energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High 
Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $6,810,000 of the amounts appropriated under 
this heading shall be available as the Secretary deems ap-
propriate for water and waste direct one percent loans for 
distressed communities: Provided further, That if the Sec-
retary determines that any portion of the amount made 
available for one percent loans is not needed for such loans, 
the Secretary may use such amounts, for grants authorized 
by section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act: Provided further, That if any funds made 
available for the direct loan subsidy costs remain unobli-
gated after July 31, 2024, such unobligated balances may 
be used for grant programs funded under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not appli-
cable to the funds made available under this heading. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 
as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, and 
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940g) shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant to sec-
tion 306, guaranteed electric loans, $2,167,000,000; loans 
made pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding 4(c)(2), of 
that Act, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, cost- 
of-money direct loans, $4,333,000,000; loans made pursuant 
to section 313A of that Act, guaranteed underwriting loans, 
$800,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 
305(d)(2) of that Act, cost of money telecommunications 
loans, $690,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 
of money rural telecommunications loans, $3,726,000. 
In addition, $11,500,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, 
That the energy efficiency measures supported by the fund-
ing in this paragraph shall contribute in a demonstrable 
way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
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DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
seq., $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants 
authorized by section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 
provided under this heading for grants under section 379G 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 
only be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility 
criteria for a consortium as established by this section. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by sec-
tions 601 and 602 of the Rural Electrification Act, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
For the broadband loan and grant pilot program es-
tablished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
901 et seq.), $465,513,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which up to $15,513,000 shall be for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts, specified for this account in the 
table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report ac-
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companying this Act: Provided, That the Secretary may 
award grants described in section 601(a) of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for 
the purposes of carrying out such pilot program: Provided 
further, That the cost of direct loans shall be defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That at least 90 percent of the households to be 
served by a project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot 
program shall be in a rural area without sufficient access 
to broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such 
pilot program, a rural area without sufficient access to 
broadband shall be defined as twenty-five megabytes per sec-
ond downstream and three megabytes per second upstream: 
Provided further, That to the extent possible, projects receiv-
ing funds provided under the pilot program must build out 
service to at least one hundred megabytes per second down-
stream, and twenty megabytes per second upstream: Pro-
vided further, That an entity to which a loan or grant is 
made under the pilot program shall not use the loan or 
grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a serv-
ice area by any entity that has received a broadband loan 
from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not 
provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum 
service threshold: Provided further, That not more than four 
percent of the funds made available in this paragraph can 
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be used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot pro-
gram and up to three percent of funds made available in 
this paragraph may be available for technical assistance 
and pre-development planning activities to support the 
most rural communities: Provided further, That the Rural 
Utilities Service is directed to expedite program delivery 
methods that would implement this paragraph: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assess-
ment requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural 
Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc). 
In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 
$1,376,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office. 
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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), 
except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; 
$28,619,957,000 to remain available through September 30, 
2024, of which such sums as are made available under sec-
tion 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this Act, 
shall be merged with and available for the same time period 
and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total 
amount available, $20,162,000 shall be available to carry 
out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $21,005,000 shall be available to carry out stud-
ies and evaluations and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That of the total amount avail-
able, $12,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 
carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. 
Russell 
National 
School 
Lunch 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount provided to a farm 
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to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2023 shall not exceed 
$500,000: Provided further, That of the total amount avail-
able, $40,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive 
grants to State agencies for subgrants to local educational 
agencies and schools to purchase the equipment, with a 
value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier 
meals, improve food safety, and to help support the estab-
lishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast 
program: Provided further, That of the total amount avail-
able, $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 
carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That 
of the total amount available, $10,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2024 to carry out section 23 of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1793), of which 
$2,000,000 shall be for grants under such section to the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, and American Samoa: Provided further, That 
section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘2010 through 2024’’: Provided further, That section 
9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence 
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by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 
year 2023’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 
2023’’. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$6,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2024: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 
not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding 
peer 
counselors 
and 
other 
related 
activities, 
and 
$14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall use funds made available 
under this heading to increase the amount of a cash-value 
voucher for women and children participants to an amount 
recommended by the National Academies of Science, Engi-
neering and Medicine and adjusted for inflation: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this account 
shall be available for the purchase of infant formula except 
in accordance with the cost containment and competitive 
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bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall be 
available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by 
other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 
authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 
upon termination of a federally mandated vendor morato-
rium and subject to terms and conditions established by the 
Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 
CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nu-
trition 
Act 
of 
2008 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2011 
et 
seq.), 
$111,180,895,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2025, shall be placed in 
reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as 
may become necessary to carry out program operations: 
Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended in 
accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutri-
tion education services to State agencies and Federally Rec-
ognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Pro-
gram on Indian Reservations: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $3,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2024, shall be used to 
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carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relating 
to demonstration projects for tribal organizations: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 
work registration or workfare requirements as may be re-
quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 
for Employment and Training under this heading shall re-
main available through September 30, 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading for sec-
tion 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2024: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be obligated 
or expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading may 
be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct 
studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to pro-
gram integrity provided that such activities are authorized 
by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
For making, after June 30 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals, and payments to States 
or other non-Federal entities, pursuant to the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), for unantici-
pated costs incurred for the last three months of the fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary. 
