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determined by the Secretary) for each call center 
of the State agency responsible for administering 
the State plan under this title (or a waiver of 
such plan) during such month. 
‘‘(F) Such other information related to eli-
gibility redeterminations and renewals during 
the period described in paragraph (1), as identi-
fied by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIVE ACTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal quarter 
that occurs during the period that begins on July 
1, 2023, and ends on June 30, 2024, if a State 
does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph 
(1), the Federal medical assistance percentage 
determined for the State for the quarter under 
section 1905(b) shall be reduced by the number 
of percentage points (not to exceed 1 percentage 
point) equal to the product of 0.25 percentage 
points and the number of fiscal quarters during 
such period for which the State has failed to sat-
isfy such requirements. 
‘‘(B) CORRECTIVE
ACTION
PLAN; 
ADDI-
TIONAL AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
assess a State’s compliance with all Federal
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requirements applicable to eligibility rede-
terminations and the reporting require-
ments described in paragraph (1), and, if 
the Secretary determines that a State did 
not comply with any such requirements 
during the period that begins on April 1, 
2023, and ends on June 30, 2024, the Sec-
retary may require the State to submit and 
implement a corrective action plan in ac-
cordance with clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) CORRECTIVE
ACTION
PLAN.—A 
State that receives a written notice from the 
Secretary that the Secretary has determined 
that the State is not in compliance with a 
requirement described in clause (i) shall— 
‘‘(I) not later than 14 days after 
receiving such notice, submit a correc-
tive action plan to the Secretary; 
‘‘(II) not later than 21 days after 
the date on which such corrective ac-
tion plan is submitted to the Secretary, 
receive approval for the plan from the 
Secretary; and
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‘‘(III) begin implementation of 
such corrective action plan not later 
than 14 days after such approval. 
‘‘(iii) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT 
OR
IMPLEMENT
A
CORRECTIVE
ACTION 
PLAN.—If a State fails to submit or imple-
ment an approved corrective action plan in 
accordance with clause (ii), the Secretary 
may, in addition to any reduction applied 
under subparagraph (A) to the Federal 
medical assistance percentage determined 
for the State and any other remedy avail-
able to the Secretary for the purpose of car-
rying out this title, require the State to sus-
pend making all or some terminations of 
eligibility for medical assistance from the 
State plan under this title (including any 
waiver of such plan) that are for procedural 
reasons until the State takes appropriate 
corrective action, as determined by the Sec-
retary, and may impose a civil money pen-
alty of not more than $100,000 for each day 
a State is not in compliance.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section take effect on April 1, 2023.
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Subtitle E—Medicaid Improvement 
Fund 
SEC. 5141. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND. 
Section 1941(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396w–1(b)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘for fis-
cal year 2025 and thereafter, $0’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2028 and thereafter, $7,000,000,000’’. 
TITLE VI—HUMAN SERVICES 
SEC. 6101. JACKIE WALORSKI MATERNAL AND CHILD HOME 
VISITING REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2022. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reau-
thorization Act of 2022’’. 
(b) OUTCOMES DASHBOARD.—Section 511(d)(1) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711(d)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘BENCHMARK
AREAS’’ and inserting ‘‘BENCHMARK 
AREAS RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL FAMILY OUTCOMES’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking ‘‘(B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(C)’’; and 
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through 
(D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), respectively, 
and inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: 
‘‘(B) OUTCOMES
DASHBOARDS.—The Sec-
retary shall, directly or by grant or contract, es-
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tablish and operate a website accessible to the 
public that includes an annually updated dash-
board that— 
‘‘(i) provides easy-to-understand infor-
mation on the outcomes achieved by each el-
igible entity with respect to each of the 
benchmarks described in subparagraph (A) 
of this paragraph that apply to the eligible 
entity, which shall be based on only the 
data elements or types of data collected be-
fore the date of the enactment of this section 
unless administering agencies and the Sec-
retary agree pursuant to subsection (h)(6) 
that additional data is required; 
‘‘(ii) includes a template provided by 
the Secretary that will enable comparison 
among eligible entities not referred to in 
subsection (k)(2)(A) of— 
‘‘(I) a profile of each eligible enti-
ty showing outcome indicators and 
how the outcomes compare to bench-
marks described in subclause (II); 
‘‘(II) information on the outcome 
indicators and requisite outcome levels 
established for each eligible entity;
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‘‘(III) information on each model 
employed in the program operated by 
each eligible entity, and regarding each 
benchmark area described in subsection 
(d)(1)(A) in which the model used by 
the eligible entity is expected to affect 
participant outcomes; 
‘‘(IV) the most recently available 
information from the report required 
by subparagraph (E) of this para-
graph; 
‘‘(V) an electronic link to the 
State needs assessment under sub-
section (b)(1); and 
‘‘(VI) information regarding any 
penalty imposed, or other corrective ac-
tion taken, by the Secretary against a 
State for failing to achieve a requisite 
outcome level or any other requirement 
imposed by or under this section, and 
an indication as to whether the eligible 
entity is operating under a corrective 
action 
plan 
under 
subparagraph 
(E)(ii) of this paragraph, and if so, a 
link to the plan, an explanation of the
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reason for the implementation of the 
plan, and a report on any progress 
made in operating under the plan; 
‘‘(iii) includes information relating to 
those eligible entities for which funding is 
reserved under subsection (k)(2)(A), with 
modifications as necessary to reflect tribal 
sovereignty, data privacy, and participant 
confidentiality; and 
‘‘(iv) protects data privacy and con-
fidentiality of participant families.’’. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 511(c)(4) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711(c)(4)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) BASE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(I) GENERAL
RULE.—With re-
spect to each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027 for which an eligible en-
tity not referred to in subsection 
(k)(2)(A) is awarded a base grant 
under this section, the amount of the
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grant payable to the eligible entity for 
the fiscal year is the amount described 
by clause (ii) of this subparagraph 
with respect to the eligible entity, ex-
cept as provided in subclause (II) of 
this clause. 
‘‘(II) 
SUBSTITUTION
OF
SUC-
CESSOR ELIGIBLE ENTITY FOR PREDE-
CESSOR.—If the 1st fiscal year for 
which an eligible entity is awarded a 
base grant under this section for a pro-
gram operated in a State is among fis-
cal years 2024 through 2027, the 
amount described by clause (ii) with 
respect to the eligible entity is the 
amount of the base grant for which a 
program operated in the State was eli-
gible under this subparagraph for fis-
cal year 2023. 
‘‘(ii) AMOUNT DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(I) GENERAL RULE.—Subject to 
the succeeding provisions of this clause, 
the amount described by this clause 
with respect to an eligible entity is—
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‘‘(aa) 
the 
amount 
made 
available under subsection (k) for 
base grants for fiscal year 2023 
that remains after making the res-
ervations required by subsection 
(k)(2) or any other reductions re-
quired by Federal law for fiscal 
year 2023; multiplied by 
‘‘(bb) the percentage of chil-
dren in all States who have not 
attained 5 years of age (as deter-
mined by the Secretary on the 
basis of the data most recently 
available before fiscal year 2023) 
that is represented by the number 
of such children in the State in 
which the eligible entity is oper-
ating a program pursuant to this 
section (as so determined). 
‘‘(II) ADJUSTMENTS
TO
ENSURE 
STABLE FUNDING.—If the amount oth-
erwise payable to an eligible entity 
under subclause (I) for fiscal year 2023 
is less than 90 percent, or greater than 
110 percent, of the amount payable
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under this section to the eligible entity 
for the program for fiscal year 2021, 
the Secretary shall increase the amount 
otherwise so payable to 90 percent, or 
decrease the amount otherwise so pay-
able to 110 percent, as the case may be, 
of the amount otherwise so payable. 
‘‘(III) ADJUSTMENT
TO
ENSURE 
ALL
BASE
GRANT
FUNDS
ARE
ALLO-
CATED.—If the amount described by 
subclause (I)(aa) is different than the 
total of the amounts otherwise de-
scribed by subclause (I) after applying 
subclause (II), the Secretary shall in-
crease or decrease the amounts other-
wise so described after applying sub-
clause (II) by such equal percentage as 
is necessary to reduce that difference to 
zero. 
‘‘(IV) 
MINIMUM
BASE
GRANT 
AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding the pre-
ceding provisions of this clause, the 
amount described by this clause with 
respect to an eligible entity shall be not 
less than $1,000,000.
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‘‘(B) MATCHING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(i) AMOUNT OF GRANT.— 
‘‘(I) GENERAL
RULE.—With re-
spect to each of fiscal years 2024 
through 2027 for which an eligible en-
tity not referred to in subsection 
(k)(2)(A) is awarded a grant under 
this section, the Secretary shall in-
crease the amount of the grant payable 
to the eligible entity for the fiscal year 
under subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph by the matching amount (if 
any) determined under subclause (II) 
of this clause with respect to the eligi-
ble entity for the fiscal year and the 
additional matching amount (if any) 
determined under clause (iii) of this 
subparagraph with respect to the eligi-
ble entity for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(II) MATCHING AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—Subject 
to item (bb) of this subclause, the 
matching amount with respect to 
an eligible entity for a fiscal year 
is 75 percent of the sum of—
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‘‘(AA) the total amount 
obligated by the eligible enti-
ty for home visiting services 
in the State for the fiscal 
year, from Federal funds 
made available for the fiscal 
year under this subpara-
graph; and 
‘‘(BB) the total amount 
so obligated by the eligible 
entity 
from 
non-Federal 
funds, determined under sub-
clause (III). 
‘‘(bb) 
LIMITATION.—The 
matching amount with respect to 
an eligible entity for a fiscal year 
shall not exceed the allotment 
under subclause (IV) for the State 
in which the eligible entity is op-
erating a program under this sec-
tion for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(III) DETERMINATION OF OBLI-
GATIONS
FROM
NON-FEDERAL 
FUNDS.—For purposes of this clause, 
the total amount obligated by an eligi-
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ble entity from non-Federal funds is 
the total of the amounts that are obli-
gated by the eligible entity from non- 
Federal sources, to the extent that— 
‘‘(aa) the services are deliv-
ered in compliance with sub-
sections (d)(2) and (d)(3); 
‘‘(bb) the eligible entity has 
reported the obligations to the 
Secretary; and 
‘‘(cc) the amount is not 
counted toward meeting the main-
tenance of effort requirement in 
subsection (f). 
‘‘(IV) STATE
ALLOTMENTS.—The 
amount allotted under this subclause 
for a State in which an eligible entity 
is operating a program under this sec-
tion for a fiscal year is— 
‘‘(aa) the minimum match-
ing grant allocation amount for 
the fiscal year; plus 
‘‘(bb)(AA) the amount (if 
any) by which the amount made 
available under subsection (k) for
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matching grants for the fiscal 
year that remains after making 
the reservations required by sub-
section (k)(2) or any other reduc-
tion required by Federal law for 
the fiscal year exceeds the sum of 
the minimum matching grant al-
location amounts for all eligible 
entities for the fiscal year; multi-
plied by 
‘‘(BB) the percentage of chil-
dren in all States who have not 
attained 5 years of age and are 
members of families with income 
not exceeding the poverty line (as 
determined by the Secretary on 
the basis of the most recently 
available data) that is represented 
by the number of such children in 
the State (as so determined). 
‘‘(V) MINIMUM MATCHING GRANT 
ALLOCATION AMOUNT.—Subject to sub-
clause (VI), for purposes of subclause 
(IV), the minimum matching grant al-
location amount for a fiscal year is—
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‘‘(aa) in the case of fiscal 
year 2024, $776,000; 
‘‘(bb) in the case of fiscal 
year 2025, $1,000,000; 
‘‘(cc) in the case of fiscal 
year 2026, $1,500,000; and 
‘‘(dd) in the case of fiscal 
year 2027, $2,000,000. 
‘‘(VI) SPECIAL
RULE.—If, after 
making any reductions otherwise re-
quired by law for a fiscal year, the 
amount made available for matching 
grants under this clause for the fiscal 
year is insufficient to provide the min-
imum 
matching 
grant 
allocation 
amount to each eligible entity oper-
ating a program under this section for 
the fiscal year, the Secretary may 
make a proportionate adjustment to 
the minimum matching grant alloca-
tion amount for the fiscal year to ac-
commodate the reductions. 
‘‘(ii) SUBMISSION OF STATEMENT EX-
PRESSING INTEREST IN ADDITIONAL MATCH-
ING FUNDS IF AVAILABLE.—Before the be-
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ginning of a fiscal year for which an eligi-
ble entity desires a matching grant under 
this subparagraph for a program operated 
under this section, the eligible entity shall 
submit to the Secretary a statement as to 
whether the eligible entity desires additional 
matching grant funds that may be made 
available under clause (iii) for the fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(iii) CARRYOVER AND REALLOCATION 
OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—If the Sec-
retary determines that an amount al-
lotted under clause (i)(IV) of this sub-
paragraph for a fiscal year will not be 
awarded during the fiscal year, or that 
an amount made available under sub-
section (k)(1) for a fiscal year for 
matching grants will not be obligated 
by an eligible entity for the fiscal year, 
the amount shall be available for 
matching grants under this subpara-
graph for the succeeding fiscal year for 
eligible entities that have made submis-
sions under clause (ii) of this subpara-
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graph for additional matching grant 
funds from the amount. 
‘‘(II) STATE
ALLOTMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall allot to each eligible en-
tity that has made such a submission 
for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(aa) the total amount (if 
any) made available under sub-
clause (I) for the fiscal year; mul-
tiplied by 
‘‘(bb) the percentage of chil-
dren who have not attained 5 
years of age and are members of 
families with income not exceed-
ing the poverty line (as deter-
mined by the Secretary on the 
basis of the most recently avail-
able data) in all of the States in 
which any eligible entity that has 
made such a submission is so op-
erating a program, that is rep-
resented by the number of such 
children in the State (as so deter-
mined) in which the eligible enti-
ty is operating such a program.
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‘‘(III) 
ADDITIONAL
MATCHING 
AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—Subject 
to item (bb) of this subclause, the 
additional matching amount with 
respect to an eligible entity for a 
fiscal year is 75 percent of the 
sum of— 
‘‘(AA) the total amount 
obligated by the eligible enti-
ty for home visiting services 
in the State for the fiscal 
year, from Federal funds 
made available for the fiscal 
year under this subpara-
graph; and 
‘‘(BB) the total amount 
so obligated by the eligible 
entity 
from 
non-Federal 
funds, 
determined 
under 
clause (i)(III), 
that are not taken into account in 
determining the matching amount 
with respect to the eligible entity 
under clause (i).
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‘‘(bb) LIMITATION.—The ad-
ditional matching amount with 
respect to an eligible entity for a 
fiscal year shall not exceed the al-
lotment under subclause (II) for 
the State in which the eligible en-
tity is operating a program under 
this section for the fiscal year.’’. 
(B) MAINTENANCE
OF
EFFORT.—Section 
511(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 711) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Secretary may not make 
a grant to an eligible entity under this section for a 
fiscal year if the total amount of non-Federal funds 
obligated by the eligible entity in the State in the fis-
cal year for a program operated pursuant to this sec-
tion is less than the total amount of non-Federal 
funds reported to have been expended by any eligible 
entity for such a program in the State in fiscal year 
2019 or 2021, whichever is the lesser. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION OF AMOUNTS.—Not later than 
June 30, 2023, the Secretary shall cause to have pub-
lished in the Federal Register the amount of non-Fed-
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eral funds expended as described in this section that 
has been reported by each eligible entity not referred 
to in subsection (k)(2)(A) for each of fiscal years 2019 
and 2021. 
‘‘(3) GRACE PERIOD.—The Secretary may, in ex-
ceptional circumstances, allow an eligible entity a pe-
riod to come into compliance with this subsection. 
The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to 
any eligible entity to assist the entity in doing so.’’. 
(2) RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PUR-
POSES.—Section 511(j)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
711(j)(2)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘the amount’’ and inserting 
‘‘each amount made available for base grants 
and each amount made available for matching 
grants’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and administering’’ 
before ‘‘grants’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following:
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‘‘(B) 2 percent of such amount for purposes 
of providing technical assistance, directly or 
through grants or contracts— 
‘‘(i) for purposes as otherwise described 
in 
subsections 
(c)(5), 
(d)(1)(C)(iii), 
(d)(1)(E)(iii), and (d)(4)(E); and 
‘‘(ii) to entities referred to in subpara-
graph (A) of this paragraph; 
‘‘(C) 2 percent of such amount for purposes 
of the provision of workforce support, retention, 
and case management, including workforce-re-
lated technical assistance, to eligible entities, re-
search and evaluation, and program administra-
tion, directly or through grants or contracts, of 
which the Secretary shall use not more than 
$1,500,000 to establish and operate the Jackie 
Walorski Center for Evidence-Based Case Man-
agement; and 
‘‘(D) 3 percent of such amount for purposes 
of research and evaluation (directly or through 
grants or contracts), and for administering this 
section (directly, through contracts, or other-
wise).’’. 
(3) APPROPRIATIONS.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 511(j)(1) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711(j)(1)) is 
amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through 
(H) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2023, $500,000,000 for 
base grants; 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2024, $550,000,000, of 
which $500,000,000 shall be for base grants and 
$50,000,000 shall be for matching grants; 
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2025, $600,000,000, of 
which $500,000,000 shall be for base grants and 
$100,000,000 shall be for matching grants; 
‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2026, $650,000,000, of 
which $500,000,000 shall be for base grants and 
$150,000,000 shall be for matching grants; and 
‘‘(E) for fiscal year 2027, $800,000,000, of 
which $500,000,000 shall be for base grants and 
$300,000,000 shall be for matching grants.’’. 
(B) SPECIAL
RULE.—Obligations and ex-
penditures made pursuant to section 201 of divi-
sion D of the Continuing Appropriations and 
Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 
(Public Law 117–180) and section 201 of divi-
sion C of the Further Continuing Appropriations 
and Extensions Act, 2023 shall be charged to the
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appropriation made by section 511(j)(1)(A) of 
the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2023 (as 
added by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph). 
(C) REPEAL.—Section 201 of title II of di-
vision D of Public Law 117–180 and section 201 
of division C of the Further Continuing Appro-
priations and Extensions Act, 2023 are hereby 
repealed. 
(4) DISPOSITION OF EXCESS FUNDS RESERVED 
FOR
RESEARCH, 
EVALUATION, 
AND
ADMINISTRA-
TION.—Section 511(j) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 711(j)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) DISPOSITION OF EXCESS FUNDS RESERVED 
FOR
RESEARCH, 
EVALUATION, 
AND
ADMINISTRA-
TION.—To the extent that the amounts reserved under 
paragraph (2)(D) for a fiscal year are not obligated 
in the fiscal year, the Secretary may use the funds for 
any purpose described in this section or to offset any 
reduction with respect to this section that is required 
by Federal law.’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENT THAT HOME VISITING PROGRAMS 
BE TARGETED AND INTENSIVE.—Section 511(d)(3) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711(d)(3)) is amended by
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redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and 
inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: 
‘‘(B) USE OF GRANT TO PROVIDE OR SUP-
PORT
TARGETED, INTENSIVE
HOME
VISITING 
SERVICES.—The program uses the grant to pro-
vide or support targeted, intensive home visiting 
services for the populations described in para-
graph (5).’’. 
(e) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 511(d) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711(d)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, an eligible 
entity to which funds are provided under sub-
section (c) or (h)(2)(B) shall not use more than 
10 percent of the funds to cover the costs of ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(B) AUTHORITY TO GRANT EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
authorize an eligible entity that meets a 
condition of clause (ii) of this subparagraph
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to exceed the percentage limitation in sub-
paragraph (A) with respect to a program 
conducted under this subsection by not more 
than 5 percentage points, subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary deems 
appropriate. 
