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Calendar No. 438 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2976 

[Report No. 115–259] 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2018 

Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
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1 ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, 

2 namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

9 $46,532,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

10 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

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

12 Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development: Pro13 vided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 

14 in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and 

15 expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 

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

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

18 exceed $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Part19 nerships and Public Engagement; not to exceed 

20 $23,105,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist21 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,301,000 

22 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro23 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv24 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis25 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis-
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1 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 

2 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 

3 the Department: Provided further, That funds made avail4 able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mis5 sion area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 

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

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

8 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 

9 out the programs funded by this Act, including programs 

10 involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 

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

12 available for the Office of Communications: Provided fur13 ther, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 

14 transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 

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

16 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 

17 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per18 cent: Provided further, That not to exceed $11,000 of the 

19 amount made available under this paragraph for the im20 mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi21 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

22 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 

23 further, That the amount made available under this head24 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 

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

2 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 

3 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 

4 Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 

5 to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 

6 this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro7 vided further, That no funds made available under this 

8 heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres9 sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 

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

11 notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

12 of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 

13 agency. 

14 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

15 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

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

18 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

19 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

20 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

22 Appeals, $15,222,000. 

23 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

25 Program Analysis, $9,525,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

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

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

6 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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

9 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

10 RIGHTS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

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

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

14 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

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

17 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

19 $24,206,000. 

20 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

24 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis25 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
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1 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

3 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

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

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

10 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

18 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

19 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

20 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

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

22 lands. 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

25 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
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1 General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 

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

3 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

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

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

7 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 

8 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 

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

11 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 

12 (Public Law 97–98). 

13 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

15 Counsel, $45,146,000. 

16 OFFICE OF ETHICS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

18 $4,136,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

20 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

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

24 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco25 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
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1 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

2 the Office. 

3 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

5 Service, $86,757,000. 

6 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

7 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

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

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

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

13 2204g(d) and (f). 

14 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

19 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

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

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

25 the science program at the National Bio- and Agro-de-
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1 fense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas; and of which 

2 not less than $7,000,000 shall be available for purposes 

3 of entering into a management, operations, and research 

4 support contract to expedite the hiring of a capable work5 force for the commissioning of the Central Utility Plant 

6 and in support of operations and management of the Na7 tional Bio- and Agro-defense Facility: Provided, That ap8 propriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

9 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

10 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

11 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

13 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro14 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

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

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

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

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

21 year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace22 ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 

23 greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

24 shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 

25 Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 
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1 of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by 

2 the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 

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

4 and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re5 moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

6 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter7 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza8 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 

9 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here10 under shall be available for granting easements at the 

11 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 

12 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace13 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 

14 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro15 priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease16 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 

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

18 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re19 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

20 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

22 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

24 may be received from any State, other political subdivi25 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
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1 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

2 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

3 by law. 

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

5 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

6 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

7 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

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

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

10 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

11 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

13 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capac14 ity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 

15 agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medi16 cine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fel17 lowship and institution challenge grants, and grants man18 agement systems shall remain available until expended: 

19 Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 

20 funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less 

21 than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for edu22 cation grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian23 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

24 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

25 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha-
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1 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 

2 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

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

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

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

6 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 

7 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Ag8 riculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec9 retary in carrying out that authority. 

10 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

11 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

14 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

15 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

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

18 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci19 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

20 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom21 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im22 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

23 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

24 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex25 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 
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1 That funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) 

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

3 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail4 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

5 extension agents. 

