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Union Calendar No. 410 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5054 

[Report No. 114–531] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2016 

Mr. ADERHOLT, 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, 2017, 

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, 2017, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

10 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

14 $44,555,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

15 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

16 to exceed $502,000 shall be available for the Office of 

17 Tribal Relations; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall be avail18 able for the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency 

19 Coordination; not to exceed $1,209,000 shall be available 

20 for the Office of Advocacy and Outreach; not to exceed 

21 $24,928,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist22 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $24,124,000 

23 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro24 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv25 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminisVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:50 Apr 26, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5054.RH H5054

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1 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis2 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 

3 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 

4 the Department; not to exceed $3,869,000 shall be avail5 able for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres6 sional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this 

7 Act, including programs involving intergovernmental af8 fairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to 

9 exceed $7,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Com10 munications: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture 

11 is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 

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

13 Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appro14 priation for any office shall be increased or decreased by 

15 more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed 

16 $11,000 of the amount made available under this para17 graph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be 

18 available for official reception and representation ex19 penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 

20 Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made avail21 able under this heading for Departmental Administration 

22 shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 

23 Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 

24 as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That 

25 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 


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1 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may 

2 be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agri3 culture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 

4 agency level: Provided further, That no funds made avail5 able under this heading for the Office of Assistant Sec6 retary for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 

7 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless 

8 the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropria9 tions of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these 

10 funds by USDA agency. 

11 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

12 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

14 Economist, $16,777,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 

15 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

16 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

17 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

18 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi19 sion, $13,317,000. 

20 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

22 Program Analysis, $9,392,000. 

23 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In25 formation Officer, $44,538,000, of which not less than 


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1 $28,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the De2 partment. 

3 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi5 nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 

6 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

7 RIGHTS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

9 Secretary for Civil Rights, $898,000. 

10 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

12 $24,070,000. 

13 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu16 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

17 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis18 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri19 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

21 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

22 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con23 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

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1 ties, and for related costs, $84,189,000, to remain avail2 able until expended, for buildings operations and mainte3 nance expenses. 

4 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri7 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

9 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,618,000, to remain avail11 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

12 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

13 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

14 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

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

16 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, $96,040,000, including such sums 

21 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange22 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

23 to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

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1 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

2 General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 

3 of Public Law 97–98. 

4 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

6 Counsel, $44,383,000. 

7 OFFICE OF ETHICS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

9 $4,556,000. 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

11 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

13 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

14 $893,000. 

15 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

16 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

17 Service, $86,000,000. 

18 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

19 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

20 Statistics Service, $168,443,000, of which up to 

21 $41,871,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen22 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

23 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur24 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

25 2204g(d) and (f). 


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1 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

6 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

9 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed10 eral ownership, $1,151,825,000: Provided, That appro11 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

12 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

13 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

14 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

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

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

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

20 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

21 to exceed $1,100,000 each, and the cost of altering any 

22 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per23 cent of the current replacement value of the building or 

24 $500,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

25 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 


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1 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

2 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria3 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

4 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

5 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

6 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

7 April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 

8 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

9 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location 

10 for the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 

11 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re12 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

13 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

15 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

17 may be received from any State, other political subdivi18 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab19 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

20 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

21 by law. 

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

23 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im24 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

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1 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri2 culture, where not otherwise provided, $99,600,000 to re3 main available until expended. 

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

5 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

6 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

7 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

8 for other expenses, $832,860,000, which shall be for the 

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

10 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

11 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

13 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, the 

14 agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medi15 cine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fel16 lowship and institution challenge grants, and grants man17 agement systems shall remain available until expended: 

18 Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 

19 funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less 

20 than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for edu21 cation grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian22 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

23 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

24 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha25 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 


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1 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

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

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

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

5 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 

6 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Ag7 riculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec8 retary in carrying out that authority. 

9 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

10 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

13 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

14 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

16 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $477,391,000, 

17 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci18 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

19 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom20 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im21 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

22 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

23 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex24 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

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


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

2 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail3 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

4 extension agents. 

5 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

6 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

7 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex8 penses, $30,900,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

9 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In10 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

11 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

12 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re13 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided further, 

14 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 

15 costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple16 mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 

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

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

19 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

21 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

22 $893,000. 


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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

6 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

8 $930,831,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 

9 until expended, shall be available for the control of out10 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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

12 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

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

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

15 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

16 zones; of which $36,857,000, to remain available until ex17 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

18 which $697,000 shall be for activities under the authority 

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

20 U.S.C. 1831); of which $55,340,000, to remain available 

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

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

23 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

24 which $167,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

25 shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $8,826,000, to 


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1 remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 

2 rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $45,933,000, to re3 main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

4 pests; of which $5,723,000, to remain available until ex5 pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 

6 which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 

8 of which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

9 shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 

10 aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 

11 this heading for wildlife services methods development, 

12 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro13 vided further, That of amounts available under this head14 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

15 available until expended: Provided further, That no funds 

16 shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 

17 eradication program for the current fiscal year that does 

18 not require minimum matching by the States of at least 

19 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

20 be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 

21 and the purchase of not to exceed five, of which two shall 

22 be for replacement only: Provided further, That in addi23 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

24 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec25 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 


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1 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart2 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail3 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi4 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani5 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

6 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro7 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

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

9 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

10 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

11 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

12 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

13 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter14 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

15 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

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

17 current replacement value of the building. 

18 In fiscal year 2017, the agency is authorized to collect 

19 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist20 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

21 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

22 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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


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1 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail2 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

3 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

4 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

5 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte6 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al7 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

9 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail10 able until expended. 

11 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

12 MARKETING SERVICES

13 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

14 Service, $82,223,000: Provided, That of the funds pro15 vided herein, $1,000,000 shall be used for the transpor16 tation services division: Provided further, That this appro17 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 

18 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve19 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during 

20 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 

21 replacement value of the building. 

22 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

24 U.S.C. 9701). 


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1 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

2 Not to exceed $61,227,000 (from fees collected) shall 

3 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra4 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

6 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

7 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

8 Congress. 

9 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

10 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au13 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com14 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

16 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

17 Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise 

18 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,489,000 

19 for formulation and administration of marketing agree20 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

21 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

22 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

23 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

24 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

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1 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

2 $1,235,000. 

3 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

7 Packers and Stockyards Administration, $43,057,000: 

8 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu9 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

10 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

11 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

12 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build13 ing. 

14 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

15 EXPENSES

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

17 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

18 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac19 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

20 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

21 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

23 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

25 Secretary for Food Safety, $816,000. 


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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 $50,000 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 $1,030,405,000; 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 2017 for purposes dedi17 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

18 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That 

19 the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue im20 plementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as 

21 further clarified by the amendments made in section 

22 12106 of Public Law 113–79: Provided further, That this 

23 appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 

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1 ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur2 rent replacement value of the building. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

7 $898,000. 