‘‘(ii) CONDITIONS.—An eligible entity 
meets a condition of this clause if the eligi-
ble entity— 
‘‘(I) conducts the program by di-
rectly providing home visits to eligible 
families and without a sub-recipient; 
‘‘(II) in the fiscal year for which 
the grant for the program is made 
under this section, proposes to expand 
services in 1 or more communities 
identified in the statewide needs assess-
ment under subsection (b) and in 
which home visiting services are not 
provided; or 
‘‘(III) has conducted the program 
for fewer than 3 years.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
511(i)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 711(i)(2)) is amend-
ed by striking subparagraph (C) and redesignating
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subparagraphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (C) 
through (F), respectively. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 511 of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 711) is amended by redesig-
nating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections (k) and 
(l), respectively, and inserting after subsection (i) the 
following: 
‘‘(j) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—By December 
31, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Congress a written report on the grants made 
under this section for the then preceding fiscal year, which 
shall include— 
‘‘(1) an eligible entity-by-eligible entity sum-
mary of the outcomes measured by the entity with re-
spect to each benchmark described in subsection (e)(5) 
that apply to the entity; 
‘‘(2) information regarding any technical assist-
ance funded under subparagraph (B) or (C) of sub-
section (k)(2), including the type of any such assist-
ance provided; 
‘‘(3) information on the demographic makeup of 
families served by each such entity to the extent pos-
sible while respecting participant confidentiality, in-
cluding race, ethnicity, educational attainment at en-
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rollment, household income, and other demographic 
markers as determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(4) the information described in subsection 
(d)(1)(E); 
‘‘(5) the estimated share of the eligible popu-
lation served using grants made under this section; 
‘‘(6) a description of each service delivery model 
funded under this section by the eligible entities in 
each State, and the share (if any) of the grants ex-
pended on each model; 
‘‘(7) a description of non-Federal expenditures 
by eligible entities to qualify for matching funds 
under subsection (c)(4); 
‘‘(8) information on the uses of funds reserved 
under subsection (k)(2)(C); 
‘‘(9) information relating to those eligible enti-
ties for which funding is reserved under subsection 
(k)(2)(A), with modifications as necessary to reflect 
tribal data sovereignty, data privacy, and partici-
pant confidentiality; and 
‘‘(10) a list of data elements collected from eligi-
ble entities, and the purpose of each data element in 
measuring performance or enforcing requirements 
under this section.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(A) Section 511 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 711) 
is amended— 
(i) in subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii), by 
striking ‘‘(k)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(l)(2)’’; 
and 
(ii) in subsection (h)(2)(B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘(j)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(k)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘(k)(1)(B)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(l)(1)(B)’’. 
(B) Section 511A(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
711a(c)) is amended in each of paragraphs (5) 
and (7) by striking ‘‘511(k)(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘511(l)(2)’’. 
(g) REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN.—Sec-
tion 511(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711(h)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re-
duce the burden, on States and public and pri-
vate implementing agencies at the local level, of 
administering this section, by— 
‘‘(i) reviewing and revising adminis-
trative data collection instruments and 
forms to eliminate duplication and stream-
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line reporting requirements for States, eligi-
ble 
entities 
referred 
to 
in 
subsection 
(k)(2)(A), and nonprofit organizations re-
ferred to in subsection (l)(1)(B), including 
timelines for submitting reports; 
‘‘(ii) conducting an analysis of the 
total number of hours reported by admin-
istering agencies on complying with paper-
work requirements, and exploring, in con-
sultation with administering agencies, ways 
to reduce the number of hours spent by at 
least 15 percent; 
‘‘(iii) conducting a review of paper-
work and data collection requirements for 
tribal grantees, and exploring, in consulta-
tion with tribes and tribal organizations, 
ways to reduce administrative burden, re-
spect sovereignty, and acknowledge the dif-
ferent focus points for tribal grantees; 
‘‘(iv) collecting input from relevant 
State fiscal officials to align fiscal require-
ments and oversight for States and eligible 
entities to ensure consistency with stand-
ards and guidelines for other Federal for-
mula grant programs; and
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‘‘(v) consulting with administering 
agencies and service delivery model rep-
resentatives on needed and unneeded data 
elements regarding the dashboards provided 
for in subsection (d)(1)(B), consistent with 
the data requirements of such subsection. 
‘‘(B) FINDINGS
ON
PAPERWORK
REDUC-
TION.— 
‘‘(i) INCLUSION IN REPORT.—In the 1st 
report submitted pursuant to subsection (j) 
more than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
include the findings of the Secretary with 
respect to the matters described in subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(ii) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—Within 
years after complying with clause (i), the 
Secretary shall implement the findings re-
ferred to in clause (i).’’. 
(h) VIRTUAL HOME VISITING AUTHORIZATION AND 
RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) VIRTUAL HOME VISITS.— 
(A) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
511(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
711(e)) is amended by redesignating paragraph
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(10) as paragraph (11) and inserting after para-
graph (9) the following: 
‘‘(10) At the option of the eligible entity— 
‘‘(A) a description of any limitations or 
constraints on virtual home visits under the pro-
gram, including— 
‘‘(i) a description of the plan of the eli-
gible entity to encourage in-person home 
visits; and 
‘‘(ii) a description of the consider-
ations to be used in determining when a 
virtual home visit is appropriate, including 
client consent, client preference, geographic 
limitations, model fidelity, and hazardous 
conditions including public health emer-
gencies, weather events, health concerns for 
home visitors and client families, and other 
local issues; 
‘‘(B) an assurance that— 
‘‘(i) the virtual home visit is imple-
mented as a model enhancement; or 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary has identified the 
home visit as part of an effective model or 
model adaptation, based on an evidence of 
effectiveness review conducted using the cri-
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teria 
established 
under 
subsection 
(d)(3)(A)(iii); and 
‘‘(C) an assurance to the Secretary that at 
least 1 in-person home visit shall be conducted 
for each client family under the program during 
the 12-month period that begins with the entry 
of the client family into the program, and dur-
ing each succeeding 12-month period, except that 
any such period in which a public health emer-
gency declared under Federal law, or under the 
law of the State in which the program is con-
ducted, is in effect shall be extended by the length 
of time in which the declaration is in effect.’’. 
(B) APPLICABLE RULES.—Section 511(d) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 711(d)) is amended by re-
designating paragraph (4) and paragraph (5) 
(as added by subsection (e)(1) of this section) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, and insert-
ing after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) VIRTUAL HOME VISITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A virtual home visit 
conducted under the program shall be considered 
a home visit for purposes of this section if the 
application for funding of the program sub-
mitted pursuant to this section most recently
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after the effective date of this paragraph includes 
the material described in subsection (e)(10). 
‘‘(B) STANDARDS FOR TRAINING APPLICA-
BLE
TO
VIRTUAL
SERVICE
DELIVERY.—The 
standards for training requirements applicable 
to virtual service delivery under a home visiting 
model shall be equivalent to those that apply to 
in-person service delivery under the model. 
‘‘(C) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—A grant 
made under this section for the program may 
not be used for any virtual home visit during a 
year, unless the eligible entity to which the grant 
is made submits the report described in sub-
section (e)(8)(A) for the year. 
‘‘(D) VIRTUAL HOME VISIT DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘virtual home visit’ means 
a visit conducted solely by use of electronic infor-
mation and telecommunications technologies. 
‘‘(E) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—If the Sec-
retary finds that an eligible entity has not com-
plied with the assurance described in subsection 
(e)(10)(C), the Secretary shall, directly or 
through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments, provide the eligible entity with such tech-
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nical assistance as is necessary to assist the eli-
gible entity in doing so.’’. 
(C) 
PROGRAM
REQUIREMENT.—Section 
511(d)(3)(C) 
of 
such 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
711(d)(3)(C)), as so redesignated by subsection 
(d) of this section, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(vii) If the application submitted by 
the eligible entity includes the assurance de-
scribed in subsection (e)(10)(C) with respect 
to the program, the program provides in- 
person service consistent with the assur-
ances.’’. 
(D) REPORTS.—Section 511(e)(8)(A) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 711(e)(8)(A)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘, including the number of virtual 
home visits conducted under the program in the 
year covered by the report, disaggregated with 
respect to each home visiting model under which 
the virtual home visits are conducted’’ before the 
semicolon. 
(2) TRANSITION RULE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A virtual home visit 
conducted before the effective date of the amend-
ments made by this subsection under an early
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childhood home visitation program funded under 
section 511 of the Social Security Act shall be 
considered a home visit for purposes of such sec-
tion. 
(B) VIRTUAL
HOME
VISIT
DEFINED.—In 
subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘virtual home visit’’ 
means a visit conducted solely by use of elec-
tronic information and telecommunications tech-
nologies. 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this section and the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2022. 
(2) VIRTUAL HOME VISITING PROVISIONS.—The 
amendments made by subsection (h) shall take effect 
on October 1, 2023. 
SEC. 6102. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR 
NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM. 
Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than 
under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the So-
cial Security Act shall continue through September 30, 
2023, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2022, and 
out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 
otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
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SEC. 6103. 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERV-
ICES PROGRAMS. 
(a) The following provisions of the Social Security Act 
are each amended by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’: 
(1) Section 436(a) (42 U.S.C. 629f(a)). 
(2) 
Section 
436(b)(4)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
629f(b)(4)(A)). 
(3) Section 436(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 629f(b)(5)). 
(4) Section 438(d) (42 U.S.C. 629h(d)). 
(b) The following provisions of the Social Security Act 
are each amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’: 
(1) Section 425 (42 U.S.C. 625). 
(2) Section 437(a) (42 U.S.C. 629g(a)). 
(3) 
Section 
437(f)(3)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
629g(f)(3)(A)). 
(4) Section 437(f)(10) (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(10)). 
TITLE 
VII—SUPPLEMENTAL 
FUNDING FOR THE WORLD 
TRADE CENTER HEALTH PRO-
GRAM 
SEC. 7701. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE WORLD 
TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XXXIII of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 3352. SUPPLEMENTAL FUND. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a fund to be 
known as the World Trade Center Health Program Supple-
mental Fund (referred to in this section as the ‘Supple-
mental Fund’), consisting of amounts deposited into the 
Fund under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT.—Out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated for fiscal year 
2023 $1,000,000,000, for deposit into the Supplemental 
Fund, which amounts shall remain available through fiscal 
year 2032. 
‘‘(c) USES OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited into the 
Supplemental Fund under subsection (b) shall be available, 
without further appropriation and without regard to any 
spending limitation under section 3351(c), to the WTC Pro-
gram Administrator as needed at the discretion of such Ad-
ministrator, for carrying out any provision in this title, 
including sections 3303 and 3341(c). 
‘‘(d) RETURN OF FUNDS.—Any amounts that remain 
in the Supplemental Fund on September 30, 2032, shall 
be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title XXXIII of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm et seq.) is 
amended—
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(1) in section 3311(a)(4)(B)(i)(II) (42 U.S.C. 
300mm–21(a)(4)(B)(i)(II)), 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
3351’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 3351 and 3352’’; 
(2) in section 3321(a)(3)(B)(i)(II) (42 U.S.C. 
300mm–31(a)(3)(B)(i)(II)), 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
3351’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 3351 and 3352’’; 
(3) in section 3331 (42 U.S.C. 300mm–41)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and the 
World Trade Center Health Program Supple-
mental Fund’’ before the period at the end; and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting 
‘‘(excluding any expenditures from amounts 
in the World Trade Center Health Program 
Supplemental Fund under section 3352)’’ 
before the period at the end; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), in the flush text 
following subparagraph (C), by inserting 
‘‘(excluding any expenditures from amounts 
in the World Trade Center Health Program 
Supplemental Fund under section 3352)’’ 
before the period at the end; and 
(4) in section 3351(b) (42 U.S.C. 300mm– 
61(b))—
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘With respect’’ through ‘‘subtitle B, 
the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘of such individuals’’ each 
place it appears; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘and indi-
viduals who were exposed within a geographic area 
related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in 
a manner similar to the exposure within such geo-
graphic area experienced by individuals meeting the 
eligibility criteria under section 3311(a)(2) or 
3321(a)(1)(B)’’ after ‘‘treatment’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) RESEARCH COHORT FOR EMERGING HEALTH IM-
PACTS ON YOUTH.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The WTC Program Adminis-
trator, in consultation with the Secretary of Edu-
cation, shall establish a research cohort of sufficient 
size to conduct future research studies on the health 
and educational impacts of exposure to airborne tox-
ins, or any other hazard or adverse condition, result-
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ing from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, in-
cluding on the population of individuals who were 21 
years of age or younger at the time of exposure, in-
cluding such individuals who are screening-eligible 
WTC survivors or certified-eligible WTC survivors. 
‘‘(2) POPULATIONS STUDIED.—The research co-
hort under paragraph (1) may include— 
‘‘(A) individuals who, on September 11, 
2001, were 21 years of age or younger and 
were— 
‘‘(i) outside the New York City disaster 
area; and 
‘‘(ii) in— 
‘‘(I) the area of Manhattan not 
further north than 14th Street; or 
‘‘(II) Brooklyn; and 
‘‘(B) control populations, including popu-
lations of individuals who, on September 11, 
2001, were 21 years of age or younger.’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 3351(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
300mm–61(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3) 
the following: 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION FOR RESEARCH COHORT FOR 
EMERGING
HEALTH
IMPACTS
ON
YOUTH.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), the amounts made available
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under such paragraph may not be used for fiscal 
years 2023 through 2032 to carry out subsection (c) 
of section 3341.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3301(f)(2)(E) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm(f)(2)(E)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 3341(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or 
(c) of section 3341’’. 
DIVISION GG—MERGER FILING 
FEE MODERNIZATION 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Merger Filing Fee 
Modernization Act of 2022’’. 
TITLE I—MODERNIZING MERGER 
FILING 
FEE 
COLLECTIONS; 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
REQUIRE-
MENTS; 
LIMITATION 
ON 
FUNDING 
SEC. 101. MODIFICATION OF PREMERGER NOTIFICATION 
FILING FEES. 
Section 605 of Public Law 101–162 (15 U.S.C. 18a 
note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$45,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$30,000’’;
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(ii) by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$161,500,000’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting 
‘‘2022’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$125,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$100,000’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$161,500,000’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘but less’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘but is less’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$280,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$250,000’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and 
inserting 
‘‘but 
is 
less 
than 
$1,000,000,000 (as so adjusted and pub-
lished);’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) $400,000 if the aggregate total amount de-
termined under section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act 
(15 U.S.C. 18a(a)(2)) is not less than $1,000,000,000
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(as so adjusted and published) but is less than 
$2,000,000,000 (as so adjusted and published); 
‘‘(5) $800,000 if the aggregate total amount de-
termined under section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act 
(15 U.S.C. 18a(a)(2)) is not less than $2,000,000,000 
(as so adjusted and published) but is less than 
$5,000,000,000 (as so adjusted and published); and 
‘‘(6) $2,250,000 if the aggregate total amount de-
termined under section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act 
(15 U.S.C. 18a(a)(2)) is not less than $5,000,000,000 
(as so adjusted and published).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c)(1) For each fiscal year commencing after Sep-
tember 30, 2023, the filing fees in this section shall be in-
creased by an amount equal to the percentage increase, if 
any, in the Consumer Price Index, as determined by the 
Department of Labor or its successor, for the year then 
ended over the level so established for the year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2022. 
‘‘(2) As soon as practicable, but not later than Janu-
ary 31 of each year, the Federal Trade Commission shall 
publish the adjusted amounts required by paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) The Federal Trade Commission shall not adjust 
amounts required by paragraph (1) if the percentage in-
crease described in paragraph (1) is less than 1 percent.
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‘‘(4) An amount adjusted under this section shall be 
rounded to the nearest multiple of $5,000.’’. 
SEC. 102. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MERGER FEE 
COLLECTIONS. 
(a) FTC AND DOJ JOINT REPORT.—For each of fiscal 
years 2023 through 2027, the Federal Trade Commission 
and Department of Justice shall jointly and annually re-
port to the Congress on the operation of section 7A of the 
Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a) and shall include in such re-
port the following: 
(1) The amount of funds made available to the 
Federal Trade Commission and the Department of 
Justice, respectively, from the premerger notification 
filing fees under this section, as adjusted by the Merg-
er Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, as compared 
to the funds made available to the Federal Trade 
Commission and the Department of Justice, respec-
tively, from premerger notification filing fees as the 
fees were determined in fiscal year 2022. 
(2) The total revenue derived from premerger no-
tification filing fees, by tier, by the Federal Trade 
Commission and the Department of Justice, respec-
tively. 
(3) The gross cost of operations of the Federal 
Trade Commission, by Budget Activity, and the Anti-
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trust Division of the Department of Justice, respec-
tively. 
(b) FTC REPORT.—The Federal Trade Commission 
shall include in the report required under subsection (a), 
in addition to the requirements under subsection (a), for 
the previous fiscal year— 
(1) for actions with respect to which the record 
of the vote of each member of the Federal Trade Com-
mission is on the public record of the Federal Trade 
Commission, a list of each action with respect to 
which the Federal Trade Commission took or declined 
to take action on a 3 to 2 vote; and 
(2) for all actions for which the Federal Trade 
Commission took a vote, the percentage of such ac-
tions that were decided on a 3 to 2 vote. 
(c) SUMMARY.—The Federal Trade Commission and 
the Department of Justice shall make the report required 
under subsection (a) available to the Committees on the Ju-
diciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, 
and shall, for fiscal years 2023 through 2027, no later than 
July 1, present a summary of the joint annual report for 
the preceding fiscal year, including the information re-
quired in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, to the Com-
mittees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
and of the Senate.
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TITLE II—DISCLOSURE OF SUB-
SIDIES BY FOREIGN ADVER-
SARIES 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Foreign subsidies, which can take the form of 
direct subsidies, grants, loans (including below-mar-
ket loans), loan guarantees, tax concessions, pref-
erential government procurement policies, or govern-
ment ownership or control, can distort the competitive 
process by enabling the subsidized firm to submit a 
bid higher than other firms in the market, or other-
wise change the incentives of the firm in ways that 
undermine competition following an acquisition. 
(2) Foreign subsidies are particularly problem-
atic when granted by countries or entities that con-
stitute a strategic or economic threat to United States 
interests. 
(3) The Made in China 2025 plan, states that 
the Chinese Communist Party will ‘‘support enter-
prises to carry out mergers and acquisitions (M&A), 
equity investment, and venture capital overseas’’. 
(4) The 2020 report to Congress from the bipar-
tisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review 
Commission concluded that the Chinese Government
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subsidizes companies with a goal of their expanding 
into the United States and other countries, finding 
that ‘‘[t]his process assists Chinese national cham-
pions in surpassing and supplanting global market 
leaders’’. The report warns that the risk is particu-
larly acute when it comes to emerging technologies, 
where China seeks to ‘‘surpass and displace the 
United States altogether [and that] [f]ailure to appre-
ciate the gravity of this challenge and defend U.S. 
competitiveness would be dire . . . [and] risks setting 
back U.S. economic and technological progress for 
decades’’. 
(5) In remarks before the Hudson Institute on 
December 8, 2020, FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips 
stated, ‘‘[O]ne area where antitrust needs to reckon 
with the strategic interests of other nations is when 
we scrutinize mergers or conduct involving state- 
owned entities . . . companies that are controlled, to 
varying degrees, by the state . . . [and] often are a 
government tool for implementing industrial policies 
or to protect national security’’. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to re-
quire parties providing pre-merger notifications to include 
in the notification required under section 7A of the Clayton 
Act (15 U.S.C. 18a) information concerning subsidies they
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receive from countries or entities that are strategic or eco-
nomic threats to the United States. 
SEC. 202. MERGERS INVOLVING FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 
SUBSIDIES. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘foreign en-
tity of concern’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
40207 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42 
U.S.C. 18741(a)). 
(b) ACCOUNTING FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SUB-
SIDIES.—A person required to file a notification under sec-
tion 7A of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a) that received 
a subsidy from a foreign entity of concern shall include in 
such notification content regarding such subsidy. 
(c) AUTHORITY
OF ANTITRUST REGULATORS.—The 
Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the As-
sistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division 
of the Department of Justice, and in consultation with the 
Chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the 
United States, the Secretary of Commerce, the Chair of the 
United States International Trade Commission, the United 
States Trade Representative, and the heads of other appro-
priate agencies, and by rule in accordance with section 553 
of title 5, United States Code, shall require that the notifica-
tion required under subsection (b) be in such form and con-
tain such documentary material and information relevant
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to a proposed acquisition as is necessary and appropriate 
to enable the Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant 
Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the 
Department of Justice to determine whether such acquisi-
tion may, if consummated, violate the antitrust laws. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (b) shall take effect 
on the date on which the rule described in subsection (c) 
takes effect. 
TITLE III—VENUE FOR STATE 
ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 301. VENUE FOR STATE ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT. 
