Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 
initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes 
to remove or relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or 
functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and 
the Chief Information Officer, co-located with or from the 
National Finance Center prior to written notification to 
and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the 
requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, 
That the National Finance Center Information Tech-
nology Services Division personnel and data center man-
agement responsibilities, and control of any functions, 
missions, and systems for current and future human re-
sources management and integrated personnel and payroll 
systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Finan-
cial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain 
in the National Finance Center and under the manage-
ment responsibility and administrative control of the Na-
tional Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 
Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart-
ments and other government agencies National Finance 
Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay-
roll, financial management, and human capital shared 
services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 
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technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in-
come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De-
partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex-
cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 
the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na-
tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 
more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 
of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve-
ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services, and other 
systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un-
foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen-
ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub-
mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 
funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 
shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by 
the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state 
of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 
the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 
the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 
operations of the National Finance Center. 
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SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
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quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 
none of the funds available to the Department of Agri-
culture for information technology shall be obligated for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 
prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-
tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 
Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured 
against the performance plan requirements described in 
the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 
235. 
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SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 
repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 
under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not- 
for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 
direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 
under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 
as a borrower under such Act. 
SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal-
ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 
expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 
remain available through September 30, 2025, for infor-
mation technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 
travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 
or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 
I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 
which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 
is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 
and related administrative expenses, including tech-
nical assistance, associated with the implementation 
of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
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-
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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 
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 $1,573,666,000, 
as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Com-
modities—$485,000,000; 
State 
Option 
Contracts— 
$5,000,000; 
Removal 
of 
Defective 
Commodities— 
$2,500,000; Administration of section 32 Commodity Pur-
chases—$37,178,000: Provided, That none of the funds 
made available in this Act or any other Act shall be used 
for salaries and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year 
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section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that 
excludes the transfer of $195,000,000 of the funds to be 
transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Pub-
lic Law 110-246, until October 1, 2024: Provided further, 
That $195,000,000 made available on October 1, 2024, 
to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act, as amended, shall be excluded 
from the limitation described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(x) of 
section 14222 of Public Law 110-246 for fiscal year 2025: 
Provided further, That, none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall 
be used during fiscal year 2024 to pay the salaries or ex-
penses of any employee of the Department of Agriculture 
to carry out clause (3) of section 32 of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74-320, 7 U.S.C. 
612c, as amended), or subsections (a) through (g) of sec-
tion 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: 
Provided further, That of the available unobligated bal-
ances under (b)(2)(A)(x) for fiscal year 2024 of section 
14222 of Public Law 110-246, $505,000,000 are re-
scinded. 
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 
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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 2024 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act 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 agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au-
thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 
by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
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(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; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 
or the use of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act 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 agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 
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authorities 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 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of 
such funds or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ-
ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
any program or activity not carried out during the pre-
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vious fiscal year unless the program 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 agencies 
funded by this Act 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 agencies funded by this Act, 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 three or more personnel; or 
(3) carrying out activities or functions that 
were not described in the budget request; 
unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 
these purposes. 
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(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chair-
man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission re-
ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma-
tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 717. 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. 718. 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. 
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SEC. 719. 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-
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. 720. 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. 721. 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 
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under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 722. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available to the Secretary of Agriculture in section 
22002(a)(1) of Public Law 117-169, $500,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 723. 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. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec-
retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad-
vance. 
SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 
shall be available for obligation without written notifica-
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tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 
the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 
obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 
equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de-
livery, and implementation of Departmental financial 
management, information technology, and other support 
systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra-
tive, and information technology services, including cloud 
adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 
of the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 726. For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall 
establish a process under which an establishment that is 
subject to examination and inspection under section 6 of 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act solely due to the estab-
lishment’s processing of domestic, wild caught, invasive 
blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) solely for domestic con-
sumption or use, may apply for a waiver of such examina-
tion and inspection requirements if the establishment is 
subject to inspection under the Seafood Hazard Analysis 
Critical Control Points Program of the Food and Drug 
Administration and the establishment attests that it ap-
plies existing Seafood Hazard Critical Control Points Pro-
gram for all species processed at the establishment. 
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SEC. 727. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri-
culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de-
fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 
of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num-
ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 
staple food category so that the total number of such items 
in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 
items in each staple food category included in the final 
rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 
until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend-
ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard-
ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-
mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 728. Section 756 of division N of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (7 U.S.C. 2254c), is 
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