8 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

12 $1,200,180,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 

13 of the $100,851,000 made available under this heading 

14 for information technology related to farm program deliv15 ery, including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of 

16 Agricultural Systems and other farm program delivery 

17 systems, may be obligated until the Secretary submits to 

18 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con19 gress, and receives written or electronic notification of re20 ceipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 

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

22 the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 

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

24 lifecycle cost, including estimates for development as well 

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


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1 be met and (2) demonstrates that each project/investment 

2 is (a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency Informa3 tion Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accord4 ance with applicable lifecycle management policies and 

5 guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department’s 

6 capital planning and investment control requirements: 

7 Provided further, That the agency shall submit a report 

8 by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017 to 

9 the Committees on Appropriations and the Government 

10 Accountability Office, that identifies for each project/in11 vestment that is operational (a) current performance 

12 against key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current 

13 performance of service level agreements or other technical 

14 metrics, (c) current performance against a pre-established 

15 cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current and 

16 planned spending on operational enhancements or up17 grades, and (e) an assessment of whether the investment 

18 continues to meet business needs as intended as well as 

19 alternatives to the investment: Provided further, That the 

20 Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and 

21 authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 

22 Corporation to make program payments for all programs 

23 administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 

24 funds made available to the Agency for authorized activi25 ties may be advanced to and merged with this account: 


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1 Provided further, That funds made available to county 

2 committees shall remain available until expended: Pro3 vided further, That none of the funds available to the 

4 Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service 

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

6 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

7 to permanently relocate county based employees that 

8 would result in an office with two or fewer employees with9 out prior notification and approval of the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

11 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

12 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul13 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

14 5106), $3,404,000. 

15 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

17 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

19 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

23 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

24 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

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1 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

2 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de3 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

4 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria5 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

6 12). 

7 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di11 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

12 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer13 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac14 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 

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

16 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

17 (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricul18 tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,000,000,000 

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

20 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,432,430,000 for un21 subsidized guaranteed operating loans and 

22 $1,460,047,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

23 loans, $34,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

24 $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

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1 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 

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

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

4 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

6 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

8 as follows: farm operating loans, $62,198,000 for direct 

9 operating loans, $15,327,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 

10 operating loans, and emergency loans, $1,938,000, to re11 main available until expended, and $2,550,000 for Indian 

12 highly fractionated land loans. 

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

14 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

15 $314,918,000, of which $306,998,000 shall be transferred 

16 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

17 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

18 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

19 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

20 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

21 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro22 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

23 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad24 vance of any transfer. 


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1 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

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

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

7 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 Resource Conservation 

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

3 TITLE II 

4 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

6 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

8 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

9 $898,000. 

10 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

11 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi13 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

14 including preparation of conservation plans and establish15 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

16 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas17 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

18 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con19 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva20 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

21 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

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1 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build2 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

3 $855,256,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2018: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

6 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

7 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

8 and improvements to other buildings and other public im9 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

10 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

11 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob12 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 

13 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

14 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

15 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $12,000,000 is pro16 vided. 

17 TITLE III 

18 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

20 DEVELOPMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Rural Development, $893,000. 


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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis5 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De6 velopment mission area, including activities with institu7 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul8 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

9 $225,835,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 

11 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

12 that support the Rural Development mission area. 

13 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

14 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di17 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

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

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

21 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $26,277,000 for section 

22 504 housing repair loans; $35,000,000 for section 515 

23 rental housing; $200,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 

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

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


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

2 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

3 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

6 502 loans, $67,700,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

7 504 housing repair loans, $3,663,000; section 523 self8 help housing land development loans, $417,000; section 

9 524 site development loans, $111,000; and repair, reha10 bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 

11 housing, $10,360,000: Provided, That to support the loan 

12 program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 

13 available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 

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

15 guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Re16 form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 

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

18 That applicants in communities that have a current rural 

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

20 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural 

21 area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans pro22 vided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 

23 amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 

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

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1 suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 

2 housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 

3 Act of 1949 until June 1, 2017. 

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

5 contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, 

6 $15,387,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

7 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

8 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail9 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans10 ferred to and merged with this account. 

11 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

12 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

13 $410,086,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

14 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex15 penses’’. 

16 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re19 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

20 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

21 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

22 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, 

23 $1,405,033,000; and in addition such sums as may be nec24 essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq25 uidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out 


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1 the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of 

2 the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements en3 tered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall 

4 be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That 

5 any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 

6 one-year agreements may be transferred and used for pur7 poses of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or reha8 bilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental 

9 assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: 

10 Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 

11 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2017 for a 

12 farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 

13 section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for 

14 use in another project until such assistance has remained 

15 unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such 

16 project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assist17 ance or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants 

18 who are not receiving such assistance: Provided further, 

19 That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 

20 practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family 

21 housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the 

22 Act: Provided further, That except as provided in the third 

23 proviso under this heading and notwithstanding any other 

24 provision of the Act, the Secretary may recapture rental 

25 assistance provided under agreements entered into prior 


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1 to fiscal year 2017 for a project that the Secretary deter2 mines no longer needs rental assistance and use such re3 captured funds for current needs. 

4 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

5 ACCOUNT

6 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

7 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not8 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi9 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 

10 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous11 ing properties described in this paragraph, $40,000,000, 

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

13 funds made available under this heading, $18,000,000, 

14 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low15 income household (including those not receiving rental as16 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

17 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

18 2005, or that is otherwise paying off or has paid off the 

19 section 515 financing as based on prioritization as deter20 mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the 

21 amount of such voucher shall be the difference between 

22 comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the 

23 tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That 

24 funds made available for such vouchers shall be subject 

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1 ther, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 

2 practicable, administer such vouchers with current regula3 tions and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 

4 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the De5 partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 

6 further, That if the Secretary determines that the amount 

7 made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is 

8 not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds 

9 for the demonstration program for the preservation and 

10 revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties de11 scribed in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the 

12 funds made available under this heading, $22,000,000 

13 shall be available for a demonstration program for the 

14 preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, 

15 and 516 multi-family rental housing properties to restruc16 ture existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the 

17 Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes 

18 of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve 

19 the project for the purpose of providing safe and afford20 able housing for low-income residents and farm laborers 

21 including reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan 

22 payments, subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan 

23 debt; and other financial assistance including advances, 

24 payments and incentives (including the ability of owners 

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1 the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

2 as part of the preservation and revitalization agreement 

3 obtain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the 

4 terms of the restructuring: Provided further, That if the 

5 Secretary determines that additional funds for vouchers 

6 described in this paragraph are needed, funds for the pres7 ervation and revitalization demonstration program may be 

8 used for such vouchers: Provided further, That if Congress 

9 enacts legislation to permanently authorize a multi-family 

10 rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the 

11 demonstration program described herein, the Secretary 

12 may use funds made available for the demonstration pro13 gram under this heading to carry out such legislation with 

14 the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

15 of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That in ad16 dition to any other available funds, the Secretary may ex17 pend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program 

18 funds made available under this heading, for administra19 tive expenses for activities funded under this heading. 

20 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

21 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

22 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

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1 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

3 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

5 $33,701,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

11 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for di12 rect loans and $148,305,000 for guaranteed loans. 

13 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 

14 of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,322,000, to remain 

16 available until expended. 

