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SEC. 759. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act, there is hereby appro-
priated $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
the Secretary for a pilot program to provide grants to a 
regional consortium to fund technical assistance and con-
struction of regional wastewater systems for historically 
impoverished communities that have had difficulty in in-
stalling traditional wastewater treatment systems due to 
soil conditions. 
SEC. 760. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000 
(increased by $2,000,000), to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, to carry out section 23 of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1793), of which $2,000,000 
shall be for grants under such section to the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth 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 
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. 
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SEC. 762. Section 313(b) of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)), shall be ap-
plied for fiscal year 2022 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 $425,000,000 
of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2019 
for an additional amount for the same purpose and under 
the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated by 
section 779 of Public Law 115–141, shall use 
$255,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fis-
cal year 2020 for an additional amount for the same pur-
pose and under the same terms and conditions as funds 
appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 115–141, shall 
use $104,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in 
fiscal year 2021 for an additional amount for the same 
purpose and under the same terms and conditions as 
funds appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 115– 
141, and shall use $50,000,000 of funds available in this 
subaccount in fiscal year 2022 for an additional amount 
for the same purpose and under the same terms and condi-
tions as funds appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 
115–141.’’: Provided, That any use of such funds shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 716 
of this Act. 
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SEC. 763. 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. 764. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Edu-
cation Activities’’, $2,000,000, to develop a public-private 
cooperative framework based on open data standards for 
neutral data repository solutions to preserve and share the 
big data generated by technological advancements in the 
agriculture industry and for the preservation and curation 
of data in collaboration with land-grant universities. 
SEC. 765. 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. 766. Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Im-
provement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law 
115–334) is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2022’’ and 
inserting ‘‘January 1, 2023’’. 
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SEC. 767. 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-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 
subsection (c) of such section. 
SEC. 768. 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. 769. 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-
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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. 770. There is hereby appropriated $24,525,000 
for the Goodfellow Federal facility, to remain available 
until expended, of which $12,000,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Office of the 
Chief Information Officer’’, and of which $12,525,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Food Safety and Inspection Service’’. 
SEC. 771. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(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). 
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SEC. 772. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Edu-
cation Activities’’, $300,000, for the Under Secretary for 
Research, Education, and Economics to convene a blue- 
ribbon panel for the purpose of evaluating the overall 
structure of research and education through the public 
and land-grant universities, including 1890 Institutions, 
to define a new architecture that can better integrate, co-
ordinate, and assess economic impact of the collective 
work of these institutions. 
SEC. 773. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Edu-
cation Activities’’, $6,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, for a competitive grant to an institu-
tion in the land-grant university system to establish a 
Farm of the Future testbed and demonstration site. 
SEC. 774. Section 788 of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) is amend-
ed by amending subsections (b)(1), (b)(2) and (b)(3) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(1) all final Animal Welfare Act inspection re-
ports, including all reports documenting all Animal 
Welfare Act violations and non-compliances observed 
by USDA officials and all animal inventories for the 
current year and preceding three years; 
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‘‘(2) all final Animal Welfare Act and Horse 
Protection Act enforcement records for the current 
year and the preceding three years; 
‘‘(3) all reports or other materials documenting 
any violations and non-compliances observed by 
USDA officials for the current year and preceding 
three years; and’’. 
SEC. 775. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 
any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 
or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 
care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod-
uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis-
tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 
paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 
allow or require such distribution. 
SEC. 776. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service, shall— 
(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 
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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)). 
SEC. 777. The Secretary of Agriculture shall take 
such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase 
of agricultural land located in the United States by compa-
nies owned, in full or in part, by China, Russia, Iran, or 
North Korea. Beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, agricultural land owned by China, Russia, Iran, 
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or North Korea or companies owned, in full or in part, 
by China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea shall not be eligi-
ble for participation in programs administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 778. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘DOMESTIC FOOD PRO-
GRAMS—Food and Nutrition Service—Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program’’ may be used in contraven-
tion of section 107(b) of division A of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 
1475; 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 
DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL-
OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 
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and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 
the collection and study of basic information pertaining 
to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 
of projects prior to construction, $155,000,000 (increased 
by $4,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 
those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 
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by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
ment to construction); $2,591,732,000 (reduced by 
$25,000,000) (increased by $25,000,000) (increased by 
$6,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000), to remain available 
until expended; of which $100,820,000 shall be derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to cover the 
Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the 
Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program; and of 
which such sums as are necessary to cover 35 percent of 
the costs of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and 
expansion of inland waterways projects shall be derived 
from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, except as other-
wise specifically provided for in law. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $370,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $10,312,000 shall be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund to cover the Federal share of 
eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har-
bors. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-
ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 
other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 
of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 
and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-
necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 
removing obstructions to navigation, $4,817,000,000 (re-
duced by $150,000) (increased by $150,000), to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,938,160,339 shall be 
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to 
cover the Federal share of eligible operation and mainte-
nance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for in-
land harbors; of which $50,000,000, to be derived from 
the general fund of the Treasury, shall be to carry out 
subsection (c) of section 2106 of Public Law 113–121; of 
which such sums as become available from the special ac-
count for the Corps of Engineers established by the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be de-
rived from that account for resource protection, research, 
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interpretation, and maintenance activities related to re-
source protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation 
is available; and of which such sums as become available 
from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 104– 
303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and main-
tenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for 
which such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 per-
cent of the total amount of funds provided for each of the 
programs, projects, or activities funded under this heading 
shall not be allocated to a field operating activity prior 
to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 
and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engineers 
to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engi-
neers determines to be necessary and appropriate, and 
that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the 
fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been 
used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance 
with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, or 
activities. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$212,000,000 (increased by $212,000,000) (reduced by 
$212,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
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FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $250,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
ter allocable to the civil works program, $208,000,000 (re-
duced by $2,000,000), to remain available until September 
30, 2023, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for 
official reception and representation purposes and only 
during the current fiscal year: Provided, That no part of 
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any other appropriation provided in this title shall be 
available to fund the civil works activities of the Office 
of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive di-
rection and management activities of the division offices: 
Provided further, That any Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund the super-
vision and general administration of emergency oper-
ations, repairs, and other activities in response to any 
flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: 
Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount 
may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec-
retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at 
least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under 
each heading in this title, as designated under such head-
ing in the report accompanying this Act, to specific pro-
grams, projects, or activities. 
