $1,122,837,000, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 

8 be for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies at 

9 Farm Service Agency county offices and farm loan officers 

10 and shall be available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 

11 That of the funds included under this heading, 

12 $30,000,000 shall be available until expended for tem13 porary staff and information technology software develop14 ment related to implementation of the Agriculture Im15 provement Act of 2018: Provided further, That not more 

16 than 50 percent of the funding made available under this 

17 heading for information technology related to farm pro18 gram delivery may be obligated until the Secretary sub19 mits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

20 of Congress, and receives written or electronic notification 

21 of receipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure 

22 that (1) identifies for each project/investment over 

23 $25,000 (a) the functional and performance capabilities 

24 to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, (b) 

25 the estimated lifecycle cost for the entirety of the project/ 


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1 investment, including estimates for development as well as 

2 maintenance and operations, and (c) key milestones to be 

3 met; (2) demonstrates that each project/investment is, (a) 

4 consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information 

5 Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance 

6 with applicable lifecycle management policies and guid7 ance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department’s cap8 ital planning and investment control requirements; and (3) 

9 has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Of10 fice and approved by the Committees on Appropriations 

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

12 agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quar13 ter of fiscal year 2020 to the Committees on Appropria14 tions and the Government Accountability Office, that iden15 tifies for each project/investment that is operational (a) 

16 current performance against key indicators of customer 

17 satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agree18 ments or other technical metrics, (c) current performance 

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

20 breakdown of current and planned spending on oper21 ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 

22 of whether the investment continues to meet business 

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

24 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use 

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


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1 of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program 

2 payments for all programs administered by the Agency: 

3 Provided further, That other funds made available to the 

4 Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 

5 merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 

6 made available to county committees shall remain avail7 able until expended: Provided further, That none of the 

8 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

9 to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided fur10 ther, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 

11 Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based 

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

13 employees without prior notification and approval of the 

14 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con15 gress. 

16 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

17 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul18 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

19 5106), $5,000,000. 

20 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

22 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

24 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

4 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

5 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

6 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

8 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de9 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

10 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria11 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

12 12). 

13 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

14 ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di17 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

18 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer19 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac20 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 

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

22 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

23 (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricul24 tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 

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


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1 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,960,000,000 for un2 subsidized guaranteed operating loans and 

3 $1,550,133,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

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

5 $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

6 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

7 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 

8 loans, $20,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

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

10 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

11 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

12 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

14 as follows: farm operating loans, $58,440,000 for direct 

15 operating loans, $20,972,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 

16 operating loans; emergency loans, $2,023,000; $2,745,000 

17 for Indian highly fractionated land loans; and $20,000 for 

18 boll weevil eradication loans; to remain available until ex19 pended. 

20 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

21 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

22 $317,068,000: Provided, That of this amount, 

23 $290,917,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

24 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex25 penses’’: Provided further, That of this amount 


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1 $16,081,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

2 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Production and Conservation 

3 Business Center, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

4 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

5 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

6 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

7 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro8 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad10 vance of any transfer. 

11 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

14 Agency, $58,361,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

15 $1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep16 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

17 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

18 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

19 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi20 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

21 including preparation of conservation plans and establish22 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

23 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas24 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

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1 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva2 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

3 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

7 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter8 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build9 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

10 $829,628,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2021: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

13 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

14 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

15 and improvements to other buildings and other public im16 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

17 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

18 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob19 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 

20 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

21 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas22 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga23 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 

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

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1 1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi2 sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

3 $155,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 

5 prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the water6 shed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty 

7 thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken 

8 shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary 

9 purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land 

10 treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 

11 amounts made available under this heading, $52,500,000 

12 shall be allocated to projects and activities that can com13 mence promptly following enactment; that address re14 gional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 

15 management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wild16 life habitat, or watershed protection; or that address au17 thorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 

18 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public 

19 Law 78–534) with a primary purpose of watershed protec20 tion by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing 

21 stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion 

22 and sediment transport. 

23 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

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1 vided: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

2 under this heading, $5,000,000 shall remain available 

3 until expended for watershed rehabilitation projects in 

4 states with high-hazard dams and other watershed struc5 tures and that have recently incurred flooding events 

6 which caused fatalities. 

7 CORPORATIONS 

8 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

9 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

10 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor11 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

12 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

13 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

14 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

16 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here17 inafter provided. 

18 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

19 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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


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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec5 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

6 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim7 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

8 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

9 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec10 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

11 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

13 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv14 ice for information resource management activities of the 

15 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com16 modity Credit Corporation business. 

17 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

18 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

19 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

20 Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for 

21 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

22 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

23 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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


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1 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 

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

3 TITLE III 

4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

6 DEVELOPMENT

7 For necessary expenses for the Office of the Under 

8 Secretary for Rural Development, $800,000: Provided, 

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

10 the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex11 penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup12 port staff for the Office. 

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; $255,835,000: 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 of the amounts 

25 made available under this paragraph, no less than 4,566 


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1 full-time equivalent employees salaries and expenses shall 

2 be supported: Provided further, That in addition to any 

3 other funds appropriated for purposes authorized by sec4 tion 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

5 1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section, as 

6 amended by this Act, will immediately be credited to this 

7 account and will remain available until expended for such 

8 purposes. 