6 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

7 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

8 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex9 penses, $38,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

10 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In11 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

12 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

13 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re14 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, 

15 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 

16 costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple17 mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 

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

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

20 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

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

24 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro25 grams 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 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

8 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

10 $1,000,493,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 

11 until expended, shall be available for the control of out12 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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

14 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

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

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

17 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

18 zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

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

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

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

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

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

25 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 
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1 which $178,170,000, to remain available until expended, 

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

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

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

5 remain available until expended, shall be for zoonotic dis6 ease management; of which $41,466,000, to remain avail7 able until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness 

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

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

10 $5,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

11 for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 

12 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

13 for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 

14 $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

15 for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 

16 safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this 

17 heading for wildlife services methods development, 

18 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro19 vided further, That of amounts available under this head20 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

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

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

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

24 Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, 

25 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 
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1 a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 

2 year that does not require minimum matching by the 

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

4 appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

5 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

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

7 further, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten 

8 any segment of the agricultural production industry of the 

9 United States, the Secretary may transfer from other ap10 propriations or funds available to the agencies or corpora11 tions of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec12 essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 

13 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

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

15 in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani16 mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 

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

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

19 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre20 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

21 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

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

23 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve24 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 

25 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
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1 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build2 ing. 

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

4 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist5 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

6 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

7 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

11 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail12 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

13 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte16 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al17 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

19 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail20 able until expended. 

21 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

22 MARKETING SERVICES

23 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

24 Service, $155,845,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be avail25 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 
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1 79: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 

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

3 repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al4 tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 

5 exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 

6 building. 

7 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

9 U.S.C. 9701). 

10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

12 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra13 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

15 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

16 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

17 Congress. 

18 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

19 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au22 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com23 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

25 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 
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1 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans2 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 

3 $20,489,000 for formulation and administration of mar4 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 

5 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 

6 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 

7 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

8 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

9 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

10 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul11 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

12 $1,235,000. 

13 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

14 EXPENSES

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

16 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

17 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac18 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

19 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

20 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com21 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

22 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

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

25 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 
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1 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

2 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of3 fice. 

4 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses to carry out services author6 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

7 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

9 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

11 $1,049,344,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred12 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab13 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

14 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

15 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

16 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

17 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

19 be employed during fiscal year 2019 for purposes dedi20 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

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

22 seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec23 tion Service shall continue implementation of section 

24 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the 

25 amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 
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1 79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

2 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter3 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 

4 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

5 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

6 value of the building. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM

5 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 

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

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

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

13 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS

14 CENTER

15 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

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

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

18 amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant 

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

21 to and merged with this account. 
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1 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

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

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

7 information technology related to farm program delivery, 

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

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

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

15 the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 

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

17 lifecycle cost, including estimates for development as well 

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

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

20 (a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information 

21 Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance 

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

25 has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Of-
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1 fice and approved by the Committees on Appropriations 

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

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

7 current performance against key indicators of customer 

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

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

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

13 of whether the investment continues to meet business 

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

15 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use 

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

17 of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program 

18 payments for all programs administered by the Agency: 

19 Provided further, That other funds made available to the 

20 Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 

21 merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 

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

24 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

25 to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 

2 Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based 

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

4 employees without prior notification and approval of the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con6 gress. 

7 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

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

10 5106), $3,904,000. 

11 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

13 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

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

16 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

19 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

20 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

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

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

25 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
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1 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

2 12). 

3 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 
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1 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

2 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

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

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

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

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

8 remain available until expended. 

9 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

10 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

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

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

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

16 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

17 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

18 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

19 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro20 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

21 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad22 vance of any transfer. 
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1 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

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

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

7 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

8 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

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

18 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

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

25 $879,107,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2020: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

3 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

4 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

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

7 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

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

10 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

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

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

13 for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary 

14 purpose of providing water to rural communities. 

15 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

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

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

25 prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the water-
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1 shed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty 

2 thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken 

3 shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary 

4 purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land 

5 treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 

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

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

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

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

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

16 stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion 

17 and sediment transport. 

18 CORPORATIONS 

19 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

20 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

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

23 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

24 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

25 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 
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1 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 

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

4 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

5 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

8 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

9 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com23 modity Credit Corporation business. 
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1 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

2 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

3 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

5 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

6 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

7 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

9 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

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

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

3 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis7 tration and implementation of Rural Development pro8 grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 

9 development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 

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

11 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

12 appropriated under this heading may be used for adver13 tising and promotional activities that support Rural Devel14 opment programs: Provided further, That in addition to 

15 any other funds appropriated for purposes authorized by 

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

17 1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section will 

18 immediately be credited to this account and will remain 

19 available until expended for such purposes. 