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COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 
and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au-
thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency 
Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nu-
clear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of 
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition 
Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966, $469,710,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That none of these funds 
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2023 to 
support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, 
as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain 
available through September 30, 2024: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under section 27(a) of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), 
the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for costs associated 
with the distribution of commodities. 
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NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 
assistance program, $231,378,000: Provided, That of the 
funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the pur-
poses of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as amended 
by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 
$932,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 
to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Af-
fairs mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 
Alimentarius, $4,922,000, including not to exceed $40,000 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act 
approved 
August 
3, 
1956 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1766), 
$234,913,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024, for overseas operations 
to include the payment of locally employed staff: Provided, 
That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reim-
burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 
institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the ag-
ricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 
1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 
States Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available for middle-income country 
training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 
International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow-
ship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offset-
ting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, 
subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice, shall remain available until expended. 
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FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public 
Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connection with 
dispositions 
abroad 
under 
title 
II 
of 
said 
Act, 
$1,800,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $265,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 
Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa-
cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro-
vided herein: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, not more than 10 percent, but 
not less than $26,500,000, shall remain available until ex-
pended to purchase agricultural commodities as described 
in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(a)(2)). 
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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 
CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 
the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 
this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District 
of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to amounts appro-
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priated to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying out 
the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st 
Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author-
ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 
$25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 
107–188; $6,484,171,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $1,224,132,000 shall be de-
rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and re-
main available until expended; $248,342,000 shall be de-
rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $550,449,000 shall be derived 
from human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $40,841,000 shall be derived from 
biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended; $32,238,000 shall be de-
rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j–12, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $29,459,000 shall be derived from 
generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
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379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived 
from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 
heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 
medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, bio-
similar biological product user fees, animal drug user fees, 
and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the re-
spective fiscal year 2023 limitations are appropriated and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescrip-
tion drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar 
biological product, animal drug, and generic new animal 
drug assessments for fiscal year 2023, including any such 
fees collected prior to fiscal year 2023 but credited for fiscal 
year 2023, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2023 limita-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept pay-
ment during fiscal year 2023 of user fees specified under 
this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2024, prior to 
the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees 
assessed for fiscal year 2024 for which the Secretary accepts 
payment in fiscal year 2023 shall not be included in 
amounts under this heading: Provided further, That none 
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of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate 
any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated: 
(1) $1,244,007,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 
$15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood 
manufacturers and field examinations of imported seafood; 
(2) $2,225,209,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua-
tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $10,000,000 
shall be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspec-
tions and shall remain available until expended, and 
$15,000,000 shall be for coordinating programs and activi-
ties of the Food and Drug Administration with those of the 
Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to combat the illicit importation of 
opioids, including fentanyl, through international mail fa-
cilities and land ports-of entry; (3) $477,782,000 shall be 
for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and 
for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af-
fairs; (4) $295,999,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 
Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Reg-
ulatory Affairs; (5) $682,221,000 shall be for the Center for 
Devices and Radiological Health and for related field ac-
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tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $77,893,000 
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; 
(7) $677,165,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod-
ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs; (8) $216,603,000 shall be for Rent and Re-
lated activities, of which $56,011,000 is for White Oak Con-
solidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
Services Administration for rent; (9) $237,917,000 shall be 
for payments to the General Services Administration for 
rent; and (10) $349,375,000 shall be for other activities, in-
cluding the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
the Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office of Oper-
ations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services 
for these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as de-
termined by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any 
transfer of funds pursuant to, and for the administration 
of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made 
available under this heading for other activities and shall 
not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That of the 
amounts that are made available under this heading for 
‘‘other activities’’, and that are not derived from user fees, 
$1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the ap-
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propriation for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the pro-
grams and operations of the Food and Drug Administra-
tion and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made avail-
able for oversight of the Food and Drug Administration: 
Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one 
specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food rein-
spection fees, and voluntary qualified importer program 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing facility 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription drug 
wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider 
licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority review 
voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, and 
fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended. 