Section 1407 of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (g) by inserting ‘‘or a State’’ 
after ‘‘United States’’ and striking ‘‘; but shall not in-
clude section 4A of the Act of October 15, 1914, as 
added July 7, 1955 (69 Stat. 282; 15 U.S.C. 15a)’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subsection (h). 
DIVISION HH—AGRICULTURE 
SEC. 101. DEFINITION. 
In this division, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Agriculture.
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TITLE I—CONSERVATION 
SEC. 201. GREENHOUSE GAS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PRO-
VIDER AND THIRD-PARTY VERIFIER PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVISORY
COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Advisory 
Council’’ means the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assist-
ance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program Ad-
visory Council established under subsection (f)(1). 
(2) AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY CREDIT.—The 
term ‘‘agriculture or forestry credit’’ means a credit 
representing an amount of greenhouse gas emissions 
from an agricultural or forestry activity that are pre-
vented, reduced, or mitigated (including through the 
sequestration of carbon) as a result of an agricultural 
or forestry activity. 
(3) BEGINNING, SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED, LIM-
ITED RESOURCE, OR VETERAN FARMER, RANCHER, OR 
PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNER.—The term ‘‘beginning, 
socially disadvantaged, limited resource, or veteran 
farmer, rancher, or private forest landowner’’ means 
a farmer, rancher, or private forest landowner who 
is— 
(A) a beginning farmer or rancher (as de-
fined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture,
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Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
2279(a))); 
(B) a socially disadvantaged farmer or 
rancher (as defined in section 355(e) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 2003(e))); 
(C) a limited resource farmer or rancher (as 
defined in section 1470.3 of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or successor regulations)); or 
(D) a veteran farmer (as defined in section 
2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279)). 
(4) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered enti-
ty’’ means a person or entity, including a private 
business, non-profit organization, or public agency, 
that either— 
(A) is a provider of technical assistance to 
farmers, ranchers, or private forest landowners 
in carrying out sustainable land use manage-
ment practices that prevent, reduce, or mitigate 
greenhouse gas emissions (including through the 
sequestration of carbon); or 
(B) is a third-party verifier entity that con-
ducts the verification of the processes described
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in protocols for voluntary environmental credit 
markets. 
(5) GREENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘‘greenhouse 
gas’’ means— 
(A) carbon dioxide; 
(B) methane; 
(C) nitrous oxide; and 
(D) any other gas that the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Advisory Council, deter-
mines has been identified to have heat trapping 
qualities. 
(6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the 
Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and 
Third-Party Verifier Program established under sub-
section (b). 
(7) PROTOCOL.—The term ‘‘protocol’’ means a 
systematic approach for generating an agriculture or 
forestry credit, which follows a transparent and thor-
ough science-based methodology (including 1 or more 
baseline scenarios)— 
(A) for the development of projects to pre-
vent, reduce, or mitigate greenhouse gas emis-
sions (including projects to sequester carbon); 
and
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(B) for demonstrating how to quantify, 
monitor, report, and verify the prevention, re-
duction, or mitigation of greenhouse gas emis-
sions by projects described in subparagraph (A). 
(8) SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
GROUP.—The 
term ‘‘socially disadvantaged group’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 355(e) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e)). 
(9) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘tech-
nical assistance’’ means technical expertise, informa-
tion, and tools to assist a farmer, rancher, or private 
forest landowner, who is engaged in or wants to en-
gage in a project to prevent, reduce, or mitigate 
greenhouse gas emissions (including a project to se-
quester carbon), as necessary to meet a protocol. 
(10) VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT MAR-
KET.—The term ‘‘voluntary environmental credit 
market’’ means a voluntary market through which ag-
riculture or forestry credits may be bought or sold. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— 
(1) DETERMINATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall make a determination of whether es-
tablishing a voluntary program to register cov-
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ered entities that carry out activities described 
in subsection (c)(2) will further each of the fol-
lowing purposes: 
(i) Facilitating the participation of 
farmers, ranchers, and private forest land-
owners in voluntary environmental credit 
markets. 
(ii) Facilitating the provision of tech-
nical assistance, through covered entities, to 
farmers, ranchers, and private forest land-
owners to help overcome barriers to entry 
into voluntary environmental credit mar-
kets. 
(iii) 
Ensuring 
that 
participating 
farmers, ranchers, and private forest land-
owners receive fair distribution of revenues 
derived from the sale of an agriculture or 
forestry credit. 
(iv) Increasing access for farmers, 
ranchers, and private forest landowners to 
resources relating to existing voluntary en-
vironmental credit markets, including infor-
mation relating to the basic market struc-
ture and the various roles and qualifica-
tions of different parties.
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(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making the de-
termination under this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall consider the results of the assessment con-
ducted under subsection (g)(2)(A) and any other 
relevant information. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—If the Secretary deter-
mines under paragraph (1) that establishing such a 
program will further such purposes, the Secretary 
shall establish a voluntary program, to be known as 
the ‘‘Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider 
and Third-Party Verifier Program’’, to register cov-
ered entities that carry out activities described in sub-
section (c). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after mak-
ing the determination under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall publish a report describing the reasons 
for such determination, including how establishing a 
program under this subsection would or would not 
further each of the purposes described in paragraph 
(1)(A). 
(c) PROTOCOLS, QUALIFICATIONS, AND ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) WIDELY ACCEPTED PROTOCOLS AND QUALI-
FICATIONS.—After providing public notice and at 
least a 60-day period for public comment, but not
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later than 90 days after the date on which the Pro-
gram is established, the Secretary shall publish— 
(A) a list of, and documents relating to, 
widely accepted protocols that are designed to en-
sure consistency, reliability, effectiveness, effi-
ciency, and transparency of voluntary environ-
mental credit markets, including protocol docu-
ments and details relating to— 
(i) calculations; 
(ii) sampling methodologies; 
(iii) voluntary environmental credit 
accounting principles; 
(iv) systems for verification, moni-
toring, measurement, and reporting; and 
(v) 
methods 
to 
account 
for 
additionality, permanence, leakage, and, 
where appropriate, avoidance of double 
counting; and 
(B) descriptions of widely accepted quali-
fications possessed by covered entities that pro-
vide technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, 
and private forest landowners. 
(2) ACTIVITIES.—A covered entity may register 
under the Program with respect to technical assist-
ance or process verification the covered entity carries
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out for activities that prevent, reduce, or mitigate 
greenhouse gas emissions, including— 
(A) land or soil carbon sequestration; 
(B) emissions reductions derived from fuel 
choice or reduced fuel use; 
(C) livestock emissions reductions, including 
emissions reductions achieved through— 
(i) feeds, feed additives, and the use of 
byproducts as feed sources; or 
(ii) manure management practices; 
(D) on-farm energy generation; 
(E) energy feedstock production; 
(F) fertilizer or nutrient use emissions re-
ductions; 
(G) reforestation; 
(H) forest management, including improv-
ing harvesting practices and thinning diseased 
trees; 
(I) prevention of the conversion of forests, 
grasslands, and wetlands; 
(J) restoration of wetlands or grasslands; 
(K) grassland management, including pre-
scribed grazing;
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(L) current practices associated with pri-
vate land conservation programs administered 
by the Secretary; and 
(M) such other activities, or combinations of 
activities, that the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Advisory Council, determines to be ap-
propriate. 
(3) INCLUSIONS.—In publishing the list of wide-
ly accepted protocols and the descriptions of widely 
accepted qualifications under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Advisory Council, 
shall include all relevant information relating to 
market-based protocols, as appropriate, with regard 
to— 
(A) quantification; 
(B) verification; 
(C) additionality; 
(D) permanence; 
(E) reporting; and 
(F) other expertise, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(4) PERIODIC REVIEW.—As appropriate, the Sec-
retary shall periodically review and revise the list 
and descriptions published under paragraph (1) to
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include any additional protocols or qualifications de-
scribed in paragraph (3). 
(d) REGISTRATION, WEBSITE, AND PUBLICATION OF 
LISTS.— 
(1) REGISTRATION LIST.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after establishing the Program, the Secretary 
shall publish, through a website maintained by 
the Secretary, a registration list consisting of a 
list of covered entities that have submitted infor-
mation to the Secretary, which list the Secretary 
shall regularly update. 
(B) REGISTRATION.—A covered entity may 
register under the Program to be included on the 
registration list by submitting to the Secretary, 
through a website maintained by the Secretary, 
information that— 
(i) shall include— 
(I) the region in which the covered 
entity provides its services; 
(II) whether the covered entity is 
a technical assistance provider or a 
verifier; and 
(III) the protocols in which the 
covered entity has proficiency; and
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(ii) may include additional informa-
tion that— 
(I) has been identified by the Ad-
visory Council in its initial assessment 
under subsection (g)(1) to ensure cer-
tainty for producers in the marketplace 
for agriculture or forestry credits; and 
(II) the Secretary determines is 
appropriate for inclusion. 
(2) WEBSITE
AND
SOLICITATION.—During the 
180-day period beginning on the date on which the 
Program is established, the Secretary shall publish, 
through an existing website maintained by the Sec-
retary— 
(A) information describing how covered en-
tities may register under the Program in accord-
ance with paragraph (1); 
(B) a list of the widely accepted protocols 
and qualifications published by the Secretary 
under subsection (c)(1); and 
(C) instructions and suggestions to assist 
farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners 
in facilitating the development of agriculture or 
forestry credits and accessing voluntary environ-
mental credit markets, including—
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(i) through working with covered enti-
ties registered under the Program; and 
(ii) by providing information relating 
to programs, registries, and protocols of 
programs and registries that provide mar-
ket-based participation opportunities for 
working and conservation agricultural and 
forestry lands. 
(3) PROGRAMMATIC INTEGRITY.—The Secretary 
shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that 
covered entities registered under the Program— 
(A) act in good faith to provide realistic es-
timates of costs and revenues relating to activi-
ties and verification of processes described in 
subsection (c)(2), as applicable to the covered en-
tity; and 
(B) demonstrate expertise in, and are able 
to perform in accordance with, best management 
practices for agricultural and forestry activities 
that prevent, reduce, or mitigate greenhouse gas 
emissions (including through the sequestration of 
carbon). 
(4) REMOVAL FROM REGISTRATION LIST.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—
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(i) REMOVAL.—The Secretary shall re-
move a covered entity from the registration 
list under the Program if the Secretary de-
termines that the covered entity has not 
acted in accordance with— 
(I) the information provided by 
the entity under paragraph (1)(B); or 
(II) best management practices 
for agricultural and forestry activities 
that prevent, reduce, or mitigate green-
house gas emissions (including through 
the sequestration of carbon). 
(ii) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 
may make a determination under clause 
(i)— 
(I) based on a periodic review of 
a representative sample of covered enti-
ties, which shall occur not less fre-
quently than once each year; or 
(II) as necessary. 
(B) APPEAL OF REMOVAL.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—A covered entity 
that has been removed from the registration 
list pursuant to subparagraph (A) may ap-
peal the determination to the Secretary.
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(ii) RE-REGISTRATION.—A covered en-
tity that appeals a determination under 
clause (i) may re-register under the Pro-
gram if the covered entity successfully 
proves, as determined by the Secretary, that 
the covered entity has acted in accordance 
with, as applicable— 
(I) the information provided by 
the entity under paragraph (1)(B); 
and 
(II) best management practices 
for agricultural and forestry activities 
that prevent, reduce, or mitigate green-
house gas emissions (including through 
the sequestration of carbon). 
(C) NOTIFICATION.—If the Secretary re-
moves a covered entity from the registration list 
pursuant to subparagraph (A), to the extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall— 
(i) request from that covered entity 
contact information for all farmers, ranch-
ers, and private forest landowners to which 
the covered entity provided technical assist-
ance or the verification of the processes de-
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scribed in protocols of voluntary environ-
mental credit markets; and 
(ii) notify those farmers, ranchers, and 
private forest landowners of the removal. 
(5) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section 
authorizes the Secretary to compel a farmer, rancher, 
or private forest landowner to participate in a trans-
action or project facilitated by a covered entity cer-
tified under paragraph (1). 
(e) SUBMISSION OF FRAUDULENT INFORMATION OR 
CLAIMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A person or entity, regardless 
of whether the person or entity is registered under the 
Program, shall not make a fraudulent submission 
under subsection (d) or make a fraudulent claim re-
garding the presence of that person or entity on the 
registration list published under such subsection. 
(2) PENALTY.—Any person or entity that vio-
lates paragraph (1) shall be— 
(A) subject to a civil penalty equal to such 
amount as the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate, not to exceed $1,000 per violation; and 
(B) ineligible to register under the Program 
for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the 
violation.
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(f) GREENHOUSE GAS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PRO-
VIDER AND THIRD-PARTY VERIFIER PROGRAM ADVISORY 
COUNCIL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 90-day period be-
ginning on the date on which the Program is estab-
lished, the Secretary shall establish an advisory coun-
cil, to be known as the ‘‘Greenhouse Gas Technical As-
sistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program 
Advisory Council’’. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Council 
shall be composed of members appointed by the 
Secretary in accordance with this paragraph. 
(B) GENERAL REPRESENTATION.—The Ad-
visory Council shall— 
(i) be broadly representative of the ag-
riculture and private forest sectors; 
(ii) include beginning, socially dis-
advantaged, limited resource, and veteran 
farmers, ranchers, and private forest land-
owners; and 
(iii) be composed of not less than 51 
percent farmers, ranchers, or private forest 
landowners.
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(C) MEMBERS.—Members appointed under 
subparagraph (A) shall include— 
(i) not more than 2 representatives of 
the Department of Agriculture, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; 
(ii) not more than 1 representative of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, as 
determined by the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency; 
(iii) not more than 1 representative of 
the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; 
(iv) not fewer than 12 representatives 
of the agriculture industry, appointed in a 
manner that is broadly representative of the 
agriculture sector, including not fewer than 
6 active farmers and ranchers; 
(v) not fewer than 4 representatives of 
private forest landowners or the forestry 
and forest products industry appointed in a 
manner that is broadly representative of the 
private forest sector; 
(vi) not more than 4 representatives of 
the relevant scientific research community, 
including not fewer than 2 representatives
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from land-grant colleges and universities 
(as defined in section 1404 of the National 
Agricultural 
Research, 
Extension, 
and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3103)), of which 1 shall be a representative 
of a college or university eligible to receive 
funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Second Morrill 
Act’’) (26 Stat. 417, chapter 841; 7 U.S.C. 
321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University; 
(vii) not more than 2 experts or profes-
sionals familiar with voluntary environ-
mental credit markets and the verification 
requirements in those markets; 
(viii) not more than 3 members of non-
governmental or civil society organizations 
with relevant expertise, of which not fewer 
than 1 shall represent the interests of so-
cially disadvantaged groups; 
(ix) not more than 3 members of pri-
vate sector entities or organizations that 
participate in voluntary environmental 
credit markets; and 
(x) any other individual whom the 
Secretary determines to be necessary to en-
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sure that the Advisory Council is composed 
of a diverse group of representatives of in-
dustry, academia, independent researchers, 
and public and private entities. 
(D) CHAIR.—The Secretary shall designate 
a member of the Advisory Council to serve as the 
Chair. 
(E) TERMS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The term of a mem-
ber of the Advisory Council shall be 2 years, 
except that, of the members first ap-
pointed— 
(I) not fewer than 8 members 
shall serve for a term of 1 year; 
(II) not fewer than 12 members 
shall serve for a term of 2 years; and 
(III) not fewer than 12 members 
shall serve for a term of 3 years. 
(ii) ADDITIONAL
TERMS.—After the 
initial term of a member of the Advisory 
Council, including the members first ap-
pointed, the member may serve not more 
than 4 additional 2-year terms. 
(3) MEETINGS.—
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(A) FREQUENCY.—The Advisory Council 
shall meet not less frequently than annually, at 
the call of the Chair. 
(B) INITIAL MEETING.—During the 90-day 
period beginning on the date on which the mem-
bers are appointed under paragraph (2)(A), the 
Advisory Council shall hold an initial meeting. 
(4) GENERAL
DUTIES.—The Advisory Council 
shall— 
(A) periodically review and recommend any 
appropriate changes to— 
(i) the list of protocols and description 
of qualifications published by the Secretary 
under subsection (c)(1); and 
(ii) the activities described in sub-
section (c)(1)(B); 
(B) make recommendations to the Secretary 
regarding the best practices that should be in-
cluded in the protocols, description of qualifica-
tions, and activities described in subparagraph 
(A); and 
(C) advise the Secretary regarding— 
(i) the current methods used by vol-
untary environmental credit markets to 
quantify and verify the prevention, reduc-
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tion, or mitigation of greenhouse gas emis-
sions (including the sequestration of car-
bon); 
(ii) means to reduce barriers to entry 
in the business of providing technical assist-
ance or the verification of the processes de-
scribed in protocols of voluntary environ-
mental credit markets for covered entities, 
including by improving technical assistance 
provided by the Secretary; 
(iii) means to reduce compliance and 
verification costs for farmers, ranchers, and 
private forest landowners in entering vol-
untary environmental credit markets, in-
cluding through mechanisms and processes 
to aggregate the value of activities across 
land ownership; 
(iv) issues relating to land and asset 
ownership in light of evolving voluntary en-
vironmental credit markets; and 
(v) additional means to reduce barriers 
to entry in voluntary environmental credit 
markets for farmers, ranchers, and private 
forest landowners, particularly for begin-
ning, socially disadvantaged, limited re-
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source, and veteran farmers, ranchers, and 
private forest landowners. 
(5) COMPENSATION.—The members of the Advi-
sory Council shall serve without compensation. 
(6) CONFLICT
OF
INTEREST.—The Secretary 
shall prohibit any member of the Advisory Council 
from— 
(A) engaging in any determinations or ac-
tivities of the Advisory Council that may result 
in the favoring of, or a direct and predictable ef-
fect on— 
(i) the member or a family member, as 
determined by the Secretary; 
(ii) stock owned by the member or a 
family member, as determined by the Sec-
retary; or 
(iii) the employer of, or a business 
owned in whole or in part by, the member 
or a family member, as determined by the 
Secretary; or 
(B) providing advice or recommendations 
regarding, or otherwise participating in, matters 
of the Advisory Council that—
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(i) constitute a conflict of interest 
under section 208 of title 18, United States 
Code; or 
(ii) may call into question the integ-
rity of the Advisory Council, the Program, 
or the technical assistance or verification 
activities described under subsection (c)(2). 
(7) FACA APPLICABILITY.—The Advisory Coun-
cil shall be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.), except that section 14(a)(2) of 
that Act shall not apply. 
(g) ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) INITIAL
ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 90 
days after the Advisory Council holds an initial meet-
ing, the Advisory Council shall submit to the Sec-
retary, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an initial as-
sessment that examines ways to ensure certainty for 
farmers, ranchers, or private forest landowners in the 
marketplace for agriculture or forestry credits, includ-
ing identification of any information that may be ap-
propriate for entities to provide when registering 
under subsection (d)(1)(B).
