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Union Calendar No. 545 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5961 

[Report No. 115–706] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2018 

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, 2019, 

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, 2019, 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 $39,287,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

15 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

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

17 Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development: Pro18 vided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 

19 in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and 

20 expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 

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

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

23 exceed $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Part24 nerships and Public Engagement; not to exceed 

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1 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $16,301,000 

2 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro3 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv4 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis5 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis6 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 

7 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 

8 the Department: Provided further, That funds made avail9 able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mis10 sion area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 

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

12 to exceed $3,750,000 shall be available for the Office of 

13 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 

14 out the programs funded by this Act, including programs 

15 involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 

16 executive branch; and not to exceed $6,303,000 shall be 

17 available for the Office of Communications: Provided fur18 ther, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 

19 transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 

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

21 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 

22 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per23 cent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of the 

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1 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

2 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 

3 further, That the amount made available under this head4 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 

5 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex6 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 

7 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 

8 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 

9 Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 

10 to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 

11 this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro12 vided further, That no funds made available under this 

13 heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres14 sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 

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

16 notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

17 of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 

18 agency. 

19 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

20 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

22 Economist, $21,286,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for 

23 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

24 7 U.S.C. 3155. 


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1 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

3 Appeals, $14,972,000. 

4 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

6 Program Analysis, $9,525,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In9 formation Officer, $58,950,000, of which not less than 

10 $33,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de11 partment. 

12 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi14 nancial Officer, $5,741,000. 

15 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

16 RIGHTS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

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

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

20 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

21 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of22 fice. 

23 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

25 $24,206,000. 


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1 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

9 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

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

12 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im13 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili14 ties, and for related costs, $62,250,000, to remain avail15 able until expended. 

16 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

21 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain available until ex23 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 

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1 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 

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

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

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

7 $98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 

8 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

9 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In10 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 

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

12 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 

13 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 

14 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen15 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 

16 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 

17 (Public Law 97–98). 

18 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

20 Counsel, $44,846,000. 

21 OFFICE OF ETHICS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

23 $4,136,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

2 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

4 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

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

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

9 the Office. 

10 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

11 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

12 Service, $86,757,000. 

13 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

14 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

15 Statistics Service, $173,717,000, of which up to 

16 $45,350,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen17 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

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

20 2204g(d) and (f). 

21 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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


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1 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

4 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed5 eral ownership, $1,259,916,000, of which $10,000,000 

6 shall remain available until expended to carry out the 

7 science program of the National Bio and Agro-Defense 

8 Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, That ap9 propriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

10 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

11 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

12 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

14 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro15 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace23 ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 

24 greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

25 shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 


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1 Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 

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

3 the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 

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

5 and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re6 moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

7 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter8 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza9 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 

10 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here11 under shall be available for granting easements at the 

12 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 

13 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace14 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 

15 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro16 priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease17 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 

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

19 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re20 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

21 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

23 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

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1 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab2 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

3 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

4 by law. 

5 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

6 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im7 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

8 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri9 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri10 culture, where not otherwise provided, $136,000,000 to re11 main available until expended. 

12 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

13 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

14 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

15 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

16 for other expenses, $920,012,000, which shall be for the 

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

18 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

19 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

21 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capac22 ity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 

23 agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medi24 cine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fel25 lowship and institution challenge grants, and grants manVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 May 25, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5961.RH H5961

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1 agement systems shall remain available until expended: 

2 Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 

3 funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less 

4 than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for edu5 cation grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian6 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

7 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

8 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha9 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 

10 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

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

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

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

14 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 

15 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Ag16 riculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec17 retary in carrying out that authority. 

18 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

19 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

22 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

23 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

25 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $495,626,000, 


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1 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci2 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

3 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom4 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im5 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

6 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

7 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex8 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

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

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

11 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail12 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

13 extension agents. 

14 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

15 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

16 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex17 penses, $37,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

18 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In19 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

20 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

21 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re22 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, 

23 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 

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1 mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 

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

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

4 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

7 $901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

8 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro9 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

12 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

17 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

19 $998,353,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 

20 until expended, shall be available for the control of out21 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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

23 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

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

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


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1 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

2 zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until ex3 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

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

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

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

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

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

9 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

10 which $189,013,000, to remain available until expended, 

11 shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $9,426,000, to 

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

13 rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $16,523,000, to re14 main available until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease 

15 management; of which $40,966,000, to remain available 

16 until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness and 

17 response; of which $54,000,000, to remain available until 

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

19 $5,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

20 for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 

21 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

22 for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 

23 $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

24 for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 

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1 pended, shall be used to carry out the science program 

2 at the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility located in 

3 Manhattan, Kansas; Provided, That of amounts available 

4 under this heading for wildlife services methods develop5 ment, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

6 Provided further, That of amounts available under this 

7 heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall re8 main available until expended; of which $3,000,000, to re9 main available until expended, shall be for National Bio10 and Agro-Defense human capital development: Provided 

11 further, That no funds shall be used to formulate or ad12 minister a brucellosis eradication program for the current 

13 fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by 

14 the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That 

15 this appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

16 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

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

18 further, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten 

19 any segment of the agricultural production industry of the 

20 United States, the Secretary may transfer from other ap21 propriations or funds available to the agencies or corpora22 tions of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec23 essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 

24 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

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


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1 in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani2 mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 

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

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

5 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre6 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

7 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

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

9 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve10 ments, but unless otherwise provided 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 In fiscal year 2019, the agency is authorized to collect 

15 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist16 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

17 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

18 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

22 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail23 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

24 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 


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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

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

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

8 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

9 MARKETING SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

11 Service, $153,095,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

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

13 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

14 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

15 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

16 value of the building. 

17 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

19 U.S.C. 9701). 

20 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

22 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra23 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

25 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 


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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

2 Congress. 

3 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

4 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au7 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com8 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

10 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

11 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans12 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 

13 $20,705,000 for formulation and administration of mar14 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 

15 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 

16 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 

17 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

18 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

19 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

20 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul21 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

22 $1,235,000. 


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1 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

2 EXPENSES

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

4 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

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

7 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

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

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

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

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

14 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

17 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

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

20 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

22 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

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1 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

2 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

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

4 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

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

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

10 seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

11 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter12 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 

13 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

14 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

15 value of the building. 

16 TITLE II 

17 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

18 PROGRAMS 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM

20 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 

23 $901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

24 Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva25 tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 


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1 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of2 fice. 

3 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS

4 CENTER

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

7 Conservation Business Center, $115,402,000, to remain 

8 available until expended. 

