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nancial Officer under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE CHIEF 
FINANCIAL OFFICER’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRICUL-
TURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be reduced by 
$5,000,000. 
SEC. 772. (a) There is 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). 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the amount provided under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURE 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRI-
CULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be reduced by 
$5,000,000. 
SEC. 773. In providing assistance under title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) using amounts 
made available under title III, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall prioritize the maintenance needs for rural housing fa-
cilities and staff needs, which shall include prioritizing— 
(1) oversight of aging rental housing program 
properties with capital repair needs; 
(2) the needs of staff overseeing the Rural Hous-
ing Service and field staff conducting housing inspec-
tions; and 
(3) enforcement against property owners when 
those owners fail to make necessary repairs.
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SEC. 774. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the amount appropriated under this Act to the 
Rural Utilities Service under the heading ‘‘DISTANCE 
LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM’’ for 
grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in 
rural areas shall be increased by $1,000,000. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the amount appropriated under this Act to the Department 
of Agriculture under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURE BUILD-
INGS AND FACILITIES’’ shall be reduced by $1,000,000. 
SEC. 775. (a) There is appropriated $3,000,000 to 
carry out the emergency and transitional pet shelter and 
housing assistance grant program established under section 
12502(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (34 
U.S.C. 20127). 
(b) The amount made available under the heading 
‘‘OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY’’ in title I for necessary ex-
penses of the Office of the Secretary shall be reduced by 
$3,000,000, which shall be derived by reducing the amount 
provided under that heading for Departmental Administra-
tion by $3,000,000. 
SEC. 776. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the amount appropriated under the heading ‘‘SAL-
ARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘ANIMAL AND 
PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE’’ in title I shall be
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increased by $1,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be for surveillance, testing, prevention, 
and research relating to Eastern equine encephalitis in im-
pacted States. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the amount appropriated under this Act to the Department 
of Agriculture under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE CHIEF 
FINANCIAL OFFICER’’ shall be reduced by $1,000,000. 
SEC. 777. (a) There is appropriated $5,000,000 to 
carry out section 222 of the Department of Agriculture Re-
organization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923). 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the amount provided under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURE 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRI-
CULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be reduced by 
$6,000,000. 
SEC. 778. (a) There is appropriated $2,000,000 to 
carry out section 30 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2036d). 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the amount provided under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURE 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRI-
CULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be reduced by 
$2,000,000.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior, environment, and related agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classifica-
tion, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, 
and performance of other functions, including maintenance 
of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of 
lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management, including the general adminis-
tration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential 
of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 
96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,250,274,000, to remain
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available until expended: Provided, That amounts in the 
fee account of the BLM Permit Processing Improvement 
Fund may be used for any bureau-related expenses associ-
ated with the processing of oil and gas applications for per-
mits to drill and related use authorizations. 
In addition, $40,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-
tration program operations, including the cost of admin-
istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 
authorized for fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $1,250,274,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 
communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, 
and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administra-
tive expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 
therein, $28,800,000, to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 
expended.