360 
† HR 6147 EAS 
retary deemed necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of 
such Act, to support participation should cost or participa-
tion exceed budget estimates: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less than $67,500,000 
shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other re-
lated activities, and $19,000,000 shall be used for infra-
structure, of which $5,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants to promote breastfeeding and improved nutritional 
health through technologies and services, including telemedi-
cine: 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 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 un-
less authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, 
That upon termination of a federally mandated vendor 
moratorium 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.), $73,219,274,000,
361 
† HR 6147 EAS 
of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through De-
cember 31, 2020, 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 pro-
vided 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 nutrition education serv-
ices to State agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes par-
ticipating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
Reservations: Provided further, That this appropriation 
shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re-
quirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 
That funds made available for Employment and Training 
under this heading shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), 
and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
shall remain available through September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading may be obligated or expended in contravention 
of section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading may be used to enter into contracts 
and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to con-
362 
† HR 6147 EAS 
duct activities related to program integrity provided that 
such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008. 
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, $322,139,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2020: 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 2019 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, 2020: 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)),
363 
† HR 6147 EAS 
the Secretary may use up to 15 percent for costs associated 
with the distribution of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 
assistance program, $164,688,000: 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.
364 
† HR 6147 EAS 
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, 
$875,000: 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, $3,976,000, including not to exceed $40,000 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
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), 
$212,230,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020, for overseas operations 
to include the payment of locally employed staff: Provided, 
That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reim-
365 
† HR 6147 EAS 
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. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR 
PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 
480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $142,000, shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
366 
† HR 6147 EAS 
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, 
$1,716,000,000, 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), $210,255,000, 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, $15,000,000, shall remain 
available until expended for necessary expenses to carry out 
the provisions of section 3207 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 1726c). 
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, $8,845,000; to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity
367 
† HR 6147 EAS 
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,382,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
and of which $2,463,000 shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
and Expenses’’.
368 
† HR 6147 EAS 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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-
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; $5,419,299,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $960,568,000 shall be derived 
from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379h, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $196,668,000 shall be derived
369 
† HR 6147 EAS 
from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, 
and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended; $501,396,000 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; $40,922,000 shall be derived from biosimilar bio-
logical product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, 
and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended; $30,331,000 shall be derived from animal 
drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended; $18,336,000 shall be derived from generic new ani-
mal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod-
uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith-
standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device user 
fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological 
product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic new 
animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal year 
2019 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited to 
this account and remain available until expended: Provided
370 
† HR 6147 EAS 
further, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical 
device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, 
animal drug, and generic new animal drug assessments for 
fiscal year 2019, including any such fees collected prior to 
fiscal year 2019 but credited for fiscal year 2019, shall be 
subject to the fiscal year 2019 limitations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal year 
2019 of user fees specified under this heading and author-
ized for fiscal year 2020, prior to the due date for such fees, 
and that amounts of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2020 
for which the Secretary accepts payment in fiscal year 2019 
shall not be included in amounts under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds shall be used to de-
velop, establish, or operate any program of user fees author-
ized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,052,315,000 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) $1,720,807,000 shall be for the Center 
for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activi-
ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $369,857,000 
shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Re-
search and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
371 
† HR 6147 EAS 
latory Affairs; (4) $216,914,000 shall be for the Center for 
Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $495,988,000 shall be for 
the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for re-
lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 
$65,531,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-
cological Research; (7) $662,043,000 shall be for the Center 
for Tobacco Products and for related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $174,751,000 
shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which 
$50,987,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the 
amounts paid to the General Services Administration for 
rent; (9) not to exceed $240,887,000 shall be for payments 
to the General Services Administration for rent; and (10) 
$420,206,000 shall be for other activities, including the Of-
fice of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of 
Foods and Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and 
Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Pol-
icy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Sci-
entist, and central services for these offices: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses, not other-
wise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Pro-
vided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to sec-
tion 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
372 
† HR 6147 EAS 
(21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made 
available under this heading for other activities: 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 appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for 
oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and 
Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds oth-
erwise made available 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
373 
† HR 6147 EAS 
U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure priority re-
view voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, 
shall be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended. 
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, $11,788,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
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’’, $70,000,000, 
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
374 
† HR 6147 EAS 
transferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not nec-
essary for the purposes provided, such amounts may be 
transferred back to the account: Provided further, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided by law. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCY 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $74,600,000 (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.