9 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

13 $1,095,769,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 

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

15 information technology related to farm program delivery, 

16 including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Ag17 ricultural Systems and other farm program delivery sys18 tems, may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con20 gress, and receives written or electronic notification of re21 ceipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 

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

23 the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 

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

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

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

3 (a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information 

4 Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance 

5 with applicable lifecycle management policies and guid6 ance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department’s cap7 ital planning and investment control requirements; and (3) 

8 has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Of9 fice and approved by the Committees on Appropriations 

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

11 agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quar12 ter of fiscal year 2018 to the Committees on Appropria13 tions and the Government Accountability Office, that iden14 tifies for each project/investment that is operational (a) 

15 current performance against key indicators of customer 

16 satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agree17 ments or other technical metrics, (c) current performance 

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

19 breakdown of current and planned spending on oper20 ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 

21 of whether the investment continues to meet business 

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

23 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use 

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

25 of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program 


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1 payments for all programs administered by the Agency: 

2 Provided further, That other funds made available to the 

3 Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 

4 merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 

5 made available to county committees shall remain avail6 able until expended: Provided further, That none of the 

7 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

8 to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided fur9 ther, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 

10 Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based 

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

12 employees without prior notification and approval of the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con14 gress. 

15 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

16 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul17 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

18 5106), $3,228,000. 

19 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

21 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

23 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

4 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

5 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

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

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

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

12 12). 

13 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

14 ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

3 $1,530,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

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

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

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

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

8 loans, $30,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

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

10 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

11 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

12 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

14 as follows: farm operating loans, $59,670,000 for direct 

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

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

17 $2,134,000 for Indian highly fractionated land loans to 

18 remain available until expended. 

19 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

20 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

21 $328,268,000: Provided, That of this amount, 

22 $302,117,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

23 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex24 penses’’, of which $11,600,000 shall be available until 

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

2 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Production and Conservation 

3 Business Center, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

4 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

5 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

6 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

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

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

11 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

14 Agency, $75,419,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

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

17 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

18 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

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

3 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

7 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter8 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build9 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

10 $890,293,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2020: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

13 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

14 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

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

17 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

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

20 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

3 $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 

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

7 thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken 

8 shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary 

9 purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land 

10 treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 

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

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

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

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

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

21 stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion 

22 and sediment transport. 

23 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

24 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

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1 vided: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

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

3 until expended for watershed rehabilitation projects in 

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

6 which caused fatalities. 

7 CORPORATIONS 

8 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

9 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

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

12 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

13 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

14 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

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

18 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

19 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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


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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

18 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

19 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

21 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

22 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

23 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

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

3 TITLE III 

4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

5 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis9 tration and implementation of Rural Development pro10 grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 

11 development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 

12 and for cooperative agreements; $236,835,000: Provided, 

13 That no less than $6,000,000 shall be for information 

14 technology investments: Provided further, That notwith15 standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated 

16 under this heading may be used for advertising and pro17 motional activities that support Rural Development pro18 grams: Provided further, That in addition to any other 

19 funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 

20 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), 

21 any amounts collected under such section, as amended by 

22 this Act, will immediately be credited to this account and 

23 will remain available until expended for such purposes. 


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1 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

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

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

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

10 504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515 

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

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

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

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

15 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

19 502 loans, $49,000,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

20 504 housing repair loans, $3,418,000; section 523 self21 help housing land development loans, $430,500; section 

22 524 site development loans, $175,500; and repair, reha23 bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 

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

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1 available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 

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

3 guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Re4 form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 

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

6 That applicants in communities that have a current rural 

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

8 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural 

9 area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans pro10 vided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 

11 amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 

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

13 direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur14 suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 

15 housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 

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

17 the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incen18 tives to nonprofit organizations and public housing au19 thorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 

20 Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such 

21 nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities 

22 that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi23 family housing program for a period of time as determined 

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

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1 and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest2 ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low 

3 income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 

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

5 invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza6 tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re7 ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 

8 per property. 

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

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

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

12 $16,853,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

13 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

14 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail15 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans16 ferred to and merged with this account. 

17 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

18 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

19 $412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

20 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex21 penses’’. 

22 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

23 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re24 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

25 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 


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1 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house2 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous3 ing Act of 1949, $1,331,400,000, of which $40,000,000 

4 shall be available until September 30, 2020; and in addi5 tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec6 tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 

7 fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 

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

9 assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the 

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

11 Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain12 ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans13 ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; main14 tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 

15 preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 

16 under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as17 sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 

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

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

20 not be recaptured for use in another project until such 

21 assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 con22 secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten23 ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as24 sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist25 ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assistVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 May 25, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5961.RH H5961

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1 ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 

2 farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 

3 section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That ex4 cept as provided in the third proviso under this heading 

5 and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 

6 Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 

7 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2019 for a 

8 project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 

9 rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur10 rent needs. 

11 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

12 ACCOUNT

13 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

14 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not15 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi16 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 

17 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous18 ing properties described in this paragraph, $53,000,000, 

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

20 funds made available under this heading, $28,000,000, 

21 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low22 income household (including those not receiving rental as23 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

24 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

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1 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 

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

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

4 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap5 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

6 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

7 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid8 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

9 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

10 Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de11 termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 

12 this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec13 retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 

14 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 

15 rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro16 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

17 heading, $25,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra18 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

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

20 properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

21 housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex22 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi23 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

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1 interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 

2 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

3 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

4 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in5 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

7 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

8 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

9 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

10 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

11 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra12 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur13 ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 

14 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 

15 program similar to the demonstration program described 

16 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 

17 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

18 out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro20 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

21 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

22 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

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1 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

3 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

7 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

9 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di13 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

15 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di16 rect loans and $200,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

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, $67,215,000, 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 (7 

15 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) and the Appalachian Regional 

16 Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any Rural Com17 munity Advancement Program purpose as described in 

18 section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De19 velopment Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be 

20 used for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 

21 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head22 ing shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recog23 nized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a 

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1 mote economic development: Provided further, That sec2 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

3 Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made 

4 available under this heading. 

5 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author8 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac9 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $20,000,000. 

10 For the cost of direct loans, $4,402,000, as author11 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac12 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $557,000 shall be avail13 able through June 30, 2019, for Federally Recognized Na14 tive American Tribes. Provided, That such costs, including 

15 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 

16 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

17 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

19 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop20 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

21 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

22 ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

24 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author25 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 


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1 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

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

3 Of the funds derived from the interest on the cushion 

4 of credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the 

5 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, $50,000,000 shall not 

6 be obligated and $50,000,000 are rescinded. 

7 The cost of grants authorized under section 313 of 

8 the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting 

9 rural economic development and job creation projects shall 

10 not exceed $10,000,000. 

