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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, with respect to the regu-
lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 
grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, for a pilot 
program for the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 
programs and services to establish and enhance farming 
and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 740. For school years 2022–2023 and 2023– 
2024, none of the funds made available by this Act may 
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be used to implement or enforce the matter following the 
first comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of sec-
tion 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 
respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under 
the school breakfast program established under section 4 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 
SEC. 741. 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. 742. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for grants under sec-
tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 
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SEC. 744. 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)). 
SEC. 745. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 
for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 
organizations and public housing authorities to provide 
technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 
to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 
acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 
areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af-
fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 
public housing authorities as authorized by law that com-
mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous-
ing program for a period of time as determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 746. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334, includ-
ing for project locations in additional regions and timely 
completion of required reporting to Congress. 
SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334, Farm-
ing Opportunities Training and Outreach. 
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SEC. 748. In response to an eligible community where 
the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat-
ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 
drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po-
table water through the Emergency Community Water As-
sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 
not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro-
vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 
SEC. 749. 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 
received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 750. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, ARS facilities as 
described in the ‘‘Memorandum of Understanding Be-
tween the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service 
(ARS) Concerning Laboratory Animal Welfare’’ (16– 
6100–0103–MU Revision 16–1) shall be inspected by 
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APHIS for compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and 
its regulations and standards. 
SEC. 751. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-
ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 
Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 
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. 752. For school year 2023–2024, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of June 30, 2022, 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. 753. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of 
Agriculture to carry out a pilot program that assists rural 
hospitals to improve long-term operations and financial 
health by providing technical assistance through analysis 
of current hospital management practices. 
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SEC. 754. 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-
ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 
such funds among appropriations of the Department of 
Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 
SEC. 755. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act or any other Act, may be used to pay 
the salaries or expenses of personnel to implement any ac-
tivities related to: 
(a) the permitting of non-recording of observed viola-
tions of the Animal Welfare Act or its regulations on offi-
cial inspection reports; or 
(b) the prioritizing of education or collaborative ap-
proaches to violations or noncompliance ahead of enforce-
ment under the Animal Welfare Act. 
SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 
carry out section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
5925(g)(4(B)) as amended by section 7209 of Public Law 
115–334. 
SEC. 757. For necessary expenses associated with 
cotton classing activities pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 55, to in-
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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, 2024: Provided, That amounts made available 
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. 758. 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. 759. 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-
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rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 
subsection (c) of such section. 
SEC. 760. In administering the pilot program estab-
lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
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. 761. There is hereby appropriated $29,700,000 
for the Goodfellow Federal facility, to remain available 
until expended, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Food Safety and Inspection 
Service’’. 
SEC. 762. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay 
the salaries or expenses of personnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
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(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 
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation). 
SEC. 763. There is appropriated to the Department 
of Agriculture, for an additional amount for ‘‘Agricultural 
Programs—Processing, Research, and Marketing—Office 
of the Secretary’’, $5,000,000, which shall remain avail-
able until expended, for necessary expenses, under such 
terms and conditions determined by the Secretary, related 
to testing soil, water, or agricultural products for per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the request of an 
agricultural producer, assisting agricultural producers af-
fected by PFAS contamination with costs related to miti-
gate the impacts to their operation that have resulted from 
such contamination and indemnifying agricultural pro-
ducers for the value of unmarketable crops, livestock, and 
other agricultural products related to PFAS contamina-
tion: Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize such as-
sistance to agricultural producers in states and territories 
that have established a tolerance threshold for PFAS in 
a food or agricultural product: Provided further, That, not 
later than 90 days after the end of fiscal year 2023, the 
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Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress specifying 
the type, amount, and method of such assistance by state 
and territory and the status of the amounts obligated and 
plans for further expenditure, and include improvements 
that can be made to U.S. Department of Agriculture pro-
grams, either administratively or legislatively, to increase 
support for agricultural producers impacted by PFAS con-
tamination and to enhance scientific knowledge on PFAS 
uptake in crops and livestock and PFAS mitigation and 
remediation methods and disseminate such knowledge to 
agricultural producers. 
SEC. 764. Any future compliance date for any provi-
sion of the Food and Drug Administration’s final rule en-
titled ‘‘Milk and Cream Products and Yogurt Products; 
Final Rule To Revoke the Standards for Lowfat Yogurt 
and Nonfat Yogurt and To Amend the Standard for Yo-
gurt’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 31117, June 11, 2021) for which the 
agency is exercising enforcement discretion or that is 
stayed as a result of objections timely filed under 21 
U.S.C. 371(e)(2), shall be established no earlier than Jan-
uary 1 of the year that is three years after either: 
(a) Final action upon such objection(s) is taken by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services; or 
(b) The party withdraws such objection(s). 
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Union Calendar No. 300 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8239 
[Report No. 117–392] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2023, and for other pur-
poses. 
JUNE 27, 2022 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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