20 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

21 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di24 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

25 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 
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1 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,100,000,000 

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

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

4 504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515 

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

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

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

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

9 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

10 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

13 502 loans, $53,900,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

14 504 housing repair loans, $3,419,000; section 523 self15 help housing land development loans, $431,000; section 

16 524 site development loans, $176,000; and repair, reha17 bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 

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

19 program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 

20 available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 

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

22 guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Re23 form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 

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

25 That applicants in communities that have a current rural 
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1 area waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 

2 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural 

3 area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans pro4 vided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 

5 amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 

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

7 direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur8 suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 

9 housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 

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

11 the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incen12 tives to nonprofit organizations and public housing au13 thorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 

14 Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such 

15 nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities 

16 that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi17 family housing program for a period of time as determined 

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

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

20 and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest21 ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low 

22 income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 

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

24 invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza25 tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re-
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1 ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 

2 per property. 

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

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

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

6 $14,281,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

7 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

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

11 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

12 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

13 $412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

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

16 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

17 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re18 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

19 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 

20 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house21 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous22 ing Act of 1949, $1,331,400,000, of which $40,000,000 

23 shall be available until September 30, 2020; and in addi24 tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec25 tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 
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1 fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 

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

3 assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the 

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

5 Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain6 ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans7 ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; main8 tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 

9 preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 

10 under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as11 sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 

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

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

14 not be recaptured for use in another project until such 

15 assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 con16 secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten17 ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as18 sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist19 ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist20 ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 

21 farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 

22 section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That ex23 cept as provided in the third proviso under this heading 

24 and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 

25 Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 
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1 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2019 for a 

2 project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 

3 rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur4 rent needs. 

5 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

8 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not9 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi10 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 

11 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous12 ing properties described in this paragraph, $50,000,000, 

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

14 funds made available under this heading, $26,000,000, 

15 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low16 income household (including those not receiving rental as17 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

18 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

19 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

20 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 

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

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

23 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap24 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

25 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 
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1 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid2 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

3 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

4 Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de5 termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 

6 this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec7 retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 

8 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 

9 rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro10 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

11 heading, $24,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra12 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

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

14 properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

15 housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex16 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi17 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

18 providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi19 dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 

20 interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 

21 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

22 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

23 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in24 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

25 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 
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1 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

2 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

3 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

4 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

5 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra6 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur7 ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 

8 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 

9 program similar to the demonstration program described 

10 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 

11 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

12 out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro14 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

15 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

16 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

17 under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi18 ties funded under this heading. 

19 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

20 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

21 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

22 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

24 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

25 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 
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1 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 

2 $40,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di6 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

8 Farm and Rural Development Act, $3,000,000,000 for di9 rect loans and $148,287,000 for guaranteed loans. 

10 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 

11 of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con12 gressional Budget Act of 1974, $4,285,000, to remain 

13 available until expended. 

14 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

15 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

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

18 expended: Provided, That $6,000,000 of the amount ap19 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

20 Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur21 ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 

22 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

23 housing and community development organizations, low24 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na25 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 
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1 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

2 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

3 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri4 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro5 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

6 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga7 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

8 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

9 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

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

11 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

12 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco13 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per14 cent for administration and capacity building in the State 

15 rural development offices: Provided further, That 

16 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head17 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

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

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

20 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

21 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

22 heading. 
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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, $69,619,000, 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 $8,000,000 

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

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

16 Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa17 lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 

18 for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 

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

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

21 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 

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

23 under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 

24 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

25 $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 
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1 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

2 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 

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

4 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

5 funds made available under this heading. 