17 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

18 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

20 Development Act, $43,778,000, to remain available until 

21 expended: Provided, That $4,000,000 of the amount ap22 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

23 Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur24 ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 

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1 housing and community development organizations, low2 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na3 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 

4 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

5 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

6 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri7 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro8 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

9 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga10 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

11 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

12 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

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

14 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

15 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco16 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per17 cent for administration and capacity building in the State 

18 rural development offices: Provided further, That 

19 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head20 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

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

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

23 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

24 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

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1 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

2 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

5 rural business development programs authorized by sec6 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 

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

8 Development Act, $76,883,000, to remain available until 

9 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

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

11 available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

12 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

13 order to promote economic development and $5,000,000 

14 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority and 

15 the Appalachian Regional Commission (7 U.S.C. 2009aa 

16 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 

17 purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consoli18 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not 

19 more than 5 percent may be used for administrative ex20 penses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount 

21 appropriated under this heading shall be for business 

22 grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American 

23 Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified na24 tional organization to provide technical assistance for 

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1 ment: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 

2 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

3 not applicable to funds made available under this heading: 

4 Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appro5 priated under this heading shall be for grants to assist 

6 small and emerging businesses that have identified a mar7 ket problem or need that technology investments could ad8 dress if the investments will complement other recent in9 vestments in technology infrastructure. 

10 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author13 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program (7 U.S.C. 

14 1936b), $18,889,000. 

15 For the cost of direct loans, $5,476,000, as author16 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program (7 U.S.C. 

17 1936b), of which $557,000 shall be available through 

18 June 30, 2017, for Federally Recognized Native American 

19 Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be available through 

20 June 30, 2017, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

21 determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro22 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

23 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 


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1 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

2 the direct loan programs, $3,495,000 shall be transferred 

3 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop4 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

5 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

8 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author9 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

10 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

11 and job creation projects, $50,000,000. 

12 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

13 credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 

14 Electrification Act of 1936, $151,487,000 shall not be ob15 ligated and $151,487,000 are rescinded. 

16 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

17 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

19 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $26,550,000, of 

20 which $2,750,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

21 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro22 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

23 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

24 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

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1 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in2 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

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

4 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod5 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

6 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 

7 U.S.C. 1632a). 

8 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

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

10 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

11 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

12 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $464,000: Provided, That the cost 

13 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

14 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres15 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

16 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

17 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

21 and solid waste management programs authorized by sec22 tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de23 scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 

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1 pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail2 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

3 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

4 $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

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

6 to exceed $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

7 this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 

8 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop9 ment Act in addition to funding authorized by section 

10 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 

11 $53,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head12 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 

13 waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 

14 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 

15 Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recog16 nized Native American Tribes authorized by section 

17 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That funding 

18 provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

19 Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium 

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

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

22 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

23 Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the 

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1 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

2 Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 

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

4 training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur5 ther, That not to exceed $20,000,000 of the amount ap6 propriated under this heading shall be for technical assist7 ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 

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

9 makes a determination of extreme need, of which 

10 $6,500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a quali11 fied nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance or12 ganization, with experience in working with small commu13 nities on water and waste water problems, the principal 

14 purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities 

15 with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the plan16 ning, financing, development, operation, and management 

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

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

19 American organization to provide technical assistance for 

20 rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur21 ther, That not to exceed $16,897,000 of the amount ap22 propriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 

23 qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 

24 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 

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1 for solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 

2 sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

3 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 

4 made available under this heading. 

5 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

6 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

9 as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec10 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 

11 made as follows: loans made pursuant to section 306 of 

12 that Act, rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed un13 derwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 

14 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money 

15 rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursu16 ant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 

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

18 $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi19 tion, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 

20 plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon se21 questration systems. 

22 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

23 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

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


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

2 of money rural telecommunications loans, $3,071,000. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

5 $33,414,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

6 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

7 and Expenses’’. 

8 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

9 PROGRAM

10 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni11 cation loans, $20,000,000. 

12 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

14 et seq., $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

16 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,560,000, 

17 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

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

19 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

20 In addition, $33,000,000, to remain available until 

21 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

22 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

23 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 $811,000. 

8 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

9 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

14 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

15 21; $23,175,679,000 to remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2018, of which such sums as are made avail17 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

18 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246) shall be 

19 merged with and available for the same time period and 

20 purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total 

21 amount available, $17,004,000 shall be available to carry 

22 out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

23 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total 

24 amount available, $25,000,000 shall be available to pro25 vide competitive grants to State agencies for subgrants to 


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1 local educational agencies and schools to purchase the 

2 equipment needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 

3 safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte4 nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro5 vided further, That of the total amount available, 

6 $21,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 

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

8 of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That sec9 tion 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

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

11 sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2016’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘2010 through 2017’’. 

13 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

14 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup16 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

18 $6,350,000,000, to remain available through September 

19 30, 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

20 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

21 1786(h)(10)), not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for 

22 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

23 $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Provided 

24 further, That none of the funds provided in this account 

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1 in accordance with the cost containment and competitive 

2 bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: 

3 Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall 

4 be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by 

5 other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 

6 authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, 

7 That upon termination of a federally mandated vendor 

8 moratorium and subject to terms and conditions estab9 lished by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the re10 quirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a 

11 State agency. 

12 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

15 $79,673,277,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

16 available through December 31, 2018, shall be placed in 

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

18 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

19 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

20 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

23 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

24 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

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1 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

2 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re3 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

4 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re5 main available through September 30, 2018: Provided fur6 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

7 section 28(d)(1) and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri8 tion Act of 2008 shall remain available through September 

9 30, 2018: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

10 available under this heading may be obligated or expended 

11 in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration and 

12 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That, 

13 subject to section 732 of this Act, funds made available 

14 under this heading may be used to enter into contracts 

15 and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to con16 duct activities related to program integrity provided that 

17 such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition 

18 Act of 2008. 

19 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist21 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

22 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con23 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

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1 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend2 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm3 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

4 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $315,139,000, 

5 to remain available through September 30, 2018: Pro6 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim7 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

8 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith9 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

10 made available in fiscal year 2017 to support the Seniors 

11 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

12 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

13 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

14 September 30, 2018: Provided further, That of the funds 

15 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri16 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

17 use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu18 tion of commodities. 

19 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

20 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

21 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri22 tion assistance program, $168,524,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

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1 vided further, That of the funds provided herein, 

2 $1,000,000 shall be used to contract for an independent 

3 study to identify the best means of consolidating and co4 ordinating reporting requirements under Child Nutrition 

5 Programs to eliminate redundancy, increase efficiency, 

6 and reduce the reporting burden on school food authorities 

7 and State agencies. 

8 TITLE V 

9 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

10 PROGRAMS 

11 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

15 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa16 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

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

18 $194,566,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad19 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex20 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 

21 private organizations and institutions under agreements 

22 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as23 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assist24 ance programs of the United States Agency for Inter25 national Development: Provided further, That funds made 


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1 available for middle-income country training programs, 

2 funds made available for the Borlaug International Agri3 cultural Science and Technology Fellowship program, and 

4 up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service ap5 propriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations 

6 in international currency exchange rates, subject to docu7 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re8 main available until expended. 

9 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

10 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

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

14 480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $149,000, 

15 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

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

17 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

18 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth19 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in20 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

21 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec22 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

23 $1,466,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

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1 U.S.C. 1722(a)), amounts made available under this head2 ing shall be used to provide not less than the minimum 

3 level of funding required by section 412(e)(2) of the Food 

4 for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(2)) to carry out non5 emergency food assistance programs under title II of such 

6 Act. 

7 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

8 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

10 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest11 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $201,626,000, to 

12 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com13 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

14 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im15 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

16 amounts provided herein. 