9 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

10 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di13 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

15 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,000,000,000 

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

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

18 504 housing repair loans; $45,000,000 for section 515 

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

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

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

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

23 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

24 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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


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

2 502 loans, $112,900,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

3 504 housing repair loans, $4,679,000; section 523 self4 help housing land development loans, $577,000; section 

5 524 site development loans, $546,000; and repair, reha6 bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 

7 housing, $13,662,000: Provided, That to support the loan 

8 program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 

9 available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 

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

11 guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Re12 form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 

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

14 That applicants in communities that have a current rural 

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

16 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural 

17 area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans pro18 vided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 

19 amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 

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

21 direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur22 suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 

23 housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 

24 Act of 1949 until June 1, 2020: Provided further, That 

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1 tives to nonprofit organizations and public housing au2 thorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 

3 Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such 

4 nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities 

5 that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi6 family housing program for a period of time as determined 

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

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

9 and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest10 ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low 

11 income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 

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

13 invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza14 tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re15 ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 

16 per property. 

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

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

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

20 $19,363,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

21 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

22 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail23 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans24 ferred to and merged with this account. 


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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

4 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex5 penses’’. 

6 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

7 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re8 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

9 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 

10 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house11 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous12 ing Act of 1949, $1,375,000,000, of which $40,000,000 

13 shall be available until September 30, 2021; and in addi14 tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec15 tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 

16 fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 

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

18 assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the 

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

20 Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain21 ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans22 ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; main23 tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 

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1 sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 

2 fiscal year 2020 for a farm labor multi-family housing 

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

4 not be recaptured for use in another project until such 

5 assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 con6 secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten7 ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as8 sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist9 ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist10 ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 

11 farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 

12 section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That ex13 cept as provided in the third proviso under this heading 

14 and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 

15 Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 

16 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2020 for a 

17 project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 

18 rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur19 rent needs. 

20 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

23 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not24 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi25 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 


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1 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous2 ing properties described in this paragraph, $75,000,000, 

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

4 funds made available under this heading, $35,000,000, 

5 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low6 income household (including those not receiving rental as7 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

8 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

9 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

10 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 

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

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

13 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap14 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

15 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

16 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid17 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

18 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

19 Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de20 termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 

21 this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec22 retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 

23 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 

24 rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro25 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 


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1 heading, $40,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra2 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

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

4 properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

5 housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex6 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi7 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

8 providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi9 dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 

10 interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 

11 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

12 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

13 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in14 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

15 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

16 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

17 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

18 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

19 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

20 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra21 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur22 ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 

23 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 

24 program similar to the demonstration program described 

25 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 


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1 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

2 out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro4 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

5 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

6 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

7 under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi8 ties funded under this heading. 

9 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

10 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

11 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

12 1490c), $32,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

14 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

15 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

17 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di21 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

23 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di24 rect loans and $250,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 


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1 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

2 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

4 Development Act, $71,000,000, to remain available until 

5 expended: Provided, That $8,000,000 of the amount ap6 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

7 Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur8 ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 

9 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

10 housing and community development organizations, low11 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na12 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 

13 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

14 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

15 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri16 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro17 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

18 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga19 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

20 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

21 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

22 That $6,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

23 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

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1 cent for administration and capacity building in the State 

2 rural development offices: Provided further, That 

3 $7,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head4 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

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

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

7 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

8 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

9 heading. 

10 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

11 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

14 rural business development programs authorized by sec15 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 

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

17 Development Act, $67,600,000, to remain available until 

18 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

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

20 available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

21 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

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

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

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1 lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 

2 for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 

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

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

5 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 

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

7 under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 

8 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

9 $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 

10 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

11 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 

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

13 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

14 funds made available under this heading. 

15 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author18 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac19 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

20 For the cost of direct loans, $5,219,000, as author21 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac22 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $557,000 shall be avail23 able through June 30, 2020, for Federally Recognized Na24 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be 

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1 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

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

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

4 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

7 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop8 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

9 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

10 ACCOUNT

11 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author12 ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 

13 Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop14 ment and job creation projects, $50,000,000. 

15 The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 

16 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro17 moting rural economic development and job creation 

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

19 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

20 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

22 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $29,800,000, of 

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

24 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro25 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 


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1 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

2 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

3 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di4 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in5 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

6 groups; and of which $18,000,000, to remain available 

7 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod8 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

9 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 

10 $3,000,000 may be used for Agriculture Innovation Cen11 ters authorized pursuant to section 6402 of Public Law 

12 107–171. 