6 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author9 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac10 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

11 For the cost of direct loans, $4,157,000, as author12 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac13 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $557,000 shall be avail14 able through June 30, 2019, for Federally Recognized Na15 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be 

16 available through June 30, 2019, for Mississippi Delta Re17 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

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

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

20 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

21 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

23 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop24 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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1 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author4 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

5 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

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

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), $30,050,000, of 

15 which $3,750,000 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 $17,500,000, 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 $2,500,000 shall be for Agri3 culture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 

4 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), $338,000: 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, $558,183,000, 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 $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

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

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

4 this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 

5 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop6 ment Act in addition to funding authorized by section 

7 306A(i)(1) of such Act and such grants may not exceed 

8 $1,000,000 notwithstanding section 306A(f)(1) of such 

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

10 appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and 

11 grants including water and waste disposal systems grants 

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

13 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 

14 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes authorized 

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

16 provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

17 Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium 

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

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

20 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

21 Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the 

22 State of Alaska for training and technical assistance pro23 grams and not more than 2 percent of the funding pro24 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

25 Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 
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1 formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for 

2 training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur3 ther, That not to exceed $40,000,000 of the amount ap4 propriated under this heading shall be for technical assist5 ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 

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

7 makes a determination of extreme need, of which 

8 $8,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a quali9 fied nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance or10 ganization, with experience in working with small commu11 nities on water and waste water problems, the principal 

12 purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities 

13 with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the plan14 ning, financing, development, operation, and management 

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

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

17 American organization to provide technical assistance for 

18 rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur19 ther, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount ap20 propriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 

21 qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 

22 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 

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

24 for solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 

25 $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
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1 ing shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural 

2 Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to 

3 provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural 

4 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided fur5 ther, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost 

6 grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrifica7 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to 

8 and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 

9 Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sections 

10 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

11 Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 

12 available under this heading. 

13 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

14 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

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

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

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

20 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 

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

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

23 rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural tele24 communications loans, and for loans made pursuant to 

25 section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 
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1 $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall 

2 be used for the construction, acquisition, design and engi3 neering or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 

4 plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sub5 surface utilization and storage systems. 

6 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

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

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

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

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

11 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

12 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

13 $33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

14 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

15 and Expenses’’. 

16 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

17 PROGRAM

18 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni19 cation loans, $29,851,000. 

20 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

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

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

24 grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 

25 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 
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1 provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the 

2 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 

3 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri4 teria for a consortium as established by this section. 

5 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

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

7 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

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

9 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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

11 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

12 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

13 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

14 U.S.C. 950aaa. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

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

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

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

11 the Office. 

12 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

13 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

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

19 21; $23,184,012,000 to remain available through Sep20 tember 30, 2020, of which such sums as are made avail21 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

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

25 Provided, That of the total amount available, $17,004,000 
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1 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu2 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

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

4 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 

5 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

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

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

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

11 $28,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 

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

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

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

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

17 ‘‘2010 through 2019’’: Provided further, That section 

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

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sen20 tence by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘for 

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

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

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

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

25 year 2019’’. 
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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

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

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

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

7 30, 2020, of which $25,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, 

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

9 Secretary deemed necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) 

10 of such Act, to support participation should cost or partici11 pation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That notwith12 standing section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 

13 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less than $60,000,000 

14 shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other 

15 related activities, and $19,000,000 shall be used for infra16 structure, of which $5,000,000 shall be for competitive 

17 grants to promote breastfeeding and improved nutritional 

18 health through technologies and services, including tele19 medicine: Provided further, That none of the funds pro20 vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 

21 of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con22 tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 

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

24 the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 

25 not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart-
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1 ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 

2 Act: Provided further, That upon termination of a feder3 ally mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms 

4 and conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary 

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

6 request of a State agency. 