17 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

18 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com21 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 

22 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $8,537,000; to cover common 

23 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com24 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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1 $6,074,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

2 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

3 and Expenses’’, and of which $2,463,000 shall be trans4 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

5 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

6 TITLE VI 

7 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

8 ADMINISTRATION 

9 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

10 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad13 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

14 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

16 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

18 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

19 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author20 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

21 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 

22 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

23 107–188; $4,778,875,000: Provided, That of the amount 

24 provided under this heading, $865,653,000 shall be de25 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 


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1 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 

2 remain available until expended; $144,859,000 shall be de3 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

4 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re5 main available until expended; $324,085,000 shall be de6 rived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 

7 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account 

8 and remain available until expended; $22,079,000 shall be 

9 derived from biosimilar biological product user fees au10 thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to 

11 this account and remain available until expended; 

12 $22,977,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

14 to this account and remain available until expended; 

15 $10,367,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug 

16 user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be 

17 credited to this account and remain available until ex18 pended; $635,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod19 uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 

20 credited to this account and remain available until ex21 pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith22 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 

23 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 

24 user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi25 cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and animal 


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1 generic drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 

2 year 2017 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred3 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

4 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 

5 medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

6 product, animal drug, and animal generic drug assess7 ments for fiscal year 2017, including any such fees col8 lected prior to fiscal year 2017 but credited for fiscal year 

9 2017, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2017 limitations: 

10 Provided further, That the Secretary may accept payment 

11 during fiscal year 2017 of user fees specified under this 

12 heading and authorized for fiscal year 2018, prior to the 

13 due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees as14 sessed for fiscal year 2018 for which the Secretary accepts 

15 payment in fiscal year 2017 shall not be included in 

16 amounts under this heading: Provided further, That none 

17 of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or oper18 ate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 

19 9701: Provided further, That of the total amount appro20 priated: (1) $1,023,480,000 shall be for the Center for 

21 Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activi22 ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 

23 $1,411,281,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua24 tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 

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1 Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for re2 lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

3 (4) $190,757,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 

4 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 

5 Regulatory Affairs; (5) $439,232,000 shall be for the Cen6 ter for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 

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

8 $63,331,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi9 cological Research; (7) $596,338,000 shall be for the Cen10 ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

11 in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed 

12 $168,552,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 

13 which $47,461,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 

14 than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis15 tration for rent; (9) not to exceed $235,277,000 shall be 

16 for payments to the General Services Administration for 

17 rent; and (10) $290,638,000 shall be for other activities, 

18 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 of the amounts 

6 that are made available under this heading for ‘‘other ac7 tivities’’, and that are not derived from user fees, 

8 $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

9 appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

10 Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the 

11 programs and operations of the Food and Drug Adminis12 tration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 

13 available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administra14 tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law, for the Office of Legislation, none of the 

16 funds made available under this heading shall be used to 

17 provide or maintain a staffing level in excess of 25 perma18 nent positions or to incur obligations for more than 25 

19 full-time equivalent work years: Provided further, That of 

20 the total amount made available under this heading, 

21 $3,000,000 shall be used by the Commissioner of Food 

22 and Drugs, in coordination with the Secretary of Agri23 culture, for consumer outreach to promote understanding 

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1 ing through publication and distribution of science-based 

2 educational information on the environmental, nutritional, 

3 food safety, economic, and humanitarian benefits of such 

4 biotechnology, food products, and feed: Provided further, 

5 That funds may be transferred from one specified activity 

6 to another with the prior approval of the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

8 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

9 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

11 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

12 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro13 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

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

15 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

16 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), and third-party logis17 tics provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 

18 21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), and third-party auditor fees 

19 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), shall be credited to 

20 this account, to remain available until expended. 

21 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

22 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten23 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili24 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 


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

2 available until expended. 

3 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

4 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in7 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

9 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $250,000,000, 

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

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

12 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

13 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu14 latory officials, of which not less than $50,000,000, to re15 main available until September 30, 2018, shall be for the 

16 purchase of information technology and of which not less 

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

18 Inspector General: Provided, That notwithstanding the 

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

20 this heading are available for the liquidation of obligations 

21 equal to current year payments on leases entered into 

22 prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur23 ther, That for the purpose of recording any obligations 

24 that should have been recorded against accounts closed 

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1 opened solely for the purpose of correcting any violations 

2 of 31 U.S.C. 1501(a)(1), and balances canceled pursuant 

3 to 31 U.S.C. 1552(a) in any accounts reopened pursuant 

4 to this authority shall remain unavailable to liquidate any 

5 outstanding obligations: Provided further, That, notwith6 standing any other provision of the Commodity Exchange 

7 Act, the Commission may make and enter into contracts 

8 for the sole purpose of subleasing excess space at its exist9 ing office locations under leases entered into prior to De10 cember 18, 2015, for the duration of such leases for the 

11 sole purpose of achieving a reduction in overall leasing ex12 penditures by the Commission: Provided further, That 

13 amounts the Commission receives through such subleases 

14 shall not be available for new obligations and, notwith15 standing 31 U.S.C. 1552, 1553, and 3302, such amounts 

16 shall be available for one year after receipt only for the 

17 liquidation of the Commission’s obligation under the lease 

18 corresponding to the subleased space: Provided further, 

19 That none of the funds otherwise available under this or 

20 any other Act to liquidate a lease obligation of the Com21 mission may be used for such purpose unless sublease rev22 enue available for such obligation under the preceding pro23 viso has been exhausted. 


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1 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 Not to exceed $65,600,000 (from assessments col4 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

5 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

6 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

8 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re9 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

11 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con12 gress. 

13 TITLE VII 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

15 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

17 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart18 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

20 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 52 passenger 

21 motor vehicles of which 52 shall be for replacement only, 

22 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith23 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

24 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

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1 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

2 public safety. 

3 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli5 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

6 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal7 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

8 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi9 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv10 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech11 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

12 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re13 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

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

15 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

16 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur17 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

18 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

19 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

20 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

22 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

23 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

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1 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap2 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

3 section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That of annual 

4 income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De5 partment of Agriculture allocated for the National Fi6 nance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 

7 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 

8 equipment, including equipment for the improvement and 

9 implementation of a financial management plan, informa10 tion technology, and other systems of the National Fi11 nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 

12 of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 

13 none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga14 tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of 

15 the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of 

16 both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limi17 tation on the obligation of funds pending notification to 

18 Congressional Committees shall not apply to any obliga19 tion that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to 

20 respond to a declared state of emergency that significantly 

21 impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; 

22 or to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center 

23 to a safe haven to continue operations of the National Fi24 nance Center. 


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

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

5 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

6 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

7 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu8 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

9 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar10 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

11 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro12 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

13 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com14 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro15 priations are provided in this Act. 