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(2) GENERAL ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 240 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, shall— 
(A) conduct an assessment, which incor-
porates information from existing publications 
and reports of the Department of Agriculture 
and other entities with relevant expertise, re-
garding— 
(i) the number and categories of non- 
Federal actors in the nonprofit and for- 
profit sectors involved in development, gen-
eration, or sale of agriculture or forestry 
credits in voluntary environmental credit 
markets; 
(ii) the estimated overall domestic 
market demand for agriculture or forestry 
credits at the end of the preceding 4-cal-
endar year period, and historically, in vol-
untary environmental credit markets; 
(iii) the total number of agriculture or 
forestry credits (measured in metric tons of 
carbon dioxide equivalent) that were esti-
mated to be in development, generated, or 
sold in market transactions during the pre-
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ceding 4-calendar year period, and histori-
cally, in voluntary environmental credit 
markets; 
(iv) the estimated supply and demand 
of metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent 
of offsets in the global marketplace for the 
next 4 years; 
(v) the barriers to entry due to compli-
ance and verification costs described in sub-
section (f)(4)(C)(iii); 
(vi) the state of monitoring and meas-
urement technologies needed to quantify 
long-term carbon sequestration in soils and 
from other activities to prevent, reduce, or 
mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the ag-
riculture and forestry sectors; 
(vii) means to reduce barriers to entry 
into voluntary environmental credit mar-
kets for beginning, socially disadvantaged, 
limited resource, and veteran farmers, 
ranchers, and private forest landowners, 
and the extent to which existing protocols of 
voluntary environmental credit markets 
allow for aggregation of projects among
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farmers, ranchers, and private forest land-
owners; 
(viii) the extent to which the existing 
regimes for generating and selling agri-
culture or forestry credits (as the regimes 
exist at the end of the preceding 4-calendar 
year period, and historically), and existing 
voluntary environmental credit markets, 
may be impeded or constricted, or achieve 
greater scale and reach, if the Department 
of Agriculture were involved, including in-
volvement in education described in clause 
(ix); 
(ix) the extent to which Department of 
Agriculture education of stakeholders about 
voluntary environmental credit markets 
would benefit those stakeholders, including 
whether that education would reduce bar-
riers to entry identified under clause (v); 
(x) the extent to which existing proto-
cols of voluntary environmental credit mar-
kets, including verification, additionality, 
permanence, and reporting, adequately take 
into consideration and account for factors 
encountered by the agriculture and private
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forest sectors in preventing, reducing, or 
mitigating greenhouse gas emissions (in-
cluding by sequestering carbon) through ag-
riculture and forestry practices, considering 
variances across regions, topography, soil 
types, crop or species varieties, and business 
models; 
(xi) the extent to which existing proto-
cols of voluntary environmental credit mar-
kets consider options to ensure the contin-
ued valuation, through discounting or other 
means, of agriculture and forestry credits in 
the case of the practices underlying those 
credits being disrupted due to unavoidable 
events, including production challenges and 
natural disasters; and 
(xii) opportunities for other voluntary 
markets outside of voluntary environmental 
credit markets to foster the trading, buying, 
or selling of credits that are derived from 
activities that provide other ecosystem serv-
ice benefits, including activities that im-
prove water quality, water quantity, wild-
life habitat enhancement, and other eco-
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system services, as the Secretary determines 
appropriate; 
(B) publish the assessment; and 
(C) submit the assessment to the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives. 
(3) 
QUADRIENNIAL
ASSESSMENT.—The 
Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Advisory 
Council, shall conduct the assessment described in 
paragraph (2)(A) and publish and submit such as-
sessment in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) of paragraph (2) every 4 years after the publica-
tion and submission of the first assessment under sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2). 
(h) CONFIDENTIALITY.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), the Secretary, any other officer or 
employee of the Department of Agriculture or 
any agency of the Department of Agriculture, or 
any other person may not disclose to the public 
the information held by the Secretary described 
in subparagraph (B).
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(B) INFORMATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), the information prohibited 
from disclosure under subparagraph (A) 
is— 
(I) personally identifiable infor-
mation, including in a contract or 
service agreement, of a farmer, ranch-
er, or private forest landowner, ob-
tained by the Secretary under sub-
section (d)(4)(C)(i); and 
(II) confidential business informa-
tion in a contract or service agreement 
of a farmer, rancher, or private forest 
landowner obtained by the Secretary 
under subsection (d)(4)(C)(i). 
(ii) AGGREGATED RELEASE.—Informa-
tion described in clause (i) may be released 
to the public if the information has been 
transformed into a statistical or aggregate 
form that does not allow the identification 
of the person who supplied or is the subject 
of the particular information. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not pro-
hibit the disclosure by an officer or employee of the
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Federal Government of information described in 
paragraph (1)(B) as otherwise directed by the Sec-
retary or the Attorney General for enforcement pur-
poses. 
(i) FUNDING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to the amount made available under para-
graph (2), there is authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2023 through 2027. 
(2) DIRECT FUNDING.— 
(A) 
RESCISSION.—There 
is 
rescinded 
$4,100,000 of the unobligated balance of amounts 
made available by section 1003 of the American 
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2). 
(B) APPROPRIATION.—If such unobligated 
amounts are available to execute the rescission 
under subparagraph (A), on the day after the 
execution of the rescission, there is appropriated 
to the Secretary, out of amounts in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $4,100,000 to carry 
out this section to remain available for fiscal 
years 2023 through 2027.
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(3) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation shall be used to carry 
out this section. 
(j) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to provide authority to the Secretary for 
the establishment or operation of a Federal market through 
which agriculture or forestry credits may be bought or sold. 
SEC. 202. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF PRIVATE FUNDS FOR 
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
Section 1241(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3841(f)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘FOR 
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS’’ after ‘‘CONTRIBU-
TIONS’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PART-
NERSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS ACCOUNTS.—The Secretary 
shall establish the necessary accounts and process to 
accept contributions of private funds for the purposes 
of addressing the changing climate, sequestering car-
bon, improving wildlife habitat, protecting sources of 
drinking water, and addressing other natural resource 
priorities identified by the Secretary.’’;
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(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a conserva-
tion program administered by the Secretary under 
subtitle D shall be deposited into the sub-account’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a covered program shall be deposited 
into the account’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) SECRETARIAL AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac-
cept under this subsection contributions of such 
funds as the Secretary determines appropriate, 
taking into consideration— 
‘‘(i) the source of the funds to be con-
tributed; 
‘‘(ii) the natural resource concerns to 
be addressed through the use of the funds; 
‘‘(iii) the amount of funds to be con-
tributed; 
‘‘(iv) whether the activities proposed to 
be carried out using the funds are consistent 
with the priorities of the Secretary; and 
‘‘(v) any other factors the Secretary de-
termines to be relevant. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—A determination of 
whether to accept private funds under this sub-
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section shall be at the sole discretion of the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(4) MATCH OF CONTRIBUTED FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary may provide matching 
Federal funds, and determine the level of such 
match, which shall not exceed 75 percent, for the 
private funds contributed under this subsection, 
subject to the availability of funding for the ap-
plicable covered program. 
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDING 
FOR STATES.—The Secretary may not provide 
any matching Federal funds pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A) in a manner that would result in 
a substantial reduction in the historical distribu-
tion of Federal funding to any State for any cov-
ered program. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—No funds made avail-
able pursuant to Public Law 117–169 may be 
used to provide matching Federal funds pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(5) ROLE OF CONTRIBUTING ENTITY.—An enti-
ty contributing funds under this subsection may—
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‘‘(A) designate the covered program for 
which the contributed funds are intended to be 
used; 
‘‘(B) specify the geographic area in which 
the contributed funds are intended to be used; 
‘‘(C) identify a natural resource concern the 
contributed funds are intended to be used to ad-
dress; 
‘‘(D) with respect to an activity funded 
pursuant to this subsection that may result in 
environmental services benefits to be sold through 
an environmental services market, subject to the 
approval of the Secretary, prescribe the terms for 
ownership of the entity’s share of such environ-
mental services benefits resulting from such ac-
tivity; and 
‘‘(E) work with the Secretary to promote 
the activities funded pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(6) PRODUCER PARTICIPATION.— 
‘‘(A) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall 
establish a process to provide notice to pro-
ducers— 
‘‘(i) of activities that may be carried 
out, through a covered program, pursuant 
to this section; and
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‘‘(ii) any terms prescribed by the con-
tributing entity under paragraph (5)(D) 
with respect to such activities. 
‘‘(B) RETENTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERV-
ICES BENEFITS.—The Secretary shall not claim 
or impede any action of a producer with respect 
to the environmental services benefits they accrue 
through activities funded pursuant to this sub-
section. 
‘‘(7) CONSISTENCY
WITH
PROGRAM
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall ensure 
that the terms and conditions of activities car-
ried out using funds contributed under this sub-
section are consistent with the requirements of 
the applicable covered program. 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, 
if the Secretary determines necessary, adjust 
a regulatory requirement of a covered pro-
gram, or related guidance, as it applies to 
an activity carried out using funds contrib-
uted under this subsection—
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‘‘(I) to provide a simplified proc-
ess; or 
‘‘(II) to better reflect unique local 
circumstances and to address a specific 
priority of the contributing entity. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall 
not adjust the application of statutory re-
quirements for a covered program, includ-
ing requirements governing appeals, pay-
ment limits, and conservation compliance. 
‘‘(8) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 
2024, and each year thereafter through December 31, 
2031, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
the Senate a report that contains— 
‘‘(A) the name and a description of each en-
tity contributing private funds under this sub-
section that took an action under paragraph (5), 
and a description of each such action; 
‘‘(B) the name and a description of each en-
tity contributing private funds under this sub-
section for which the Secretary has provided 
matching Federal funds, and the level of that
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match, including the amount of such matching 
Federal funds; and 
‘‘(C) the total amounts of— 
‘‘(i) private funds contributed under 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) matching Federal funds provided 
by the Secretary under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(9) COVERED PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘covered program’ means a program 
carried out by the Secretary under— 
‘‘(A) subtitle D (except for subchapter B of 
such subtitle), subtitle H, or subtitle I; 
‘‘(B) section 403 of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203); 
‘‘(C) title V of the Healthy Forests Restora-
tion Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6571 et seq.); or 
‘‘(D) the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), except 
for any program established by the Secretary to 
carry out section 14 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1012). 
‘‘(10) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 
of the Secretary under this subsection shall expire, 
with respect to each covered program, on the date on 
which the authority of the covered program expires.’’.
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TITLE II—COMMODITY FUTURES 
TRADING COMMISSION WHIS-
TLEBLOWER PROGRAM 
SEC. 301. IN GENERAL. 
Section 1(b) of Public Law 117–25 (135 Stat. 297; 136 
Stat. 2133) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS.—In addition to 
amounts transferred under paragraph (1), the Com-
mission may transfer up to $10,000,000 from the 
Fund into the account.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘until’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘until October 1, 2024.’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘on’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall’’ and 
inserting ‘‘on October 1, 2024, shall’’.
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TITLE III—FORESTRY 
SEC. 401. MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF EASEMENTS 
UNDER THE HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 502 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6572) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(g) EASEMENT MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may modify 
or terminate an easement or other interest in land 
administered by the Secretary under this title if— 
‘‘(A) the owner of the land agrees to the 
modification or termination; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that the 
modification or termination— 
‘‘(i) will address a compelling public 
need for which there is no practicable alter-
native; and 
‘‘(ii) is in the public interest. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION; CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) TERMINATION.—As consideration for 
termination of an easement or other interest in 
land under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
enter into a compensatory arrangement, as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate.
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‘‘(B) MODIFICATION.—In the case of a 
modification of an easement or other interest in 
land under this subsection— 
‘‘(i) as a condition of the modification, 
the owner of the land shall enter into a 
compensatory arrangement, as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate, to incur the 
costs of modification; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary shall ensure that— 
‘‘(I) the modification will not ad-
versely affect the forest ecosystem func-
tions and values for which the ease-
ment or other interest in land was ac-
quired; 
‘‘(II) any adverse impacts will be 
mitigated by enrollment and restora-
tion of other land that provides greater 
forest ecosystem functions and values 
at no additional cost to the Federal 
Government; and 
‘‘(III) the modification will result 
in equal or greater environmental and 
economic values to the United States.’’.
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TITLE IV—NUTRITION 
SEC. 501. EBT BENEFIT FRAUD PREVENTION. 
(a) GUIDANCE; RULEMAKING.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) issue guidance to State agencies, on an ongo-
ing basis, as informed by the process outlined in 
paragraph (4), that describes security measures 
that— 
(A) are effective, as determined by the Sec-
retary, in detecting and preventing theft of bene-
fits, including through card skimming, card 
cloning, and other similar fraudulent methods; 
(B) are consistent with industry standards 
for detecting, identifying, and preventing debit 
and credit card skimming, card cloning, and 
other similar fraudulent methods; and 
(C) consider the feasibility of cost, avail-
ability, and implementation for States; 
(2) promulgate regulations through notice-and- 
comment rulemaking to require State agencies to take 
the security measures described in the guidance issued 
under paragraph (1); 
(3) not later than December 1, 2023, promulgate 
regulations (including an interim final rule) to re-
quire State agencies to implement procedures for the 
replacement of benefits consistent with subsection (b);
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(4) coordinate with the Administrator of the Ad-
ministration for Children and Families of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services, the Attor-
ney General of the United States, State agencies, re-
tail food stores, and EBT contractors— 
(A) to determine— 
(i) how benefits are being stolen 
through card skimming, card cloning, and 
other similar fraudulent methods; 
(ii) how those stolen benefits are used; 
and 
(iii) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the locations where card skimming, 
card cloning, and other similar fraudulent 
methods are taking place; 
(B) to establish measures, including equip-
ment enhancements for retail food stores, to pre-
vent benefits from being stolen through card 
skimming, card cloning, and other similar 
fraudulent methods; and 
(C) to establish standard reporting methods 
for States to collect and share data with the Sec-
retary on the scope of benefits being stolen 
through card skimming, card cloning, and other 
similar fraudulent methods; and
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(5) not later than October 1, 2024, submit to the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives a report that includes— 
(A) to the maximum extent practicable, in-
formation on the frequency of theft of benefits 
and the location of those thefts, including benefits 
stolen through card skimming, card cloning, and 
other similar fraudulent methods; 
(B) a description of the determinations 
made under paragraph (4)(A), the measures es-
tablished under paragraph (4)(B), and methods 
established in paragraph (4)(C); 
(C) a description of the industry standards 
described in paragraph (1)(B); and 
(D) recommendations on how to consistently 
detect, track, report, and prevent theft of benefits, 
including benefits stolen through card skimming, 
card cloning, and other similar fraudulent meth-
ods. 
(b) REPLACEMENT OF BENEFITS.—The Secretary shall 
use funds appropriated under section 18 of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027) to require States to 
replace benefits that are determined by the State agency to
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have been stolen through card skimming, card cloning, or 
similar fraudulent methods, subject to the conditions that— 
(1) the State agency shall submit to the Sec-
retary not later than 60 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act for prior approval a plan for the 
replacement of stolen benefits that— 
(A) includes appropriate procedures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, for the timely submis-
sion of claims to, timely validation of claims by, 
and replacement issuance by the State agency 
that includes— 
(i) a signed statement by the affected 
household on the benefit theft, consistent 
with the signature requirements and options 
provided by section 11(e)(2)(C) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 2020(e)(2)(C)); 
(ii) criteria to determine if a sub-
mitted claim is valid; 
(iii) procedures for the documentation 
of replacement issuances, including the sub-
mitted claims and findings from the valida-
tion;
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(iv) the submission of data reports on 
benefit theft and replacement activity to the 
Secretary; 
(v) procedures to inform households of 
their right to a fair hearing, consistent with 
those already established by section 11(e) of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2020(e)) and corresponding regula-
tions concerning replacement issuances; and 
(vi) 
the 
State 
agency’s 
use 
and 
planned use of benefit theft prevention 
measures, including any additional guid-
ance that may be issued under subsection 
(a)(1); 
(B) includes appropriate procedures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, for reporting the 
scope and frequency of card skimming affecting 
households within the State to the Secretary; 
(C) upon approval shall be incorporated 
into the State plan of operation required under 
section 11(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)); and 
(D) the Secretary may approve after the 
date on which guidance is issued under sub-
section (a)(1);
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(2) the replacement of stolen benefits for a house-
hold— 
(A) shall not exceed the lesser of— 
(i) the amount of benefits stolen from 
the household; or 
(ii) the amount equal to 2 months of 
the monthly allotment of the household im-
mediately prior to the date on which the 
benefits were stolen; 
(B) shall not occur more than 2 times per 
Federal fiscal year per household by a single 
State agency; and 
(C) shall only apply to benefits stolen dur-
ing the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and 
ending on September 30, 2024; 
(3) plans approved under paragraph (1) will re-
main in effect until the effective date of the rule pro-
mulgated pursuant to subsection (a)(3); and 
(4) replacements of benefits under this section 
shall not be regarded as losses for the purpose of sec-
tion 7(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2016(e)) to the extent such replacements are 
made in accordance with an approved plan that com-
plies with this subsection.
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘allot-
ment’’, ‘‘benefit’’, ‘‘household’’, ‘‘retail food store’’, and 
‘‘State agency’’ have the meaning given those terms in sec-
tion 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2012). 
(d) RESCISSION.—Of the unobligated balances made 
available for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-
gram as authorized by section 1101(b)(1) of the American 
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $8,000,000 
is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 502. INCREASING ACCESS TO SUMMER MEALS FOR 
CHILDREN THROUGH EBT AND ALTERNATIVE 
DELIVERY OPTIONS. 
(a) AGREEMENTS.—Section 12(b) of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and Indian Tribal organiza-
tions’’ after ‘‘State agencies’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), in the matter preceding 
clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and Indian Tribal organiza-
tion’’ before ‘‘budget’’. 
(b) NONCONGREGATE MEALS.—Section 13 of the Rich-
ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) 
is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(13) NONCONGREGATE MEALS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning not later 
than summer 2023, the Secretary shall make 
available an option to States to provide program 
meals under this section for noncongregate con-
sumption in a rural area with no congregate 
meal service, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) SUMMER 2023.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision in this paragraph, for summer 
2023, the Secretary may allow States to use im-
plementation models developed by the Secretary 
for demonstration projects carried out under sec-
tion 749(g) of the Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 
Law 111–80; 123 Stat. 2132), to carry out sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(C) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.—In ad-
ministering this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
ensure that noncongregate meals are only avail-
able for a child— 
‘‘(i) in an area in which poor eco-
nomic conditions exist; and
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‘‘(ii) in an area that is not an area in 
which poor economic conditions exist, if the 
child is determined to be eligible for a free 
or reduced price lunch under this Act or a 
free or reduced price breakfast under section 
4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1773). 
‘‘(D) PRIORITIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—States shall— 
‘‘(I) identify areas with no con-
gregate meal service that could benefit 
the most from the provision of noncon-
gregate meals; and 
‘‘(II) 
encourage 
participating 
service institutions in those areas to 
provide noncongregate meals as appro-
priate. 
‘‘(ii) AREAS.—Areas identified under 
clause (i) may include areas that are not 
areas in which poor economic conditions 
exist but that have children who are deter-
mined to be eligible for free or reduced price 
lunch under this Act or free or reduced 
price breakfast under section 4 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).
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‘‘(E) ADMINISTRATION.—In administering 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure that— 
‘‘(i) any meal served for noncongregate 
consumption— 
‘‘(I) meets all applicable State 
and local health, safety, and sanitation 
standards; and 
‘‘(II) 
meets 
the 
requirements 
under subsection (f)(1); 
‘‘(ii) over a 10-day calendar period, 
the number of reimbursable meals provided 
to a child does not exceed the number of 
meals that could be provided over a 10-day 
calendar period, as established under sub-
section (b)(2); and 
‘‘(iii) States establish a process for 
identifying gaps in service and barriers in 
reaching needy children for congregate and 
noncongregate models. 
‘‘(F) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 
Secretary shall promulgate regulations (which 
shall include interim final regulations) to carry 
out this section, including provisions—
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‘‘(i) to ensure the integrity of the alter-
native option for program delivery de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) to incorporate best practices and 
lessons learned from noncongregate dem-
onstration projects under section 749(g) of 
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 
Law 111–80; 123 Stat. 2132).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (n)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘by January 1 of each year 
of its intent to administer the program and shall 
submit for approval by February 15’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of its intent to administer the program and 
shall submit for approval by April 1, 2023,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C)’’; 
(E) by striking ‘‘(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘(D)’’; 
(F) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E)’’; 
(G) by striking ‘‘and (6)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(F)’’; 
(H) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and (G) the State’s plan for using
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the alternative option for program delivery de-
scribed in subsection (a)(13), if applicable, in-
cluding plans to provide a reasonable oppor-
tunity to access meals across all areas of the 
State.’’; 
(I) by striking the subsection designation 
and all that follows through ‘‘Each State’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(n) MANAGEMENT
AND
ADMINISTRATION
STATE 
PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) SUMMER 2023.—Each State’’; and 
(J) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) SUMMER 2024 AND BEYOND.—Beginning in 
2024, each State desiring to participate in the pro-
gram under this section or in the summer EBT pro-
gram under section 13A shall notify the Secretary by 
January 1 of each year of its intent to administer the 
applicable program and shall submit for approval by 
February 15 a management and administration plan 
for the applicable program for the fiscal year, which 
shall include, as applicable— 
‘‘(A) the requirements listed in subpara-
graphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (1);
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‘‘(B) the administrative budget of the State 
for administering the summer EBT program 
under section 13A; 
‘‘(C) the State’s plan to comply with the 
State requirements in section 13A(c) and any 
other standards prescribed by the Secretary 
under section 13A; 
‘‘(D) the State’s plan to identify areas with 
no congregate meal service; 
‘‘(E) the State’s plan to target priority 
areas 
identified 
under 
subsection 
(a)(13)(D)(i)(I); and 
‘‘(F) the State’s plan to ensure that summer 
EBT benefits (as described in section 13A(a)) 
are issued to children based on their school at-
tendance at the end of the instructional year im-
mediately preceding such summer.’’. 