7 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

10 $73,219,274,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

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

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

13 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

14 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

15 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

18 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

19 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

20 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

21 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

22 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re23 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

24 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re25 main available through September 30, 2020: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

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

3 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 

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

5 of the funds made available under this heading may be 

6 obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 

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

8 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

9 heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 

10 staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi11 ties related to program integrity provided that such activi12 ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

13 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist15 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

16 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con17 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

18 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist19 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec20 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend21 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm22 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

23 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $322,139,000, 

24 to remain available through September 30, 2020: Pro25 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-
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1 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

2 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith3 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

4 made available in fiscal year 2019 to support the Seniors 

5 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

6 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

7 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

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

9 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri10 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

11 use up to 15 percent for costs associated with the distribu12 tion of commodities. 

13 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

15 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri16 tion assistance program, $164,688,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

19 amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

5 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 

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

9 Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 

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

12 the Office. 

13 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

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

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

17 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

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

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

24 $212,230,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re25 main available until September 30, 2020, for overseas op-
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1 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 

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

3 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 

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

10 for middle-income country training programs, funds made 

11 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 

12 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 

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

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

18 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

19 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

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

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

24 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

25 for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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1 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

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

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

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

8 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

9 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

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

17 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 

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

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

21 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 1726c). 
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

2 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

11 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

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

14 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

5 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

9 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

11 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

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

14 amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 

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

7 shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 

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

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

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

12 to this account and remain available until expended; 

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

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

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

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

21 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 

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

24 new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 

25 year 2019 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred-
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1 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

2 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 

3 medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

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

6 collected prior to fiscal year 2019 but credited for fiscal 

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

9 payment during fiscal year 2019 of user fees specified 

10 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2020, 

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

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

14 included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 

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

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

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

19 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

20 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 

21 $1,720,807,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua22 tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 

23 of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $369,857,000 shall be for the 

24 Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for re25 lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
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1 (4) $216,914,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 

2 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 

3 Regulatory Affairs; (5) $495,988,000 shall be for the Cen4 ter for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 

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

6 $65,531,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi7 cological Research; (7) $662,043,000 shall be for the Cen8 ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

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

10 $174,751,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 

11 which $50,987,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 

12 than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis13 tration for rent; (9) not to exceed $240,887,000 shall be 

14 for payments to the General Services Administration for 

15 rent; and (10) $420,206,000 shall be for other activities, 

16 including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and 

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

18 Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of 

19 Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, 

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

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

22 of this amount shall be for official reception and represen23 tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 

24 by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer 

25 of funds pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, 
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1 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only 

2 be from amounts made available under this heading for 

3 other activities: Provided further, That of the amounts 

4 that are made available under this heading for ‘‘other ac5 tivities’’, and that are not derived from user fees, 

6 $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

7 appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

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

9 programs and operations of the Food and Drug Adminis10 tration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 

11 available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administra12 tion: Provided further, That funds may be transferred 

13 from one specified activity to another with the prior ap14 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

15 Houses of Congress. 

16 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

17 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

19 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

20 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro21 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

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

23 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

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

25 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 
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1 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 

2 by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure pri3 ority review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

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

5 available until expended. 

6 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

7 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten8 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip9 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin10 istration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to 

11 remain available until expended. 

12 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de14 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

15 Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur16 poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

17 $70,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 

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

20 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans21 ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 

22 be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

23 to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 

24 Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala25 ries and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in 
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1 such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by 

2 the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the 

3 previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro4 vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the ac5 count: Provided further, That such transfer authority is 

6 in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

7 law. 

8 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

9 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

11 Not to exceed $74,600,000 (from assessments col12 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

13 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

14 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

16 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re17 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

19 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con20 gress. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

8 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

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

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

12 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

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

15 public safety. 

16 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

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

25 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re-
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1 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

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

3 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

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

6 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

7 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

8 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

10 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

11 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

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

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

17 the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to 

18 the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available 

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

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

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

25 of Congress and in accordance with the requirements of 
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1 section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec2 retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 

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

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

7 services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 

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

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

14 more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 

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

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

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

25 funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 
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1 shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by 

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

3 of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 

4 the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 

5 the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 

6 operations of the National Finance Center. 