11 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

12 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

14 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $27,550,000, of 

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

16 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro17 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

18 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

19 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

20 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di21 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in22 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

23 groups; and of which $16,000,000, to remain available 

24 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod25 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 


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1 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 

2 U.S.C. 1632a), of which up to $1,000,000 may be for Ag3 riculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to sec4 tion 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 

5 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

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

7 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

8 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

9 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $334,500: Provided, That the cost 

10 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

11 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

13 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

14 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

18 and solid waste management programs authorized by sec19 tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de20 scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 

21 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop22 ment Act, $637,690,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail24 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

25 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 


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1 $1,500,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro2 gram described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, 

3 That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appro4 priated under this heading shall be for grants authorized 

5 by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

6 Development Act in addition to funding authorized by sec7 tion 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 

8 $65,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head9 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 

10 waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 

11 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 

12 Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recog13 nized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) 

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

15 section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel16 opment Act may be provided to a consortium formed pur17 suant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided fur18 ther, That not more than 2 percent of the funding pro19 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

20 Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alas21 ka for training and technical assistance programs and not 

22 more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 

23 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

24 Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to sec25 tion 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical 


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1 assistance programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

2 $22,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head3 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 

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

5 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex6 treme need, of which $8,000,000 shall be made available 

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

8 technical assistance organization, with experience in work9 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

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

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

12 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper13 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

14 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali15 fied national Native American organization to provide 

16 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com17 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

18 $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head19 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi20 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as21 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

22 not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste manage23 ment grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 

24 amount appropriated under this heading shall be trans25 ferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, 


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1 High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants au2 thorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act 

3 of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior 

4 year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by 

5 section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

6 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the 

7 Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Ac8 count: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 

9 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

10 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

11 heading. 

12 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

13 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

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

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

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

19 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 

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

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

22 rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural tele23 communications loans, and for loans made pursuant to 

24 section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

25 $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall 


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1 be used for the construction, acquisition, or improvement 

2 of fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether new or 

3 existing) that utilize carbon sequestration systems. 

4 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

5 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

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

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

8 of money rural telecommunications loans, $1,125,000. 

9 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

10 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

11 $33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

12 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

13 and Expenses’’. 

14 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

15 PROGRAM

16 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni17 cation loans, $29,851,000. 

18 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

20 et seq., $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

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

22 grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 

23 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

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

25 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 


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1 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri2 teria for a consortium as established by this section. 

3 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

4 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,829,900, 

5 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

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

7 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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

9 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

10 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

11 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

12 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

13 TITLE IV 

14 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

16 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

18 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

19 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

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

21 Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail22 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

23 the Office. 


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1 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

2 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

7 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

8 21; $23,183,512,000 to remain available through Sep9 tember 30, 2020, of which such sums as are made avail10 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

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

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

15 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu16 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

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

18 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 

19 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

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

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

22 safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte23 nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro24 vided further, That of the total amount available, 

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

2 of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That sec3 tion 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

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

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

6 ‘‘2010 through 2019’’: Provided further, That section 

7 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sen9 tence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘For fiscal year 2019’’: Provided further, That section 

11 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sen13 tence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘For fiscal year 2019’’. 

15 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

16 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup18 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

20 $6,000,000,000, to remain available through September 

21 30, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

22 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

23 1786(h)(10)), not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for 

24 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

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1 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this ac2 count shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 

3 except in accordance with the cost containment and com4 petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 

5 such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds pro6 vided shall be available for activities that are not fully re7 imbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

8 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro9 vided further, That upon termination of a federally man10 dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi11 tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 

12 waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re13 quest of a State agency. 

14 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

17 $73,219,274,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

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

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

20 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

21 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

22 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

25 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 


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1 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

2 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

3 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

4 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re5 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

6 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re7 main available through September 30, 2020: Provided fur8 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

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

10 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 

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

12 of the funds made available under this heading may be 

13 obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 

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

15 Provided further, That, subject to section 737 of this Act, 

16 funds made available under this heading may be used to 

17 enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, 

18 evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program in19 tegrity provided that such activities are authorized by the 

20 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

21 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist23 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

24 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con25 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 


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1 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist2 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec3 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend4 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm5 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

6 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $306,910,000, 

7 to remain available through September 30, 2020: Pro8 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim9 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

10 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith11 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

12 made available in fiscal year 2019 to support the Seniors 

13 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

14 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

15 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

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

17 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri18 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

19 use up to 15 percent for costs associated with the distribu20 tion of commodities. 

21 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

22 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

23 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri24 tion assistance program, $162,838,000, of which 

25 $12,297,000 shall remain available through September 


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1 30, 2021, for the development and dissemination of the 

2 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Provided, That of the 

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

4 purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 

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

6 TITLE V 

7 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

8 PROGRAMS 

9 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

10 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

12 Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 

13 $875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

14 Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 

15 Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail16 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

17 the Office. 

18 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

20 Alimentarius, $3,796,000 including not to exceed $40,000 

21 for official reception and representation expenses. 


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1 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

5 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa6 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

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

8 $204,138,000, for overseas operations to include the pay9 ment of locally employed staff: Provided, That the Service 

10 may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro11 priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen12 cies, public and private organizations and institutions 

13 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 

14 food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and 

15 the foreign assistance programs of the United States 

16 Agency for International Development: Provided further, 

17 That funds made available for middle-income country 

18 training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 

19 International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow20 ship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agri21 cultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of off22 setting fluctuations in international currency exchange 

23 rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricul24 tural Service, shall remain available until expended. 


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1 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

2 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

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

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

7 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

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

9 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

10 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth11 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in12 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

13 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec14 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

15 $1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That the Administrator of the United States Agen17 cy for International Development shall in each instance 

18 notify in writing the Committees on Appropriations of 

19 both Houses of Congress, the Committee on Agriculture 

20 of the House, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

21 Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House, 

22 and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For23 estry of the Senate and make publicly available online the 

24 amount and use of authority in section 202(a) of the Food 

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1 imum level of nonemergency assistance required by section 

2 412(e)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 

3 1736f(e)(2)) not later than 15 days after the date of such 

4 action. 

5 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

6 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

8 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest9 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $207,626,000, to 

10 remain available until expended, of which $1,000,000 is 

11 for the use of recently developed potable water tech12 nologies in school feeding projects: Provided, That the 

13 Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide 

14 the services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of 

15 implementing 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, $9,180,000; 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 $6,717,000 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; in addition to 

19 amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 

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

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

22 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac23 tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 

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

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1 Public Law 107–188; $5,568,010,000: Provided, That of 

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

3 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author4 ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac5 count and remain available until expended; $196,668,000 

6 shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 

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

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

9 be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 

10 by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac11 count and remain available until expended; $40,922,000 

12 shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 

13 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be cred14 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

15 $30,331,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

17 to this account and remain available until expended; 

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

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

20 be credited to this account and remain available until ex21 pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod22 uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 

23 credited to this account and remain available until ex24 pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith25 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 


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1 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 

2 user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi3 cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 

4 new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 

5 year 2019 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred6 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

7 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 

8 medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

9 product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as10 sessments for fiscal year 2019, including any such fees 

11 collected prior to fiscal year 2019 but credited for fiscal 

12 year 2019, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2019 limita13 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 

14 payment during fiscal year 2019 of user fees specified 

15 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2020, 

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

17 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2020 for which the Sec18 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2019 shall not be 