13 RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

14 For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under 

15 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

16 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

17 Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s): Provided, That such costs of loans, 

18 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined 

19 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

20 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

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

22 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

23 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

24 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $353,000: Provided, That the cost 

25 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 


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1 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres2 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

3 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

4 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

7 grants for rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and 

8 solid waste management programs authorized by sections 

9 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described 

10 in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of 

11 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

12 $718,480,000, to remain available until expended, of 

13 which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the 

14 rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) 

15 of such Act, and of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

16 be available for the rural utilities program described in 

17 section 306E of such Act: Provided, That not to exceed 

18 $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head19 ing shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) 

20 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in 

21 addition to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of 

22 such Act and such grants may not exceed $1,000,000 not23 withstanding section 306A(f)(1) of such Act: Provided fur24 ther, That $70,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

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1 and waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 

2 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 

3 Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recog4 nized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) 

5 of such Act: Provided further, That funding provided for 

6 section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel7 opment Act may be provided to a consortium formed pur8 suant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided fur9 ther, That not more than 2 percent of the funding pro10 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

11 Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alas12 ka for training and technical assistance programs and not 

13 more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 

14 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

15 Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to sec16 tion 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical 

17 assistance programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

18 $30,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head19 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 

20 and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 

21 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex22 treme need, of which $9,000,000 shall be made available 

23 for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional 

24 technical assistance organization, with experience in work25 ing with small communities on water and waste water 


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1 problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to 

2 assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 

3 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper4 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

5 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali6 fied national Native American organization to provide 

7 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com8 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

9 $19,570,000 of the amount appropriated under this head10 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi11 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as12 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

13 not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste manage14 ment grants: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

15 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

16 Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 

17 this heading. 

18 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

19 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

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

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

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

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

2 loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, $750,000,000; 

3 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money 

4 rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursu5 ant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 

6 loans, $690,000,000: Provided, That up to 

7 $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi8 tion, design and engineering or improvement of fossil9 fueled electric generating plants (whether new or existing) 

10 that utilize carbon subsurface utilization and storage sys11 tems. 

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, $3,795,000. 

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

24 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni25 cation loans, $29,851,000. 


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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., $50,000,000, 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, $50,000,000, 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 

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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

7 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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

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

11 the Office. 

12 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

13 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

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

19 21; $24,040,885,000 to remain available through Sep20 tember 30, 2021, of which such sums as are made avail21 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

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

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1 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu2 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

3 further, That of the total amount available, $35,000,000 

4 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 

5 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

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

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

8 safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte9 nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro10 vided further, That of the total amount available, 

11 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 

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

13 of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That sec14 tion 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

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

16 sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2019’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘2010 through 2021’’: Provided further, That section 

18 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘For 

20 fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal years 2020 and 

21 2021’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the Rich22 ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 1758(h)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 

24 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal years 2020 and 2021’’. 


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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup4 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

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

7 30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

8 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

9 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 

10 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

11 and $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Pro12 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this ac13 count shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 

14 except in accordance with the cost containment and com15 petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 

16 such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds pro17 vided shall be available for activities that are not fully re18 imbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

19 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro20 vided further, That upon termination of a federally man21 dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi22 tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 

23 waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re24 quest of a State agency. 


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1 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

4 $71,093,908,000, of which $5,000,000,000, to remain 

5 available through December 31, 2021, shall be placed in 

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

7 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

8 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

9 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

12 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

13 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

14 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

15 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

16 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re17 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

18 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re19 main available through September 30, 2021: Provided fur20 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

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

22 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 

23 through September 30, 2021: Provided further, That none 

24 of the funds made available under this heading may be 

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

2 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

3 heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 

4 staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi5 ties related to program integrity provided that such activi6 ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

7 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist9 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

10 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con11 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

12 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist13 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec14 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend15 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm16 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

17 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $344,248,000, 

18 to remain available through September 30, 2021: Pro19 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim20 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

21 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith22 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

23 made available in fiscal year 2020 to support the Seniors 

24 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

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1 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

2 September 30, 2021: Provided further, That of the funds 

3 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri4 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

5 use up to 15 percent for costs associated with the distribu6 tion of commodities. 

7 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

8 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

9 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri10 tion assistance program, $154,041,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

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

14 TITLE V 

15 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

16 PROGRAMS 

17 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

18 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

20 Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 

21 $875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

22 Act to an agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 

23 Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail24 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

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1 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

3 Alimentarius, $4,775,000, including not to exceed 

4 $40,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 

5 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

9 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa10 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

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

12 $215,513,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re13 main available until September 30, 2021, for overseas op14 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 

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

16 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 

17 behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza18 tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu19 ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro20 grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro21 grams of the United States Agency for International De22 velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 

23 for middle-income country training programs, funds made 

24 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 

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1 $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria2 tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 

3 international currency exchange rates, subject to docu4 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re5 main available until expended. 

6 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

7 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

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

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

12 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

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

14 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

15 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth16 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in17 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

18 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec19 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

20 $1,850,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

21 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

22 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

24 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest25 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $235,000,000, to 


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1 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com2 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

3 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im4 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

5 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 

6 amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000, 

7 shall remain available until expended to purchase agricul8 tural commodities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) 

9 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 

10 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1(a)(2)). 