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

8 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

9 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

11 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

12 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

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

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

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

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

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

24 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

25 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
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1 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop2 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica3 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

4 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

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

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

12 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

13 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

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

16 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

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

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

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

24 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 

25 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
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1 projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 

2 based upon the performance of an agency measured 

3 against the performance plan requirements described in 

4 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 

5 235. 

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

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

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

10 year. 

11 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

13 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

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

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

16 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

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

19 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

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

22 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 

23 remain available through September 30, 2020, for infor24 mation technology expenses: Provided, That except as oth25 erwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances 
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1 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex2 penses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area 

3 shall remain available through September 30, 2020, for 

4 information technology expenses. 

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

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

8 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

9 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

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

13 of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 

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

15 to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 

16 Corporation— 

17 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

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

20 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

21 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

22 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

25 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
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1 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

2 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

3 in such section. 

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

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

6 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

7 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

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

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

13 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 

14 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

15 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

16 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

17 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

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

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

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

23 U.S.C. 638). 

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

25 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
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1 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

2 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

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

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

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

15 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 

16 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 

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

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

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

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

21 funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 

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

24 shall remain available until expended for any of the pur25 poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 
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1 used in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not 

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

3 Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 

4 the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of 

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

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

7 carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 

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

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

11 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 

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

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

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

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

17 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

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

20 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

21 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

22 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

23 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

24 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

25 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, or the Secretary of 

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

3 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

5 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or 

6 the use of such authority. 

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

9 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

10 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

11 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

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

15 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

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

17 that— 

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

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

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

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

6 in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such 

7 funds or the use of such authority. 

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

9 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 

10 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 

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

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

14 or specifically funded by any other Act. 

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

17 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

18 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

19 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

21 available for— 

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

24 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

25 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 
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1 excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 

2 whichever is less; 

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

4 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

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

6 with five or more personnel; or 

7 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

8 were not described in the budget request; unless the 

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

10 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

11 Congress at least 30 days in advance of using the 

12 funds for these purposes. 

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

14 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 

15 the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 

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

18 the notification as required in this section. 

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

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

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

22 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

23 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

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

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

5 available reports, questions, or responses to questions that 

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

9 or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 

10 SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

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

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

16 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

17 funded by that executive branch agency. 

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

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

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

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

23 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

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

25 period of assignment. 
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1 SEC. 722. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 

2 for a pilot program to provide competitive grants to State 

3 departments of agriculture, State cooperative extension 

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

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

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

8 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and 

9 the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 

10 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, 

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

13 this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in 

14 the report accompanying this Act. 

15 SEC. 724. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

16 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 

17 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

18 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $400,000,000 are hereby re19 scinded. 

20 SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue an inter21 mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro22 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re23 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec24 retary shall continue agreements with current inter25 mediary organizations and with additional qualified inter-
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1 mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 

2 these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 

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

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

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

9 require budget authority and the program level has been 

10 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 
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1 obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 

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

4 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

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

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

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

10 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 

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

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

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

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

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

19 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 

20 items in each staple food category included in the final 

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

22 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend23 ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard24 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple25 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 
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1 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

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

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

4 Act or any other Act may be used— 

5 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag6 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 

7 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

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

9 plant, that is grown or cultivated in accordance with 

10 subsection section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 

11 2014, within or outside the State in which the indus12 trial hemp is grown or cultivated. 

13 SEC. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro14 priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini15 tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 

16 without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 

17 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching require18 ments in laws in effect on the date before the date of en19 actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 

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

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

22 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 

23 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

24 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

25 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 
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1 subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 

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

3 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

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

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

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

7 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

8 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod9 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

10 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis11 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

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

13 allow or require such distribution. 

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

15 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl16 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves17 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 

18 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

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

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

21 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 

22 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis23 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec24 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 
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1 SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this 

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

3 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 

4 put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz5 ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require6 ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 

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

8 animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc9 tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by10 products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 

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

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

13 SEC. 736. No partially hydrogenated oils as defined 

14 in the order published by the Food and Drug Administra15 tion in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. 