375 
† HR 6147 EAS 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 
motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith-
standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 
vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 
be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational 
costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public 
safety. 
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 
plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of 
financial, administrative, and information technology serv-
ices of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department 
of Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain available
376 
† HR 6147 EAS 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval 
of the agency administrator: Provided further, That none 
of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pur-
suant to this section shall be available for obligation with-
out written notification to and the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by 
this Act or made available to the Department’s Working 
Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or expendi-
ture to make any changes to the Department’s National Fi-
nance Center without written notification to and prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress as required by section 717 of this Act: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to ini-
tiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes to re-
move or relocate any systems, missions, or functions of the 
offices of the Chief Financial Officer or any personnel from 
the National Finance Center prior to written notification 
to and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the re-
quirements of section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That
377 
† HR 6147 EAS 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer shall actively market to existing and new 
Departments and other government agencies National Fi-
nance Center shared services including, but not limited to, 
payroll, financial management, and human capital shared 
services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 
technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in-
come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in excess 
of the true costs of the shared services provided by the Na-
tional Finance Center and budgeted for the National Fi-
nance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 
percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital equip-
ment, including equipment for the improvement, delivery, 
and implementation of financial, administrative, and in-
formation technology services, and other systems of the Na-
tional Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraor-
dinary cost of the National Finance Center: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the amounts reserved shall be available 
for obligation unless the Secretary submits written notifica-
tion of the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limi-
tations on the obligation of funds pending notification to 
Congressional Committees shall not apply to any obligation 
that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to re-
378 
† HR 6147 EAS 
spond 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. 
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-
379 
† HR 6147 EAS 
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-
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 ap-
proval by the Chief Information Officer: Provided further, 
That the Chief Information Officer may authorize an agen-
cy 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
380 
† HR 6147 EAS 
an agency measured against the performance plan require-
ments described in the explanatory statement accom-
panying 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. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an 
insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility that 
is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such 
Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 
under such Act. 
SEC. 709. 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, 2020, for information tech-
nology expenses: Provided, That except as otherwise specifi-
cally provided by law, unobligated balances from appro-
priations made available for salaries and expenses in this 
Act for the Rural Development mission area shall remain
381 
† HR 6147 EAS 
available through September 30, 2020, for information tech-
nology 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. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or 
amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such 
Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts were pro-
vided in that Act, that is authorized or required to be car-
ried out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion— 
(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
382 
† HR 6147 EAS 
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 
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 
research, education, or extension grant awards issued by the 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 30 
percent of total Federal funds provided under each award: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of the Na-
tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Pol-
icy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this 
Act for grants awarded competitively by the National Insti-
tute of Food and Agriculture shall be available to pay full 
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 714. (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.
383 
† HR 6147 EAS 
(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. 715. 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 $1,299,600,000 (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—$35,853,000: 
Provided, That of the total funds made available in the mat-
ter preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on Octo-
ber 1, 2019, such unobligated balances shall carryover into 
fiscal year 2020 and shall remain available until expended 
for any of the purposes of section 32, except that any such 
carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3) of sec-
tion 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obli-
gated until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written
384 
† HR 6147 EAS 
notification of the expenditures to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress at least two weeks 
in advance: Provided further, That, with the exception of 
any available carryover funds authorized in any prior ap-
propriations 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 Depart-
ment of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 
SEC. 716. 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 
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 2020 appro-
priations Act.
385 
† HR 6147 EAS 
SEC. 717. (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; 
(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, or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 
in writing and receives approval from the Committees on
386 
† HR 6147 EAS 
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 
(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 Agri-
culture or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices (as the case may be) notifies in writing and re-
ceives approval from the Committees on Appropria-
387 
† HR 6147 EAS 
tions 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 or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 
receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress before implementing any program 
or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year 
unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or spe-
cifically 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— 
(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
388 
† HR 6147 EAS 
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 Congress at least 
30 days in advance of using the funds for these pur-
poses. 
(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from the 
Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the no-
tification as required in this section. 
SEC. 718. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
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. 719. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food 
and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Administra-
tion shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available 
reports, questions, or responses to questions that are a result
389 
† HR 6147 EAS 
of information requested for the appropriations hearing 
process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, or non-Farm Credit 
Administration employee. 