19 included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 

20 That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab21 lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 

22 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 

23 amount appropriated: (1) $1,039,675,000 shall be for the 

24 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

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1 $1,839,411,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua2 tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 

3 of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $389,731,000 shall be for the 

4 Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for re5 lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

6 (4) $220,397,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 

7 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 

8 Regulatory Affairs; (5) $564,905,000 shall be for the Cen9 ter for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 

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

11 $65,331,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi12 cological Research; (7) $662,043,000 shall be for the Cen13 ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

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

15 $195,933,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 

16 which $57,373,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 

17 than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis18 tration for rent; (9) not to exceed $239,716,000 shall be 

19 for payments to the General Services Administration for 

20 rent; and (10) $350,868,000 shall be for other activities, 

21 including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and 

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

23 Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of 

24 Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, 

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

2 of this amount shall be for official reception and represen3 tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 

4 by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer 

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

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

7 be from amounts made available under this heading for 

8 other activities: Provided further, That of the amounts 

9 that are made available under this heading for ‘‘other ac10 tivities’’, and that are not derived from user fees, 

11 $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

12 appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

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

14 programs and operations of the Food and Drug Adminis15 tration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 

16 available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administra17 tion: Provided further, That of the total amount made 

18 available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be used by 

19 the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in coordination 

20 with the Secretary of Agriculture, for consumer outreach 

21 and education regarding agricultural biotechnology and 

22 biotechnology-derived food products and animal feed, in23 cluding through publication and distribution of science24 based educational information on the environmental, nu25 tritional, food safety, economic, and humanitarian impacts 


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1 of such biotechnology, food products, and feed: Provided 

2 further, That $50,000,000 of the amount allocated to the 

3 Center for Tobacco Products from tobacco product user 

4 fees authorized by section 919 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

5 and Cosmetic Act in fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 

6 2022, shall be used by the Secretary to develop, establish, 

7 and operate a Youth Vapor Product Education, Preven8 tion, and Enforcement Program, to include consumer out9 reach and education targeted to the use of vapor products 

10 by minors, optional grants to school systems, nonprofit 

11 public health entities, and other qualifying entities for pro12 grams and initiatives aimed at youth vapor product and 

13 tobacco product prevention, and enforcement of provisions 

14 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relating to 

15 youth access to vapor products: Provided further, That 

16 funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 

17 another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap18 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

19 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

20 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

22 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

23 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro24 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

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


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1 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

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

3 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 

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

5 by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure pri6 ority review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

7 360bbb–4a, shall be credited to this account, to remain 

8 available until expended. 

9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

10 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten11 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip12 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin13 istration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to 

14 remain available until expended. 

15 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de17 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

18 Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur19 poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

20 $70,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 

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

23 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans24 ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 

25 be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 


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1 to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 

2 Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 

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

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

5 Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre6 vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 

7 such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 

8 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi9 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

10 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

11 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in14 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

16 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $255,000,000, 

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

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

19 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

20 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu21 latory officials, of which not less than $50,000,000, to re22 main available until September 30, 2020, shall be for the 

23 purchase of information technology and of which not less 

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

25 Inspector General: Provided, That notwithstanding the 


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

2 this heading are available for the liquidation of obligations 

3 equal to current year payments on leases entered into 

4 prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur5 ther, That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any 

6 lease obligations that should have been recorded and liq7 uidated against accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

8 1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, such 

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

10 account in the Treasury, which has been established for 

11 the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liqui12 dating such unpaid obligations: Provided further, That if 

13 any furlough or reduction-in-force of personnel at the 

14 Commission occurs as a result of an action under 5 U.S.C. 

15 7119, the Commission shall submit a report to the Com16 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

17 and the Senate no later than 30 days after the furlough 

18 or reduction-in-force occurs detailing the agency’s rea19 soning for conducting a furlough or reduction-in-force: 

20 Provided further, That in the report the Commission shall 

21 explain why the furlough or reduction-in-force was the 

22 only reasonable course of action in response to an action 

23 taken under 5 U.S.C. 7119: Provided further, That after 

24 the conclusion of any furlough or reduction-in-force of the 

25 Commission in response to an action taken under 5 U.S.C. 


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1 7119, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

3 of Representatives a report that describes (1) the long4 term cost of any pay increases the Commission must make 

5 in response to an action taken under 5 U.S.C. 7119; and 

6 (2) the operational impact of the furlough or reduction7 in-force. 

8 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

9 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

10 Not to exceed $74,600,000 (from assessments col11 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

12 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

13 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

15 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re16 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

18 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con19 gress. 

20 TITLE VII 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

24 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart25 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 


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

2 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

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

4 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith5 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

6 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

7 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper8 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

9 public safety. 

10 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli12 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

13 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal14 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

15 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi16 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv17 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech18 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

19 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re20 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

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

22 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

23 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur24 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

25 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 


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1 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

2 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

4 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

5 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

6 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De7 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti8 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap9 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

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

11 the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to 

12 the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available 

13 for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, im14 plement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 

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

16 Financial Officer or any personnel from the National Fi17 nance Center prior to written notification to and prior ap18 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 

19 of Congress and in accordance with the requirements of 

20 section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec21 retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 

22 Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart23 ments and other government agencies National Finance 

24 Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay25 roll, financial management, and human capital shared 


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1 services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 

2 technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in3 come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De4 partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex5 cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 

6 the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na7 tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 

8 more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 

9 of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve10 ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis11 trative, and information technology services, and other 

12 systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un13 foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen14 ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 

15 shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub16 mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro18 vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 

19 funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 

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

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

22 of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 

23 the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 

24 the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 

25 operations of the National Finance 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– 

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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, 2020, 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, 2020, 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 $2,900,000 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. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

23 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

24 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 


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

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

3 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi4 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

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

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

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

8 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

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

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

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

13 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 

14 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 

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

16 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

17 $2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 

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

19 funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 

20 that remain unobligated on October 1, 2019, such unobli21 gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2020 and 

22 shall remain available until expended for any of the three 

23 stated purposes of section 32, except that any such carry24 over funds used in accordance with clause (3) of section 

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1 gated until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written 

2 notification of the expenditures to the Committees on Ap3 propriations of both Houses of Congress at least two 

4 weeks in advance: Provided further, That, with the excep5 tion of any available carryover funds authorized in any 

6 prior appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of 

7 clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds appropriated 

8 or otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall 

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

10 of the Department of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) 

11 of section 32. 

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

13 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex14 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

16 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

17 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De18 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

19 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

20 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

21 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

22 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

23 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

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


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1 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

2 the fiscal year 2020 appropriations Act. 

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

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

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

7 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

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

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

15 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

16 (1) creates new programs; 

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

18 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

19 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

20 denied or restricted; 

21 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

23 or 

24 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

25 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 


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1 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the 

2 Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Sec3 retary of Health and Human Services (as the case may 

4 be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 

6 least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such 

7 funds or the use of such authority. 

