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(B) received marketing denial orders pur-
suant to section 910(c) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 
7 387j(c)) that have been and remain stayed by 
the Secretary or through court order, rescinded 
by the Secretary, or vacated by a court; or 
(C) submitted a premarket tobacco product 
application pursuant to section 910(b) of such 
Act (21 U.S.C. 387j(b)), which remains pend-
ing review since on or before September 9, 
2020; 
(3) continuing the activities of the Federal 
multi-agency task force led by the Department of 
Justice and the FDA to further work to bring all 
available criminal and civil tools to bear against the 
illegal manufacture, importation, distribution, and 
sale of e-cigarettes, vapes, and other ENDS prod-
ucts from the Republic of China and other foreign 
countries; and 
(4) submitting a semi-annual written report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress on the progress that the Center for To-
bacco Products is making in removing all illegal 
ENDS products from the market. 
SEC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
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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 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, rein-
forced 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 incon-
sistent 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 
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(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall 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 des-
ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 
basis a copy of the request and information available to 
the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 
shall 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 re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Department. 
(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 re-
quirements of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
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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 rec-
ognized Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 735. 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. 736. Of the total amounts made available by 
this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 
headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur-
ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 
Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 
Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 
Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 
Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 
Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera-
tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro-
gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 
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Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi-
ness-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As-
sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 
and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 
Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 
Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro-
gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per-
cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per-
sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not-
withstanding any other provision regarding population 
limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 
that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 
population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 
for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 
counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 
more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 
years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen-
suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 
year average, or any territory or possession of the United 
States: Provided further, That with respect to specific ac-
tivities for which program levels have been made available 
by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 
the requirements of this section shall be applied to such 
program level. 
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SEC. 737. 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 inves-
tigational 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 
include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-
sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-
retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti-
tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 
and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption’’, and 
published on November 27, 2015, and the proposed rule 
issued by the Food and Drug Administration pending at 
the Office of Management and Budget entitled ‘‘Stand-
ards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding 
Produce for Human Consumption Related to Agricultural 
Water’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 69120 and 87 Fed. Reg. 42973), 
with respect to the regulation of entities that grow, har-
vest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or al-
monds. 
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SEC. 739. For school years 2025–2026 and 2026– 
2027, none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to restrict or limit the substitution of any vege-
table subgroup for fruits under the school breakfast pro-
gram established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec-
tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018; or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 
sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 
grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or out-
side the State in which the hemp is grown or cul-
tivated. 
SEC. 741. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 
the matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of 
the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re-
form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 
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SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 
rule that would reduce the maximum monthly allowance 
with respect to milk under section 246.10 of title 7, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on April 1, 2023), in-
cluding the rule entitled ‘‘Special Supplemental Nutrition 
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revi-
sions to the WIC Food Packages’’ published by the De-
partment of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 
18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 28488). 
SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to impose updated minimum efficiency 
standards for new housing financed by the Department 
of Agriculture as part of carrying out the notice entitled 
‘‘Final Determination: Energy Efficiency Standards for 
New Construction of HUD and USDA Financed Hous-
ing’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 33112). 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 744. Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations made available in the ‘‘Working Cap-
ital Fund,’’ $78,000,000 are here by permanently can-
celled: Provided, That no amounts shall be cancelled from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to a 
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concurrent resolution or the budget of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 745. (a) After the effective date of any final rule 
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes in 
connection with its proposed rule to update these require-
ments (87 Federal Register 59168, issued on September 
29, 2022), manufacturers may also continue to comply 
with the previous requirements promulgated by the FDA 
for the implied nutrient content claim ‘‘healthy’’ through 
the ‘‘compliance date’’ FDA provides in the final rule. 
(b) Any food product manufactured and labeled as 
‘‘healthy’’ during the compliance period FDA provides in 
that final rule shall not be directly or indirectly subject 
to any state-law requirements that are not identical to ei-
ther (i) the Federal requirements for the implied nutrition 
content claim ‘‘healthy’’ that were in effect as of the date 
FDA issues the final rule, or (ii) the updated Federal re-
quirements that FDA promulgates in the final rule, as-
suming the updated requirements go into effect during the 
regulatory compliance period. 
SEC. 746. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 
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received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-
ucts or seafood imported into the United States from the 
People’s Republic of China for use in the school lunch pro-
gram under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care 
Food Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children 
under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the 
school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 
SEC. 748. For school year 2026–2027, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of June 30, 2025, shall be 
required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 
with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 
SEC. 749. Any funds made available by this or any 
other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 
shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess-
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ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 
such funds among appropriations of the Department of 
Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 
SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds available to the Department of Agriculture 
may be used to move any staff office or any agency from 
the mission area in which it was located on August 1, 
2018, to any other mission area or office within the De-
partment in the absence of the enactment of specific legis-
lation affirming such move. 