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

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

18 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) and no food that is intro19 duced or delivered for introduction into interstate com20 merce that bears or contains a partially hydrogenated oil 

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

22 402(a)(2)(C)(i) of this Act by virtue of bearing or con23 taining a partially hydrogenated oil until the compliance 

24 date as specified in such order (June 18, 2018). 
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1 SEC. 737. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 

2 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 

3 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

4 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 

5 allow eligible entities to offer loans to customers in any 

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

7 a manufactured housing unit with another manufactured 

8 housing unit, if replacement would be more cost effective 

9 in saving energy. 

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

11 Administrators of the Agricultural Research Service and 

12 the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may 

13 make not to exceed 50 appointments in any fiscal year 

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

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

16 Provided, That such appointments may be made in the 

17 manner provided by 7 U.S.C. 7657(b)(4)(A)(i-v): Provided 

18 further, That such appointments may be made at a rate 

19 of basic pay that exceeds the rate payable for such posi20 tions under the General Schedule or the Executive Sched21 ule, or other applicable schedule, as appropriate. 

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

23 for the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that pro24 vides forestry inventory analysis, forest management and 

25 economic outcomes modelling for certain currently en-
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1 rolled Conservation Reserve Program participants. The 

2 Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation 

3 to enter into agreements with and provide grants to quali4 fied non-profit organizations dedicated to conservation, 

5 forestry and wildlife habitats, that also have experience in 

6 conducting accurate forest inventory analysis through the 

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

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

9 years and located in areas with a substantial concentration 

10 of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted to 

11 multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including 

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

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

14 Drug Administration shall not allow the introduction or 

15 delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any 

16 food that contains genetically engineered salmon until the 

17 FDA publishes final labeling guidelines for informing con18 sumers of such content. 

19 SEC. 741. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

20 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

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

22 remain available until expended, to implement non-renew23 able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri24 cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 

25 Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 
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1 SEC. 742. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

2 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis3 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 

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

5 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

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

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

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

9 products used in the project are produced in the United 

10 States. 

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

12 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

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

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

15 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein16 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

17 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat18 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 

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

20 of the Secretary finds that— 

21 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon22 sistent with the public interest; 

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

24 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail25 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
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1 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro2 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

3 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

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

5 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des6 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 

7 basis a copy of the request and information available to 

8 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 

9 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 

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

11 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re12 quest and accompanying information available by elec13 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

14 site of the Department. 

15 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con16 sistent with United States obligations under international 

17 agreements. 

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

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

20 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac21 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub22 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re23 quirements of this section. 

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

25 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
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1 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

2 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re3 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

4 date of enactment of this Act. 

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

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

7 States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog8 nized Indian tribe. 

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

10 Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 

11 15, 2019, an amount of funds made available in title III 

12 under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

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

14 Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa15 cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac16 count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 

17 and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 

18 equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re19 spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 

20 recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 

21 such headings for REAP Zones. 

22 SEC. 744. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

23 or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro24 grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 

25 populations. 
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1 SEC. 745. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

2 to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 

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

4 organizations and public housing authorities to provide 

5 technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 

6 to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 

7 acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 

8 areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af9 fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 

10 public housing authorities as authorized by law that com11 mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous12 ing program for a period of time as determined by the 

13 Secretary. 

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

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

16 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

17 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu18 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

19 1913. 

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

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

22 pilot program during fiscal year 2019 with respect to the 

23 2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk coverage 

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

25 of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), that provides all or some 
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1 of the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State 

2 the opportunity to provide agricultural producers in the 

3 State a supplemental payment described in subsection (c) 

4 based on the alternate calculation method described in 

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

6 office for that State determines that the alternate calcula7 tion method is necessary to ensure that, to the maximum 

8 extent practicable, there are not significant yield calcula9 tion disparities between comparable counties in the State. 