11 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

12 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com15 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 

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

17 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com18 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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

20 $6,382,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

21 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

22 and Expenses’’, and of which $2,463,000 shall be trans23 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

24 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 


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1 TITLE VI 

2 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

5 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

9 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

11 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

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

14 amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 

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

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

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

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

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

21 Public Law 107–188; $5,848,357,000: Provided, That of 

22 the amount provided under this heading, $1,062,367,000 

23 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author24 ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac25 count and remain available until expended; $219,527,000 


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1 shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 

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

3 and remain available until expended; $511,682,000 shall 

4 be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 

5 by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac6 count and remain available until expended; $39,618,000 

7 shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 

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

10 $30,524,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

12 to this account and remain available until expended; 

13 $18,700,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 

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

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

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

21 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 

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

24 new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 

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1 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

2 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 

3 medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

4 product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as5 sessments for fiscal year 2020, including any such fees 

6 collected prior to fiscal year 2020 but credited for fiscal 

7 year 2020, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2020 limita8 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 

9 payment during fiscal year 2020 of user fees specified 

10 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2021, 

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

12 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2021 for which the Sec13 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2020 shall not be 

14 included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 

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

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

18 amount appropriated: (1) $1,100,560,000 shall be for the 

19 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

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

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

22 foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 

23 imported seafood; (2) $1,978,674,000 shall be for the 

24 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 

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1 $431,561,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua2 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 

3 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $242,558,000 shall be 

4 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 

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

6 $606,469,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra7 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of8 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $66,512,000 shall be for 

9 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

10 $661,739,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod11 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu12 latory Affairs; (8) $191,800,000 shall be for Rent and Re13 lated activities, of which $56,043,000 is for White Oak 

14 Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 

15 Services Administration for rent; (9) $240,079,000 shall 

16 be for payments to the General Services Administration 

17 for rent; and (10) $328,405,000 shall be for other activi18 ties, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and 

19 Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, the 

20 Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of 

21 Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, 

22 the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for 

23 these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 

24 of this amount shall be for official reception and represen25 tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 


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1 by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer 

2 of funds pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, 

3 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only 

4 be from amounts made available under this heading for 

5 other activities: Provided further, That funds may be 

6 transferred from one specified activity to another with the 

7 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 both Houses of Congress. 

9 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

10 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

12 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

13 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro14 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

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

16 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

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

18 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 

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

20 by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure pri21 ority review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

22 360bbb–4a, and, contingent upon the enactment of the 

23 Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Act of 2019, fees 

24 relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs authorized 

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1 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act shall be credited to this ac2 count, to remain available until expended. 

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten5 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip6 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin7 istration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to 

8 remain available until expended. 

9 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de12 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

13 Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur14 poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

15 $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 

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

18 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans19 ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 

20 be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

21 to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 

22 Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 

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

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

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1 vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 

2 such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 

3 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi4 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

5 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

6 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

8 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in9 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

10 and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 

11 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $284,000,000, 

12 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

13 representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 

14 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

15 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu16 latory officials, of which not less than $57,000,000, to re17 main available until September 30, 2021, shall be for the 

18 purchase of information technology and of which not less 

19 than $3,386,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of the 

20 Inspector General: Provided, That notwithstanding the 

21 limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under 

22 this heading are available for the liquidation of obligations 

23 equal to current year payments on leases entered into 

24 prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur25 ther, That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any 


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1 lease obligations that should have been recorded and liq2 uidated against accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

3 1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, such 

4 amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a no-year 

5 account in the Treasury, which has been established for 

6 the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liqui7 dating such unpaid obligations. 

8 In addition, for move, replication, and related costs 

9 associated with replacement leases for the Commission’s 

10 facilities, not to exceed $31,000,000, to remain available 

11 until expended. 

12 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

13 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

14 Not to exceed $76,000,000 (from assessments col15 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

16 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

17 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

19 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re20 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

22 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con23 gress. 


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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 

5 made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 

6 Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 

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

8 total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2020 

9 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased 

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

11 additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine 

12 that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 

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

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

15 Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri16 culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary 

17 notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

19 within 30 days of the notification. 

20 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli22 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

23 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal24 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

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1 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv2 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech3 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

4 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re5 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

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

7 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

8 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur9 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

10 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

11 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

12 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

14 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

15 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

16 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De17 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti18 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap19 propriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

20 in advance of such changes: Provided further, That none 

21 of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available 

22 to the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be avail23 able for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, 

24 implement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 

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


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1 Financial Officer or any personnel from the National Fi2 nance Center prior to written notification to and prior ap3 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 

4 of Congress at least 30 days in advance of such actions: 

5 Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and 

6 the offices of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively 

7 market to existing and new Departments and other gov8 ernment agencies National Finance Center shared services 

9 including, but not limited to, payroll, financial manage10 ment, and human capital shared services and allow the 

11 National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades: 

12 Provided further, That of annual income amounts in the 

13 Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture 

14 attributable to the amounts in excess of the true costs of 

15 the shared services provided by the National Finance Cen16 ter and budgeted for the National Finance Center, the 

17 Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the 

18 replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 

19 equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementa20 tion of financial, administrative, and information tech21 nology services, and other systems of the National Finance 

22 Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the 

23 National Finance Center: Provided further, That none of 

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1 gation to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

2 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations 

3 on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congres4 sional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, 

5 as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond 

6 to a declared state of emergency that significantly impacts 

7 the operations of the National Finance Center; or to evac8 uate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe 

9 haven to continue operations of the National Finance Cen10 ter. 

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

12 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

13 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

15 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

16 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

17 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu18 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

19 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar20 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

21 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro22 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

23 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com24 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro25 priations are provided in this Act. 