(c) SUMMER EBT.—The Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act is amended by inserting after section 13 
(42 U.S.C. 1761) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 13A. SUMMER ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER FOR 
CHILDREN PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary shall 
establish a program under which States and covered Indian 
Tribal organizations electing to participate in such pro-
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gram shall, beginning with summer 2024 and annually for 
each summer thereafter, issue to each eligible household 
summer electronic benefit transfer benefits (referred to in 
this section as ‘summer EBT benefits’)— 
‘‘(1) in accordance with this section; and 
‘‘(2) for the purpose of providing nutrition as-
sistance through electronic benefit transfer or methods 
described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subsection 
(b)(2)(B) during the summer months for each eligible 
child, to ensure continued access to food when school 
is not in session for the summer. 
‘‘(b) SUMMER EBT BENEFITS REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PURCHASE OPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) BENEFITS ISSUED BY STATES.—Sum-
mer EBT benefits issued pursuant to subsection 
(a) by a State may only be used by the eligible 
household that receives such summer EBT bene-
fits to purchase food (as defined in section 3 of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2012)) from retail food stores that have been ap-
proved for participation in the supplemental nu-
trition assistance program established under 
such Act and in accordance with section 7(b) of 
such Act (7 U.S.C. 2016(b)) or in the nutrition 
assistance program in American Samoa, the
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(B) BENEFITS ISSUED BY COVERED INDIAN 
TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Summer EBT benefits 
issued pursuant to subsection (a) by a covered 
Indian Tribal organization may only be used by 
the eligible household that receives such summer 
EBT benefits to purchase supplemental foods 
from vendors that have been approved for par-
ticipation in the special supplemental nutrition 
program for women, infants, and children under 
section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1786). 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—Summer EBT benefits issued 
pursuant to subsection (a)— 
‘‘(A) shall be— 
‘‘(i) for calendar year 2024, in an 
amount equal to $40, which may be propor-
tionately higher consistent with the adjust-
ments established under section 12(f) for 
each eligible child in the eligible household 
per month during the summer operational 
period; and 
‘‘(ii) for calendar year 2025 and each 
year thereafter, in an amount equal to the
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unrounded benefit amount from the prior 
year, adjusted to the nearest lower dollar 
increment to reflect changes to the cost of 
the diet described in section 3(u) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2012(u)) for the 12-month period ending on 
November 30 of the preceding calendar year 
and rounded to the nearest lower dollar in-
crement; and 
‘‘(B) may be issued— 
‘‘(i) in the form of an EBT card; 
‘‘(ii) through other electronic methods, 
as determined by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a State that does 
not issue nutrition assistance program bene-
fits electronically, using the same methods 
by which that State issues benefits under 
the nutrition assistance program of that 
State. 
‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT.—Summer EBT benefits 
issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(A) be subject to sections 12, 14, and 15 of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2021, 2023, 2024) and subsections (n), (o), and
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(p) of section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), as applicable; and 
‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 
incorporate technology tools consistent with in-
dustry standards that track or prevent theft of 
benefits, cloning, or other fraudulent activities. 
‘‘(4) TIMING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), summer EBT benefits issued 
pursuant to subsection (a) may only be issued 
for the purpose of purchasing food during the 
summer months, with appropriate issuance and 
expungement timelines as determined by the Sec-
retary (but with an expungement timeline not to 
exceed 4 months). 
‘‘(B) CONTINUOUS SCHOOL CALENDAR.—In 
the case of children who are under a continuous 
school calendar, the Secretary shall establish al-
ternative plans for the period during which sum-
mer EBT benefits may be issued pursuant to 
subsection (a) and used. 
‘‘(c) ENROLLMENT IN PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) STATE REQUIREMENTS.—States that elect to 
participate in the program under this section shall—
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‘‘(A) with respect to summer, automatically 
enroll each eligible child who is directly certified, 
is an identified student (as defined in section 
11(a)(1)(F)(i)), or is otherwise determined by a 
school food authority to be eligible to receive free 
or reduced price meals in the instructional year 
immediately preceding the summer or during the 
summer operational period in the program 
under this section, without further application 
from households; 
‘‘(B) make an application available for 
children who do not meet the criteria described 
in subparagraph (A) and make eligibility deter-
minations using the eligibility criteria for free or 
reduced price lunches under this Act; 
‘‘(C) establish procedures to carry out the 
enrollment described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(D) establish procedures for expunging 
summer EBT benefits from the account of a 
household, consistent with the requirements 
under subsection (b)(4); and 
‘‘(E) allow eligible households to opt out of 
participation in the program under this section 
and establish procedures for opting out of such 
participation.
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‘‘(2) COVERED
INDIAN
TRIBAL
ORGANIZATION 
REQUIREMENTS.—Covered Indian Tribal organiza-
tions participating in the program under this section 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, meet the re-
quirements under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—The Secretary 
shall pay to each State agency and covered Indian Tribal 
organization an amount equal to 50 percent of the adminis-
trative expenses incurred by the State agency or covered In-
dian Tribal organization in operating the program under 
this section, including the administrative expenses of local 
educational agencies and other agencies in each State or 
covered Indian Tribal organization relating to the oper-
ation of the program under this section. 
‘‘(e) SUMMER EBT AUTHORITY.—Beginning in sum-
mer 2024, the Secretary shall not allow States to use the 
authority in section 749(g) of the Agriculture, Rural Devel-
opment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–80; 123 
Stat. 2132), to provide access to food through electronic ben-
efit transfer benefits to children during the summer months 
when schools are not in regular session. 
‘‘(f) ISSUANCE OF INTERIM FINAL REGULATIONS.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
section, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations (which
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shall include interim final regulations) to carry out this 
section, including provisions that— 
‘‘(1) incorporate best practices and lessons 
learned from demonstration projects under— 
‘‘(A) section 749(g) of the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010 (Public Law 111–80; 123 Stat. 2132); and 
‘‘(B) the pandemic EBT program under 
section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus 
Response Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 
116–127); 
‘‘(2) ensure timely and fair service to applicants 
for and recipients of benefits under this section; 
‘‘(3) establish quality assurance and program in-
tegrity procedures to ensure that States and local edu-
cational agencies have adequate processes— 
‘‘(A) to correctly determine the eligibility of 
children for benefits under this section; and 
‘‘(B) to reliably enroll and issue benefits to 
eligible children; and 
‘‘(4) allow States and covered Indian Tribal or-
ganizations to streamline program administration, 
including by—
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‘‘(A) automatically enrolling each eligible 
child who is able to be directly certified; and 
‘‘(B) establishing a single summer oper-
ational period. 
‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Be-
ginning in 2024, each State desiring to participate in the 
program under this section shall comply with the require-
ments under section 13(n). 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED INDIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘covered Indian Tribal organization’ means 
an Indian Tribal organization that participates in 
the special supplemental nutrition program for 
women, infants, and children established under sec-
tion 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘eligible child’ 
means, with respect to a summer, a child who— 
‘‘(A) was, at the end of the instructional 
year immediately preceding such summer or 
during the summer operational period— 
‘‘(i) certified to receive free or reduced 
price lunch under the school lunch program 
under this Act;
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‘‘(ii) certified to receive free or reduced 
price breakfast under the school breakfast 
program under section 4 of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); or 
‘‘(iii) able to be directly certified; 
‘‘(B) was, at the end of the instructional 
year immediately preceding such summer— 
‘‘(i) enrolled in a school described in 
subparagraph (B), (C), (D), (E), or (F) of 
section 11(a)(1); and 
‘‘(ii)(I) an identified student (as de-
fined in section 11(a)(1)(F)(i)); or 
‘‘(II) a child who otherwise met the re-
quirements to receive free or reduced price 
meals, as determined through an applica-
tion process using the eligibility criteria for 
free or reduced price meals under this Act; 
or 
‘‘(C) has been determined to be eligible for 
the program under this section in accordance 
with subsection (c)(1)(B). 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD.—The term ‘eligible 
household’ means a household that includes at least 1 
eligible child.
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‘‘(4) SUPPLEMENTAL FOODS.—The term ‘supple-
mental foods’— 
‘‘(A) means foods— 
‘‘(i) containing nutrients determined 
by nutritional research to be lacking in the 
diets of children; and 
‘‘(ii) that promote the health of the 
population served by the program under 
this section, as indicated by relevant nutri-
tion science, public health concerns, and 
cultural eating patterns, as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) includes foods not described in sub-
paragraph (A) substituted by State agencies, 
with the approval of the Secretary, that— 
‘‘(i) provide the nutritional equivalent 
of foods described in such subparagraph; 
and 
‘‘(ii) allow for different cultural eating 
patterns than foods described in such sub-
paragraph.’’. 
(d) AMENDMENTS TO P-EBT FOR SUMMER 2023.— 
Section 1101(i) of the Families First Coronavirus Response 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 116–127) is amend-
ed—
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(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by in-
serting ‘‘approve or’’ after ‘‘may’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—A State shall not provide 
benefits during a covered summer period pursuant to 
paragraph (1) to children who, at the end of the 
school year immediately preceding the covered sum-
mer period, attended a school that did not participate 
in the school lunch program or school breakfast pro-
gram described in that paragraph. 
‘‘(3) OTHER
ASSISTANCE
NOT
REQUIRED.—A 
State shall not be required to provide assistance 
under subsection (a) or (h) in order to provide assist-
ance under this subsection.’’. 
(e) NO DUPLICATION OF SUMMER BENEFITS.—A State 
may not provide to a household summer EBT benefits (as 
described in section 13A(a) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act) under that section and benefits 
under section 1101(i) of the Families First Coronavirus Re-
sponse Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 116–127) for 
the same period.
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SEC. 503. OFFSETS. 
(a) SUMMER 2023.—Section 1101(i) of the Families 
First Coronavirus Response Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public 
Law 116–127) (as amended by section 502(d)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) SUMMER
2023.—Any benefits issued to 
households during a covered summer period pursuant 
to paragraph (1) in summer 2023 shall not exceed 
$120 per child for the covered summer period, except 
that benefits may be proportionately higher consistent 
with any adjustments established under section 12(f) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1760(f)).’’. 
(b) ALLOTMENTS.—Section 2302 of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 
116–127) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) SUNSET.—The authority under subsection (a)(1) 
shall expire after the issuance of February 2023 benefits 
under that subsection.’’. 
TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 601. SUPPORT FOR COTTON MERCHANDISERS. 
(a) COTTON
MERCHANDISER
PANDEMIC
ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
(1) PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO COT-
TON
MERCHANDISERS.—The Secretary shall make 
pandemic assistance payments, under terms and con-
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ditions as determined by the Secretary, to cotton mer-
chandisers that purchased cotton from a United 
States cotton producer or marketed cotton on behalf of 
a United States cotton producer during the period 
that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(2) PAYMENT DETERMINATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall take into consideration economic impacts of 
COVID–19 and other supply chain disruptions in de-
termining payment rates under this subsection, such 
that the amounts made available under paragraph 
(4)(A) are fully expended no later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this section. 
(3) COTTON MERCHANDISER DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘cotton merchandiser’’ means an 
entity that markets, sells, or trades cotton to end 
users. 
(4) FUNDING LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail-
able under subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
make available $100,000,000 to carry out this 
subsection. 
(B) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Sec-
retary may use not more than 1 percent of the
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funds under subparagraph (A) for administra-
tive costs necessary to carry out this subsection. 
(b) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall make available 
$100,000,000 to be derived from the unobligated balances 
of amounts made available under section 751 of division 
N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public 
Law 116–260) to carry out subsection (a). 
SEC. 602. ASSISTANCE FOR RICE PRODUCERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a 1-time 
payment to each producer of rice on a farm in the United 
States with respect to the 2022 crop year. 
(b) PAYMENT
AMOUNT.—In accordance with the 
amount made available under subsection (e), the amount 
of a payment to a rice producer on a farm under subsection 
(a) shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying— 
(1) the payment rate per pound, as determined 
by the Secretary, but which shall be— 
(A) the same for all varieties of rice; 
(B) not less than 2 cents per pound; and 
(C) notwithstanding subparagraph (B), ad-
justed by the Secretary such that the amount 
made available under subsection (e) is fully ex-
pended; 
(2)(A) in the case of a producer with an average 
actual production history per planted acre of rice de-
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termined in accordance with subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (E) of section 508(g)(2) of the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(g)(2)), that average ac-
tual production history; or 
(B) in the case of a producer without an average 
actual production history described in subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) if an area yield for the 2022 crop year 
determined in accordance with subparagraphs 
(C) and (E) of that section is available, that 
area yield; or 
(ii) if an area yield described in clause (i) 
is not available, the yield determined by the Sec-
retary; and 
(3) the sum obtained by adding, as applicable— 
(A) the number of certified planted acres of 
rice on the farm for the 2022 crop year, as re-
ported to the Secretary; and 
(B) the number of certified acres of rice pre-
vented from being planted on the farm for the 
2022 crop year, as reported to the Secretary, 
multiplied by the prevented planting coverage 
factor applicable to those acres. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall impose payment limitations con-
sistent with section 760.1507(b) of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on September 30, 
2021). 
(2) SEPARATE LIMITATIONS.—The payment lim-
itations imposed under paragraph (1) shall be sepa-
rate from annual payment limitations under any 
other program. 
(d) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall make payments 
under this section not later than 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(e) FUNDING.— 
(1) RESCISSION.—Of the unobligated balance of 
the amounts made available by section 751 of division 
N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub-
lic Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 2105), $250,000,000 is re-
scinded. 
(2) APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated to 
the Secretary, out of any amounts in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $250,000,000 to carry out 
this section.
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SEC. 603. ENACTMENT OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE RE-
SEARCH AND MANAGEMENT ACT. 
The provisions of H.R. 5608 of the 117th Congress, as 
engrossed in the House of Representatives on December 8, 
2021, are hereby enacted into law. 
TITLE VI—PESTICIDES 
Subtitle A—Pesticide Registration 
Improvement Act of 2022 
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Pesticide Registration 
Improvement Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 702. BILINGUAL LABELING. 
Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(f)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) BILINGUAL LABELING.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), not later than the applicable deadline 
described in subparagraph (B), each reg-
istered pesticide product released for ship-
ment shall include— 
‘‘(I) the translation of the parts of 
the labeling contained in the Spanish 
Translation Guide described in sub-
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paragraph (G) on the product con-
tainer; or 
‘‘(II) a link to such translation 
via scannable technology or other elec-
tronic methods readily accessible on the 
product label. 
‘‘(ii) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding 
clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) an antimicrobial pesticide 
product may, in lieu of including a 
translation or a link under clause (i), 
provide a link to the safety data sheets 
in Spanish via scannable technology or 
other electronic methods readily acces-
sible on the product label; or 
‘‘(II) a non-agricultural pesticide 
product that is not classified by the 
Administrator as restricted use under 
subsection (d)(1)(A) may, in lieu of in-
cluding a translation or a link under 
clause (i), provide a link to the safety 
data sheets in Spanish via scannable 
technology or other electronic methods 
readily accessible on the product label.
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‘‘(B) DEADLINES
FOR
BILINGUAL
LABEL-
ING.— 
‘‘(i) PESTICIDE PRODUCTS CLASSIFIED 
AS RESTRICTED USE.—In the case of pes-
ticide products classified by the Adminis-
trator as restricted use under subsection 
(d)(1)(A), the deadline specified in this sub-
paragraph is the date that is 3 years fol-
lowing the date of enactment of this para-
graph. 
‘‘(ii) PESTICIDE PRODUCTS NOT CLAS-
SIFIED AS RESTRICTED USE.—In the case of 
pesticide products not classified by the Ad-
ministrator as restricted use under sub-
section (d)(1)(A), the deadline specified in 
this subparagraph shall be as follows: 
‘‘(I) AGRICULTURAL.— 
‘‘(aa) ACUTE TOXICITY CAT-
EGORY
I.—For agricultural pes-
ticides classified as Acute Toxicity 
Category I, the date that is 3 
years after the date of enactment 
of this paragraph. 
‘‘(bb) ACUTE TOXICITY CAT-
EGORY II.—For agricultural pes-
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ticides classified as Acute Toxicity 
Category II, the date that is 5 
years after the date of enactment 
of this paragraph. 
‘‘(II) ANTIMICROBIAL
AND
NON- 
AGRICULTURAL.— 
‘‘(aa) ACUTE TOXICITY CAT-
EGORY I.—For antimicrobial and 
non-agricultural pesticide prod-
ucts classified as Acute Toxicity 
Category I, the date that is 4 
years after the date of enactment 
of this paragraph. 
‘‘(bb) ACUTE TOXICITY CAT-
EGORY II.—For antimicrobial and 
non-agricultural pesticide prod-
ucts classified as Acute Toxicity 
Category II, the date that is 6 
years after the date of enactment 
of this paragraph. 
‘‘(III) OTHER
PESTICIDE
PROD-
UCTS.—With respect to pesticide prod-
ucts not described in subclause (I) or 
(II), the date that is 8 years after the 
date of enactment of this paragraph.
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‘‘(C) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(i) NON-NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying 
out this paragraph, the Administrator 
shall allow translations of the parts of 
the label of a pesticide contained in the 
Spanish Translation Guide described 
in subparagraph (G) and scannable 
technology or other electronic methods 
to be added using non-notification pro-
cedures. 
‘‘(II) NON-NOTIFICATION
PROCE-
DURE
DEFINED.—In this clause, the 
term ‘non-notification procedure’ refers 
to a procedure under which a change 
may be made to a pesticide label with-
out notifying the Administrator. 
‘‘(ii) COOPERATION
AND
CONSULTA-
TION.—In carrying out this paragraph, the 
Administrator shall cooperate and consult 
with State lead agencies for pesticide regu-
lation for the purpose of implementing bi-
lingual labeling as provided in this para-
graph as expeditiously as possible.
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‘‘(iii) END USE LABELING.—The label-
ing requirements of this paragraph shall 
apply to end use product labels. 
‘‘(iv) INCORPORATION
TIMEFRAME.— 
After initial translation deadlines provided 
in subparagraph (B), updates to the Span-
ish Translation Guide described in subpara-
graph (G) shall be incorporated into label-
ing on the earlier of— 
‘‘(I) in the case of agricultural use 
pesticide labels, as determined by the 
Administrator— 
‘‘(aa) 1 year after the date of 
publication of the updated Span-
ish Label Translation Guide de-
scribed in subparagraph (G); or 
‘‘(bb) the released for ship-
ment date specified on the EPA 
Stamped Approved Label after the 
pesticide label is next changed or 
amended following the date of 
publication of the updated Span-
ish Label Translation Guide de-
scribed in subparagraph (G); and
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‘‘(II) in the case of antimicrobial 
and non-agricultural use pesticide la-
bels, as determined by the Adminis-
trator— 
‘‘(aa) 2 years after the date 
of publication of the updated 
Spanish Label Translation Guide 
described in subparagraph (G); or 
‘‘(bb) the released for ship-
ment date specified on the EPA 
Stamped Approved Label after the 
pesticide label is next changed or 
amended following the date of 
publication of the updated Span-
ish Label Translation Guide de-
scribed in subparagraph (G). 
‘‘(v) NOTIFICATION
OF
UPDATES
TO 
THE
SPANISH
TRANSLATION
GUIDE
FOR 
PESTICIDE LABELING.—Not later than 10 
days after updating the Spanish Trans-
lation Guide described in subparagraph 
(G), the Administrator shall notify reg-
istrants of the update to such guide. 
‘‘(D) ACCESSIBILITY OF BILINGUAL LABEL-
ING FOR FARM WORKERS.—Not later than 180
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days after the date of enactment of this para-
graph, to the maximum extent practicable, the 
Administrator shall seek stakeholder input on 
ways to make bilingual labeling required under 
this paragraph accessible to farm workers. 
‘‘(E) PLAN.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Ad-
ministrator shall implement a plan to ensure 
that farm workers have access to the bilingual la-
beling required under this paragraph. 