SEC. 720. 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. 721. 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 
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. 722. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 for 
a pilot program to provide competitive grants to State de-
partments of agriculture, State cooperative extension serv-
ices, and nonprofit organizations to carry out programs to 
address farmer stress and suicide.
390 
† HR 6147 EAS 
SEC. 723. 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, and the 
Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a detailed spending plan by program, project, and ac-
tivity for all the funds made available under this Act in-
cluding appropriated user fees, as defined in the report ac-
companying this Act. 
SEC. 724. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 
authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1786), $400,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue an inter-
mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro-
gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re-
viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec-
retary shall continue agreements with current intermediary 
organizations and with additional qualified intermediary 
organizations. The Secretary shall work with these organi-
zations to increase effectiveness of the section 502 single 
family direct loan program in rural communities and shall 
set aside and make available from the national reserve sec-
tion 502 loans an amount necessary to support the work
391 
† HR 6147 EAS 
of such intermediaries and provide a priority for review 
of such loans. 
SEC. 726. 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. 727. 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 plant and capital equipment nec-
essary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and in-
formation technology services of primary benefit to the 
agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the
392 
† HR 6147 EAS 
‘‘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 de fined 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 
of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–79). 
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or
393 
† HR 6147 EAS 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 
sale, or use of industrial hemp, or seeds of such plant, 
that is grown or cultivated in accordance with sub-
section section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, 
within or outside the State in which the industrial 
hemp is grown or cultivated. 
SEC. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro-
priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Initia-
tive under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available without 
regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching requirements in 
laws in effect on the date before the date of enactment of 
such section: Provided, That the requirements of 7 U.S.C. 
450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply. 
SEC. 731. 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. 732. 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
394 
† HR 6147 EAS 
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. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for investiga-
tional use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which a 
human embryo is intentionally created or modified to in-
clude a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission 
shall be deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, 
and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 
put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the hazard 
analysis and risk-based preventive control requirements of 
the current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, 
and risk-based preventive controls for food for animals rule
395 
† HR 6147 EAS 
with respect to the regulation of the production, distribu-
tion, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain byproducts of the 
alcoholic beverage production process. 
SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to 
carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 736. No partially hydrogenated oils as defined 
in the order published by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
34650 et seq.) shall be deemed unsafe within the meaning 
of section 409(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) and no food that is introduced or 
delivered for introduction into interstate commerce that 
bears or contains a partially hydrogenated oil shall be 
deemed 
adulterated 
under 
sections 
402(a)(1) 
or 
402(a)(2)(C)(i) of this Act by virtue of bearing or con-
taining a partially hydrogenated oil until the compliance 
date as specified in such order (June 18, 2018). 
SEC. 737. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out section 
6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 
allow eligible entities to offer loans to customers in any part 
of their service territory and to offer loans to replace a man-
ufactured housing unit with another manufactured housing
396 
† HR 6147 EAS 
unit, if replacement would be more cost effective in saving 
energy. 
SEC. 738. For fiscal years 2019 through 2025, the Ad-
ministrators of the Agricultural Research Service and the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may make not 
to exceed 50 appointments in any fiscal year for employees 
of such agencies at the National Bio- and Agro-defense Fa-
cility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, That such 
appointments may be made in the manner provided by 7 
U.S.C. 7657(b)(4)(A)(i–v): Provided further, That such ap-
pointments may be made at a rate of basic pay that exceeds 
the rate payable for such positions under the General Sched-
ule or the Executive Schedule, or other applicable schedule, 
as appropriate. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for 
the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that provides 
forestry inventory analysis, forest management and eco-
nomic outcomes modelling for certain currently enrolled 
Conservation Reserve Program participants. The Secretary 
shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation to enter into 
agreements with and provide grants to qualified non-profit 
organizations dedicated to conservation, forestry and wild-
life habitats, that also have experience in conducting accu-
rate forest inventory analysis through the use of advanced, 
cost-effective technology. The Secretary shall focus the anal-
397 
† HR 6147 EAS 
ysis on lands enrolled for at least eight years and located 
in areas with a substantial concentration of acres enrolled 
under conservation practices devoted to multiple bottom-
land hardwood tree species including CP03, CP03A, CP11, 
CP22, CP31 and CP40. 