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1 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri2 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

3 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

4 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

5 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop6 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica7 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

8 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

10 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac11 quire new information technology systems or significant 

12 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor13 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa14 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa15 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

16 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

17 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

18 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa19 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

20 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

21 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith22 standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 

23 none of the funds available to the Department of Agri24 culture for information technology shall be obligated for 

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


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1 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa2 tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 

3 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 

4 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 

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

6 based upon the performance of an agency measured 

7 against the performance plan requirements described in 

8 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 

9 235. 

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

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

12 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex13 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

14 year. 

15 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

17 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

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

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

20 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

21 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 

22 under such Act. 

23 SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro24 vided by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated 

25 balances from appropriations made available for salaries 


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1 and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency 

2 shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for 

3 information technology expenses. 

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

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

6 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 

7 this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall re8 main available through September 30, 2021, for informa9 tion technology expenses. 

10 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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

13 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

14 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

17 113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 

18 I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 

19 which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 

20 is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 

21 of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 

22 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

23 and related administrative expenses, including tech24 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

25 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 


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1 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

2 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

5 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

6 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

7 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

8 in such section. 

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

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

11 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

12 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

13 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego14 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi15 tively awarded grants. 

16 SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

18 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

19 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

22 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi23 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

24 SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

25 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 


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

2 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

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

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

6 referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,404,000,000 

7 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 

8 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 

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

10 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

11 $2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 

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

13 funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 

14 that remain unobligated on October 1, 2020, such unobli15 gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2021 and 

16 shall remain available until expended for any of the pur17 poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 

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

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

20 Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 

21 the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of 

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

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

24 carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 

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


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1 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail2 able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

3 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 

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

5 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

6 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex7 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

9 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

10 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De11 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

12 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

13 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

14 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

15 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

16 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

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

18 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

19 the fiscal year 2021 appropriations Act. 

20 SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

21 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the Depart22 ment of Agriculture that remain available for obligation 

23 or 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 Department of Agriculture, shall be 


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1 available for obligation or expenditure through transfer of 

2 funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy 

3 Act, or through use of the authority provided by section 

4 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 

5 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89–106 

6 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

7 (1) creates new programs; 

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

9 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

10 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

11 denied or restricted; 

12 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

14 or 

15 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

16 activities presently performed by Federal employees. 

17 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro18 vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Department 

19 of Agriculture that remain available for obligation or ex20 penditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 

21 accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

22 available to the Department of Agriculture, shall be avail23 able for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, 

24 or projects through use of the authorities referred to in 


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1 subsection (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 

2 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

3 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac4 tivities; 

5 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist6 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per7 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

8 (3) results from any general savings from a re9 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

10 in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap11 proved by Congress. 

12 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture may not implement 

13 any program, project, or activity not carried out during 

14 the previous fiscal year unless the program, project, or ac15 tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 

16 other Act. 

17 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro18 vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Department 

19 of Agriculture that remain available for obligation or ex20 penditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 

21 accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

22 available to the Department of Agriculture shall be avail23 able for— 

24 (1) modifying major capital investments fund25 ing levels, including information technology systems, 


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1 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

2 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

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

4 whichever is less; or 

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

6 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

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

8 with five or more personnel. 

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

10 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the Food 

11 and Drug Administration or the Commodity Futures 

12 Trading Commission that remain available for obligation 

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

14 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

15 fees available to those agencies, shall be available for obli16 gation or expenditure through a reprogramming, or a 

17 transfer of funds, that— 

18 (1) creates new programs; 

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

20 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

21 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

22 denied or restricted; 

23 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

25 or 


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1 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

2 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

3 unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services or 

4 the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com5 mission (as the case may be) notifies in writing, and re6 ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations 

7 of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 

8 of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such 

9 transfer authority. 

10 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro11 vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Food and 

12 Drug Administration or the Commodity Futures Trading 

13 Commission that remain available for obligation or ex14 penditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 

15 accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

16 available to those agencies, shall be available for obligation 

17 or expenditure for programs, projects, or activities 

18 through a reprogramming or use of the transfer authority 

19 referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 

20 $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

21 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac22 tivities; 

23 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist24 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per25 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 


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1 (3) results from any general savings from a re2 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

3 in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap4 proved by Congress; 

5 unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services or 

6 the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com7 mission (as the case may be) notifies in writing, and re8 ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations 

9 of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 

10 of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such 

11 transfer authority. 

12 (c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services or 

13 the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com14 mission (as the case may be) shall notify in writing and 

15 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 

16 of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro17 gram, project, or activity not carried out during the pre18 vious fiscal year unless the program, project, or activity 

19 is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other 

20 Act. 

21 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro22 vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Food and 

23 Drug Administration or the Commodity Futures Trading 

24 Commission (as the case may be) that remain available 

25 for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 


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1 provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by 

2 the collection of fees available to those agencies, shall be 

3 available for— 

4 (1) modifying major capital investments fund5 ing levels, including information technology systems, 

6 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

7 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

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

9 whichever is less; 

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

11 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

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

13 with five or more personnel; or 

14 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

15 were not described in the budget request; 

16 unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services or 

17 the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com18 mission (as the case may be) notifies in writing, and re19 ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 

21 of using the funds for these purposes. 