16 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri17 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

18 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

19 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

20 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop21 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica22 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

23 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

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1 quire new information technology systems or significant 

2 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor3 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa4 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa5 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

6 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

7 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

8 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa9 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

10 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith12 standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 

13 none of the funds available to the Department of Agri14 culture for information technology shall be obligated for 

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

16 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa17 tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 

18 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 

19 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 

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

21 based upon the performance of an agency measured 

22 against the performance plan requirements described in 

23 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 

24 235. 


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

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

3 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex4 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

5 year. 

6 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

8 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

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

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

11 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

12 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor13 rower under such Act. 

14 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

15 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal16 ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 

17 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 

18 remain available through September 30, 2018, for infor19 mation technology expenses: Provided, That except as oth20 erwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances 

21 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex22 penses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area 

23 shall remain available through September 30, 2018, for 

24 information technology expenses. 


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1 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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

4 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

8 113–79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III 

9 of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 

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

11 to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 

12 Corporation— 

13 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

14 and related administrative expenses, including tech15 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

16 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

17 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

18 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

21 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

22 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

23 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

24 in such section. 


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

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

3 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

4 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

5 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego6 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi7 tively awarded grants. 

8 SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail9 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 

10 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 

11 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

12 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

13 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

14 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

15 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro16 vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 

17 National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail18 able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 

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

20 U.S.C. 638). 

21 SEC. 714. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

23 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

24 the following: 


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1 (1) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au2 thorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Pro3 tection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 

4 1012(h)(1)) in excess of $9,000,000; 

5 (2) The Environmental Quality Incentives Pro6 gram as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the 

7 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 

8 3839aa–8) in excess of $1,425,000,000: Provided, 

9 That this limitation shall apply only to funds pro10 vided by section 1241(a)(5)(D) of the Food Security 

11 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(5)(D)): Provided 

12 further, That of the funds made available under sec13 tion 1241(a)(5)(C) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

14 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(5)(C)) for fiscal year 2017, 

15 $98,000,000 are rescinded; 

16 (3) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program au17 thorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and 

18 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111) in 

19 excess of $3,000,000 in new obligational authority; 

20 (4) The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and 

21 Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance pro22 gram as authorized by section 9003 of the Farm Se23 curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

24 8103) in excess of $155,000,000 of the funding 


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1 made available by subsection (g)(1)(A) of that sec2 tion for all fiscal years; 

3 (5) The Conservation Stewardship Program as 

4 authorized by sections 1238D–1238G of the Food 

5 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d–3838g) in 

6 excess of 8,000,000 acres; and 

7 (6) A program authorized by section 524(b) of 

8 the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 

9 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in excess of $5,000,000 for fiscal 

10 year 2017. 

11 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

13 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

14 a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(ix) of section 14222 

15 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $886,000,000, as fol16 lows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commod17 ities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— 

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

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

20 Purchases—$35,440,000: Provided, That none of the 

21 funds made available in this Act or any other Act shall 

22 be used for salaries and expenses to carry out in this fiscal 

23 year section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell Na24 tional School Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount 

25 that excludes the transfer of $125,000,000 of the funds 


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1 to be transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 

2 of Public Law 110–246, until October 1, 2017: Provided 

3 further, That $125,000,000 made available on October 1, 

4 2017, to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. 

5 Russell National School Lunch Act, as amended, shall be 

6 excluded from the limitation described in subsection 

7 (b)(2)(A)(x) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246: 

8 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or 

9 otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall 

10 be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee 

11 of the Department of Agriculture or officer of the Com12 modity Credit Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 

13 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public 

14 Law 74–320, 7 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any sur15 plus removal activities or price support activities under 

16 section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 

17 Act: Provided further, That the available unobligated bal18 ances under (b)(2)(A)(ix) of section 14222 of Public Law 

19 110–246 in excess of the limitation set forth in this sec20 tion, except for the amounts to be transferred pursuant 

21 to the first proviso, are hereby permanently rescinded. 

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

23 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex24 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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


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1 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

2 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De3 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

4 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

5 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

6 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

7 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

8 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

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

10 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

11 the fiscal year 2018 appropriations Act. 

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

13 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen14 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

16 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

18 available for obligation or expenditure through a re19 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au20 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart21 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 

22 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or23 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

24 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

25 (1) creates new programs; 


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

2 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

3 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

4 denied or restricted; 

5 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

7 or 

8 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

9 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

10 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

11 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com12 modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 

13 notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit14 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 

15 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 

16 or the use of such authority. 

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

19 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

20 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

21 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

23 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro24 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

25 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 


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

2 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, activities, or projects as ap11 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri12 culture, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv13 ices, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 

14 Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies in 

15 writing and receives approval from the Committees 

16 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 

17 least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or 

18 transfer of such funds or the use of such authority. 

19 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

20 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com21 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ22 ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro23 priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 

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1 vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 

2 by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 

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

5 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

6 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

7 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

9 available for— 

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

12 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

13 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

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

15 whichever is less; 

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

17 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

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

19 with five or more personnel; or 

20 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

21 were not described in the budget request; unless the 

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

23 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

24 Congress at least 30 days in advance of using the 

25 funds for these purposes. 


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

2 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

3 Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chair4 man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission re5 ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 

6 Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma7 tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec8 tion. 

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

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

11 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

12 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

13 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

14 portion of the loan. 

15 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

17 Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 

18 Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 

19 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re20 ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re21 sult of information requested for the appropriations hear22 ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non23 Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com24 modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 

25 Administration employee. 


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1 SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

3 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre4 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

5 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti6 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

7 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

8 funded by that executive branch agency. 

9 SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri10 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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

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

14 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

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

16 period of assignment. 

17 SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

18 may be used to prepare, publish, or issue any new pro19 posed rulemaking that does not comply with the require20 ments for cost-benefit analysis as set forth in Executive 

21 Order 13563. 

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

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

24 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 

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1 sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra2 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

3 both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro4 gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 

5 under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 

6 in the report accompanying this Act. 

7 SEC. 724. Funds made available under title II of the 

8 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 

9 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

10 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Secretary, 

11 are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is received 

12 by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food 

13 shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappro14 priate purposes. 

15 SEC. 725. The Secretary shall establish an inter16 mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro17 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re18 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec19 retary shall enter into agreements with current inter20 mediary organizations and with additional qualified inter21 mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 

22 these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 

23 502 single family direct loan program in rural commu24 nities and shall set aside and make available from the na25 tional reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to 


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1 support the work of such intermediaries and provide a pri2 ority for review of such loans. 

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

4 require budget authority and the program level has been 

5 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

6 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran7 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

8 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec9 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria10 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad11 vance. 