‘‘(F) REPORTING.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 
Administrator shall develop and implement, and 
make publicly available, a plan for tracking the 
adoption of the bilingual labeling required under 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(G) SPANISH
TRANSLATION
GUIDE
DE-
SCRIBED.—The Spanish Translation Guide de-
scribed in this subparagraph is the Spanish 
Translation Guide for Pesticide Labeling issued 
in October 2019, as in effect on the date of enact-
ment of the Pesticide Registration Improvement 
Act of 2022, and any successor guides or amend-
ments to such guide.’’.
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SEC. 703. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF MAINTE-
NANCE FEE AUTHORITY. 
(a) EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF MAINTENANCE 
FEE AUTHORITY.—Section 4(i) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2022, and $42,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2022, and $172,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2023 through 2027’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2022, and $277,200 for each 
of fiscal years 2023 through 2027’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (E)(i)— 
(i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2022, and $105,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2023 through 2027’’; and 
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2022, and $184,800 
for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027’’;
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(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (G), 
(H), and (I) as subparagraphs (L), (M), and 
(N); 
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the 
following: 
‘‘(G) FARM WORKER TRAINING AND EDU-
CATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(i) 
SET-ASIDE.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise available, for fiscal years 
2023 through 2027, the Administrator shall 
use not more than $7,500,000 of the 
amounts collected under this paragraph to 
provide grants to organizations described in 
clause (ii) for purposes of facilitating— 
‘‘(I) training of farm workers; 
‘‘(II) education of farm workers 
with respect to— 
‘‘(aa) rights of farm workers 
relating to pesticide safety; and 
‘‘(bb) the worker protection 
standard under part 170 of title 
40, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or successor regulations); 
‘‘(III) the development of new in-
formational materials;
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‘‘(IV) the development of training 
modules; and 
‘‘(V) the development of innova-
tive methods of delivery of such infor-
mational materials and training mod-
ules. 
‘‘(ii) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to 
receive a grant under this subparagraph, an 
organization shall have demonstrated expe-
rience in— 
‘‘(I) providing training and edu-
cation services for farm workers or 
handlers of pesticides; or 
‘‘(II) 
developing 
informational 
materials for farm workers or handlers 
of pesticides. 
‘‘(iii) COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(I) 
COMMUNITY-BASED
NON- 
PROFIT FARM WORKER ORGANIZATION 
GRANTS.—The Administrator shall use 
funds available under clause (i) to pro-
vide grants to community-based non- 
profit farm worker organizations.
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‘‘(II) APPLICATION OF FUNDS.— 
The Administrator shall apply the 
unspent balance of funds available (up 
to $1,800,000) under clause (i) in fis-
cal years 2025 through 2027 to carry 
out subclause (I). 
‘‘(iv) INTERIM FUNDING.—In addition 
to amounts otherwise available, the Admin-
istrator may use not more than $1,200,000 
in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 to fund exist-
ing cooperative agreements that were au-
thorized under section 33(c)(3)(B), as such 
section was in effect as of March 8, 2019. 
‘‘(v) 
PARTNERSHIPS.—Organizations 
described in clause (ii) may apply for a 
grant under this subparagraph as a part-
nership with another organization, provided 
such organizations, at the time of applica-
tion, have entered into an agreement desig-
nating— 
‘‘(I) a member of the partnership 
that will enter into the assistance 
agreement with the Environmental 
Protection Agency for the purposes of
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accountability for the proper expendi-
ture of Federal funds; 
‘‘(II) performance of the assist-
ance agreement; 
‘‘(III) liability for claims for re-
covery of unallowable costs incurred 
under the agreement; and 
‘‘(IV) specifying roles in per-
forming the proposed scope of work for 
the assistance agreement. 
‘‘(H) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TRAINING.— 
‘‘(i) SET-ASIDE.—In addition to other 
amounts available, for the period of fiscal 
years 2023 through 2027, the Administrator 
shall use not more than $2,500,000 of the 
amounts collected under this paragraph to 
provide grants to nonprofit organizations 
described in clause (ii) for purposes of fa-
cilitating— 
‘‘(I) 
technical 
assistance 
and 
training of health care providers relat-
ing to the recognition, treatment, and 
management of pesticide-related inju-
ries and illnesses;
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‘‘(II) the development of informa-
tional materials for technical assist-
ance and training described in sub-
clause (I); and 
‘‘(III) the development of outreach 
and delivery methods relating to the 
recognition, treatment, and manage-
ment of pesticide-related illnesses. 
‘‘(ii) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to 
receive a grant under this subparagraph, a 
nonprofit organization shall have dem-
onstrated experience in providing technical 
assistance and training to health care pro-
viders who serve farm worker populations. 
‘‘(iii) PARTNERSHIPS.—Organizations 
described in clause (ii) may apply for a 
grant under this subparagraph as a part-
nership with another organization, provided 
such organizations, at the time of applica-
tion, have entered into an agreement desig-
nating— 
‘‘(I) a member of the partnership 
that will enter into the assistance 
agreement with the Environmental 
Protection Agency for the purposes of
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accountability for the proper expendi-
ture of Federal funds; 
‘‘(II) performance of the assist-
ance agreement; 
‘‘(III) liability for claims for re-
covery of unallowable costs incurred 
under the agreement; and 
‘‘(IV) roles in performing the pro-
posed scope of work for the assistance 
agreement. 
‘‘(I) PARTNERSHIP
GRANTS.—In addition 
to funds otherwise available, for each of fiscal 
years 2023 through 2027, the Administrator 
shall use not more than $500,000 of the amounts 
collected under this paragraph for partnership 
grants. 
‘‘(J) PESTICIDE SAFETY EDUCATION PRO-
GRAM.—In addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able, for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, 
the Administrator shall use not more than 
$500,000 of the amounts collected under this 
paragraph to carry out the pesticide safety edu-
cation program. 
‘‘(K) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
TO
GRANT-
EES.—
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‘‘(i) SET-ASIDE.—In addition to other 
amounts available, for fiscal years 2023 
through 2027, the Administrator shall use 
not more than $1,750,000 of the amounts 
collected under this paragraph to provide 
grants to nonprofit organizations, subject to 
such conditions as the Administrator estab-
lishes to prevent conflicts of interest, to pro-
vide easily accessible technical assistance to 
grantees receiving, and potential grantees 
applying for, grants under subparagraphs 
(G) and (H). 
‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS.—In evaluating 
requests for grants under this subpara-
graph, the Administrator shall consider, at 
a minimum, the extent to which— 
‘‘(I) the organization applying for 
the grant has experience providing 
technical assistance to farm worker or 
clinician-training organizations; and 
‘‘(II) the proposed project would 
make 
specific 
technical 
assistance 
available to organizations seeking in-
formation and assistance concerning—
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‘‘(aa) the grant application 
process; 
‘‘(bb) the drafting of grant 
applications; and 
‘‘(cc) compliance with grant 
management and reporting re-
quirements. 
‘‘(iii) NO SUITABLE ORGANIZATION.— 
If no suitable organization requests a grant 
under this subparagraph, the Administrator 
shall provide technical assistance described 
in clause (i) using the amounts made avail-
able by that clause. 
‘‘(iv) STAKEHOLDER
INPUT.—In for-
mulating requests for proposals for grants 
under subparagraphs (G) and (H) for a fis-
cal year, the Administrator shall solicit and 
consider, in an open and transparent man-
ner that does not provide a competitive ad-
vantage to any person or persons, input 
from persons who conduct farm worker edu-
cation and training, or technical assistance 
and training of clinicians, regarding the re-
quest for proposals.’’; and
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tection Agency employees are on shutdown or emer-
gency furlough as a result of a lapse in appropria-
tions,’’ after ‘‘limitation,’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(3) REVIEW OF REGISTRANT SUBMISSIONS NOT 
COVERED BY SECTION 33(B)(3)(B).— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF SUBMISSION NOT COV-
ERED
BY
SECTION
33(B)(3)(B).—In this para-
graph, the term ‘submission not covered by sec-
tion 33(b)(3)(B)’ means any submission filed by 
a registrant with the Administrator relating to 
a registration that is not covered by a fee table 
under section 33(b)(3)(B). 
‘‘(B) SET-ASIDE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available for each of fis-
cal years 2023 through 2027, the Adminis-
trator shall use approximately 1⁄8 of the 
amounts made available to the Adminis-
trator in the Reregistration and Expedited 
Processing Fund for the activities described 
in clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) 
ACTIVITIES.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise available, the Adminis-
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trator shall use amounts made available 
under clause (i) to obtain sufficient per-
sonnel and resources to process submissions 
not covered by section 33(b)(3)(B) to meet 
the applicable deadlines described in— 
‘‘(I) the notice of the Adminis-
trator entitled ‘Pesticide Registration 
Notice (PR) 98–10: Notifications, Non- 
Notifications and Minor Formulation 
Amendments’ and dated October 22, 
1998 (and any successor amendments 
to such notice); and 
‘‘(II) subsections (c)(3)(B) and (h) 
of section 3. 
‘‘(4) DEVELOPMENT
OF
PUBLIC
HEALTH
PER-
FORMANCE
STANDARDS
FOR
ANTIMICROBIAL
PES-
TICIDE DEVICES.— 
‘‘(A) SET-ASIDE.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027, the Administrator shall use not 
more than $500,000 of the amounts made avail-
able to the Administrator in the Reregistration 
and Expedited Processing Fund for the activities 
described in subparagraph (B).
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‘‘(B) 
ANTIMICROBIAL
PESTICIDE
DE-
VICES.—The Administrator shall use amounts 
made available under subparagraph (A) to de-
velop efficacy test methods for antimicrobial pes-
ticide devices making public health claims.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘2018 
through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 
paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) AGENCY TRAINING AND STAFF.— 
‘‘(A) SET-ASIDE.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027, the Administrator shall use not 
more than $500,000 of the amounts made avail-
able to the Administrator in the Reregistration 
and Expedited Processing Fund for the activities 
described in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—The Administrator shall 
use amounts made available under subparagraph 
(A) to carry out the following activities: 
‘‘(i) TRAINING FOR AGENCY EMPLOY-
EES.—The Administrator shall administer 
training and education programs for em-
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ployees of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, relating to the regulatory respon-
sibilities and policies established by this 
Act, including programs— 
‘‘(I) for improving the scientific, 
technical, and administrative skills of 
officers and employees authorized to 
administer programs under this Act; 
‘‘(II) to align competencies identi-
fied by the Administrator for mission 
accomplishment; 
‘‘(III) for addressing best prac-
tices for operational performance and 
improvement; 
‘‘(IV) for improving administra-
tive processes and procedures and ad-
dressing efficiency issues; 
‘‘(V) to promote consistent regu-
latory decision-making; and 
‘‘(VI) for educating registrants 
and regulated stakeholders on regu-
latory procedures. 
‘‘(ii) AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS 
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—Not later than 1 
year, to the maximum extent practicable,
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after the date of enactment of the Pesticide 
Registration Improvement Act of 2022, the 
Administrator shall establish a competitive 
grant program to develop training curricula 
and programs in accordance with clause (i) 
through financial assistance agreements 
with 1 or more of the following institutions 
of higher education: 
‘‘(I) Non-land-grant colleges of ag-
riculture (as defined in section 1404 of 
the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)). 
‘‘(II) Land-grant colleges and 
universities (as defined in section 1404 
of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)). 
‘‘(III) 1994 Institutions (as de-
fined in section 532 of the Equity in 
Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 
1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 
103–382)). 
‘‘(7) VECTOR EXPEDITED REVIEW VOUCHERS.—
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‘‘(A) SET-ASIDE.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027, the Administrator shall use not 
more than $500,000 of the amounts made avail-
able to the Administrator in the Reregistration 
and Expedited Processing Fund to establish and 
carry out the Vector Expedited Review Voucher 
program in accordance with subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) VECTOR EXPEDITED REVIEW VOUCHER 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(I) PROGRAM.—The term ‘pro-
gram’ means the Vector Expedited Re-
view 
Voucher 
program 
established 
under clause (ii). 
‘‘(II) 
VOUCHER.—The 
term 
‘voucher’ means a voucher— 
‘‘(aa) issued under the pro-
gram by the Administrator to a 
pesticide registration applicant 
that entitles the holder to an expe-
dited 
review 
described 
under 
clause (vi) of a single different 
pesticide registration action; and
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‘‘(bb) 
the 
entitlement 
to 
which may be transferred (includ-
ing by sale) by the holder of the 
voucher, without limitation on the 
number of times the voucher may 
be transferred, before the voucher 
is redeemed. 
‘‘(ii) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 
one year after the date of enactment of the 
Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 
2022, the Administrator, acting though the 
Office of Pesticide Programs, shall establish 
a program to be known as the Vector Expe-
dited Review Voucher program. 
‘‘(iii) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the 
program is to incentivize the development of 
new insecticides to control and prevent the 
spread of vector borne disease by expediting 
reviews by decreasing decision review times 
provided in section 33(b)(3)(B). 
‘‘(iv) ISSUANCE OF VOUCHERS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—For each of 
fiscal years 2023 through 2027, the Ad-
ministrator shall issue a voucher to a 
pesticide registration applicant for a
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new active ingredient if the applicant 
submits and has successfully registered 
a mosquito-control product that— 
‘‘(aa) demonstrates a proven 
efficacy against pyrethroid or 
other insecticide-resistant mosqui-
toes; 
‘‘(bb) prevents, mitigates, de-
stroys, or repels pyrethroid or 
other insecticide-resistant mosqui-
toes, with a novel or unique mech-
anism or mode of action, different 
from other insecticides already 
registered by the Administrator 
for mosquito control; 
‘‘(cc) targets mosquitoes ca-
pable of spreading such diseases 
as 
Malaria, 
Dengue, 
Zika, 
Chikungunya, St. Louis encepha-
litis, Eastern encephalitis, West-
ern encephalitis, West Nile en-
cephalitis, Cache Valley encepha-
litis, LaCrosse encephalitis, and 
Yellow Fever;
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‘‘(dd) the registrant has sub-
mitted a global access plan that 
will be made publicly available 
for the active ingredient and that 
includes— 
‘‘(AA) 
manufacturing 
locations, including any li-
censed third-party manufac-
turers; 
‘‘(BB) distribution and 
procurement 
processes 
for 
malaria vector control pro-
grams in selected countries; 
and 
‘‘(CC) the prices for 
common quantities of the 
product; 
‘‘(ee) meets the appropriate 
guidelines as being effective in the 
primary vector control interven-
tion areas, including insecticide- 
treated nets and indoor residual 
spray; 
‘‘(ff) is made accessible for 
use in—
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‘‘(AA) 
the 
United 
States, including territories 
or possessions of the United 
States; and 
‘‘(BB) countries where 
mosquito-borne diseases, such 
as malaria, are prevalent; 
‘‘(gg) meets registration re-
quirements for human health and 
environmental 
effects, 
labeling, 
and presents no unreasonable ad-
verse effects to the environment; 
‘‘(hh) broadens the adoption 
of integrated pest management 
strategies, such as insecticide re-
sistance management, or makes 
those strategies more effective; 
‘‘(ii) is not contained in any 
pesticide product registered by the 
Administrator as of the date of 
the enactment of the Pesticide 
Registration Improvement Act of 
2022; or 
‘‘(jj) does not contain as at-
tested to by the registrant, an ac-
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tive ingredient approved in the 2- 
year period preceding the date of 
registration by any global strin-
gent regulatory authority for the 
same uses, vectors, and applica-
tions. 
‘‘(II) MOSQUITO
VECTOR
PRI-
ORITY.—For each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027, the focus of the program 
shall be to incentivize the development 
of insecticides to control and prevent 
the spread of mosquitoes bearing dis-
eases described in subclause (I)(cc). 
‘‘(III) EXCEPTION.—If the Ad-
ministrator determines that there is a 
significant public health benefit, an ac-
tive ingredient that is registered for ag-
ricultural use that is repurposed and 
submitted for control of mosquitoes and 
that otherwise meets the requirements 
of subclause (I) (excluding items (bb) 
and (jj)) as determined necessary by 
the Administrator, shall be considered 
a mosquito control product meeting the 
criteria specified in such subclause.
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‘‘(IV) 
ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA 
MODIFICATIONS.— 
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—Begin-
ning in fiscal year 2028, the Ad-
ministrator shall review the pro-
gram and recommend— 
‘‘(AA) modifications to 
the requirements described in 
subclause (I); and 
‘‘(BB) additional vec-
tors to be included in the 
program, prioritizing vectors 
that pose the most significant 
population health risks. 
‘‘(bb) 
PUBLIC
INVOLVE-
MENT.—In carrying out item 
(aa), the Administrator shall so-
licit 
the 
involvement 
of 
reg-
istrants, nongovernmental organi-
zations, and governmental agen-
cies engaged in vector-borne dis-
ease mitigation and treatment. 
‘‘(v) REDEMPTION OF VOUCHERS.—To 
redeem a voucher, the holder shall—
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‘‘(I) notify the Administrator of 
the intent of the holder to submit a 
pesticide application with a voucher 
for expedited review not less than 90 
days before the submission of the appli-
cation; and 
‘‘(II) pay the applicable registra-
tion service fee under section 33(b). 
‘‘(vi) EXPEDITED
REVIEW.—On re-
demption of a voucher, in furtherance of the 
purpose described in clause (iii), the Ad-
ministrator shall expedite decision review 
times as follows: 
‘‘(I) 6 months less than the deci-
sion review time for Category R010, 
New Active Ingredient, Food use. 
‘‘(II) 6 months less than the deci-
sion review time for Category R020, 
New Active Ingredient, Food use; re-
duced risk. 
‘‘(III) 6 months less than the deci-
sion review time for Category R060, 
New Active Ingredient, Non-food use; 
outdoor.
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‘‘(IV) 6 months less than the deci-
sion review time for Category R110, 
New Active Ingredient, Non-food use; 
indoor. 
‘‘(V) 4 months less than the deci-
sion review time for Category R070, 
New Active Ingredient, Non-food use; 
outdoor; reduced risk. 
‘‘(VI) 2 months less than the deci-
sion review time for Category R120, 
New Active Ingredient, Non-food use; 
indoor; reduced risk. 
‘‘(vii) REPORTS.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2025, and not later than Sep-
tember 30 of each year thereafter, the Ad-
ministrator shall issue a report on the pro-
gram, including— 
‘‘(I) the number of submissions 
seeking a voucher; 
‘‘(II) the total time in review for 
each such submission; 
‘‘(III) the number of such vouch-
ers awarded; 
‘‘(IV) the number of such vouchers 
redeemed; and
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‘‘(V) with respect to each such re-
deemed voucher— 
‘‘(aa) the decision review 
time for the pesticide application 
for which the voucher was re-
deemed; and 
‘‘(bb) the average standard 
decision review time for the appli-
cable pesticide category. 
‘‘(C) 
UNUSED
AMOUNTS.—Any 
unused 
amounts made available under this paragraph at 
the end of each fiscal year shall be made avail-
able to the Administrator to carry out other ac-
tivities for which amounts in the Reregistration 
and Expedited Processing Fund are authorized 
to be used. 
‘‘(8) PESTICIDE
SURVEILLANCE
PROGRAM.—In 
addition to amounts otherwise available, for each of 
fiscal years 2023 through 2027, the Administrator 
shall use not more than $500,000 of the amounts 
made available to the Administrator in the Rereg-
istration and Expedited Processing Fund to support 
the interagency agreement with the National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health to support the
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Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational 
Risk pesticides program— 
‘‘(A) with a goal of increasing the number 
of participating States, prioritizing expansion 
in States with the highest numbers of agricul-
tural workers; and 
‘‘(B) to improve reporting by participating 
States.’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (10) (as so redesignated), in 
the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(2), (3), (4), and (5)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(2) through (8)’’. 
SEC. 705. PESTICIDE REGISTRATION SERVICE FEES. 
(a) EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF FEE AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 33(b) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(E)(iii), by striking 
‘‘after review’’ and inserting ‘‘on completion of, 
where appropriate, the initial screening of the 
contents of the application or the preliminary 
technical screening’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)(B)’’;
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(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Subject 
to paragraph (6),’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) DATA EVALUATION RECORDS.—At the 
decision review time under a fee table specified 
in subparagraph (B) or as agreed upon under 
subsection (f)(5), for each covered application 
under a fee table specified in such subparagraph 
(B), the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(i) complete data evaluation records 
for studies submitted by the applicant in 
support of the application; and 
‘‘(ii) release those data evaluation 
records to the applicant, using appropriate 
protections for confidential business infor-
mation. 