10 (b) The alternate calculation method referred to in 

11 subsection (a) is a method of calculating the actual yield 

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

13 coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri14 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), under 

15 which— 

16 (1) county data of the National Agricultural 

17 Statistics Service (referred to in this section as 

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

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

20 county (as determined under standards of the Sec21 retary in effect as of the date of enactment of this 

22 Act) or the available NASS data produces a sub23 stantially disparate result, the calculation of the 

24 county yield is determined using comparable contig-
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1 uous county NASS data as determined by the Farm 

2 Service Agency office in the applicable State; and 

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

4 comparable contiguous county (as determined under 

5 standards of the Secretary in effect as of the date 

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

7 county yield is determined using reliable yield data 

8 from other sources, such as Risk Management Agen9 cy data, National Agricultural Statistics Service dis10 trict data, National Agricultural Statistics Service 

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

12 Farm Service Agency office in the applicable State. 

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

14 program established under this section may be made to 

15 an agricultural producer who is subject to the alternate 

16 calculation method described in subsection (b) if that agri17 cultural producer would otherwise receive a county-level 

18 agriculture risk coverage payment for the 2018 crop year 

19 in an amount that is less than the payment that the agri20 cultural producer would receive under the alternate cal21 culation method. 

22 (2) The amount of a supplemental payment to an ag23 ricultural producer under this section may not exceed the 

24 difference between— 
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1 (A) the payment that the agricultural producer 

2 would have received without the alternate calculation 

3 method described in subsection (b); and 

4 (B) the payment that the agricultural producer 

5 would receive using the alternate calculation method. 

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

7 funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

8 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

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

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

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

12 described in this section. 

13 (e)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Sec14 retary shall select States to participate in the pilot pro15 gram under this section so the cost of the pilot program 

16 equals the amount provided under subsection (d). 

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

18 exceeds the amount made available, the Secretary shall re19 duce all payments under the pilot program on a pro rata 

20 basis. 

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

22 actual yield for purposes of county-level agriculture risk 

23 coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri24 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)) other than 
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1 payments made in accordance with the pilot program 

2 under this section. 

3 (g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alter4 nate calculation method described in subsection (b) shall 

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

6 payment determinations under section 1117 of the Agri7 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) other than for pur8 poses of the pilot program under this section. 

9 SEC. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec10 retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 

11 information and subject to the same requirements applica12 ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

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

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

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

16 verify the income for individuals participating in sections 

17 502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

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

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

20 SEC. 749. In addition to any other funds made avail21 able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 

22 $5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard 

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

24 1769(g)), to remain available until expended. 
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1 SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 

3 to develop, issue, promote, or advance any regulations ap4 plicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium 

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

6 final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long 

7 term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the 

8 date on which a dietary reference intake report with re9 spect to sodium is completed. 

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

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

12 of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 

13 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 

14 of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 

15 to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre16 serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu17 nities. 

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

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

20 $7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

21 for one-time control and management and associated ac22 tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 

23 citrus greening. 

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

25 or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 
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1 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti2 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

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

4 published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu5 lation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of 

6 grape varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely 

7 for wine and receive commercial processing that ade8 quately reduces the presence of microorganisms of public 

9 health significance. 

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

11 to remain available until expended, for an additional 

12 amount for telemedicine and distance learning services in 

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

14 help address the opioid epidemic in rural America. 

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

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

17 program for the National Institute of Food and Agri18 culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 

19 programs and services to establish and enhance farming 

20 and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 

21 SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated 

22 $425,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 

23 additional amount for Sec. 779 of P.L. 115–141. 

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

25 direct loans and grants made under the ‘‘Rural Water and 
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1 Waste Disposal Program Account’’, $400,000,000, to re2 main available until expended. 

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

4 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per5 sonnel— 

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

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

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

9 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

10 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

11 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

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

13 regulation). 

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De15 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

16 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

Calendar No. 438 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2976 

[Report No. 115–259] 

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 

Read twice and placed on the calendar