SEC. 741. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, for the Na-
tional Institute of Food and Agriculture to issue a com-
petitive grant to support the establishment of an Agri-
culture Business Innovation Center at a historically black 
college or university to serve as a technical assistance hub 
to enhance agriculture-based business development oppor-
tunities. 
SEC. 742. In addition to any other funds made avail-
able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 
$12,000,000 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. 743. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, for the cost 
of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 
of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 
to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre-
serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu-
nities. 
SEC. 744. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
for one-time control and management and associated ac-
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tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 
citrus greening. 
SEC. 745. 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. 746. 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. 747. For school year 2021–2022, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of December 31, 2020, shall 
be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accord-
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ance with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 
SEC. 748. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, 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. 749. For school years 2020–2021 and 2021– 
2022, none of the funds made available by this Act may 
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. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives the 
documents cited in Press Release No. 0176.18 of the 
Department of Agriculture as the basis for the Sep-
tember 6, 2018 decision to cancel the Forest Service 
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application for the Rainy River Watershed With-
drawal, including— 
(A) the environmental assessment entitled 
‘‘Northern Minnesota Federal Minerals With-
drawal’’ and dated September 2018; 
(B) each mineral resources report cited in 
such Release; 
(C) each biological and economic impact 
assessment cited in such Release; and 
(D) each document developed with respect 
to such Release relating to the potential im-
pacts of proposed mineral activities in the 
Rainy River Watershed on— 
(i) water resources; 
(ii) wilderness areas; and 
(iii) cultural resources; and 
(2) for the period beginning not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending on the date that is 10 years thereafter, make 
publicly available on the website of the Department 
of Agriculture all documents (without redaction) de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 751. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service, shall— 
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(1) revoke any line speed waivers issued to a 
processor subject to the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
(21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) during the pe-
riod beginning on or after the first day of the 
COVID-19 emergency period and ending on the date 
of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) subject to subsection (b), not issue any such 
waivers on or after such date of enactment, for the 
duration of the COVID-19 emergency period. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
may issue a line speed waiver to a processor referred to 
in such subsection, if such processor— 
(1) agrees to an inspection for such purpose 
conducted by the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health; and 
(2) the Assistant Secretary certifies to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture that any increases in line speed 
at such processor’s facilities would not have an ad-
verse impact on worker safety. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘COVID- 
19 emergency period’’ has the meaning given the term 
‘‘emergency period’’ in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)). 
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SEC. 752. In addition to any funds made available 
in this Act or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated 
$14,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, for grants from the National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture to the 1890 Institutions to support the Cen-
ters of Excellence. 
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. 
SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for grants under sec-
tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 
to carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 756. The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) within 30 days of enactment of this Act, publish 
a notice in the Federal Register of the Department’s in-
tent to lift the stay issued on July 31, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 
46255) and a proposed date upon which the final rule pub-
lished on December 31, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 76815) (‘‘the 
final rule’’) shall be become effective; 
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(2) take public comments on the notice for not more 
than 60 days; and 
(3) not later than 30 days after the end of the com-
ment period, publish in the Federal Register the date upon 
which the stay is lifted and the final rule shall become 
effective. 
SEC. 757. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out 
section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relating to dem-
onstration projects for Tribal Organizations. 
SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 759. 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. 760. There is hereby appropriated $15,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out 
section 23 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1793), of which $2,000,000 shall be for grants under such 
section to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. 
SEC. 761. Any funds made available by this or any 
other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
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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 to appropriations of the Department of Agri-
culture. 
SEC. 762. There is hereby appropriated $7,000,000 
to carry out section 222 of Subtitle A of the Department 
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
6923) as amended by section 12302 of Public Law 115– 
334. 
SEC. 763. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to 
carry out section 224 of Subtitle A of the Department of 
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924) 
as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 764. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out 
section 4208 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 765. 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. 766. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334. 
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SEC. 767. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 1450 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3222e) as amended by section 7120 of Public Law 
115–334. 
SEC. 768. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) as 
amended by section 7208 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 769. 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. 770. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out 
section 4206 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out section 
12513 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 772. (a) There is hereby appropriated 
$915,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 
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additional amount for ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance 
Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’ for the 
same purpose and under the same terms and conditions 
as funds appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 115– 
141 (as amended by section 776). 
(b) Section 313(b) of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)), shall be applied 
for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter until 
the specified funding has been expended as if the following 
were inserted after the final period in subsection (b)(2): 
‘‘In addition, the Secretary shall use, for the same purpose 
and under the same terms and conditions as funds appro-
priated by section 779 of Public Law 115–141, 
$425,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fis-
cal 
year 
2019 
and 
thereafter 
until 
expended; 
$255,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fis-
cal year 2020 and thereafter until expended; and 
$75,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal 
year 2021 and thereafter until expended: Provided, That 
any use of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 716 of this Act.’’. 