SEC. 740. During fiscal year 2019, the Food and Drug 
Administration shall not allow the introduction or delivery 
for introduction into interstate commerce of any food that 
contains genetically engineered salmon until the FDA pub-
lishes final labeling guidelines for informing consumers of 
such content. 
SEC. 741. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 
of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to implement non-renewable 
agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural 
lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water 
Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 
SEC. 742. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized by 
sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or
398 
† HR 6147 EAS 
wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products 
used in the project are produced in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 
clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 
precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee of 
the Secretary finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 
with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 
in the United States will increase the cost of the over-
all project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee 
shall make available to the public on an informal basis a 
copy of the request and information available to the Sec-
retary or the designee concerning the request, and shall
399 
† HR 6147 EAS 
allow for informal public input on the request for at least 
15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. 
The Secretary or the designee shall make the request and 
accompanying information available by electronic means, 
including on the official public Internet Web site of the De-
partment. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the require-
ments of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, and each federally recognized In-
dian tribe.
400 
† HR 6147 EAS 
SEC. 743. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 
2019, an amount of funds made available in title III under 
the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 
Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural 
Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities 
Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural 
Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural 
Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the 
amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds 
provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal year 
any such funds were obligated under such headings for 
REAP Zones. 
SEC. 744. 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. 745. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for a pilot program for 
the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit orga-
nizations and public housing authorities to provide tech-
nical assistance, including financial and legal services, to 
RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the ac-
quisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas 
where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable
401 
† HR 6147 EAS 
housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public 
housing authorities as authorized by law that commit to 
keep such properties in the RHS multi-family housing pro-
gram for a period of time as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 747. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a pilot 
program during fiscal year 2019 with respect to the 2018 
crop year for county-level agriculture risk coverage pay-
ments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), that provides all or some of 
the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State the op-
portunity to provide agricultural producers in the State a 
supplemental payment described in subsection (c) based on 
the alternate calculation method described in subsection (b) 
for 1 or more counties in a State if the office for that State 
determines that the alternate calculation method is nec-
essary to ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, 
there are not significant yield calculation disparities be-
tween comparable counties in the State.
402 
† HR 6147 EAS 
(b) The alternate calculation method referred to in sub-
section (a) is a method of calculating the actual yield for 
the 2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk coverage 
payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), under which— 
(1) county data of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service (referred to in this section as 
‘‘NASS data’’) is used for the calculations; 
(2) if there is insufficient NASS data for a coun-
ty (as determined under standards of the Secretary in 
effect as of the date of enactment of this Act) or the 
available NASS data produces a substantially dis-
parate result, the calculation of the county yield is de-
termined using comparable contiguous county NASS 
data as determined by the Farm Service Agency office 
in the applicable State; and 
(3) if there is insufficient NASS data for a com-
parable contiguous county (as determined under 
standards of the Secretary in effect as of the date of 
enactment of this Act), the calculation of the county 
yield is determined using reliable yield data from 
other sources, such as Risk Management Agency data, 
National Agricultural Statistics Service district data, 
National Agricultural Statistics Service State yield
403 
† HR 6147 EAS 
data, or other data as determined by the Farm Serv-
ice Agency office in the applicable State. 
(c)(1) A supplemental payment made under the pilot 
program established under this section may be made to an 
agricultural producer who is subject to the alternate cal-
culation method described in subsection (b) if that agricul-
tural producer would otherwise receive a county-level agri-
culture risk coverage payment for the 2018 crop year in 
an amount that is less than the payment that the agricul-
tural producer would receive under the alternate calculation 
method. 
(2) The amount of a supplemental payment to an agri-
cultural producer under this section may not exceed the dif-
ference between— 
(A) the payment that the agricultural producer 
would have received without the alternate calculation 
method described in subsection (b); and 
(B) the payment that the agricultural producer 
would receive using the alternate calculation method. 
(d)(1) There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of 
funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
to carry out the pilot program described in this section.
404 
† HR 6147 EAS 
(2) Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall use 
not more than $5,000,000 to carry out the pilot program 
described in this section. 
(e)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Sec-
retary shall select States to participate in the pilot program 
under this section so the cost of the pilot program equals 
the amount provided under subsection (d). 
(2) To the extent that the cost of the pilot program 
exceeds the amount made available, the Secretary shall re-
duce all payments under the pilot program on a pro rata 
basis. 