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

23 for any activities unless the Secretary of Health and 

24 Human Services or the Chairman of the Commodity Fu25 tures Trading Commission (as the case may be) receives 


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1 from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of 

2 Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt 

3 of the notification as required in this section. 

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

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

6 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

7 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

8 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

9 portion of the loan. 

10 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

12 Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 

13 Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 

14 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re15 ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re16 sult of information requested for the appropriations hear17 ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non18 Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com19 modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 

20 Administration employee. 

21 SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

23 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre24 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

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1 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

2 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

3 funded by that executive branch agency. 

4 SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri5 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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

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

9 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

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

11 period of assignment. 

12 SEC. 722. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

13 or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro14 grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 

15 populations. 

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

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

18 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 

19 Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis20 sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra21 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

22 both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro23 gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 

24 under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 

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1 SEC. 724. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

2 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 

3 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

4 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $800,000,000 are hereby re5 scinded. 

6 SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue an inter7 mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro8 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re9 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec10 retary shall continue agreements with current inter11 mediary organizations and with additional qualified inter12 mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 

13 these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 

14 502 single family direct loan program in rural commu15 nities and shall set aside and make available from the na16 tional reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to 

17 support the work of such intermediaries and provide a pri18 ority for review of such loans. 

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

20 require budget authority and the program level has been 

21 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

22 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran23 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

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1 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad2 vance. 

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

4 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec5 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

6 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria7 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

8 shall be available for obligation without written notifica9 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap10 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

11 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

12 obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 

13 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis14 trative, and information technology services of primary 

15 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

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

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

18 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc19 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As20 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

21 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 

22 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri23 culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 

24 fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed25 eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 


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

2 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num3 ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 

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

5 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 

6 items in each staple food category included in the final 

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

8 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend9 ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard10 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple11 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 

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

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

14 SEC. 729. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

15 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 

16 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

17 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

18 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 

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

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

21 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

22 SEC. 730. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

25 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 


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1 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod2 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

3 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis4 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

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

6 allow or require such distribution. 

7 SEC. 731. None of the funds made available by this 

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

9 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 

10 put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz11 ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require12 ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 

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

14 animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc15 tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by16 products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 

17 SEC. 732. Funds made available under title II of the 

18 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 

19 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

20 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis21 trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 

22 received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 

23 food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap24 propriate purposes. 


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1 SEC. 733. There is hereby appropriated $15,000,000, 

2 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 

3 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

4 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 

5 allow eligible entities, or comparable entities that provide 

6 energy efficiency services using their own billing mecha7 nism to offer loans to customers in any part of their serv8 ice territory and to offer loans to replace a manufactured 

9 housing unit with another manufactured housing unit, if 

10 replacement would be more cost effective in saving energy. 

11 SEC. 734. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

12 (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 

13 the following factors in the country or region being 

14 audited, as applicable— 

15 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 

16 (B) disease history and vaccination prac17 tices; 

18 (C) livestock demographics and 

19 traceability; 

20 (D) epidemiological separation from poten21 tial sources of infection; 

22 (E) surveillance practices; 

23 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

24 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 

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1 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 

2 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 

3 to subsection (1). 

4 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con5 sistent with United States obligations under its inter6 national trade agreements. 

7 SEC. 735. No food that bears or contains partially 

8 hydrogenated oils (as defined in the order published by 

9 the Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Reg10 ister on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 34650 et seq.)) shall 

11 be considered to be adulterated within the meaning of sub12 section (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C)(i) of section 402 of the Federal 

13 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)) because 

14 such food contains such partially hydrogenated oils until 

15 the applicable compliance dates specified by FDA in the 

16 Federal Register on May 21, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 23358 

17 et seq.). 

18 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 

20 expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 

21 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the re22 newal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs 

23 and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or 

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1 SEC. 737. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

2 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis3 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

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

5 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

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

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

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

9 products used in the project are produced in the United 

10 States. 

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

12 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

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

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

15 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein16 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

17 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat18 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 

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

20 of the Secretary finds that— 

21 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon22 sistent with the public interest; 

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

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1 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro2 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

3 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

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

5 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des6 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 

7 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

8 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

9 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

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

11 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re12 quest and accompanying information available by elec13 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

14 site of the Department. 

15 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con16 sistent with United States obligations under international 

17 agreements. 

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

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

20 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac21 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub22 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re23 quirements of this section. 

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

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1 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

2 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re3 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

4 date of enactment of this Act. 

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

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

7 States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog8 nized Indian tribe. 

9 SEC. 738. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

11 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

12 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu13 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

14 1913. 

15 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod17 ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 

18 Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 

19 under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 

21 Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 

22 the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 

23 section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 

24 breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

25 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 


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1 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per3 sonnel— 

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

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

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

7 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

8 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

9 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

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

11 regulation). 

