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(II) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) in subclause (II)(cc) by 
inserting ‘‘(as in effect on the 
day before the date of the enact-
ment of the Agriculture and Nu-
trition Act of 2018)’’ after ‘‘20’’, 
and 
(bb) 
in 
subclause 
(III)(ee)(AA) by inserting ‘‘as in 
effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of the Agri-
culture and Nutrition Act of 
2018’’ after ‘‘6(o)’’, and 
(III) in clause (vi)(I) by inserting 
‘‘as in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of the Agri-
culture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’ 
after ‘‘6(d)’’, and 
(ii) in paragraph (3) by striking 
‘‘under section 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(II)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for dependent care expenses under 
section 6(d)(4)’’, and 
(B) in section 17(b)— 
(i) in paragraph(1)(B)(iv)(III)(jj) by 
inserting ‘‘as in effect on the day before 
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the date of the enactment of the Agri-
culture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’ after 
‘‘20’’, and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 4016. MODERNIZATION OF ELECTRONIC BENEFIT 
TRANSFER REGULATIONS. 
Section 7(h)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the 1st sentence by inserting ‘‘and shall 
periodically review such regulations and modify such 
regulations to take into account evolving technology 
and comparable industry standards’’ before the pe-
riod at the end, and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(C)(i)’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘abuse; and’’, by inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C)(i) risk-based measures to maximize the se-
curity of a system using the most effective tech-
nology available that the State agency considers ap-
propriate and cost effective while prioritizing recipi-
ent access and ease of use and which may include 
personal identification numbers, photographic identi-
fication on electronic benefit transfer cards, alter-
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natives for securing transactions, and other meas-
ures to protect against fraud and abuse; and’’, and 
(B) by moving the left margin of clause (ii) 
4 ems to the left. 
SEC. 4017. MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES. 
Section 7(h)(14) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(14) is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall authorize the use 
of mobile technologies for the purpose of access-
ing supplemental nutrition assistance program 
benefits.’’, 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS
ON
ACCESS
OF 
BENEFITS THROUGH MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES’’, 
(B) by amending clause (i) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(i) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.— 
Before authorizing implementation of sub-
paragraph (A) in all States, the Secretary 
shall approve not more than 5 demonstra-
tion project proposals submitted by State 
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agencies that will pilot the use of mobile 
technologies for supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program benefits access.’’, 
(C) in clause (ii)— 
(i) in the heading by striking ‘‘DEM-
ONSTRATION
PROJECTS’’ and inserting 
‘‘PROJECT REQUIREMENTS’’, 
(ii) by striking ‘‘retail food store’’ and 
inserting ‘‘State agency’’, 
(iii) by striking ‘‘includes’’, 
(iv) by striking subclauses (I), (II), 
(III), and (IV), and inserting the following: 
‘‘(I) provides recipient protec-
tions regarding privacy, ease of use, 
household access to benefits, and sup-
port similar to the protections pro-
vided under existing methods; 
‘‘(II) ensures that all recipients, 
including those without access to mo-
bile payment technology and those 
who shop across State borders, have a 
means of benefit access; 
‘‘(III) requires retail food stores, 
unless 
exempt 
under 
section 
7(f)(2)(B), to bear the costs of acquir-
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ing and arranging for the implementa-
tion of point-of-sale equipment and 
supplies for the redemption of benefits 
that are accessed through mobile tech-
nologies, including any fees not de-
scribed in paragraph (13); 
‘‘(IV) requires that foods pur-
chased with benefits issued under this 
section through mobile technologies 
are purchased at a price not higher 
than the price of the same food pur-
chased by other methods used by the 
retail food store, as determined by the 
Secretary; 
‘‘(V) ensures adequate docu-
mentation for each authorized trans-
action, adequate security measures to 
deter fraud, and adequate access to 
retail food stores that accept benefits 
accessed through mobile technologies, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(VI) provides for an evaluation 
of the demonstration project, includ-
ing, but not limited to, an evaluation 
of household access to benefits; and 
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‘‘(VII) meets other criteria as es-
tablished by the Secretary.’’, 
(D) by amending clause (iii) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(iv) DATE OF PROJECT APPROVAL.— 
The Secretary shall solicit and approve the 
qualifying demonstration projects required 
under subparagraph (B)(i) not later than 
January 1, 2020.’’, and 
(E) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) PRIORITY.—The Secretary may 
prioritize demonstration project proposals 
that would— 
‘‘(I) reduce fraud; 
‘‘(II) encourage positive nutri-
tional outcomes; and 
‘‘(III) meet such other criteria as 
determined by the Secretary.’’, and 
(3) in subparagraph (C)(i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2022’’, and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘requires further study by 
way of an extended pilot period or’’ after 
‘‘States’’ the 2d place it appears. 