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WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,700,000, to re-
main available until expended, for safety projects to main-
tain, upgrade, and repair dams identified in the National 
Inventory of Dams with a primary owner type of state, 
local government, public utility, or private: Provided, That 
no project may be funded with amounts provided under 
this heading for a dam that is identified as jointly owned 
in the National Inventory of Dams and where one of those 
joint owners is the Federal Government: Provided further, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans, including capitalized in-
terest, and total loan principal, including capitalized inter-
est, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$570,000,000: Provided further, That within 15 days of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Office of Management and Budget, shall transmit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that provides: (1) an 
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ment and Budget have certified in advance in writing that 
the direct loan or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the 
project comply with the criteria referenced in the previous 
proviso: Provided further, That any references to the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the Administrator 
in the criteria referenced in the previous two provisos shall 
be deemed to be references to the Army Corps of Engi-
neers or the Secretary of the Army, respectively, for pur-
poses of the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made 
available under this heading: Provided further, That for 
the purposes of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
may request, and the Secretary shall promptly provide, 
documentation and information relating to a project iden-
tified in a Letter of Interest submitted to the Secretary 
pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability for applica-
tions for credit assistance under the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act Program, including with re-
spect to a project that was initiated or completed before 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
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In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $8,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 
of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2022, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap-
proval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress; 
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(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-
tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 
approval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 
$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 
be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ-
ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 
obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 
$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 
base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 
study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 
base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 
limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 
$3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con-
tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de-
ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 
$300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 
study or activity that did not receive an appropria-
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tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin-
istrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—Unlim-
ited reprogramming authority is granted for the 
Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro-
vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of these emergency actions as soon there-
after as practicable: Provided further, That for a 
base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 
percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: 
Provided further, That for a base level less than 
$1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: 
Provided further, That $150,000 may be repro-
grammed into any continuing study or activity that 
did not receive an appropriation; 
(9) MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
AND
TRIBUTARIES.— 
The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), 
(7), and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Con-
struction, and Operation and Maintenance portions 
of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, re-
spectively; and 
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(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC-
TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 per-
cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 
(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 
should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(c) CONTINUING
AUTHORITIES
PROGRAM.—Sub-
section (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 
funded under the continuing authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress to establish the baseline for application of re-
programming and transfer authorities for the current fis-
cal year which shall include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis-
cal year enacted level; 
(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project 
and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriations; and 
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(3) An identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 
available in this title solely in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act and the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-
ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 
dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 
thereto, unless it is certified under a State water quality 
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 
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Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 
until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial is certified under a State water quality certification, 
the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 
of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 
of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to reorganize or to 
transfer the Civil Works functions or authority of the 
Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army to an-
other department or agency. 
SEC. 108. Additional funding provided in this Act 
shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 
by the Chief of Engineers. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $1,550,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2023, for expenses nec-
essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2022, of the amount made available to the Commis-
sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 
use an amount not to exceed $1,850,000 for administra-
tive expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
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WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,792,000,000 (in-
creased by $1,500,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $71,217,000 shall be available for trans-
fer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and 
$19,606,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower 
Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such 
amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the Col-
orado River Dam Fund: Provided, That $40,000,000 shall 
be available for transfer into the Blackfeet Water Settle-
ment Implementation Fund established by section 3717 
of 
Public 
Law 
114–322: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$1,000,000 shall be available for transfer into the Aging 
Infrastructure Account established by section 9603(d)(1) 
of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)): Provided further, 
That such transfers, except for the transfer authorized by 
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the preceding proviso, may be increased or decreased with-
in the overall appropriation under this heading: Provided 
further, That of the total appropriated, the amount for 
program activities that can be financed by the Reclama-
tion Fund, the Water Storage Enhancement Receipts ac-
count established by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114– 
322, or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account es-
tablished by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that 
Fund or account: Provided further, That funds contributed 
under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the 
purposes for which the funds were contributed: Provided 
further, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall 
be credited to this account and are available until ex-
pended for the same purposes as the sums appropriated 
under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be 
deposited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund es-
tablished by section 110 of title I of appendix D of Public 
Law 106–554: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided herein, funds may be used for high-priority projects 
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
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SEC. 205. Section 9106(g)(2) of Public Law 111–11 
(Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 
SEC. 206. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation 
States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (Public 
Law 102–250; 43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 
(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–250; 43 
U.S.C. 2241) is amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2022’’. 
SEC. 207. Section 1101(d) of the Reclamation 
Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Pub-
lic Law 102–575) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$13,000,000’’. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used for the Shasta Dam and Reservoir Enlargement 
Project. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
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