‘‘(B) SCHEDULE, ACTIONS, AND
FEES.— 
Subject to paragraph (6),’’; 
(D) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 
read as follows: ‘‘Subject to the following 
sentence, effective for a covered application 
received during the period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 2024, and ending on September 30, 
2026, the Administrator may increase by 5 
percent the registration service fee payable
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for the application under paragraph (3). No 
adjustment may be made under the pre-
ceding sentence until the date on which the 
Administrator begins to implement clauses 
(i) and (ii) of subsection (k)(2)(A).’’; and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 
read as follows: ‘‘Subject to the following 
sentence, effective for a covered application 
received on or after October 1, 2026, the Ad-
ministrator may increase by an additional 
5 percent the registration service fee in ef-
fect as of September 30, 2026. No adjust-
ment may be made under the preceding sen-
tence until the date on which the Adminis-
trator 
begins 
to 
implement 
any 
rec-
ommendations for process improvements 
contained in the report under subsection 
(c)(4), as appropriate.’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘(com-
monly referred to as a Gold Seal letter)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(including a Gold Seal letter and a Cer-
tificate of Establishment)’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 33 of 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
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section (b)(3)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘subsection (b)(3)(B)’’. 
(b) PESTICIDE REGISTRATION FUND.—Section 33(c) 
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(7 U.S.C. 136w–8(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph 
(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) ENDANGERED
SPECIES
REVIEW
OF 
OUTDOOR USE OF PESTICIDE PRODUCTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall use the amounts made available in the 
Fund to develop, receive comments with re-
spect to, and finalize, guidance to reg-
istrants regarding analysis necessary to 
support the review of outdoor uses of pes-
ticide products under the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
‘‘(ii) DEADLINES FOR GUIDANCE.—The 
Administrator shall issue final guidance re-
quired by clause (i) in accordance with the 
following: 
‘‘(I) With respect to new active 
ingredients or any registration review 
decision proposed for 1 or more out-
door uses, not later than 9 months
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after the date of enactment of the Pes-
ticide Registration Improvement Act of 
2022. 
‘‘(II) With respect to new outdoor 
uses of a registered pesticide, not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of the Pesticide Registration Improve-
ment Act of 2022. 
‘‘(III) 
With 
respect 
to 
anti-
microbial pesticide products, not later 
than 3 years after the date of enact-
ment of the Pesticide Registration Im-
provement Act of 2022. 
‘‘(C) INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY ASSESS-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall use the amounts made available in the 
Fund to carry out the activities described in 
clauses (ii) and (iii). 
‘‘(ii) WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Adminis-
trator shall procure a competitive con-
tract with a qualified, independent 
contractor with expertise in assessing 
public sector workforce data analysis
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and reporting to conduct an assessment 
of current methodologies and data or 
metrics available to represent the work-
force implementing the Pesticide Reg-
istration Improvement Act of 2022 and 
the amendments made by that Act, in-
cluding an assessment of filled and va-
cant positions and full-time equivalent 
employees relating to that implementa-
tion. 
‘‘(II) REPORT.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of the 
Pesticide 
Registration 
Improvement 
Act of 2022— 
‘‘(aa) the contractor selected 
under subclause (I) shall submit 
to the Administrator a report de-
scribing— 
‘‘(AA) the findings from 
the assessment under that 
subclause; and 
‘‘(BB) recommendations 
for improved methodologies 
to represent full-time equiva-
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lent resources described in 
that subclause; and 
‘‘(bb) the Administrator shall 
publish 
the 
report 
submitted 
under item (aa) on the website of 
the 
Environmental 
Protection 
Agency. 
‘‘(iii) PROCESS ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(aa) 
CONTRACTS.—Within 
1 year of the date of enactment of 
the Pesticide Registration Im-
provement Act of 2022, to the ex-
tent practicable, the Adminis-
trator shall issue a competitive 
contract to a private, independent 
consulting firm— 
‘‘(AA) to conduct the as-
sessment described in sub-
clause (II); and 
‘‘(BB) to submit to the 
Administrator a report de-
scribing the findings of the 
assessment and the processes 
and performance of the Envi-
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ronmental Protection Agency 
relating to the implementa-
tion of the Pesticide Reg-
istration Improvement Act of 
2022 and the amendments 
made by that Act. 
‘‘(bb) 
ELIGIBILITY.—The 
firm described in item (aa) shall 
be capable of performing the tech-
nical analysis, management as-
sessment, and program evaluation 
tasks required to address the scope 
of the assessment under subclause 
(II). 
‘‘(II) ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—The Ad-
ministrator, applicants, and reg-
istrants shall participate in a tar-
geted assessment of the process for 
the review of applications sub-
mitted under this Act. 
‘‘(bb) 
CONSULTATION.—The 
firm selected under subclause (I) 
shall consult with the Adminis-
trator and applicants at the start
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of the assessment under item (aa) 
and prior to submission of the re-
port under subclause (I)(aa)(BB). 
‘‘(cc) REQUIREMENTS.—The 
assessment under item (aa) shall 
evaluate and make recommenda-
tions regarding— 
‘‘(AA) the initial con-
tent screen; 
‘‘(BB) the preliminary 
technical screen; 
‘‘(CC) 
performance, 
processes, and progress to-
ward reducing renegotiation 
rates and the average length 
of renegotiations; 
‘‘(DD) 
performance, 
processes, and progress to-
ward eliminating the backlog 
of registrant submissions not 
covered by subsection (b)(3); 
‘‘(EE) 
performance, 
processes, and progress to-
ward ensuring that all reg-
istrant submissions not cov-
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ered by subsection (b)(3) are 
completed by the applicable 
deadlines described in the no-
tice of the Administrator en-
titled ‘Pesticide Registration 
Notice (PR) 98–10: Notifica-
tions, Non-Notifications and 
Minor Formulation Amend-
ments’ and dated October 22, 
1998 
(and 
any 
successor 
amendments to that notice) 
and described in subsections 
(c)(3)(B) and (h) of section 
3; 
‘‘(FF) compliance with 
the provisions of this Act re-
lating to renegotiations and 
registrant submissions not 
covered by subsection (b)(3); 
‘‘(GG) information tech-
nology systems; 
‘‘(HH) 
recommended 
improvements to employee 
training;
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‘‘(II) 
performance, 
progress, and processes in 
completing registration re-
view; and 
‘‘(JJ) other appropriate 
issues, such as submissions 
by inert suppliers and fast- 
track amendments under sub-
sections (c)(3)(B) and (h) of 
section 3. 
‘‘(III) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.— 
Not later than 1 year after the receipt 
of an assessment required under this 
section, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry of the Senate and 
the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives— 
‘‘(aa) a copy of each such as-
sessment; and 
‘‘(bb) 
the 
Administrator’s 
evaluation of the findings and rec-
ommendations contained in each 
such assessment.
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‘‘(IV) 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
Administrator shall include with the 
report submitted under subclause (III) 
a classification of each recommenda-
tion described in the report as— 
‘‘(aa) can be implemented 
through administrative action of 
the Administrator; or 
‘‘(bb) requires a statutory 
change.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
following: 
‘‘(B) shall be available during periods in 
which Environmental Protection Agency employ-
ees are on shutdown or emergency furlough as a 
result of a lapse in appropriations; and’’. 
(c) ASSESSMENT OF FEES.—Section 33(d)(2) of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘(as in existence in fiscal year 
2012)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the amount of appropriations 
for covered functions for fiscal year 2012 (excluding 
the amount of any fees appropriated for the fiscal 
year).’’ and inserting ‘‘$166,000,000.’’. 
(d) REFORMS TO REDUCE DECISION TIME REVIEW 
PERIODS AND PREVENT DOUBLE PAYMENT OF REGISTRA-
TION FEES.—Section 33(e) of the Federal Insecticide, Fun-
gicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(e)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking the subsection designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘To the max-
imum’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) REFORMS TO REDUCE DECISION TIME REVIEW 
PERIODS AND PREVENT DOUBLE PAYMENT OF REGISTRA-
TION FEES.— 
‘‘(1) REDUCTION OF DECISION TIME REVIEW PE-
RIODS.—To the maximum’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) PREVENTION OF DOUBLE PAYMENT OF REG-
ISTRATION SERVICE FEES.—The Administrator shall 
develop and implement a process to determine the ap-
propriate fee category or categories for an application 
that qualifies for more than one fee category in order
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to assist applicants and prevent unnecessary payment 
of fees for multiple categories for a single applica-
tion.’’. 
(e) DECISION TIME REVIEW PERIODS.—Section 33(f) 
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(7 U.S.C. 136w–8(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Pesticide Reg-
istration Improvement Extension Act of 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 
2022’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(III) FINAL
FEE
CATEGORY.— 
The fee category of a covered applica-
tion or other actions may not be 
changed, without providing the infor-
mation to the applicant, after comple-
tion of the preliminary technical 
screening described in clause (iv).’’; 
(ii) in clause (iii), in the matter pre-
ceding subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘automate 
the process, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, and’’ before ‘‘determine’’; and
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(iii) in clause (iv)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I), by striking ‘‘shall determine 
if—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall—’’; 
(II) in subclause (I)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘determine 
if’’ before ‘‘the application and’’; 
and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(III) in subclause (II)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘determine 
if’’ before ‘‘the application, data,’’; 
and 
(bb) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(IV) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(III) determine, if applicable, 
whether an application qualifies for a 
reduced risk determination under sub-
section (c)(10) or (h) of section 3;
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‘‘(IV) grant or deny any data 
waiver requests submitted by the appli-
cant with the application; 
‘‘(V) verify and validate the accu-
racy of the fee category selected by the 
applicant; and 
‘‘(VI) notify the applicant, in 
writing, if a new or different fee cat-
egory is required and calculate the new 
decision review time based on the 
original submission date.’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (E) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(E) APPLICATIONS FOR REDUCED RISK.— 
‘‘(i) FEE.—If an application for a re-
duced risk new active ingredient or a re-
duced risk new use is determined not to 
qualify as reduced risk, the applicant shall 
pay the difference in fee for the cor-
responding non-reduced risk application. 
‘‘(ii) DECISION
REVIEW
TIME
PE-
RIOD.—After receipt by the Administrator 
of the original covered reduced risk applica-
tion and fee, the decision time review period 
for the corresponding non-reduced risk ap-
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plication shall begin within the time peri-
ods described in subparagraph (A), based on 
the submission date of the original covered 
reduced risk application.’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(5) EXTENSION OF DECISION TIME REVIEW PE-
RIOD.— 
‘‘(A) NOTIFICATION.—If the Administrator 
cannot meet a decision time review period under 
this subsection, the Administrator shall notify 
the applicant, in writing, of— 
‘‘(i) the reasons why additional time is 
needed; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of days needed that 
would allow the Administrator to make a 
regulatory decision. 
‘‘(B) EXTENSION BY NEGOTIATION OR MU-
TUAL AGREEMENT.—The Administrator, acting 
solely through the Director of the Office of Pes-
ticide Programs, and the applicant may mutu-
ally agree, in writing, to extend a decision time 
review period under this subsection if— 
‘‘(i) there is new or additional data or 
information from the applicant that is nec-
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essary for the Administrator to make a de-
cision on the application that cannot be 
made available within the original decision 
time review period; or 
‘‘(ii) a public comment period associ-
ated with the application generates signifi-
cant comments that cannot be addressed 
within the original decision time review pe-
riod. 
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—Once a decision time re-
view period for a covered action described in 
subsection (b)(3)(B) is missed or extended, the 
Administrator shall make any action on the ap-
plication a priority.’’. 
(f) REPORTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—Sec-
tion 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) is amended by striking 
subsection (k) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(k) REPORTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 
days after the last day of each of fiscal years 
2023 through 2027, the Administrator shall pub-
lish an annual report describing— 
‘‘(i) actions taken under this section;
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‘‘(ii) registrant submissions not covered 
by subsection (b)(3)(B); 
‘‘(iii) the initial content and prelimi-
nary technical screenings required in sub-
section (f)(4)(B); and 
‘‘(iv) staffing relating to implementing 
the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act 
of 2022 and the amendments made by that 
Act. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each report published 
under subparagraph (A) shall include a sum-
mary of the following information: 
‘‘(i) ACTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION.— 
To the extent practicable, data for each ac-
tion taken under this section that is com-
pleted during the fiscal year covered by the 
report or pending at the conclusion of that 
fiscal year, organized by registering divi-
sion, including— 
‘‘(I) the Action Code; 
‘‘(II) the application receipt date; 
‘‘(III) the electronic portal track-
ing number assigned to the application 
at the time of submission to the elec-
tronic submission portal or the Envi-
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ronmental Protection Agency tracking 
number; 
‘‘(IV) the original decision due 
date based on the Action Code; 
‘‘(V) the dates of any renegoti-
ations and the renegotiated due dates, 
if applicable; 
‘‘(VI) the reasons for each renego-
tiation, if applicable; 
‘‘(VII) if the submission had to be 
recoded, reassigned codes, if applicable; 
‘‘(VIII) the date that the submis-
sion was recoded, if applicable; 
‘‘(IX) the decision completion 
date, if the action has been completed; 
‘‘(X) the status of the action, 
which may be— 
‘‘(aa) failed initial content 
screen; 
‘‘(bb) 
failed 
preliminary 
technical screen; 
‘‘(cc) approved; 
‘‘(dd) withdrawn; 
‘‘(ee) denied; 
‘‘(ff) do not grant; or
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‘‘(gg) pending; 
‘‘(XI) the reason for any denial or 
do not grant decision, if applicable; 
‘‘(XII) a review of the progress 
made in carrying out each requirement 
of subsections (e) and (f), including, to 
the extent determined appropriate by 
the Administrator and consistent with 
the authorities of the Administrator 
and limitations on delegation of func-
tions 
by 
the 
Administrator, 
rec-
ommendations for the allowance and 
use of summaries of acute toxicity 
studies; 
‘‘(XIII) a review of the progress 
in carrying out section 3(g), includ-
ing— 
‘‘(aa) the number of pes-
ticides or pesticide cases reviewed 
and the number of registration re-
view decisions completed, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(AA) the number of 
cases cancelled;
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‘‘(BB) the number of 
cases requiring risk mitiga-
tion measures; 
‘‘(CC) the number of 
cases removing risk mitiga-
tion measures; 
‘‘(DD) the number of 
cases with no risk mitigation 
needed; and 
‘‘(EE) the number of 
cases in which risk mitiga-
tion has been fully imple-
mented; 
‘‘(XIV) a review of the progress 
made toward implementing enhance-
ments to— 
‘‘(aa) the electronic tracking 
of conditional registrations; and 
‘‘(bb) the endangered species 
database; 
‘‘(XV) a review of the progress 
made in updating the Pesticide Inci-
dent Data System, including progress 
toward making the information con-
tained in the System available to the
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public (as the Administrator deter-
mines is appropriate); 
‘‘(XVI) an assessment of the pub-
lic availability of summary pesticide 
usage data; 
‘‘(XVII) the number of the active 
ingredients approved, new uses, and 
pesticide end use products granted in 
connection with the Design for the En-
vironment program (or any successor 
program) of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency; 
‘‘(XVIII) with respect to funds in 
the Reregistration and Expedited Proc-
essing Fund described under section 
4(k), a review that includes— 
‘‘(aa) a description of the 
amount and use of such funds— 
‘‘(AA) to carry out ac-
tivities relating to worker 
protection 
under 
subpara-
graphs (G) and (H) of sec-
tion 4(i)(1); 
‘‘(BB) to award part-
nership grants under sub-
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paragraph (I) of such sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(CC) to carry out the 
pesticide 
safety 
education 
program under subparagraph 
(J) of such section; 
‘‘(bb) an evaluation of the 
appropriateness and effectiveness 
of the activities, grants, and pro-
gram under subparagraphs (G), 
(H), (I), and (J) of such section; 
‘‘(cc) a description of how 
stakeholders are engaged in the 
decision to fund such activities, 
grants, and program in accord-
ance with the stakeholder input 
provided under such subpara-
graphs; and 
‘‘(dd) with respect to activi-
ties relating to worker protection 
carried out under subparagraphs 
(G) and (H) of section 4(i)(1), a 
summary of the analyses from 
stakeholders, including from work-
er 
community-based 
organiza-
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tions, on the appropriateness and 
effectiveness of such activities. 
‘‘(XIX) beginning two years after 
enactment, report on the progress of 
meeting the deadlines listed in para-
graph (5) of section 3(f); and 
‘‘(XX) a review of progress made 
in implementing the pesticide surveil-
lance program referred to in para-
graph (8) of section 4(k). 
‘‘(ii) REGISTRANT
SUBMISSIONS
NOT 
COVERED
BY
SECTION
33(B)(3)(B).—Each 
registrant submission not covered by sub-
section (b)(3)(B), that is completed during 
the fiscal year covered by the report or 
pending at the conclusion of that fiscal 
year, organized by registering division, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(I) the submission date; 
‘‘(II) the electronic portal tracking 
number assigned to the application at 
the time of the submission of the appli-
cation to the electronic submission por-
tal;
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‘‘(III) the type of regulatory ac-
tion, as defined by statute or guidance 
document, and the specific label action; 
‘‘(IV) the status of the action; 
‘‘(V) the due date; 
‘‘(VI) the reason for the outcome; 
and 
‘‘(VII) the completion date, if ap-
plicable. 
‘‘(iii) SCREENING PROCESS.—Data for 
the initial content screens and preliminary 
technical screens that are completed during 
the fiscal year covered by the report or 
pending at the conclusion of that fiscal 
year, organized by registering division, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(I) the number of applications 
successfully passing each type of screen; 
‘‘(II) the number of applications 
that failed the screening process for 
each type of screen; 
‘‘(III) the number of notifications 
issued by the Administrator under sub-
section (f)(4)(B)(ii)(II);
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‘‘(IV) the number of notifications 
issued by the Administrator under sub-
section (f)(4)(B)(ii)(I) and the number 
of applications resulting in a rejection; 
and 
‘‘(V) the number of notifications 
issued under section 152.105 of title 
40, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
successor regulations), and to the ex-
tent practicable, the reasons for that 
issuance. 
‘‘(iv) STAFFING.—Data on the staffing 
relating to work covered under the Pesticide 
Registration Improvement Act of 2022 and 
the amendments made by that Act, orga-
nized by registering division, including— 
‘‘(I) the number of new hires and 
personnel departures; 
‘‘(II) the number of full-time 
equivalents at the end of each fiscal 
year; 
‘‘(III) the number of full-time 
equivalents working on registration re-
view activities; and
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‘‘(IV) the number of full-time 
equivalents working on registrant sub-
missions not covered by subsection 
(b)(3)(B). 
‘‘(C) 
PUBLICATION.—The 
Administrator 
shall publish each report under subparagraph 
(A)— 
‘‘(i) on the website of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; and 
‘‘(ii) by such other methods as the Ad-
ministrator determines to be the most effec-
tive for efficiently disseminating the report. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.— 
‘‘(A) SYSTEM.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Pesticide Registra-
tion Improvement Act of 2022, the Adminis-
trator shall establish an information technology 
system that— 
‘‘(i) includes all registering divisions 
in the Office of Pesticide Programs; 
‘‘(ii) provides a real-time, accurate, 
tracking system for all regulatory submis-
sions to the Office of Pesticide Programs; 
‘‘(iii) provides a real-time, accessible 
information that provides each applicant
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confidential, online access to the status and 
progress of the regulatory submissions of the 
applicant; and 
‘‘(iv) updates the electronic submission 
portal— 
‘‘(I) to ensure that label reviews 
are limited to current label changes, to 
the maximum extent practicable; 
‘‘(II) to automate, to the extent 
practicable, minor, low risk regulatory 
actions; and 
‘‘(III) to allow self-certification of 
certain regulatory actions, as deter-
mined by the Administrator. 
‘‘(B) ACCESS TO REGISTRATION DATA AND 
DECISIONS.—The Administrator shall implement 
efforts to expand existing, and develop new, in-
formation technology tools and databases to im-
prove access by Environmental Protection Agen-
cy employees to data used to fulfill registrations, 
and public access to information about regu-
latory decisionmaking tools, including opportu-
nities for—
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‘‘(i) analysis of the impact of sub-
mitted studies on Environmental Protection 
Agency assessments and decisions; 
‘‘(ii) facilitation of read-across or com-
putational model development to help fill 
information gaps; 
‘‘(iii) tracking and reporting submis-
sion and decision metrics relating to the use 
and acceptance of test methods; and 
‘‘(iv) drafting and publication of poli-
cies communicating Environmental Protec-
tion Agency acceptance of novel technologies 
or approaches.’’. 