(c) Section 787(b) of division B of Public Law 116– 
94 shall no longer apply. 
SEC. 773. Hereafter, and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no funds available to the Department of 
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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 Department in the absence of the enactment of specific 
legislation affirming such move. 
SEC. 774. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of 
Agriculture to carry out a pilot program to provide finan-
cial assistance for rural communities to further develop 
renewable energy. 
SEC. 775. Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2021’’. 
SEC. 776. Section 779 of Public Law 115–141 is 
amended by striking ‘‘efforts made’’ in the fourth proviso 
and inserting ‘‘service provided’’. 
SEC. 777. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 
of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 
funds appropriated under this Act for the Watershed and 
Flood Prevention Operations Program and the Watershed 
Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to the Wa-
tershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Protec-
tion Program carried out pursuant to section 403 of the 
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Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to pro-
vide technical services for such programs pursuant to sec-
tion 1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding subsection (c) of 
such section. 
SEC. 778. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs (Commissioner), shall explore and, if it determines 
to be feasible, implement a number of options for regu-
lating the export of shrimp to the United States from 
other countries, such as sampling of products prior to ex-
port to the United States, increasing foreign inspections 
of export facilities, increased seafood importer inspections, 
foreign surveillance inspections at overseas manufacturing 
sites, enhanced import screening, higher rates of examina-
tion and sampling, use of third-party audits, and formal 
seafood arrangements with foreign competent authorities. 
(b) The Commissioner shall especially consider the 
following: (1) that appropriate controls are applied to 
shrimp feed and production ponds, processing plants, and 
facilities throughout the chain of distribution to determine 
compliance with seafood safety requirements; (2) dedicate 
its inspectional effort to determine compliance with sea-
food arrangements, once established, from any dedicated 
funds; (3) provide an annual report to the Committee be-
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fore the end of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023 with 
the reporting requirement goal being to provide the Com-
mittee information related to FDA’s oversight of the safe-
ty of shrimp products imported into the United States. 
SEC. 779. Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Im-
provement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law 
115–334) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2021’’ for ‘‘the date that is 1 year after the date on which 
the Secretary establishes a plan under section 297C of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946’’. 
SEC. 780. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other act may be used to restrict the offering of 
low-fat (1% fat) flavored milk in the National School 
Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program, as long as 
such milk is not inconsistent with the most recent Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of 
the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research 
Act of 1990. 
SEC. 781. The Commissioner of the Food and Drug 
Administration shall develop a plan within 180 days of en-
actment that would allow the Agency to identify, detain 
and refuse all FDA regulated products originating from 
foreign establishments that did not allow FDA investiga-
tors immediate physical access to the registered establish-
ment and its records to determine a registered establish-
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ment’s ongoing compliance with FDA laws and regula-
tions. Any foreign establishment that meets these criteria 
may be placed on import alert. This import alert would 
be specific for this foreign establishment, focusing on de-
taining all products from this establishment. 
SEC. 782. 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 by section 772 may be used for this purpose. 
SEC. 783. Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the National Academy of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine shall complete a review and 
provide a report to the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, and the Congress, 
on the most recent edition of the dietary guidelines for 
Americans that includes the following: 
(1) A comparative analysis of the scientific 
methodologies, review protocols, and evaluation proc-
esses used to develop the most recently issued guide-
lines as compared to recommendations included in 
the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and 
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Medicine September 2017 report entitled ‘‘Rede-
signing the Process for Establishing the Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans’’. 
(2) A comparative analysis of the scientific 
studies used to develop such guidelines to determine 
the dietary needs of Americans with diet-related 
metabolic diseases as compared to the most current 
and rigorous scientific studies on diet and diet-re-
lated metabolic diseases available. 
(3) An analysis of how full implementation of 
the recommendations described in paragraph (1) 
would have affected the most recently issued guide-
lines. 
SEC. 784. (a) Section 569D of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–8d) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CON-
TROLLED SUBSTANCES’’ and inserting ‘‘DRUGS 
AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘controlled substance’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘drug or controlled sub-
stance’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘controlled sub-
stances’’ and inserting ‘‘drugs or controlled substances’’; 
and 
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(4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or an official senior 
to such Director’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘or the Di-
rector of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research 
(or an official senior to either such Director)’’. 
(b) Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘is a controlled substance subject to an order under sec-
tion 569D’’ and inserting ‘‘is a drug or controlled sub-
stance subject to an order under section 569D’’. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 358 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7610 
[Report No. 116–446] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2021, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 13, 2020 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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