12 SEC. 741. Of the total amounts made available by 

13 this Act for direct loans and grants in section 733 and 

14 in the following headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural 

15 Housing Insurance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural 

16 Housing Service—Mutual and Self-Help Housing 

17 Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Assist18 ance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Commu19 nity Facilities Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coop20 erative Service—Rural Business Program Account’’; 

21 ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Economic 

22 Development Loans Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business23 Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative Development 

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1 ice—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans 

2 Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Dis3 tance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, 

4 to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 percent of the 

5 funds shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty 

6 counties under this section, including, notwithstanding 

7 any other provision regarding population limits, any coun8 ty seat of such a persistent poverty county that has a pop9 ulation that does not exceed the authorized population 

10 limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That for pur11 poses of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty coun12 ties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or more 

13 of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, 

14 as measured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial cen15 suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 

16 year average: Provided further, That with respect to spe17 cific activities for which program levels have been made 

18 available by this Act that are not supported by budget au19 thority, the requirements of this section shall be applied 

20 to such program level. 

21 SEC. 742. (a) No funds shall be used to finalize the 

22 proposed rule entitled ‘‘Eligibility of the People’s Republic 

23 of China (PRC) to Export to the United States Poultry 

24 Products from Birds Slaughtered in the PRC’’ published 

25 in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture 


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1 on June 16, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 27625), unless the Sec2 retary of Agriculture shall— 

3 (1) ensure that the poultry slaughter inspection 

4 system for the PRC is equivalent to that of the 

5 United States; 

6 (2) ensure that, before any poultry products 

7 can enter the United States from any such poultry 

8 plant, such poultry products comply with all other 

9 applicable requirements for poultry products in 

10 interstate commerce in the United States; 

11 (3) conduct periodic verification reviews and au12 dits of any such plants in the PRC intending to ex13 port into the United States processed poultry prod14 ucts; 

15 (4) conduct re-inspection of such poultry prod16 ucts at United States ports-of-entry to check the 

17 general condition of such products, for the proper 

18 certification and labeling of such products, and for 

19 any damage to such products that may have oc20 curred during transportation; and 

21 (5) ensure that shipments of any such poultry 

22 products selected to enter the United States are sub23 ject to additional re-inspection procedures at appro24 priate levels to verify that the products comply with 

25 relevant Federal regulations or standards, including 


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1 examinations for product defects and laboratory 

2 analyses to detect harmful chemical residues or 

3 pathogen testing appropriate for the products in4 volved. 

5 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con6 sistent with obligations of the United States under any 

7 trade agreement to which the United States is a party. 

8 SEC. 743. In addition to any other funds made avail9 able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 

10 $5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard 

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

12 1769(g)), to remain available until expended. 

13 SEC. 744. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 

14 to remain available until September 30, 2021, for the cost 

15 of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 

16 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 

17 of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 

18 to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre19 serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu20 nities. 

21 SEC. 745. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 

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

23 $8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 

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1 tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 

2 citrus greening. 

3 SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 

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

5 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti6 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

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

8 published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu9 lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 

10 grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 

11 SEC. 747. For school year 2020–2021, only a school 

12 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 

13 school food service account as of December 31, 2019, shall 

14 be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accord15 ance with Section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell Na16 tional School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1760(p). 

17 SEC. 748. (a) There is hereby appropriated 

18 $463,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 

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

20 (b) Section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

21 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c), shall be applied for 

22 fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter until the 

23 specified funding has been expended as if the following 

24 were inserted after the final period in subsection (b)(2): 

25 In addition, the Secretary shall use $87,000,000 of funds 


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1 available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2020 for an ad2 ditional amount for the same purpose and under the same 

3 terms and conditions as funds appropriated by Sec. 779 

4 of Public Law 115–141.: Provided, That prior to any use 

5 of such funds, the Secretary shall provide written notifica6 tion to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

7 of Congress at least 30 days in advance. 

8 SEC. 749. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

9 to remain available until September 30, 2021, for a pilot 

10 program for the National Institute of Food and Agri11 culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 

12 programs and services to establish and enhance farming 

13 and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 

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

15 Act may be used to implement or enforce the matter fol16 lowing the first comma in the second sentence of footnote 

17 (c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula18 tions, with respect to the substitution of vegetables for 

19 fruits under the school breakfast program established 

20 under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

21 U.S.C. 1773). 

22 SEC. 751. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 

23 and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 

24 Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis25 sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than July 1, 


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1 2020, and following the review required under Executive 

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

3 planning and review), issue advice revising the advice pro4 vided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About 

5 Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency 

6 and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; 

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

8 a manner that is consistent with nutrition science recog9 nized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net 

10 effects of seafood consumption. 

11 SEC. 752. In addition to any funds made available 

12 in this Act or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated 

13 $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2021, for grants from the National Institute of Food and 

15 Agriculture to the 1890 Institutions to support the Cen16 ters of Excellence. 

17 SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 

18 for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot pro19 gram that assists rural hospitals to improve long-term op20 erations and financial health by providing technical assist21 ance through analysis of current hospital management 

22 practices. 

23 SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 

24 to remain available until expended, for grants under sec25 tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 


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1 SEC. 755. The funds provided in section 753 of the 

2 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis3 tration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018, 

4 are rescinded. 

5 SEC. 756. Not later than 180 days after the date of 

6 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 

7 shall issue a final rule based on the proposed rule entitled 

8 ‘‘National Organic Program; Origin of Livestock,’’ pub9 lished in the Federal Register on April 28, 2015 (80 Fed. 

10 Reg. 23455): Provided, That the final rule shall incor11 porate public comments submitted in response to the pro12 posed rule. 