SEC. 751. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 
of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 
funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 
the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 
and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 
pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 
Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 
section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such pro-
grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 
subsection (c) of such section. 
SEC. 752. In administering the pilot program estab-
lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
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propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en-
tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu-
nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 
That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, 
and Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot 
program established by section 779 of Public Law 115– 
141 may be used for this purpose. 
SEC. 753. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available, there is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for the Meat and Poultry 
Processing Expansion Program established pursuant to 
section 1001(b)(4) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 (Public Law 117–2) to award grants to processors 
of invasive, wild-caught catfish. 
SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out Section 
758 of division B of P.L. 118-42, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purpose. 
SEC. 755. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for diversity, 
equity and inclusion initiatives, trainings, programs, of-
fices, officers, policies, or any program, project, or activity 
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that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory or any 
concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 
SEC. 756. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food 
and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue or promote any 
new guidelines or regulations applicable to food manufac-
turers for Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) until the FDA 
considers the available new science in developing the Com-
pliance Policy Guide (CPG), Guidance for FDA Staff, Sec. 
555.320 Listeria monocytogenes—regarding Lm in low- 
risk foods, meaning foods that do not support the growth 
of Lm. 
SEC. 757. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food 
and Drug Administration to develop, issue, promote or ad-
vance any final guidelines or new regulations applicable 
to food manufacturers for long-term population-wide so-
dium reduction actions until an assessment is completed 
on the impact of the short-term sodium reduction targets. 
SEC. 758. For necessary expenses associated with 
cotton classing activities pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 55, to in-
clude equipment and facility upgrades, and in addition to 
any other funds made available for this purpose, there is 
appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That amounts made available 
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in this section shall be treated as funds collected by fees 
authorized under Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, §5, 42 Stat. 
1518, as amended (7 U.S.C. 55). 
SEC. 759. Section 297A of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639o) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(6) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) HEMP.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘hemp’ 
means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any 
part of that plant, including the seeds thereof 
and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, iso-
mers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether 
growing 
or 
not, 
with 
a 
total 
tetrahydrocannabinol concentration (including 
tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) of not more than 
0.3 percent in the plant on a dry weight basis. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—Such term includes in-
dustrial hemp. 
‘‘(C) EXCLUSIONS.—Such term does not 
include— 
‘‘(i) any viable seeds from a Cannabis 
sativa L. plant that exceeds a total 
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tetrahydrocannabinol 
concentration 
(in-
cluding tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) of 0.3 
percent in the plant on a dry weight basis; 
or 
‘‘(ii) any hemp-derived cannabinoid 
products containing— 
‘‘(I) cannabinoids that are not 
capable of being naturally produced 
by a Cannabis sativa L. plant; 
‘‘(II) cannabinoids that— 
‘‘(aa) are capable of being 
naturally produced by a Cannabis 
sativa L. plant; and 
‘‘(bb) were synthesized or 
manufactured outside the plant; 
or 
‘‘(III) 
quantifiable 
amounts 
based on substance, form, manufac-
ture, or article (as determined by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices in consultation with the Secretary 
of Agriculture) of— 
‘‘(aa) 
tetrahydrocannabinol 
(including tetrahydrocannabinolic 
acid); or 
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‘‘(bb) 
any 
other 
cannabinoids that have similar 
effects (or are marketed to have 
similar effects) on humans or 
animals as tetrahydrocannabinol 
(as determined by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services in 
consultation with the Secretary 
Agriculture). 
‘‘(2) INDUSTRIAL HEMP.—The term ‘industrial 
hemp’ means hemp— 
‘‘(A) grown for the use of the stalk of the 
plant, fiber produced from such a stalk, or any 
other non-cannabinoid derivative, mixture, prep- 
aration, or manufacture of such a stalk; 
‘‘(B) grown for the use of the whole grain, 
oil, cake, nut, hull, or any other non- 
cannabinoid compound, derivative, mixture, 
preparation, or manufacture of the seeds of 
such plant; 
‘‘(C) grown for purposes of producing 
microgreens or other edible hemp leaf products 
intended for human consumption that are de-
rived from an immature hemp plant that is 
grown from seeds that do not exceed the 
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threshold for total tetrahydrocannabinol con- 
centration specified in paragraph (1)(C)(i); 
‘‘(D) that is a plant that does not enter 
the stream of commerce and is intended to sup-
port hemp research at an institution of higher 
education (as defined in section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001)) or an independent research institute; or 
‘‘(E) grown for the use of a viable seed of 
the plant produced solely for the production or 
manufacture of any material described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D). 