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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, where not otherwise provided, $16,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 
Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 
under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, $50,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appropriated 
pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures 
Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under sec-
tion 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the appropriation 
for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services Food and 
Drug Administration Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for the 
purposes provided in such Act: Provided further, That upon 
a determination by the Commissioner that funds trans-
ferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not necessary 
for the purposes provided, such amounts may be transferred 
back to the account: Provided further, That such transfer 
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authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 
rental of space (to include multiple year leases), in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, including 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses 
for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission 
with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of 
which not less than $20,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024, and of which not less than 
$4,567,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General: Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations in 
31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under this heading are 
available for the liquidation of obligations equal to current 
year payments on leases entered into prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That for the pur-
pose of recording and liquidating any lease obligations that 
should have been recorded and liquidated against accounts 
closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the 
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preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and 
recorded in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has 
been established for the sole purpose of recording adjust-
ments for and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $88,500,000 (from assessments collected 
from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agri-
cultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during 
the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as au-
thorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limita-
tion shall not apply to expenses associated with receiver-
ships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed this 
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of 
the 
Farm 
Credit 
Act 
of 
1971 
(12 
U.S.C. 
2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may ex-
empt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the application 
of the limitation provided in that clause of export loans 
described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a manner 
other than described in subclause (II) of the clause. 
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 
made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 
Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 
to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 
total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2023 does 
not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased in fiscal 
year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing additional 
motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such vehi-
cles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper-
ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 
public safety: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 
increase the Department of Agriculture’s fleet above the 
2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, and re-
ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress within 30 days of the notification. 
SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act 
or any other available unobligated discretionary balances 
that are remaining available of the Department of Agri-
culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 
property, plant and equipment and for the improvement, 
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of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in excess of the 
true costs of the shared services provided by the National 
Finance Center and budgeted for the National Finance Cen-
ter, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for 
the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, includ-
ing equipment for the improvement, delivery, and imple-
mentation of financial, administrative, and information 
technology services, and other systems of the National Fi-
nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 
of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 
none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga-
tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of the 
obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations 
on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congres-
sional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, 
as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to 
a declared state of emergency that significantly impacts the 
operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate 
employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven 
to continue operations of the National Finance Center. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
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SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 
agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
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cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 
without written notification to and the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 11319 
of title 40, United States Code, none of the funds available 
to the Department of Agriculture for information technology 
shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other agreements 
over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the 
Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief 
Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate 
funds without written approval from the Chief Information 
Officer for projects, contracts, or other agreements up to 
$250,000 based upon the performance of an agency meas-
ured against the performance plan requirements described 
in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 
113–235. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. 
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SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid 
or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit util-
ity that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 
such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 
under such Act. 
SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances 
from appropriations made available for salaries and ex-
penses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain 
available through September 30, 2024, for information tech-
nology expenses. 