8 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro9 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

10 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

11 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

12 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

14 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro15 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

16 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

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

18 that— 

19 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac20 tivities; 

21 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist22 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per23 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

24 (3) results from any general savings from a re25 duction in personnel which would result in a change 


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1 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap2 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri3 culture, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 

4 Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and 

5 Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in 

6 writing and receives approval from the Committees 

7 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 

8 least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or 

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

10 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the 

11 Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Sec12 retary of Health and Human Services shall notify in writ13 ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro14 priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 

15 any program or activity not carried out during the pre16 vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 

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

18 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro19 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

20 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

21 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

22 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

24 available for— 


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1 (1) modifying major capital investments fund2 ing levels, including information technology systems, 

3 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

4 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

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

6 whichever is less; 

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

8 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

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

10 with five or more personnel; or 

11 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

12 were not described in the budget request; unless the 

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

14 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

15 Congress at least 30 days in advance of using the 

16 funds for these purposes. 

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

18 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

19 Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis20 sion, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services re21 ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma23 tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec24 tion. 


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

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

3 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

4 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

5 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

6 portion of the loan. 

7 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

9 Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 

10 Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 

11 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re12 ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re13 sult of information requested for the appropriations hear14 ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non15 Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com16 modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 

17 Administration employee. 

18 SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

20 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre21 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

22 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti23 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

24 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

25 funded by that executive branch agency. 


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1 SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri2 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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

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

6 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

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

8 period of assignment. 

9 SEC. 722. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

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

11 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 

12 Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis13 sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra14 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

15 both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro16 gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 

17 under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 

18 in the report accompanying this Act. 

19 SEC. 723. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

20 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 

21 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

22 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $300,000,000 are hereby re23 scinded. 

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1 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re2 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec3 retary shall continue agreements with current inter4 mediary organizations and with additional qualified inter5 mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 

6 these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 

7 502 single family direct loan program in rural commu8 nities and shall set aside and make available from the na9 tional reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to 

10 support the work of such intermediaries and provide a pri11 ority for review of such loans. 

12 SEC. 725. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

13 require budget authority and the program level has been 

14 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

15 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran16 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

17 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec18 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria19 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad20 vance. 

21 SEC. 726. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

22 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec23 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

24 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria25 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 


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1 shall be available for obligation without written notifica2 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap3 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

4 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

5 obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 

6 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis7 trative, and information technology services of primary 

8 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

9 SEC. 727. None of the funds made available by this 

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

11 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc12 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As13 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

14 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 

15 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri16 culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 

17 fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed18 eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 

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

20 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num21 ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 

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

23 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 

24 items in each staple food category included in the final 

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1 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend2 ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard3 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple4 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 

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

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

7 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding section 343(a)(13)(C) of 

8 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, for 

9 the purpose of water and waste disposal guaranteed loans 

10 provided under paragraphs (1) and (24) of section 306(a) 

11 of such Act, the terms ‘‘rural’’ and ‘‘rural areas’’ mean 

12 a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population 

13 of no more than 20,000 inhabitants. 

14 SEC. 729. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro15 priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini16 tiative under subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, 

17 and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)) 

18 shall be made available without regard to section 1492 of 

19 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

20 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3371) under the 

21 matching requirements applicable to such Initiative (other 

22 than paragraph (9) of such subsection (b)) in effect on 

23 the day before the date of enactment of such section 1492. 

24 SEC. 730. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

25 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 


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1 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

2 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

3 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 

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

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

6 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

7 SEC. 731. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

10 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

11 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod12 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

13 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis14 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

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

16 allow or require such distribution. 

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

18 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl19 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves20 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 

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

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

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

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1 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec2 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 

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

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

5 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 

6 put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz7 ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require8 ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 

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

10 animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc11 tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by12 products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 

13 SEC. 734. Funds made available under title II of the 

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

15 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

16 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis17 trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 

18 received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 

19 food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap20 propriate purposes. 

21 SEC. 735. Notwithstanding 5 U.S.C.5315, the Ad22 ministrator for Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department 

23 of Agriculture, shall receive basic pay at a rate not to ex24 ceed the maximum amount of compensation payable to a 

25 member of the Senior Executive Service under subsection 


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1 (b) of section 5382 of title 5 United States Code, except 

2 that the certification requirement in that subsection shall 

3 not apply to the compensation of the Administrator. 

4 SEC. 736. For fiscal year 2018 and hereafter, the 

5 Secretary shall regulate products made from cells of ame6 nable species of livestock, as defined in the Federal Meat 

7 Inspection Act, or poultry, as defined in the Poultry Prod8 ucts Inspection act, grown under controlled conditions for 

9 use as human food, and shall issue regulations prescribing 

10 the type and frequency of inspection required for the man11 ufacture and processing of such products, as well as other 

12 requirements necessary to prevent the adulteration and 

13 misbranding of these products. 

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

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

16 through the Food and Nutrition Service, to commence any 

17 new research and evaluation projects until the Secretary 

18 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

19 Houses of Congress a research and evaluation plan for fis20 cal year 2019, prepared in coordination with the Research, 

21 Education, and Economics mission area of the Depart22 ment of Agriculture, and a period of 30 days beginning 

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

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1 SEC. 738. Section 4s(e)(4) of the Commodity Ex2 change Act (7 U.S.C. 6s(e)(4)) is amended— 

3 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘The require4 ments’’ ; and 

5 (2) by adding after and below the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(B) The initial margin requirements im8 posed by rules adopted pursuant to paragraphs 

9 (2)(A)(ii) and (2)(B)(ii) shall not apply to any 

10 swap in which— 

11 ‘‘(i) one counter party is a person in 

12 which the other counterparty, directly or 

13 indirectly, holds a majority ownership in14 terest; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) a third party, directly or indi16 rectly, holds a majority ownership interest 

17 in both counterparties.’’. 

18 SEC. 739. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

19 (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 

20 the following factors in the country or region being 

21 audited, as applicable— 

22 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 

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1 (C) livestock demographics and 

2 traceability; 

3 (D) epidemiological separation from poten4 tial sources of infection; 

5 (E) surveillance practices; 

6 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

7 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 

8 and 

9 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 

10 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 

11 to subsection (1). 

12 SEC. 740. No food that bears or contains partially 

13 hydrogenated oils (as defined in the order published by 

14 the Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Reg15 ister on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 34650 et seq.)) shall 

16 be considered to be adulterated within the meaning of sub17 section (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C)(i) of section 402 of the Federal 

18 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)) because 

19 such food contains such partially hydrogenated oils so long 

20 as such food is introduced or delivered for introduction 

21 into interstate commerce on or before June 18, 2018. 

22 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 

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

24 expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 

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1 newal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs 

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

3 testing. 

4 SEC. 742. There is appropriated $20,000,000 to the 

5 Commodity Credit Corporation, in addition to amounts 

6 otherwise made available, for section 1110(f)(3) of the 

7 Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o(f)(3)). 