‘‘(3) 
HEMP-DERIVED
CANNABINOID
PROD-
UCT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘hemp-de-
rived cannabinoid product’ means any inter-
mediate or final product derived from hemp 
(other than industrial hemp), that— 
‘‘(i) contains cannabinoids in any 
form; and 
‘‘(ii) is intended for human or animal 
use through any means of application or 
administration, such as inhalation, inges-
tion, or topical application. 
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‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—Such term does not in-
clude a drug that is the subject of an applica-
tion approved under subsection (c) or (j) of sec-
tion 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 355).’’. 
SEC. 760. If services performed by APHIS employees 
are determined by the Administrator of the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service to be in response to an 
animal disease outbreak, any premium pay that is funded, 
either directly or through reimbursement, shall be exempt-
ed from the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay cal-
culated under section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, 
and any other provision of law limiting the aggregate 
amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly or calendar 
year basis: Provided, That this section shall take effect 
as if enacted on January 1, 2023. 
SEC. 761. 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 
Federal 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 
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(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation). 
SEC. 762. The National Academies of Sciences, Engi-
neering and Medicine (NASEM) were tasked with pro-
viding findings and recommendations on alcohol consump-
tion for the purposes of inclusion in the 2025 Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans as required by Section 772 of 
Division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 
(Public Law 117–328): Provided, That the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall only consider the findings and recommenda-
tions of the NASEM report in the development of the 
2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and further, both 
Secretaries shall ensure that the alcohol consumption rec-
ommendations in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Ameri-
cans shall be based on the preponderance of scientific and 
medical knowledge consistent with section 5341 of title 7 
of United States Code. 
SEC. 763. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the acceptable market name of any engineered animal 
approved prior to the effective date of the National Bio-
engineered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 
2019) shall include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ 
prior to the existing acceptable market name. 
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SEC. 764. The Secretary of Agriculture shall be in-
cluded as a member of the Committee on Foreign Invest-
ment in the United States (CFIUS) on a case by case 
basis pursuant to the authorities in section 721(k)(2)(J) 
of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4565(k)(2)(J)) with respect to each covered transaction 
(as defined in section 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4))) involving agricultural 
land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry 
(including agricultural transportation, agricultural stor-
age, and agricultural processing), as determined by the 
CFIUS Chairperson in coordination with the Secretary of 
Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, notify the Committee on 
Foreign Investment in the United States of any agricul-
tural land transaction that the Secretary of Agriculture 
has reason to believe, based on information from or in co-
operation with the Intelligence Community, is a covered 
transaction (A) that may pose a risk to the national secu-
rity of the United States, with particular emphasis on cov-
ered transactions of an interest in agricultural land by for-
eign governments or entities of concern, as defined in 42 
U.S.C. 19221(a), including the People’s Republic of 
China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the 
Russian Federation, and the Islamic Republic of Iran; and 
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(B) with respect to which a person is required to submit 
a report to the Secretary of Agriculture under section 2(a) 
of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 
1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501(a)). 
SEC. 765. The agencies and offices of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may reimburse the Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel (OGC), out of the funds provided in this Act, 
for costs incurred by OGC in providing services to such 
agencies or offices under time-limited agreements entered 
into with such agencies and offices: Provided, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided by law. 
SEC. 766. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used 
to 
implement, 
administer, 
or 
enforce 
the 
″Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for 
Certain Foods″ published on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. 
Reg. 70910), or any other rule promulgated in accordance 
with section 204 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization 
Act (21 U.S.C. 2223), prior to August 1, 2028, and until 
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: 
(1) completes at least 4 evaluations or beta 
tests 
using 
multiple 
products 
on 
the 
Food 
Traceability List, in coordination with farms and 
with food industry members operating restaurants, 
retail food establishments, FDA registered food fa-
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cilities, food packing facilities and warehouses dis-
tributing to retail food establishments, and res-
taurants, to— 
(A) 
identify 
and 
test 
low-cost 
food 
traceability technologies that track both the 
traceability lot code and traceability lot code 
source throughout the global supply chain and 
evaluate the effectiveness of these technologies 
and their economic feasibility for various sized 
operations throughout the supply chain; and 
(B) facilitate interoperability by assessing 
industry standards and establishing a model 
data format along with reusable templates that 
allow diverse systems to communicate, share, 
and use traceability data effectively; 
(2) establishes a panel of experts to assess the 
FDA’s foodborne illness traceback investigation 
process, for both foreign and domestic food sup-
pliers, and to provide feedback for the evaluations or 
beta tests. This panel shall include diverse stake-
holders, such as retailers, distributors, growers, state 
and local officials, and public health officials. The 
FDA shall publish the panel outcomes and rec-
ommendations no later than one year from the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 767. Within 120 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall de-
velop a plan, in consultation with the Department of State 
and the governments of Abraham Accords countries, to 
consider the location, duties, and personnel necessary to 
carry out the functions of an Abraham Accords Bureau 
within the Food and Drug Administration. 