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

13 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec14 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

15 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria16 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

17 shall be available for obligation without written notifica18 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap19 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

20 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

21 obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 

22 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis23 trative, and information technology services of primary 

24 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 


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

2 Act may be used to procure processed poultry products 

3 imported into the United States from the People’s Repub4 lic of China for use in the school lunch program under 

5 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food Pro7 gram under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the 

8 Summer Food Service Program for Children under section 

9 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast 

10 program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

11 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 729. In response to an eligible community where 

13 the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat14 ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 

15 drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po16 table water through the Emergency Community Water As17 sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 

18 not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro19 vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 

20 SEC. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro21 priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini22 tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 

23 without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 

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1 actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 

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

3 SEC. 731. (a) For the period beginning on the date 

4 of enactment of this Act through school year 2017–2018, 

5 with respect to the school lunch program established under 

6 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program es8 tablished under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) and final regulations published by 

10 the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 

11 January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.), the Sec12 retary shall allow States to grant an exemption from the 

13 whole grain requirements that took effect on or after July 

14 1, 2014, and the States shall establish a process for evalu15 ating and responding, in a reasonable amount of time, to 

16 requests for an exemption: Provided, That school food au17 thorities demonstrate hardship, including financial hard18 ship, in procuring specific whole grain products which are 

19 acceptable to the students and compliant with the whole 

20 grain-rich requirements: Provided further, That school 

21 food authorities shall comply with the applicable grain 

22 component or standard with respect to the school lunch 

23 or school breakfast program that was in effect prior to 

24 July 1, 2014. 


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1 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

3 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to implement 

4 any regulations under the Richard B. Russell National 

5 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child Nu6 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the Healthy, 

7 Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–296), or 

8 any other law that would require a reduction in the quan9 tity of sodium contained in federally reimbursed meals, 

10 foods, and snacks sold in schools below Target 1 (as de11 scribed in section 220.8(f)(3) of title 7, Code of Federal 

12 Regulations (or successor regulations)) until the latest sci13 entific research establishes the reduction is beneficial for 

14 children. 

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

16 Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

17 through the Food and Nutrition Service, to commence any 

18 new research and evaluation projects until the Secretary 

19 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

20 Houses of Congress a research and evaluation plan for fis21 cal year 2017, prepared in coordination with the Research, 

22 Education, and Economics mission area of the Depart23 ment of Agriculture, and a period of 30 days beginning 

24 on the date of the submission of the plan expires to permit 

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1 SEC. 733. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

2 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 

3 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

4 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

5 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 

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

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

8 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

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

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

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

12 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

13 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod14 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

15 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis16 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

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

18 allow or require such distribution. 

19 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available by this 

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

21 final rule entitled ‘‘Food Labeling; Nutrition Labeling of 

22 Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail 

23 Food Establishments’’ published by the Food and Drug 

24 Administration in the Federal Register on December 1, 

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1 (1) December 1, 2016; or 

2 (2) the date that is one year after the date on 

3 which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

4 publishes Level 1 guidance with respect to nutrition 

5 labeling of standard menu items in restaurants and 

6 similar retail food establishments in accordance with 

7 paragraphs (g)(1)(i), (g)(1)(ii), (g)(1)(iii), and 

8 (g)(1)(iv) of section 10.115 of title 21, Code of Fed9 eral Regulations. 

10 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl12 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves13 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 

14 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

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

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

17 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 

18 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis19 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec20 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 

21 SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 

22 or any other Act may be used to implement or enforce 

23 any provision of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act 

24 (Public Law 111–353), including the amendments made 

25 thereby, with respect to the regulation of the distribution, 


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1 sale, or receipt of dried spent grain byproducts of the alco2 holic beverage production process, irrespective of whether 

3 such byproducts are solely intended for use as animal feed. 

4 SEC. 738. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

5 (1) within 4 months of the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, establish a prioritization process for 

7 APHIS to conduct audits or reviews of countries or 

8 regions that have received animal health status rec9 ognitions by APHIS and provide a description of 

10 this process to the Committee on Appropriations of 

11 the House, Committee on Appropriations of the Sen12 ate, Committee on Agriculture of the House, and 

13 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

14 of the Senate; 

15 (2) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 

16 the following factors in the country or region being 

17 audited, as applicable: 

18 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 

19 (B) disease history and vaccination prac20 tices; 

21 (C) livestock demographics and 

22 traceability; 

23 (D) epidemiological separation from poten24 tial sources of infection; 

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1 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

2 (G) emergency preparedness and response. 

3 (3) promptly make publicly available the final 

4 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 

5 to subsection (2); and 

6 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con7 sistent with United States obligations under its inter8 national trade agreements. 

9 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 

11 expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 

12 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the re13 newal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs 

14 and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or 

15 testing. 

16 SEC. 740. No partially hydrogenated oils as defined 

17 in the order published by the Food and Drug Administra18 tion in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. 

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

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

21 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) and no food that is intro22 duced or delivered for introduction into interstate com23 merce that bears or contains a partially hydrogenated oil 

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1 taining a partially hydrogenated oil until the compliance 

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

3 SEC. 741. The Secretary may charge a fee for lenders 

4 to access Department loan guarantee systems in connec5 tion with such lenders’ participation in loan guarantee 

6 programs of the Rural Housing Service: Provided, That 

7 the funds collected from such fees shall be made available 

8 to the Secretary without further appropriation and such 

9 funds shall be deposited into the Rural Development Sala10 ries and Expense Account and shall remain available until 

11 expended for obligation and expenditure by the Secretary 

12 for administrative expenses of the Rural Housing Service 

13 Loan Guarantee Program in addition to other available 

14 funds: Provided further, That such fees collected shall not 

15 exceed $50 per loan. 

16 SEC. 742. (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. 743. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

25 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Animal and Plant 


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1 Health Inspection Service—Buildings and Facilities’’, 

2 there is appropriated $30,000,000, to remain available 

3 until expended, for fruit fly rearing facilities. 

4 SEC. 744. Beginning on the date of enactment of this 

5 Act, in fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year hereafter, 

6 notwithstanding any other provision of law, a household 

7 certified to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition As8 sistance Program is required to report in a manner pre9 scribed by the Secretary if the household no longer resides 

10 in the State in which it is certified. 

11 SEC. 745. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

12 made available in fiscal year 2016 for the special supple13 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 

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

15 $100,000,000 are rescinded. 

16 SEC. 746. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

17 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis18 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

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

20 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

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

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

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

24 products used in the project are produced in the United 

25 States. 


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

2 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

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

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

5 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein6 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

7 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat8 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 

9 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’ ) or the des10 ignee of the Secretary finds that— 

11 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon12 sistent with the public interest; 

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

14 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail15 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 

16 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro17 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

18 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

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

20 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des21 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 

22 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

23 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

24 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

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


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1 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re2 quest and accompanying information available by elec3 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

4 site of the Department. 

5 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con6 sistent with United States obligations under international 

7 agreements. 

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

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

10 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac11 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub12 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re13 quirements of this section. 

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

15 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 

16 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

17 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re18 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

19 date of enactment of this Act. 

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

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

22 States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog23 nized Indian tribe. 

24 SEC. 747. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food 


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1 and Drug Administration to finalize or implement the rule 

2 entitled ‘‘Supplemental Applications Proposing Labeling 

3 Changes for Approved Drugs and Biological Products’’ 

4 published November 13, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 67985) un5 less the final version of such rule requires that the Food 

6 and Drug Administration approve in advance via prior ap7 proval supplement on a timely basis any change to— 

8 (1) the safety information in the labeling of a 

9 drug that is marketed pursuant to an abbreviated 

10 new drug application under section 505(j) of the 

11 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

12 355(j)); and 

13 (2) the safety information in the labeling of the 

14 listed drug (as such term is used in section 505(j) 

15 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

16 U.S.C. 355(j)) and any other drug that is marketed 

17 pursuant to an abbreviated new drug application 

18 under such section 505(j) citing the same listed 

19 drug. 