(g) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.—Section 33(m) 
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(7 U.S.C. 136w–8(m)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2023’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘2027’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’ ; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘2028’’; and
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(B) in each of subparagraphs (B) and 
(C)— 
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘2025’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘2029’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2025’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 
SEC. 706. REVISION OF TABLES REGARDING COVERED PES-
TICIDE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS AND 
OTHER COVERED ACTIONS AND THEIR COR-
RESPONDING REGISTRATION SERVICE FEES. 
Section 33(b)(3) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(b)(3)) (as amended 
by section 705(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) SCHEDULE, ACTIONS, AND
FEES.— 
Subject to paragraph (6), the schedule of reg-
istration applications and other covered actions 
and their corresponding registration service fees 
shall be as follows: 
‘‘TABLE 1. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — NEW 
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R010 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Food use. 
(2) (3) 
1,079,356
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‘‘TABLE 1. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — NEW 
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R020 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Food use; 
reduced risk. (2) 
(3) 
899,464 
R040 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Food use; 
Experimental 
Use Permit ap-
plication; estab-
lish temporary 
tolerance; sub-
mitted before ap-
plication for reg-
istration; credit 
45% of fee to-
ward new active 
ingredient ap-
plication that 
follows. (3) (4) 
662,883 
R060 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Non-food 
use; outdoor. (2) 
(3) 
749,886 
R070 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Non-food 
use; outdoor; re-
duced risk. (2) 
(3) 
624,905 
R090 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Non-food 
use; outdoor; Ex-
perimental Use 
Permit applica-
tion; submitted 
before applica-
tion for registra-
tion; credit 45% 
of fee toward 
new active in-
gredient appli-
cation that fol-
lows. (3) (4) 
463,930
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‘‘TABLE 1. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — NEW 
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R110 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Non-food 
use; indoor. (2) 
(3) (4) 
417,069 
R120 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Non-food 
use; indoor; re-
duced risk. (2) 
(3) (4) 
347,556 
R121 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Non-food 
use; indoor; Ex-
perimental Use 
Permit applica-
tion; submitted 
before applica-
tion for registra-
tion; credit 45% 
of fee toward 
new active in-
gredient appli-
cation that fol-
lows. (3) (4) 
261,322 
R122 
Enriched isomer(s) 
of registered 
mixed-isomer ac-
tive ingredient. 
(2) (3) 
454,526 
R123 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Seed 
treatment only; 
includes agricul-
tural and non- 
agricultural 
seeds; non-food 
use, not requir-
ing a tolerance. 
(2) (3) 
676,296
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‘‘TABLE 1. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — NEW 
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R126 
(new) 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Seed 
treatment only; 
limited uptake 
into raw agri-
cultural com-
modities; use re-
quiring a toler-
ance. (2) (3) 
743,925 
R125 
New Active Ingre-
dient, Seed 
treatment; Ex-
perimental Use 
Permit applica-
tion; submitted 
before applica-
tion for registra-
tion; credit 45% 
of fee toward 
new active in-
gredient appli-
cation that fol-
lows. (3) (4) 
463,930 
(1) A decision review time that would otherwise end on a Saturday, Sunday, or 
Federal holiday, will be extended to end on the next business day. 
(2) All requests for new uses (food and/or nonfood) contained in any applica-
tion for a new active ingredient or a first food use are covered by the base fee for 
that new active ingredient or first food use application and retain the same deci-
sion time review period as the new active ingredient or first food use application. 
The application must be received by the Agency in one package. The base fee for 
the category covers a maximum of five new products. Each application for an ad-
ditional new product registration and new inert approval that is submitted in the 
new active ingredient application package or first food use application package is 
subject to the registration service fee for a new product or a new inert approval. 
All such associated applications that are submitted together will be subject to the 
new active ingredient or first food use decision review time. In the case of a new 
active ingredient application, until that new active ingredient is approved, any 
subsequent application for another new product containing the same active ingre-
dient or an amendment to the proposed labeling will be deemed a new active in-
gredient application, subject to the registration service fee and decision review 
time for a new active ingredient. In the case of a first food use application, until 
that first food use is approved, any subsequent application for an additional new 
food use or uses will be subject to the registration service fee and decision review 
time for a first food use. Any information that (a) was neither requested nor re-
quired by the Agency, and (b) is submitted by the applicant at the applicant’s ini-
tiative to support the application after completion of the preliminary technical 
screening, and (c) is not itself a covered registration application, must be assessed 
25% of the full registration service fee for the new active ingredient or first food 
use application.
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(3) Where the action involves approval of a new or amended label, on or before 
the end date of the decision review time, the Agency shall provide to the applicant 
a draft accepted label, including any changes made by the Agency that differ from 
the applicant-submitted label and relevant supporting data reviewed by the Agen-
cy. The applicant will notify the Agency that the applicant either (a) agrees to all 
of the terms associated with the draft accepted label as amended by the Agency 
and requests that it be issued as the accepted final Agency-stamped label; or (b) 
does not agree to one or more of the terms of the draft accepted label as amended 
by the Agency and requests additional time to resolve the difference(s); or (c) with-
draws the application without prejudice for subsequent resubmission, but forfeits 
the associated registration service fee. For cases described in (b), the applicant 
shall have up to 30 calendar days to reach agreement with the Agency on the final 
terms of the Agency-accepted label. If the applicant agrees to all of the terms of the 
accepted label as in (a), including upon resolution of differences in (b), the Agency 
shall provide an accepted final Agency-stamped label to the registrant within 2 
business days following the registrant’s written or electronic confirmation of agree-
ment to the Agency. 
(4) If the Administrator determines that endangered species analysis is required 
for this action, using guidance finalized according to section 33(c)(3)(B) for this 
specific type of action, the decision review time can be extended for endangered 
species assessment one time only for up to 50%, upon written notification to the 
applicant, prior to completion of the technical screening. To the extent practicable, 
any reason for renegotiation should be resolved during the same extension. 
‘‘TABLE 2. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — NEW USES 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R130 
First food use; in-
door; food/food 
handling. (2) (3) 
(5) 
274,388 
R140 
Additional food 
use; Indoor; 
food/food han-
dling. (3) (4) (5) 
64,028 
R150 
First food use. (2) 
(3) (5) 
454,490 
R155 
First food use, Ex-
perimental Use 
Permit applica-
tion; active in-
gredient reg-
istered for non- 
food use. (3) (4) 
(5) 
378,742 
R160 
First food use; re-
duced risk. (2) 
(3) (5) 
378,742 
R170 
Additional food 
use. (3) (4) (5) 
113,728
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‘‘TABLE 2. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — NEW 
USES—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R175 
Additional food 
uses covered 
within a crop 
group resulting 
from the conver-
sion of existing 
approved crop 
group(s) to one 
or more revised 
crop groups. (3) 
(4) (5) 
94,774 
R180 
Additional food 
use; reduced 
risk. (3) (4) (5) 
94,774 
R190 
Additional food 
uses; 6 or more 
submitted in one 
application. (3) 
(4) (5) 
682,357 
R200 
Additional Food 
Use; 6 or more 
submitted in one 
application; Re-
duced Risk. (3) 
(4) (5) 
568,632 
R210 
Additional food 
use; Experi-
mental Use Per-
mit application; 
establish tem-
porary tolerance; 
no credit toward 
new use registra-
tion. (3) (4) (5) 
70,210
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‘‘TABLE 2. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — NEW 
USES—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R220 
Additional food 
use; Experi-
mental Use Per-
mit application; 
crop destruct 
basis; no credit 
toward new use 
registration. (3) 
(4) (5) 
28,434 
R230 
Additional use; 
non-food; out-
door. (3) (4) (5) 
45,453 
R240 
Additional use; 
non-food; out-
door; reduced 
risk. (3) (4) (5) 
37,878 
R250 
Additional use; 
non-food; out-
door; Experi-
mental Use Per-
mit application; 
no credit toward 
new use registra-
tion. (3) (4) (5) 
28,434 
R251 
Experimental Use 
Permit applica-
tion which re-
quires no 
changes to the 
tolerance(s); 
non-crop de-
struct basis. (3) 
(5) 
28,434 
R260 
New use; non-food; 
indoor. (3) (4) 
(5) 
21,954 
R270 
New use; non-food; 
indoor; reduced 
risk. (3) (4) (5) 
18,296
3969 
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‘‘TABLE 2. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — NEW 
USES—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R271 
New use; non-food; 
indoor; Experi-
mental Use Per-
mit application; 
no credit toward 
new use registra-
tion. (3) (4) (5) 
13,940 
R273 
Additional use; 
seed treatment 
only; use not re-
quiring a new 
tolerance; in-
cludes crops 
with established 
tolerances (e.g., 
for soil or foliar 
application). (3) 
(4) (5) 
72,302 
R274 
Additional use; 
seed treatment 
only; 6 or more 
submitted in one 
application; uses 
not requiring 
new tolerances; 
includes crops 
with established 
tolerances (e.g., 
for soil or foliar 
application). (3) 
(4) (5) 
433,793 
R276 
(new) 
Additional use, 
seed treatment 
only; limited up-
take into raw 
agricultural 
commodities; use 
requiring a tol-
erance. (3) (4) 
(5) 
79,560
3970 
† HR 2617 EAS2 
‘‘TABLE 2. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — NEW 
USES—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R277 
(new) 
Additional use, 
seed treatment 
only; 6 or more 
submitted in one 
application; lim-
ited uptake into 
raw agricultural 
commodities; use 
requiring a tol-
erance. (3) (4) 
(5) 
477,360 
(1) A decision review time that would otherwise end on a Saturday, Sunday, or 
Federal holiday, will be extended to end on the next business day. 
(2) All requests for new uses (food and/or nonfood) contained in any applica-
tion for a new active ingredient or a first food use are covered by the base fee for 
that new active ingredient or first food use application and retain the same deci-
sion time review period as the new active ingredient or first food use application. 
The application must be received by the Agency in one package. The base fee for 
the category covers a maximum of five new products. Each application for an ad-
ditional new product registration and new inert approval that is submitted in the 
new active ingredient application package or first food use application package is 
subject to the registration service fee for a new product or a new inert approval. 
All such associated applications that are submitted together will be subject to the 
new active ingredient or first food use decision review time. In the case of a new 
active ingredient application, until that new active ingredient is approved, any 
subsequent application for another new product containing the same active ingre-
dient or an amendment to the proposed labeling will be deemed a new active in-
gredient application, subject to the registration service fee and decision review 
time for a new active ingredient. In the case of a first food use application, until 
that first food use is approved, any subsequent application for an additional new 
food use or uses will be subject to the registration service fee and decision review 
time for a first food use. Any information that (a) was neither requested nor re-
quired by the Agency, and (b) is submitted by the applicant at the applicant’s ini-
tiative to support the application after completion of the preliminary technical 
screening, and (c) is not itself a covered registration application, must be assessed 
25% of the full registration service fee for the new active ingredient or first food 
use application. 
(3) Where the action involves approval of a new or amended label, on or before 
the end date of the decision review time, the Agency shall provide to the applicant 
a draft accepted label, including any changes made by the Agency that differ from 
the applicant-submitted label and relevant supporting data reviewed by the Agen-
cy. The applicant will notify the Agency that the applicant either (a) agrees to all 
of the terms associated with the draft accepted label as amended by the Agency 
and requests that it be issued as the accepted final Agency-stamped label; or (b) 
does not agree to one or more of the terms of the draft accepted label as amended 
by the Agency and requests additional time to resolve the difference(s); or (c) with-
draws the application without prejudice for subsequent resubmission, but forfeits 
the associated registration service fee. For cases described in (b), the applicant 
shall have up to 30 calendar days to reach agreement with the Agency on the final 
terms of the Agency-accepted label. If the applicant agrees to all of the terms of the 
accepted label as in (a), including upon resolution of differences in (b), the Agency 
shall provide an accepted final Agency-stamped label to the registrant within 2 
business days following the registrant’s written or electronic confirmation of agree-
ment to the Agency.
3971 
† HR 2617 EAS2 
(4) Amendment applications to add the new use(s) to registered product labels 
are covered by the base fee for the new use(s). All items in the covered application 
must be submitted together in one package. Each application for an additional 
new product registration and new inert approval(s) that is submitted in the new 
use application package is subject to the registration service fee for a new product 
or a new inert approval. However, if a new use application only proposes to reg-
ister the new use for a new product and there are no amendments in the applica-
tion, then review of one new product application is covered by the new use fee. All 
such associated applications that are submitted together will be subject to the new 
use decision review time. Any application for a new product or an amendment to 
the proposed labeling (a) submitted subsequent to submission of the new use appli-
cation and (b) prior to conclusion of its decision review time and (c) containing 
the same new uses, will be deemed a separate new-use application, subject to a 
separate registration service fee and new decision review time for a new use. If the 
new-use application includes non-food (indoor and/or outdoor), and food (outdoor 
and/or indoor) uses, the appropriate fee is due for each type of new use and the 
longest decision review time applies to all of the new uses requested in the applica-
tion. Any information that (a) was neither requested nor required by the Agency, 
and (b) is submitted by the applicant at the applicant’s initiative to support the 
application after completion of the preliminary technical screening, and (c) is not 
itself a covered registration application, must be assessed 25% of the full registra-
tion service fee for the new use application. 
(5) If the Administrator determines that endangered species analysis is required 
for this action, using guidance finalized according to section 33(c)(3)(B) for this 
specific type of action, the decision review time can be extended for endangered 
species assessment one time only for up to 50%, upon written notification to the 
applicant, prior to completion of the technical screening. To the extent practicable, 
any reason for renegotiation should be resolved during the same extension. 
‘‘TABLE 3. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — IMPORT 
AND OTHER TOLERANCES 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R280 
Establish toler-
ances for resi-
dues in imported 
commodities; 
new active in-
gredient or first 
food use. (2) 
457,311 
R290 
Establish toler-
ances for resi-
dues in imported 
commodities; 
Additional new 
food use. 
91,465
3972 
† HR 2617 EAS2 
‘‘TABLE 3. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — IMPORT 
AND OTHER TOLERANCES—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R291 
Establish toler-
ances for resi-
dues in imported 
commodities; ad-
ditional food 
uses; 6 or more 
crops submitted 
in one petition. 
548,773 
R292 
Amend an estab-
lished tolerance 
(e.g., decrease or 
increase) and/or 
harmonize estab-
lished tolerances 
with Codex Max-
imum Residue 
Limits; domestic 
or import; ap-
plicant-initi-
ated. 
64,987 
R293 
Establish toler-
ance(s) for inad-
vertent residues 
in one crop; ap-
plicant-initi-
ated. 
76,656 
R294 
Establish toler-
ances for inad-
vertent residues; 
6 or more crops 
submitted in one 
application; ap-
plicant-initi-
ated. 
459,922
3973 
† HR 2617 EAS2 
‘‘TABLE 3. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — IMPORT 
AND OTHER TOLERANCES—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R295 
Establish toler-
ance(s) for resi-
dues in one rota-
tional crop in 
response to a 
specific rota-
tional crop ap-
plication; sub-
mission of cor-
responding label 
amendments 
which specify the 
necessary plant- 
back restrictions; 
applicant-initi-
ated. (3) (4) 
94,774 
R296 
Establish toler-
ances for resi-
dues in rota-
tional crops in 
response to a 
specific rota-
tional crop peti-
tion; 6 or more 
crops submitted 
in one applica-
tion; submission 
of corresponding 
label amend-
ments which 
specify the nec-
essary plant- 
back restrictions; 
applicant-initi-
ated. (3) (4) 
568,632 
R297 
Amend 6 or more 
established toler-
ances (e.g., de-
crease or in-
crease) in one 
petition; domes-
tic or import; 
applicant-initi-
ated. 
389,897
3974 
† HR 2617 EAS2 
‘‘TABLE 3. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — IMPORT 
AND OTHER TOLERANCES—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R298 
Amend an estab-
lished tolerance 
(e.g., decrease or 
increase); domes-
tic or import; 
submission of 
corresponding 
amended labels 
(requiring 
science review). 
(3) (4) 
83,940 
R299 
Amend 6 or more 
established toler-
ances (e.g., de-
crease or in-
crease); domestic 
or import; sub-
mission of cor-
responding 
amended labels 
(requiring 
science review). 
(3) (4) 
408,853 
R281 
(new) 
Establish toler-
ances for resi-
dues in imported 
commodities; ad-
ditional new 
food use; submis-
sion of residue 
chemistry data 
review conducted 
by Codex or 
other competent 
national regu-
latory authority. 
68,599
3975 
† HR 2617 EAS2 
‘‘TABLE 3. — REGISTRATION DIVISION (RD) — IMPORT 
AND OTHER TOLERANCES—Continued 
EPA 
No. 
New 
CR 
No. 
Action 
Decision 
Review 
Time 
(Months)(1) 
Registra-
tion 
Service Fee 
($) 
R282 
(new) 
Establish toler-
ances for resi-
dues in imported 
commodities; ad-
ditional new 
food uses; 6 or 
more crops sub-
mitted in one 
petition; submis-
sion of residue 
chemistry data 
review conducted 
by Codex or 
other competent 
national regu-
latory authority. 
411,580 
(1) A decision review time that would otherwise end on a Saturday, Sunday, or 
Federal holiday, will be extended to end on the next business day. 
(2) All requests for new uses (food and/or nonfood) contained in any applica-
tion for a new active ingredient or a first food use are covered by the base fee for 
that new active ingredient or first food use application and retain the same deci-
sion time review period as the new active ingredient or first food use application. 
The application must be received by the Agency in one package. The base fee for 
the category covers a maximum of five new products. Each application for an ad-
ditional new product registration and new inert approval that is submitted in the 
new active ingredient application package or first food use application package is 
subject to the registration service fee for a new product or a new inert approval. 
All such associated applications that are submitted together will be subject to the 
new active ingredient or first food use decision review time. In the case of a new 
active ingredient application, until that new active ingredient is approved, any 
subsequent application for another new product containing the same active ingre-
dient or an amendment to the proposed labeling will be deemed a new active in-
gredient application, subject to the registration service fee and decision review 
time for a new active ingredient. In the case of a first food use application, until 
that first food use is approved, any subsequent application for an additional new 
food use or uses will be subject to the registration service fee and decision review 
time for a first food use. Any information that (a) was neither requested nor re-
quired by the Agency, and (b) is submitted by the applicant at the applicant’s ini-
tiative to support the application after completion of the preliminary technical 
screening, and (c) is not itself a covered registration application, must be assessed 
25% of the full registration service fee for the new active ingredient or first food 
use application.
3976 
† HR 2617 EAS2 
(3) Where the action involves approval of a new or amended label, on or before 
the end date of the decision review time, the Agency shall provide to the applicant 
a draft accepted label, including any changes made by the Agency that differ from 
the applicant-submitted label and relevant supporting data reviewed by the Agen-
cy. The applicant will notify the Agency that the applicant either (a) agrees to all 
of the terms associated with the draft accepted label as amended by the Agency 
and requests that it be issued as the accepted final Agency-stamped label; or (b) 
does not agree to one or more of the terms of the draft accepted label as amended 
by the Agency and requests additional time to resolve the difference(s); or (c) with-
draws the application without prejudice for subsequent resubmission, but forfeits 
the associated registration service fee. For cases described in (b), the applicant 
shall have up to 30 calendar days to reach agreement with the Agency on the final 
terms of the Agency-accepted label. If the applicant agrees to all of the terms of the 
accepted label as in (a), including upon resolution of differences in (b), the Agency 
shall provide an accepted final Agency-stamped label to the registrant within 2 
business days following the registrant’s written or electronic confirmation of agree-
ment to the Agency. 
(4) Amendment applications to add the revised use pattern(s) to registered 
product labels are covered by the base fee for the category. All items in the covered 
application must be submitted together in one package. Each application for an 
additional new product registration and new inert approval(s) that is submitted 
in the amendment application package is subject to the registration service fee for 
a new product or a new inert approval. However, if an amendment application 
only proposes to register the amendment for a new product and there are no 
amendments in the application, then review of one new product application is 
covered by the base fee. All such associated applications that are submitted to-
gether will be subject to the category decision review time.