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 
this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall re-
main available through September 30, 2024, for informa-
tion technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel 
by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in con-
travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or 
amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title I or 
subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which 
indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is au-
thorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and 
related administrative expenses, including technical 
assistance, associated with the implementation of the 
program, without regard to the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 
section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 
such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
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rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 
section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of the 
Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section re-
ferred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,483,309,000 (exclu-
sive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), 
as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commod-
ities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; 
Removal of Defective Commodities—$2,500,000; Adminis-
tration of section 32 Commodity Purchases—$37,178,000: 
Provided, That, of the total funds made available in the 
matter preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on 
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October 1, 2023, such unobligated balances shall carryover 
into fiscal year 2024 and shall remain available until ex-
pended for any of the purposes of section 32, except that 
any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause 
(3) of section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may 
not be obligated until the Secretary of Agriculture provides 
written notification of the expenditures to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least two 
weeks in advance: Provided further, That, with the excep-
tion of any available carryover funds authorized in any 
prior appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of 
clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be 
used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the 
Department of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 
32. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan-
guage as part of the President’s budget submission to the 
Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appro-
priations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen-
cies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 
previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been 
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enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget unless 
such budget submission identifies which additional spend-
ing reductions should occur in the event the user fees pro-
posals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 
of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2024 appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure through a reprogram-
ming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized 
by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of 
Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by sec-
tion 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act 
of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89– 
106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
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(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies 
in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 
in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use 
of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 
projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities 
referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
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(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies 
in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 
in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds 
or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ-
ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
any program or activity not carried out during the pre-
vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 
by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for— 
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(1) modifying major capital investments funding 
levels, including information technology systems, that 
involves increasing or decreasing funds in the current 
fiscal year for the individual investment in excess of 
$500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, whichever is 
less; 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 
with five or more personnel; or 
(3) carrying out activities or functions that were 
not described in the budget request; 
unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 
these purposes. 
(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission receives 
from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt 
of the notification as required in this section. 
SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
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1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any 
guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that 
does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal por-
tion of the loan. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food 
and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration shall be 
used to transmit or otherwise make available reports, ques-
tions, or responses to questions that are a result of informa-
tion requested for the appropriations hearing process to any 
non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health 
and Human Services, non-Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 
SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 
executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news 
story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United 
States unless the story includes a clear notification within 
the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 
prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that ex-
ecutive branch agency. 
SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 
funded by this Act or any other Act to any other agency 
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or office of the Department for more than 60 days in a 
fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency or of-
fice is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 
for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period 
of assignment. 
SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com-
missioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the Chair-
man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and 
the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, project, 
and activity for all the funds made available under this 
Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in the re-
port accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any 
rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing or 
requiring information intended for a prescribing health 
care professional, in the case of a drug or biological product 
subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to 
such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) 
unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or re-
quire such distribution. 
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SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 
or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro-
grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 
populations. 
SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior to 
the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary 
notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance. 
SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) shall 
be available for obligation without written notification to, 
and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 
or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation 
only for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, 
including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and 
implementation of Departmental financial management, 
information technology, and other support systems nec-
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essary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and in-
formation technology services, including cloud adoption and 
migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 
(81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture 
amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as defined in 
section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition of the term 
‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code 
of Federal Regulations, to increase the number of items that 
qualify as acceptable varieties in each staple food category 
so that the total number of such items in each staple food 
category exceeds the number of such items in each staple 
food category included in the final rule as published on De-
cember 15, 2016: Provided, That until the Secretary pro-
mulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall 
apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties and 
breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-
gram retailers that were in effect on the day before the date 
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of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–79). 
SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall have the same authority with respect 
to loans guaranteed under such section and eligible lenders 
for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) 
and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with 
respect to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and eli-
gible lenders for such loans. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be available for the United 
States Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize or im-
plement any regulation that would promulgate new user 
fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 729. For fiscal year 2023, the Secretary shall es-
tablish a process under which an establishment in the 
Chesapeake Bay area that is subject to examination and 
inspection under section 6 of the Federal Meat Inspection 
Act solely due to the establishment’s processing of domestic, 
wild caught, invasive blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), may 
apply for a waiver of such examination and inspection re-
quirements if the establishment is subject to inspection 
under the Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points 
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Program of the Food and Drug Administration and the es-
tablishment attests that it applies existing Seafood Hazard 
Critical Control Points Program for all species processed 
at the establishment. 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 
regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and holi-
day pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge es-
tablishments subject to the inspection requirements of the 
Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq., the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq, and the 
Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., for 
the cost of inspection services provided outside of an estab-
lishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for inspection 
services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, That any 
sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed 
as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 1001(d) of 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 
2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums received by 
the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in addition to 
other available funds, remain available until expended to 
the Secretary without further appropriation for the purpose 
of funding all costs associated with FSIS inspections. 
SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
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