(f) Nothing in this section affects the calculation of ac-
tual yield for purposes of county-level agriculture risk cov-
erage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)) other than payments 
made in accordance with the pilot program under this sec-
tion. 
(g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alter-
nate calculation method described in subsection (b) shall not 
be used as a basis for any agriculture risk coverage payment 
determinations under section 1117 of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) other than for purposes of the pilot 
program under this section. 
SEC. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to in-
405 
† HR 6147 EAS 
formation and subject to the same requirements applicable 
to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as 
provided in section 453 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 653) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix)) to 
verify the income for individuals participating in sections 
502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1472, 1474, 1490a, and 1490r), notwithstanding sec-
tion 453(l)(1) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 749. In addition to any other funds made avail-
able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 
$5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)), to 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration to 
develop, issue, promote, or advance any regulations appli-
cable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium re-
duction actions or to develop, issue, promote or advance 
final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long 
term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the 
date on which a dietary reference intake report with respect 
to sodium is completed. 
SEC. 751. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020, for the cost of
406 
† HR 6147 EAS 
loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Sec-
retary to support projects that provide access to healthy food 
in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, 
and to revitalize low-income communities. 
SEC. 752. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
for one-time control and management and associated activi-
ties directly related to the multiple-agency response to citrus 
greening. 
SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule pro-
mulgated by the Food and Drug Administration entitled 
‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and 
Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and pub-
lished on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation 
of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of grape 
varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely for wine 
and receive commercial processing that adequately reduces 
the presence of microorganisms of public health signifi-
cance. 
SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for an additional 
amount for telemedicine and distance learning services in
407 
† HR 6147 EAS 
rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., to 
help address the opioid epidemic in rural America. 
SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020, for a pilot pro-
gram for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs 
and services to establish and enhance farming and ranching 
opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated $425,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for an additional 
amount for Sec. 779 of Public Law 115–141. 
SEC. 757. For an additional amount for the cost of 
direct loans and grants made under the ‘‘Rural Water and 
Waste Disposal Program Account’’, $400,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed-
eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or
408 
† HR 6147 EAS 
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation). 
SEC. 759. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to revoke an exception made— 
(1) pursuant to the final rule of the Department 
of Agriculture entitled ‘‘Exceptions to Geographic 
Areas for Official Agencies Under the USGSA’’ (68 
Fed. Reg. 19137 (April 18, 2003)); and 
(2) on a date before April 14, 2017. 
SEC. 760. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide 
to any State or county impacted by a volcanic eruption 
covered by a major disaster declared by the President in 
calendar year 2018 in accordance with section 401 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) technical assistance— 
(1) to assess damage to agricultural production 
and rural infrastructure; and 
(2) to develop recovery plans for impacted farm-
ers, ranchers, and rural communities. 
RESEARCH ON OCEAN AGRICULTURE 
SEC. 761. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordi-
nation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, shall establish a working 
group (referred to in this section as the ‘‘working group’’)—
409 
† HR 6147 EAS 
(1) to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal 
marshes, and seagrass meadows could help deacidify 
the oceans; 
(2) to study emerging ocean farming practices 
that use kelp and seagrass to deacidify the oceans 
while providing feedstock for agriculture and other 
commercial and industrial inputs; and 
(3) to coordinate and conduct research to develop 
and enhance pilot-scale research for farming of kelp 
and seagrass in order— 
(A) to deacidify ocean environments; 
(B) to produce a feedstock for agriculture; 
and 
(C) to develop other scalable commercial ap-
plications for kelp, seagrass, or products derived 
from kelp or seagrass. 
(b) The working group shall include— 
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration; 
(3) representatives of any relevant offices within 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion; and 
(4) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
410 
† HR 6147 EAS 
(c) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the working group shall submit to Congress a 
report that includes— 
(1) the findings of the research described in sub-
section (a); 
(2) the results of the pilot-scale research described 
in subsection (a)(3); and 
(3) any policy recommendations based on those 
findings and results. 
SEC. 762. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
submit to Congress a report describing the ways in which 
conservation programs administered by the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service may be better used for the con-
servation of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and any action 
taken by the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service relating to the conservation of ocelots. 
SEC. 763. Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Rural Housing Service of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report in-
cluding— 
(1) a description of— 
(A) the number of properties assisted under 
title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.