20 SEC. 748. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

21 available under this Act to carry out section 27(a)(1) of 

22 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(1)) 

23 for fiscal year 2017, there is appropriated $19,000,000 

24 to carry out such section. 


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1 SEC. 749. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en3 force the proposed rule with the regulation identifier num4 ber 0910–AG38 published by the Food and Drug Admin5 istration in the Federal Register on April 25, 2014 (79 

6 Fed. Reg. 23142) if such rule would apply to traditional 

7 large and premium cigars. For the purposes of this sec8 tion, the term traditional large and premium cigar 

9 means— 

10 (1) any roll of tobacco that is wrapped in 100 

11 percent leaf tobacco, bunched with 100 percent to12 bacco filler, contains no filter, tip or non-tobacco 

13 mouthpiece, weighs at least 6 pounds per 1,000 

14 count, and— 

15 (A) has a 100 percent leaf tobacco binder 

16 and is hand rolled; 

17 (B) has a 100 percent leaf tobacco binder 

18 and is made using human hands to lay the leaf 

19 tobacco wrapper or binder onto only one ma20 chine that bunches, wraps, and caps each indi21 vidual cigar; or 

22 (C) has a homogenized tobacco leaf binder 

23 and is made in the United States using human 

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1 per onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, 

2 and caps each individual cigar; and 

3 (2) is not a cigarette or a little cigar (as such 

4 terms are defined in paragraphs (3) and (11), re5 spectively, of section 900 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

6 and Cosmetic Act). 

7 SEC. 750. Of the total amounts made available by 

8 this Act for direct loans in the second paragraph under 

9 the heading ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing In10 surance Fund Program Account’’ and, respectively, for 

11 ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mutual and Self-Help Housing 

12 Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Assist13 ance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Commu14 nity Facilities Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coop15 erative Service—Rural Business Program Account’’; 

16 ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Economic 

17 Development Loans Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business18 Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative Development 

19 Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and 

20 Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Serv21 ice—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans 

22 Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Dis23 tance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, 

24 at least 10 percent of each total amount shall be allocated 

25 for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided, 


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1 That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent 

2 poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 20 per3 cent or more of its population living in poverty over the 

4 past 30 years, as measured by the 1990, 2000, and 2010 

5 decennial censuses. 

6 SEC. 751. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

7 or level of program assistance for Rural Development mis8 sion area programs the Secretary shall not include incar9 cerated prison populations. 

10 SEC. 752. For an additional amount for ‘‘Food and 

11 Drug Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’ to prevent, 

12 prepare for, and respond to the Ebola virus domestically 

13 and internationally and to develop necessary medical coun14 termeasures and vaccines, including the review, regulation, 

15 and post market surveillance of vaccines and therapies, 

16 and for related administrative activities, $10,000,000, to 

17 remain available until expended. 

18 SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated for the 

19 ‘‘Emergency Watershed Protection Program’’ $5,000,000, 

20 to remain available until expended, for emergencies not 

21 declared as a major disaster or emergency under the Rob22 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 

24 SEC. 754. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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


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1 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

2 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu3 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

4 1913. 

5 SEC. 755. The provisions of subtitles A, D, and L 

6 of title II of H.R. 6, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 

7 (the ‘‘21st Century Cures Act’’), as passed by the House 

8 of Representatives on July 10, 2015, are hereby enacted 

9 into law. 

10 SEC. 756. Consistent with section 1112(b) of the 

11 Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act 

12 (Public Law 112–144; commonly referred to as 

13 ‘‘FDASIA’’), the Secretary of Health and Human Serv14 ices, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 

15 shall issue final regulations revising the Federal drug reg16 ulations (as defined in section 1112(c) of such Act (21 

17 U.S.C. 360dd note)) with respect to medical gases not 

18 later than July 9, 2016. If the Secretary fails to issue 

19 final regulations with respect to medical gases by such 

20 date, the Secretary shall incorporate by reference vol21 untary consensus safety and labeling standards developed 

22 by an American National Standards Institute-accredited 

23 standard development organization until such time as the 

24 Secretary issues final regulations revising the Federal 

25 drug regulations with respect to medical gases. 


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1 SEC. 757. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 

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

3 $5,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 

4 for one-time control and management and associated ac5 tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 

6 citrus greening. 

7 SEC. 758. The following unobligated balances identi8 fied by the following Treasury Appropriation Fund Sym9 bols are hereby rescinded: 12X1951, $620,161.89; 

10 12X1953, $2,302,342.75; 12X1902, $352,323.31; 

11 12X1900, $16,452.44; and 12X1232, $529,310.95: Pro12 vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

13 that were designated by the Congress as an emergency or 

14 disaster relief requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso15 lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer16 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 SEC. 759. The unobligated balances resulting from 

18 offsetting collections identified by Treasury Appropriation 

19 Fund Symbols 12X1951, 12X2002, 12X2006, 12X1902, 

20 12X1900, 12X1232, and 12X1980, respectively, are here21 by rescinded: Provided, that no amounts may be rescinded 

22 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

23 an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to 

24 a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

25 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 SEC. 760. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to write, prepare, propose, or publish 

3 a proposed rule, a final rule, or an interim final rule in 

4 furtherance of, or otherwise to implement any regulations 

5 or other regulatory requirements or policies with respect 

6 to the importation into the United States of lemons from 

7 Argentina unless and until— 

8 (1) the Secretary of Agriculture submits to the 

9 Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on 

10 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

11 the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For12 estry and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

13 Senate a certification that the Secretary— 

14 (A) has completed site visits of production 

15 areas of lemons in Argentina; and 

16 (B) has conducted pest and disease risk 

17 assessments with respect to such lemons; and 

18 (2) the Administrator of the Office of Informa19 tion and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Manage20 ment and Budget submits to such Committees a cer21 tification that the Administrator has completed the 

22 assessments specified in section 6(a)(3)(C) of Execu23 tive Order 12866. 

24 SEC. 761. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth25 erwise made available by this Act or any other Act with 


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1 respect to any fiscal year may, for each tobacco product 

2 which the Secretary of Health and Human Services by 

3 regulation under section 901(b) of the Federal Food, 

4 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387a(b)) deems to 

5 be subject to chapter IX of such Act, be used to treat— 

6 (1) any reference in sections 905(j) or 910(a) 

7 of such Act (21 U.S.C. 387e(j), 387j(a)) to Feb8 ruary 15, 2007, as other than a reference to the ef9 fective date of the regulation under which the to10 bacco product is deemed to be subject to the require11 ments of such chapter pursuant to section 901(b) of 

12 such Act (21 U.S.C. 387a(b)); and 

13 (2) any reference in such sections to 21 months 

14 after the date of enactment of the Family Smoking 

15 Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as other than 

16 a reference to 21 months after the effective date of 

17 such deeming regulation. 

18 (b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 not later than 12 months after the date on which vapor 

20 products are deemed to be subject to the Federal Food, 

21 Drug, and Cosmetic Act pursuant to section 901(b) of 

22 that Act (21 U.S.C. 387a), the Secretary of Health and 

23 Human Services shall issue a notice of proposed rule24 making to establish a product standard for vapor product 


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1 batteries pursuant to section 907 of that Act (21 U.S.C. 

2 387g). 