13 SEC. 757. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 

14 to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 

15 section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relating to dem16 onstration projects for Tribal Organizations. 

17 SEC. 758. Hereafter, and not withstanding any other 

18 provision of law, no funds available to the Department of 

19 Agriculture may be used to relocate an agency, or any part 

20 of an agency, that was located within the National Capital 

21 Region on August 1, 2018, to a site outside of the Na22 tional Capital Region in the absence of the prior enact23 ment of a specific appropriation for that relocation. 

24 SEC. 759. Hereafter, and notwithstanding any other 

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1 Agriculture may be used to move any agency from the mis2 sion area in which it was located on August 1, 2018, to 

3 any other mission area or office within the Department 

4 in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation af5 firming such move. 

6 SEC. 760. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

7 Service shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law: 

8 (a) within 60 calendar days, restore on its website 

9 the searchable database and its contents that were avail10 able on January 30, 2017, and all content generated since 

11 that date; and 

12 (b) hereafter, make publicly available via searchable 

13 database, in their entirety without redactions except signa14 tures, the following: 

15 (1) all Animal Welfare Act inspection reports, 

16 including all reports documenting all AWA non-com17 pliances observed by USDA officials and all animal 

18 inventories; 

19 (2) all Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protec20 tion Act enforcement records; 

21 (3) all reports or other materials documenting 

22 any non-compliances observed by USDA officials; 

23 and 

24 (4) all Animal Welfare Act research facility an25 nual reports, including their attachments. 


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1 SEC. 761. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 

2 to carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 

3 SEC. 762. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 

4 the matching funds requirement under Section 412(g) of 

5 the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re6 form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 

7 SEC. 763. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 

8 to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 

9 section 23 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

10 1793), of which $1,000,000 shall be for grants under such 

11 section to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com12 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United 

13 States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. 

14 SEC. 764. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 

15 to carry out section 12607(b) of Public Law 115–334. 

16 SEC. 765. Section 2 of the Rural Electrification Act 

17 of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 902) is amended in subsection (a) by 

18 striking ‘‘made by the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘made or 

19 guaranteed by the Secretary’’. 

20 SEC. 766. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facil21 ity shall be transferred without reimbursement from the 

22 Secretary of Homeland Security to the Secretary of Agri23 culture. 

24 SEC. 767. Any funds made available by this or any 

25 other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 


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1 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

2 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 

3 shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess4 ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 

5 such funds to appropriations of the Department of Agri6 culture. 

7 SEC. 768. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 

8 to carry out section 222 of Subtitle A of the Department 

9 of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 

10 6923) as amended by section 12302 of P.L. 115–334. 

11 SEC. 769. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 

12 carry out section 224 of Subtitle A of the Department of 

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

14 as amended by section 12504 of P.L. 115–334. 

15 SEC. 770. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

16 to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 

17 section 4208 of Public Law 115–334. 

18 SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 

19 carry out section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, 

20 Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 

21 5925(g)(4(B)) as amended by section 7209 of P.L. 115– 

22 334. 

23 SEC. 772. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000 

24 to carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334. 


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1 SEC. 773. There is hereby appropriated $2,500,000 

2 to carry out section 1450 of the National Agricultural Re3 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

4 U.S.C. 3222e) as amended by section 7120 of P.L. 115– 

5 334. 

6 SEC. 774. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 

7 to carry out section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Con8 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) as 

9 amended by section 7208 of P.L. 115–334. 

10 SEC. 775. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 

11 to carry out section 310I of Subtitle A of Title III of the 

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

13 1936c) as amended by section 5104 of P.L. 115–334. 

14 SEC. 776. There is hereby appropriated $7,000,000 

15 for the purposes described in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Nu16 trition Assistance Program (NAP) Study’’ under the Sup17 plemental Nutrition Assistance Program included in the 

18 report accompanying this Act. 

19 SEC. 777. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 

20 to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 

21 section 4206 of Public Law 115–334. 

22 SEC. 778. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl24 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves25 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 


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1 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

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

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

4 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 

5 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis6 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec7 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 

8 SEC. 779. None of the funds made available to the 

9 Department of Agriculture shall be used to finalize, issue, 

10 or implement the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Modernization 

11 of Swine Slaughter Inspection’’ published in the Federal 

12 Register by the Food Safety Inspection Service on Feb13 ruary 1, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 4780 et seq.), including inso14 far as such rule relates to converting establishments, 

15 until— 

16 (1) the Office of the Inspector General of the 

17 Department of Agriculture has provided to the Food 

18 Safety and Inspection Service and the Committees 

19 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate findings on the data used in support 

21 of the development and design of the swine slaughter 

22 inspection program that is the subject of such pro23 posed rule; and 

24 (2) the Food Safety and Inspection Service has 

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1 spector General in the findings referred to in para2 graph (1). 

3 SEC. 780. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to— 

5 (1) transfer the functions of, or eliminate, a 

6 Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Cen7 ter; or 

8 (2) alter the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Ag9 riculture with respect to the operation of such a 

10 Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Cen11 ter, as such jurisdiction was in effect on January 1, 

12 2019. 

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De14 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

15 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 80 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3164 

[Report No. 116–107] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2020, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JUNE 6, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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