SEC. 768. (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 
(b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Report-
ing Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106– 
78) is amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 
SEC. 769. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) amend the covered Food Packages to require the 
inclusion of peanut-containing foods for the purposes of 
early introduction of potentially allergenic foods; and 
(2) ensure that all such peanut-containing foods eligi-
ble are safe for consumption by infants. 
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out sub-
section (a) in a manner consistent with the recommenda-
tions for early introduction of peanut-containing foods in-
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cluded in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020- 
2025, published under section 301 of the National Nutri-
tion Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 5341). 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘covered Food Pack-
ages’’ means Food Packages I and II under section 246.10 
of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended by 
the rule entitled ‘‘Special Supplemental Nutrition Pro-
gram for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions 
to the WIC Food Packages’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024 
(89 Fed. Reg. 28488). 
SEC. 770. There is hereby appropriated $1,500,000, 
to remain available until expended, for grants under sec-
tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 771. Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246; Stat. 2019; 
132 Stat. 4817) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 7502. GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY. 
‘‘Except as otherwise specifically authorized by law 
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fed-
eral land and facilities at El Reno, Oklahoma, adminis-
tered by the Secretary (as of the date of enactment of this 
Act) as the Grazinglands Research Laboratory, shall not 
at any time, in whole or in part, be declared to be excess 
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of surplus Federal Property under Chapter 5 of subtitle 
I of title 40, United States Code, or otherwise be conveyed 
or transferred in whole or in part, for the period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
September 30, 2026.’’ 
SEC. 772. (a) ANIMAL FOOD INGREDIENTS DEEMED 
GRAS.—Ingredients that are intended for use in animal 
food and are not specifically authorized for such use by 
the Food and Drug Administration as a food additive, a 
color additive, or otherwise as of the date of enactment 
of this Act, are deemed to be generally recognized as safe 
under section 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(s)) (referred to in this section 
as ‘‘GRAS’’) for use in animal food for a certain species 
if— 
(1) such ingredients are included in the Official 
Common or Usual Names and Definitions of Feed 
Ingredients section of chapter 6 of the 2025 edition 
of the ‘AAFCO Official Publication’ (or any subse-
quent amendments thereto or editions thereof) as ac-
cepted for use in such species, or where the species 
is not identified or restricted; and 
(2) there is no finding by the Food and Drug 
Administration that such ingredients are not GRAS 
for use in animal food for such species. 
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(b) CLAIMS THAT ANIMAL FOOD OR INGREDIENT IS 
NATURAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Animal food whose label or 
labeling bears a claim that the animal food (or an 
ingredient thereof) is ‘‘natural’’ or whose advertising 
makes such claim, shall not be treated as mis- 
branded under section 403 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) if the la-
bels and labeling of such food and such adver-
tising— 
(A) are truthful, nonmisleading, and ade-
quately substantiated with scientifically vali-
dated protocols endorsed by guidance issued by 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, where 
available, and the food (or ingredient) is derived 
solely from plant, animal, or mined sources— 
(i) that exist in an unprocessed state; 
or 
(ii) notwithstanding having been sub-
ject to physical processing, heat processing, 
rendering, purification, extraction, hydrol-
ysis, enzymolysis, or fermentation— 
(I) have not been produced by, or 
subject to, a chemically synthetic 
process; and 
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(II) do not contain any additive 
or processing aid that is chemically 
synthetic, except in amounts as might 
occur unavoidably using good manu-
facturing practices; 
(B) use the term ‘‘natural’’ only to ref-
erence the animal food as a whole when all of 
the ingredients and components of ingredients 
meet the description in subparagraph (A); and 
(C) in the case of the label or labeling of 
an animal food that contains chemically syn-
thesized vitamins, minerals, or other trace nu-
trients used as ingredients in animal food and 
such claim is made with respect to the animal 
food as a whole, such label or labeling includes 
a disclaimer that— 
(i) discloses the addition of such vita-
mins, minerals, and other trace nutrients 
by name or category; 
(ii) is juxtaposed with the term ‘‘nat-
ural’’; and 
(iii) appears with the largest or most 
prominent use of the term ‘‘natural’’ on 
each panel of the label on which the term 
appears, in the same style and color print 
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