8 SEC. 743. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

9 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis10 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

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

12 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

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

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

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

16 products used in the project are produced in the United 

17 States. 

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

19 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

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

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

22 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein23 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

24 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat25 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 


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

2 of the Secretary finds that— 

3 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon4 sistent with the public interest; 

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

6 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail7 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 

8 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro9 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

10 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

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

12 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des13 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 

14 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

15 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

16 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

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

18 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re19 quest and accompanying information available by elec20 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

21 site of the Department. 

22 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con23 sistent with United States obligations under international 

24 agreements. 


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

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

3 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac4 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub5 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re6 quirements of this section. 

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

8 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 

9 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

10 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re11 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

12 date of enactment of this Act. 

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

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

15 States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog16 nized Indian tribe. 

17 SEC. 744. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

18 or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro19 grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 

20 populations. 

21 SEC. 745. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

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1 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

2 1913. 

3 SEC. 746. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 

4 Institute for Food and Agriculture-Research and Edu5 cation Activities,’’ $14,000,000 for relocation expenses 

6 and for alteration and repair of leased buildings and im7 provements pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250. 

8 SEC. 747. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec9 retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 

10 information and subject to the same requirements applica11 ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

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

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

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

15 verify the income for individuals participating in sections 

16 502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

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

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

19 SEC. 748. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod21 ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 

22 Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 

23 under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 

25 Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 


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1 the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 

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

3 breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

4 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 

5 SEC. 749. In response to an eligible community where 

6 the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat7 ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 

8 drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po9 table water through the Emergency Community Water As10 sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 

11 not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro12 vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 

13 SEC. 750. Of the total amounts made available by 

14 this Act for direct loans and grants in the following head15 ings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance 

16 Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mu17 tual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 

18 Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 

19 Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 

20 Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 

21 Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera22 tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro23 gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 

24 Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 

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1 count’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Electrification 

2 and Telecommunications Loans Program Account’’; and 

3 ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, Telemedi4 cine, and Broadband Program’’, to the maximum extent 

5 feasible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated 

6 for assistance in persistent poverty counties under this 

7 section, including, notwithstanding any other provision re8 garding population limits, any county seat of such a per9 sistent poverty county that has a population that does not 

10 exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 

11 percent: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the 

12 term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 

13 has had 20 percent or more of its population living in pov14 erty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1980, 

15 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007–2011 

16 American Community Survey 5-year average: Provided 

17 further, That with respect to specific activities for which 

18 program levels have been made available by this Act that 

19 are not supported by budget authority, the requirements 

20 of this section shall be applied to such program level. 

21 SEC. 751. (a) No funds shall be used to finalize the 

22 proposed rule entitled ‘‘Eligibility of the People’s Republic 

23 of China (PRC) to Export to the United States Poultry 

24 Products from Birds Slaughtered in the PRC’’ published 

25 in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture 


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1 on June 16, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 27625), unless the Sec2 retary of Agriculture shall— 

3 (1) ensure that the poultry slaughter inspection 

4 system for the PRC is equivalent to that of the 

5 United States; 

6 (2) ensure that, before any poultry products 

7 can enter the United States from any such poultry 

8 plant, such poultry products comply with all other 

9 applicable requirements for poultry products in 

10 interstate commerce in the United States; 

11 (3) conduct periodic verification reviews and au12 dits of any such plants in the PRC intending to ex13 port into the United States processed poultry prod14 ucts; 

15 (4) conduct re-inspection of such poultry prod16 ucts at United States ports-of-entry to check the 

17 general condition of such products, for the proper 

18 certification and labeling of such products, and for 

19 any damage to such products that may have oc20 curred during transportation; and 

21 (5) ensure that shipments of any such poultry 

22 products selected to enter the United States are sub23 ject to additional re-inspection procedures at appro24 priate levels to verify that the products comply with 

25 relevant Federal regulations or standards, including 


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1 examinations for product defects and laboratory 

2 analyses to detect harmful chemical residues or 

3 pathogen testing appropriate for the products in4 volved. 

5 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con6 sistent with obligations of the United States under any 

7 trade agreement to which the United States is a party. 

8 SEC. 752. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 

10 to develop, issue, promote, or advance any regulations ap11 plicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium 

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

13 final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long 

14 term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the 

15 date on which a dietary reference intake report with re16 spect to sodium is completed. 

17 SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 

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

19 of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 

20 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 

21 of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 

22 to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre23 serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu24 nities. 


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1 SEC. 754. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 

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

3 $8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

4 for one-time control and management and associated ac5 tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 

6 citrus greening. 

7 SEC. 755. None of the funds made available by this 

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

9 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti10 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

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

12 published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu13 lation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of 

14 grape varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely 

15 for wine and receive commercial processing that ade16 quately reduces the presence of microorganisms of public 

17 health significance. 

18 SEC. 756. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to revoke an exception made— 

20 (1) pursuant to the rule entitled ‘‘Exceptions to 

21 Geographic Areas for Official Agencies Under the 

22 USGSA’’ published by the Department of Agri23 culture in the Federal Register on April 18, 2003 

24 (68 Fed. Reg. 19137, 19139); and 

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1 SEC. 757. For school year 2019–2020, only a school 

2 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 

3 school food service account as of December 31, 2018, shall 

4 be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accord5 ance with Section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell Na6 tional School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1760(p). 

7 SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

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

9 program for the National Institute of Food and Agri10 culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 

11 programs and services to establish and enhance farming 

12 and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 

13 SEC. 759. For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Utili14 ties Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and 

15 Broadband Program’’, $550,000,000, to remain available 

16 until expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct 

17 a broadband loan and grant pilot program under the Rural 

18 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.): Pro19 vided, That for the purpose of the pilot program, the au20 thorities provided in such Act shall include the authority 

21 to make grants for such purposes, as described in section 

22 601(a) of such Act: Provided further, That the cost of di23 rect loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That at 

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1 receiving a loan or grant under the pilot program shall 

2 be in a rural area without sufficient access to broadband, 

3 defined for this pilot program as 10 Mbps downstream, 

4 and 1 Mbps upstream, which shall be reevaluated and re5 determined, as necessary, on an annual basis by the Sec6 retary of Agriculture: Provided further, That an entity to 

7 which a loan or grant is made under the pilot program 

8 shall not use the loan or grant to overbuild or duplicate 

9 broadband expansion efforts made by any entity that has 

10 received a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities Service: 

11 Provided further, That in addition to other available funds, 

12 not more than four percent of the funds can be used for 

13 administrative costs to carry out this pilot program and 

14 up to three percent may be utilized for technical assistance 

15 and pre-development planning activities to support the 

16 most rural communities, which shall be transferred to and 

17 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, 

18 Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided further, That the Rural 

19 Utility Service is directed to expedite program delivery 

20 methods that would implement this section: Provided fur21 ther, That for purposes of this section, the Secretary shall 

22 adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assess23 ment requirements set forth in sections 6104(a)(2)(D) 

24 and 6104(a)(2)(E) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 

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1 SEC. 760. Section 202 of H.R. 238, One Hundred 

2 Fifteenth Congress, as passed by the House of Represent3 atives on January 12, 2017, is hereby enacted into law. 

4 SEC. 761. With the exception of funds needed to ad5 minister, complete, and conduct oversight of contracts 

6 awarded and obligations incurred prior to enactment of 

7 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

9 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

10 the Biomass Crop Assistance Program authorized by sec11 tion 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

12 of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111). 

