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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. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 
7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 
28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
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(b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub-
section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 
taken by the Federal government to— 
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
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(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 
and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 
Federal government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 
certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 
would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 
such purposes but for a determination against such person 
wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 
or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 
or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 759. (a) Closure of Agricultural Research Serv-
ice Facility.—The Secretary of Agriculture may close the 
Agricultural Research Service Federal laboratory located 
at 4279 East Mount Hope Road, East Lansing, Michigan 
once operations have ceased and ongoing research mis-
sions are, or will be, relocated to a different facility. 
(b) Conveyance Authority.—With respect to the Agri-
cultural Research Service facility to be closed pursuant to 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may convey, 
with or without consideration, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to any real property, including 
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improvements and equipment thereon, of the facility, to 
a land grant college or university (as defined in section 
1404(13) of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3103(13)) that previously owned that parcel of real prop-
erty. 
SEC. 760. Section 297A of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639o) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(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) EXCLUSIONS.—Such term does not 
include 
‘‘(i) any viable seeds from a Cannabis 
sativa L. plant that exceeds a total 
tetrahydrocannabinol 
concentration 
(in-
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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 (as 
determined by the Secretary in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services) of— 
‘‘(aa) 
tetrahydrocannabinol 
(including tetrahydrocannabinolic 
acid); or 
‘‘(bb) 
any 
other 
cannabinoids that have similar 
effects (or are marketed to have 
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