3 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 

4 later than 24 months after the date on which vapor prod5 ucts are deemed to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, 

6 and Cosmetic Act pursuant to section 901(b) of that Act 

7 (21 U.S.C. 387a), the Secretary of Health and Human 

8 Services shall promulgate a final tobacco product standard 

9 for vapor product batteries pursuant to section 907 of that 

10 Act (21 U.S.C. 387g). 

11 (c) A vapor product shall be deemed to be misbranded 

12 under section 903(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos13 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 387c(a)) if the advertising with re14 spect to the vapor product is disseminated by a manufac15 turer, distributor, or retailer of the product in a news16 paper, magazine, periodical, or other publication (includ17 ing any publication of periodic or limited distribution) 

18 other than an adult publication. 

19 (d)(1) A retailer may only sell any vapor product in 

20 a direct face-to-face exchange without the assistance of 

21 any electronic or mechanical device (such as a vending ma22 chine). 

23 (2) This subsection shall not apply with respect to 

24 sales of vapor products conducted through— 

25 (A) mail-order; or 


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1 (B) a vending machine or self-service display if, 

2 with respect to the facility in which such vending 

3 machine or display is located, the retailer of such 

4 products ensures that no person under 18 years of 

5 age would be present or be permitted to enter. 

6 (3) A violation of this section is deemed to constitute 

7 a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

8 relating to a tobacco product for purposes of section 

9 303(f)(9) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 333(f)(9)). 

10 (e)(1) Not later than 12 months after the date of en11 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 

12 Services shall promulgate final regulations to require that 

13 the labeling of vapor products contain— 

14 (A) the phrase ‘‘Keep Out of Reach of Chil15 dren’’; 

16 (B) the phrase ‘‘Underage Sale Prohibited’’; 

17 and 

18 (C) an accurate statement of the nicotine con19 tent of the vapor product. 

20 (2) A vapor product whose label is in violation of the 

21 regulations required by paragraph (1) is deemed to be mis22 branded under section 903 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

23 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387c). 

24 (f)(1) Every person who owns or operates an estab25 lishment in any State engaged in the retail sale of a vapor 


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1 product shall register that establishment with the Sec2 retary of Health and Human Services within the later of 

3 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, or 30 

4 days after first engaging in such retail sale. 

5 (2) The requirements of this subsection do not apply 

6 with respect to any establishment subject to an active reg7 istration under— 

8 (A) any State law relating to tobacco products; 

9 or 

10 (B) section 905 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

11 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387e). 

12 (3) The Secretary shall make available for inspection, 

13 to any person so requesting, any registration filed under 

14 this section. 

15 (g) In this section: 

16 (1) The term ‘‘adult publication’’ means a 

17 newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other publica18 tion— 

19 (A) whose readers younger than 18 years 

20 of age constitute 15 percent or less of the total 

21 readership as measured by competent and reli22 able survey evidence; and 

23 (B) that is read by fewer than 2 million 

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1 (2) The terms ‘‘label’’ and ‘‘labeling’’ have the 

2 meanings given to such terms in section 201 of the 

3 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

4 321). 

5 (3) The term ‘‘tobacco product’’ has the mean6 ing given to such term in section 201 of the Federal 

7 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

8 (4) The term ‘‘vapor product’’— 

9 (A) means any non-combustible product 

10 that employs a heating element, power source, 

11 electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, 

12 or mechanical means, regardless of shape or 

13 size, to produce vapor from nicotine in a solu14 tion or other form; 

15 (B) includes any electronic cigarette, elec16 tronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, 

17 or similar product or device, and any vapor car18 tridge or other container of nicotine in a solu19 tion or other form; and 

20 (C) does not include any product regulated 

21 as a drug or device by the Food and Drug Ad22 ministration under chapter V of the Federal 

23 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 21 

24 U.S.C. 351 et seq.). 


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1 SEC. 762. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to pay the salary 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. 763. None of the funds provided by this Act 

13 shall be used to write, prepare, or publish an interim final 

14 rule, or final rule, that would alter the definition of ‘‘staple 

15 food’’ or ‘‘retail food store’’ as defined in section 271.2 

16 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations (January 1, 

17 2016), or the approval of retail food stores and wholesale 

18 food concerns in accordance with section 278.1 of title 7 

19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (January 1, 2016), 

20 except to change the variety of foods required, or the num21 ber of perishable items, to comply with section 3 of the 

22 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 as amended by sections 

23 4002(a) and 4030(a)(4) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 

24 (Public Law 113–79). 


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1 SEC. 764. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 

3 to develop, issue, promote, or advance any guidelines or 

4 regulations applicable to food manufacturers for popu5 lation-wide sodium reduction actions until the Centers for 

6 Disease Control and Prevention or the National Academy 

7 of Medicine completes a dietary reference intake report 

8 with respect to sodium. 

9 SEC. 765. None of the funds made available to the 

10 Commodity Futures Trading Commission by this Act or 

11 any other Act in the current fiscal year or any other fiscal 

12 year may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per13 sonnel to lower the de minimis quantity of swap dealing 

14 established under section 1a(49)(D) of the Commodity Ex15 change Act (7 U.S.C. 1a(49)(D)) to less than 

16 $8,000,000,000. 

17 SEC. 766. For necessary expenses of the Secretary 

18 of Agriculture to support projects that provide access to 

19 healthy food in underserved areas, to create and preserve 

20 quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities, 

21 $1,000,000, for the cost of loans and grants under the 

22 Healthy Food Financing Initiative consistent with section 

23 243 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act 

24 of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), as added by section 4206 of 

25 the Agricultural Act of 2014. 


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1 SEC. 767. None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any other Act may be used to write, prepare, propose, 

3 or publish a final rule or an interim final rule in further4 ance of, or otherwise to implement any regulations or 

5 other regulatory requirements or policies that are identical 

6 or similar in nature or application to the proposed rule 

7 entitled ‘‘Implementation of Regulations Required Under 

8 Title XI, of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 

9 2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act’’ published by the 

10 Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 

11 June 22, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 et seq.) unless the 

12 combined annual cost to the economy of such rules does 

13 not exceed $100,000,000: Provided, That none of the 

14 funds made available by this or any other Act may be used 

15 to propose or publish a final or interim final rule in fur16 therance of, or otherwise to implement any regulations or 

17 other regulatory requirements or policies that are identical 

18 or similar in nature or application to section 201.2(l), 

19 201.2(t), 201.2(u), 201.3(c), 201.210, 201.211, 201.213, 

20 or 201.214, as proposed to be added to title 9 of the Code 

21 of Federal Regulations by such proposed rule. 

22 TITLE VIII 

23 SEC. 801. Unobligated balances of amounts appro24 priated under title VI of the Departments of Labor, 

25 Health and Human Services, Education and Related 


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1 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division G of Public 

2 Law 113–235) and title IX of the Department of State, 

3 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria4 tions Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 

5 also be available for necessary expenses to prevent, pre6 pare for, and respond to Zika virus, domestically and 

7 internationally: Provided, That such amounts are des8 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

9 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg10 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that 

11 such amounts shall be available only if the President sub12 sequently so designates such amounts and transmits such 

13 designation to the Congress. 

14 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

15 SEC. 802. The amount by which the applicable alloca16 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

17 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec18 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex19 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De21 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

22 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 410 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5054 

[Report No. 114–531] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2017, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

APRIL 26, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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