13 SEC. 762. Not later than July 31, 2019, the Sec14 retary of Health and Human Services shall finalize the 

15 draft guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Bacterial Risk Con16 trol Strategies for Blood Collection Establishments and 

17 Transfusion Services to Enhance the Safety and Avail18 ability of Platelets for Transfusion’’ issued by the Food 

19 and Drug Administration in March of 2016. 

20 SEC. 763. Not later than 180 days after the date of 

21 the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture 

22 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of both Houses of Congress that includes a summary of 

24 the process used in establishing the 2020-2025 Dietary 

25 Guidelines for Americans published pursuant to section 


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1 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Re2 search Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341) and an explanation 

3 with respect to the decision to incorporate or exclude in 

4 such Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations 

5 from the report by the National Academies of Science, En6 gineering, and Medicine entitled ‘‘Redesigning the Process 

7 for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans’’ 

8 and issued September, 2017. 

9 SEC. 764. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act shall be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

11 final rule entitled ‘‘Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutri12 tion and Supplement Facts Labels’’, published in the Fed13 eral Register on May 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 33742) to 

14 the extent such rule requires that the nutrition facts panel 

15 on the labeling of a single-ingredient food that does not 

16 have any sugars or sweeteners added to the food, such 

17 as honey and maple syrup, include a statement that the 

18 food contains added sugars. 

19 SEC. 765. Paragraph (4) of section 1444(a) of the 

20 National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 

21 Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221 (a)) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘No more than’’ and inserting 

23 the following: ‘‘For fiscal years ending on or before 

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘by an institution’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘by an eligible institution under this section’’; 

3 and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following new sen5 tence: ‘‘For fiscal years beginning on or after Octo6 ber 1, 2018, the limitation specified in the preceding 

7 sentence shall not apply and 100 percent of such 

8 funds may be carried forward to the succeeding fis9 cal year.’’ 

10 SEC. 766. The establishment of any affirmative dis11 closure requirements relating to the genetic engineering 

12 of salmon or other finfish, or foods containing genetically 

13 engineered salmon or other finfish shall be made in ac14 cordance with the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure 

15 Standard (7 U.S.C. 1639) and any rules or regulations 

16 implementing that Act as promulgated by the Secretary 

17 of Agriculture. 

18 SEC. 767. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to implement or enforce the matter fol20 lowing the first comma in the second sentence of footnote 

21 (c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula22 tions, with respect to the substitution of vegetables for 

23 fruits under the school breakfast program established 

24 under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

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1 SEC. 768. Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

2 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018) is amended by adding at the end 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘(i) NONDISCLOSURE.—Any supplemental nutrition 

5 assistance program transaction data that contains infor6 mation specific to a retail food store, a retail food store 

7 location, a person, or other entity shall be exempt from 

8 the disclosure requirements of section 552(a) of title 5 of 

9 the United States Code pursuant to section 552(b)(3) of 

10 title 5 of the United States Code.’’. 

11 SEC. 769. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act or any other Act with re13 spect to any fiscal year may be used to implement, admin14 ister, or enforce the final rule with the regulation identifier 

15 number 0910–AG38 published by the Food and Drug Ad16 ministration in the Federal Register on May 10, 2016 (81 

17 Fed. Reg. 28974) with respect to traditional large and 

18 premium cigars. For the purposes of this section, the term 

19 ‘‘traditional large and premium cigar’’ means— 

20 (a) any roll of tobacco that is wrapped in 100 percent 

21 leaf tobacco, is bunched with 100 percent tobacco filler, 

22 contains no filter, tip, or non-tobacco mouthpiece, weighs 

23 at least 6 pounds per 1,000 count, and— 

24 (1) has a 100 percent leaf tobacco binder and 

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1 (2) has a 100 percent leaf tobacco binder and 

2 is made using human hands to lay the leaf tobacco 

3 wrapper or binder onto only one machine that 

4 bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; or 

5 (3) has a homogenized tobacco leaf binder and 

6 is made in the United States using human hands to 

7 lay each 100 percent leaf tobacco wrapper individ8 ually onto a single machine that bunches, wraps, 

9 and caps each individual cigar on such single ma10 chine and makes no more than 15 cigars per minute; 

11 and 

12 (b) is not a cigarette or a little cigar (as such terms 

13 are defined in paragraphs (3) and (11), respectively, of 

14 section 900 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

15 (21 U.S.C. 387)). 

16 SEC. 770. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this Act or any other Act with re18 spect to any fiscal year may, for cigars and pipe tobacco, 

19 and components and parts thereof, which the Secretary 

20 of Health and Human Services by regulation under section 

21 901(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

22 U.S.C. 387a(b)) deems to be subject to chapter IX of such 

23 Act, be used to treat any reference in sections 905(j) or 

24 910(a) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 387e(j), 387j(a)) to Feb25 ruary 15, 2007, as other than a reference to April 25, 


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1 2014, the date of the regulation under which tobacco prod2 ucts were proposed to be deemed subject to the require3 ments of such chapter pursuant to section 901(b) of such 

4 Act (21 U.S.C. 387a(b)). 

5 SEC. 771. (a) Section 905(j)(1)(A)(i) of the Federal 

6 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

7 387e(j)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or to a tobacco 

8 product subject to an order that the Secretary has issued 

9 to such person under subsection (c)(1)(A)(i) of section 

10 910,’’ after ‘‘as of February 15, 2007,’’. 

11 (b) Section 910(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the Federal Food, 

12 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387j(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)) 

13 is amended by inserting ‘‘, or to a tobacco product subject 

14 to an order that the Secretary has issued to such person 

15 under subsection (c)(1)(A)(i)’’ after ‘‘as of February 15, 

16 2007’’. 

17 SEC. 772. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

18 of law, not later than 21 months after the date of enact19 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 

20 Services shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to es21 tablish a product standard for vapor products pursuant 

22 to section 907 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

23 Act (21 U.S.C. 387g) to include but not be limited to— 

24 (1) characterizing flavors; and 

25 (2) batteries. 


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1 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 

2 later than 36 months after the date of enactment of this 

3 Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a final rule pursuant 

4 to such notice. 

5 SEC. 773. (a) A vapor product shall be deemed to 

6 be misbranded under section 903(a) of the Federal Food, 

7 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387c(a)) if the adver8 tising with respect to the vapor product is disseminated 

9 by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer of the product 

10 in a newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other publication 

11 (including any publication of periodic or limited distribu12 tion) other than an adult publication. 

13 (b)(1) A retailer may only sell any vapor product in 

14 a direct face-to-face exchange without the assistance of 

15 any electronic or mechanical device (such as a vending ma16 chine). 

