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 
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 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(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. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 
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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 
referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,404,000,000 
(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 
years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 
Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 
$5,000,000; 
Removal 
of 
Defective 
Commodities— 
$2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 
Purchases—$35,853,000: Provided, That of the total 
funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 
that remain unobligated on October 1, 2020, such unobli-
gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2021 and 
shall remain available until expended for any of the pur-
poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 
used in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not 
exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the 
Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 
the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations 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 appropriations Act 
to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 
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none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 
of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s budget submission to 
the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies 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 spending reductions should occur in the 
event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 
date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2021 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture 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 Department of Agriculture, shall be 
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available for obligation or expenditure through transfer of 
funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy 
Act, or through use of the authority provided by section 
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. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Department 
of Agriculture that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
available to the Department of Agriculture, shall be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, 
or projects through use of the authorities referred to in 
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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, projects, or activities as ap-
proved by Congress. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture may not implement 
any program, project, or activity not carried out during 
the previous fiscal year unless the program, project, or ac-
tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 
other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Department 
of Agriculture that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
available to the Department of Agriculture shall be avail-
able for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments fund-
ing levels, including information technology systems, 
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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; or 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 
with five or more personnel. 
SEC. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the Food 
and Drug Administration or the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission 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 those agencies, shall be available for obli-
gation or expenditure through a reprogramming, or a 
transfer of funds, 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 
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(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services or 
the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com-
mission (as the case may be) notifies in writing, and re-
ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 
of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such 
transfer authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Food and 
Drug Administration or the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
available to those agencies, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure for programs, projects, or activities 
through a reprogramming or use of the transfer authority 
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 
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(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services or 
the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com-
mission (as the case may be) notifies in writing, and re-
ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 
of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such 
transfer authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services or 
the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com-
mission (as the case may be) shall notify in writing and 
receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro-
gram, project, or activity not carried out during the pre-
vious fiscal year unless the program, project, or activity 
is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other 
Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Food and 
Drug Administration or the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission (as the case may be) that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
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provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by 
the collection of fees available to those agencies, shall be 
available for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments fund-
ing 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 
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 Secretary of Health and Human Services or 
the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com-
mission (as the case may be) notifies in writing, and re-
ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 
of using the funds for these purposes. 
(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services or the Chairman of the Commodity Fu-
tures Trading Commission (as the case may be) receives 
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from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt 
of the notification 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 
portion of the loan. 
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re-
ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re-
sult of information requested for the appropriations hear-
ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non- 
Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission, 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 pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
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fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive 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 office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 
office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 
period of assignment. 
SEC. 722. 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. 723. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 
Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra-
tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro-
gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 
under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 
in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 
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