17 (2) This subsection shall not apply with respect to 

18 sales of vapor products conducted through— 

19 (A) mail-order; or 

20 (B) a vending machine or self-service display if, 

21 with respect to the facility in which such vending 

22 machine or display is located, the retailer of such 

23 products ensures that no person under 18 years of 

24 age is present or permitted to enter. 


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1 (3) A violation of this section is deemed to constitute 

2 a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

3 relating to a tobacco product for purposes of section 

4 303(f)(9) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 333(f)(9)). 

5 (c)(1) Not later than 12 months after the date of en6 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 

7 Services shall promulgate final regulations to require that 

8 the labeling of vapor products contain— 

9 (A) the phrase ‘‘Keep Out of Reach of Chil10 dren’’; 

11 (B) the phrase ‘‘Underage Sale Prohibited’’; 

12 and 

13 (C) an accurate statement of the nicotine con14 tent of the vapor product. 

15 (2) A vapor product whose label is in violation of the 

16 regulations required by paragraph (1) is deemed to be mis17 branded under section 903 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

18 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387c). 

19 (d)(1) Every person who owns or operates an estab20 lishment in any State engaged in the retail sale of a vapor 

21 product shall register that establishment with the Sec22 retary of Health and Human Services within the later of 

23 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, or 30 

24 days after first engaging in such retail sale. 


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1 (2) The requirements of this subsection do not apply 

2 with respect to any establishment subject to an active reg3 istration under— 

4 (A) any State law relating to tobacco products; 

5 or 

6 (B) section 905 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

7 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387e). 

8 (3) The Secretary shall make available for inspection, 

9 to any person so requesting, any registration filed under 

10 this section. 

11 (e) In this section: 

12 (1) The term ‘‘adult publication’’ means any 

13 newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other publica14 tion— 

15 (A) whose readers younger than 18 years 

16 of age constitute 15 percent or less of the total 

17 readership as measured by competent and reli18 able survey evidence; and 

19 (B) that is read by fewer than 2 million 

20 persons younger than 18 years of age as meas21 ured by competent and reliable survey evidence. 

22 (2) The terms ‘‘label’’ and ‘‘labeling’’ have the 

23 meanings given to such terms in section 201 of the 

24 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

25 321). 


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1 (3) The term ‘‘tobacco product’’ has the mean2 ing given to such term in section 201 of the Federal 

3 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

4 (4) The term ‘‘vapor product’’— 

5 (A) means any non-combustible product 

6 that employs a heating element, power source, 

7 electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, 

8 or mechanical means, regardless of shape or 

9 size, to produce vapor from nicotine in a solu10 tion or other form; 

11 (B) includes any electronic cigarette, elec12 tronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, 

13 or similar product or device, and any vapor car14 tridge or other container of nicotine in a solu15 tion or other form; and 

16 (C) does not include any product regulated 

17 as a drug or device by the Food and Drug Ad18 ministration under chapter V of the Federal 

19 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351 

20 et seq.). 

21 SEC. 774. Section 1043 of the Pro-Children Act of 

22 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6083) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘smoking’’ each place it appears 

24 in subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting ‘‘smok25 ing or use of vapor products’’; and 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘smoking’’ each place it appears 

2 in subsection (e) and inserting ‘‘smoking or vapor 

3 product’’. 

4 SEC. 775. Section 906(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

5 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387f(d)) is amended by 

6 striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(4) AGE VERIFICATION FOR REMOTE SALES.— 

8 A delivery seller of vapor products— 

9 ‘‘(A) shall not sell, deliver, or cause to be 

10 delivered any vapor products to a person under 

11 the minimum age required for the legal sale or 

12 purchase of vapor products, as determined by 

13 the applicable law at the place of delivery; and 

14 ‘‘(B) shall not accept a delivery sale order 

15 from a person without— 

16 ‘‘(i) obtaining the full name, birth 

17 date, and residential address of that per18 son; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) verifying the information pro20 vided in clause (i), through the use of a 

21 commercially available database or aggre22 gate of databases, consisting primarily of 

23 data from government sources, that are 

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1 verification and authentication, to ensure 

2 that the purchaser is at least the minimum 

3 age required for the legal sale or purchase 

4 of vapor products, as determined by the 

5 applicable law at the place of delivery. 

6 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—No database being 

7 used for age and identity verification under 

8 subparagraph (B)(ii) shall be in the possession 

9 or under the control of the delivery seller, or be 

10 subject to any changes or supplementation by 

11 the delivery seller. 

12 ‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(i) The term ‘delivery sale’ means a 

14 sale of vapor products in which— 

15 ‘‘(I) the consumer submits the 

16 order for the sale by means of a tele17 phone or other method of voice trans18 mission, the mails, or the Internet or 

19 other online service, or the seller is 

20 otherwise not in the physical presence 

21 of the buyer when the request for pur22 chase or order is made; or 

23 ‘‘(II) the vapor products are de24 livered to the buyer by common car25 rier, private delivery service, or other 


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1 method of remote delivery, or the sell2 er is not in the physical presence of 

3 the buyer when the buyer obtains pos4 session of the vapor products. 

5 ‘‘(ii) The term ‘delivery seller’ means 

6 a person who makes a delivery sale, or pro7 vides an online marketplace to facilitate a 

8 delivery sale. 

9 ‘‘(iii) The term ‘online marketplace’ 

10 means an online portal or other digital or 

11 similar platform that facilitates the sale of 

12 products to consumers, through retail sale, 

13 auction, or similar transactions.’’. 

14 SEC. 776. Not later than 180 days after the date of 

15 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 

16 Human Services shall submit a report to the Committees 

17 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, the Com18 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

19 Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

20 the House of Representatives, that includes a plan of ac21 tion with respect to the development and operation of the 

22 Youth Vapor Product Education, Prevention, and En23 forcement Program. 

24 SEC. 777. (a) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

25 shall conduct a study on preventing the use of electronic 


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1 nicotine delivery systems (referred to in this section as 

2 ‘‘ENDS’’) by youth. Such study shall include an analysis 

3 of— 

4 (1) the potential costs and benefits of using, and re5 quiring the use of, biometric security measures in 

6 ENDS— 

7 (A) during premarket development; 

8 (B) at the time of sale; and 

9 (C) during postmarket use; 

10 (2) the effectiveness of such biometric security meas11 ures in preventing usage by youth of ENDS; 

12 (3) the potential costs and benefits of requiring such 

13 biometric security measures for sales of ENDS made 

14 through mail delivery and via the Internet; and 

15 (4) alternative technologies that may assist in pre16 venting usage by youth of ENDS. 

17 (b) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall pro18 vide a report on the results of the study under subsection 

19 (a) to the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 

20 of Congress not later than 180 days after the date of en21 actment of this Act. 

22 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

23 SEC. 778. $0. 


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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 

2 Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re3 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 545 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5961 

[Report No. 115–706] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

MAY 24, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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