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SEC. 4018. PROCESSING FEES. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Section 7(h)(13) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(13)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(13) FEES.—No interchange fees shall apply 
to electronic benefit transfer transactions under this 
subsection. Neither a State, nor any agent, con-
tractor, or subcontractor of a State who facilitates 
the provision of supplemental nutrition assistance 
program benefits in such State may impose a fee for 
switching or routing such benefits.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7(j)(1)(H) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(H) SWITCHING.—The term ‘switching’ means the 
routing of an intrastate or interstate transaction that con-
sists of transmitting the details of a transaction electroni-
cally recorded through the use of an electronic benefit 
transfer card in one State to the issuer of the card that 
may be in the same or different State’’. 
SEC. 4019. REPLACEMENT OF EBT CARDS. 
Section 7(h)(8)(B)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(8)(B)(ii)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘an excessive number of lost cards’’ and inserting ‘‘2 
lost cards in a 12-month period’’. 
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SEC. 4020. BENEFIT RECOVERY. 
Section 7(h)(12) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(12)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, or due 
to the death of all members of the household’’ after 
‘‘inactivity’’, 
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘6’’ and 
inserting ‘‘3’’, and 
(3) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘12 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘6 months, or upon 
verification that all members of the household are 
deceased’’. 
SEC. 4021. REQUIREMENTS FOR ONLINE ACCEPTANCE OF 
BENEFITS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 3(o)(1) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘or house-to-house trade route’’ and inserting 
‘‘, house-to-house trade route, or online entity’’. 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF BENEFITS.—Section 7(k) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(k)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting ‘‘AC-
CEPTANCE OF PROGRAM BENEFITS THROUGH ON-
LINE TRANSACTIONS’’, 
(2) in subparagraph (4) by striking subpara-
graph (C), and 
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(3) by striking paragraph (5). 
SEC. 4022. NATIONAL GATEWAY. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF BENEFITS.—Section 7 of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘benefits by 
benefit issuers’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit issuers and 
other independent sales organizations, third-party 
processors, and web service providers that provide 
electronic benefit transfer services or equipment to 
retail food stores and wholesale food concerns,’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) REQUIREMENT TO ROUTE ALL SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFIT TRANSFER 
TRANSACTIONS THROUGH A NATIONAL GATEWAY.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘independent sales organi-
zation’ means a person or entity that— 
‘‘(i) is not a third-party processor; 
and 
‘‘(ii) engages in sales or service to re-
tail food stores with respect to point-of-sale 
equipment necessary for electronic benefit 
transfer transaction processing. 
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‘‘(B) The term ‘third-party processor’ 
means an entity, including a retail food store 
operating its own point-of-sale terminals, that is 
capable of routing electronic transfer benefit 
transactions for authorization. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘web service provider’ 
means an entity that operates a generic online 
purchasing website that can be customized for 
online electronic benefit transfer transactions 
for authorized retail food stores. 
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (5), 
the Secretary shall establish a national gateway for 
the purpose of routing all supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program benefit transfer transactions (in 
this subsection referred to as ‘transactions’ unless 
the context specifies otherwise) to the appropriate 
benefit issuers for purposes of transaction validation 
and settlement. 
‘‘(3) 
REQUIREMENTS
TO
ROUTE
TRANS-
ACTIONS.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that protections regarding pri-
vacy, security, ease of use, and access relating 
to supplemental nutrition assistance benefits 
are maintained for benefit recipients and retail 
food stores; 
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‘‘(B) ensure redundancy for processing of 
transactions; 
‘‘(C) ensure real-time monitoring of trans-
actions; 
‘‘(D) ensure that all entities that connect 
to such gateway, and all others that connect to 
such entities, meet and follow transaction mes-
saging standards, and other requirements, es-
tablished by the Secretary; 
‘‘(E) ensure the security of transactions by 
using the most effective technology available 
that the Secretary considers to be appropriate 
and cost-effective; and 
‘‘(F) ensure that all transactions are rout-
ed through such gateway. 
‘‘(4) STATE
AGENCY
ACTION.—Each State 
agency shall ensure that all of its benefit issuers 
connect to such gateway. A State agency may opt to 
require its benefit issuer to route cash transactions 
through such gateway, subject to terms established 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(5) ROUTING OF TRANSACTIONS THROUGH A 
NATIONAL GATEWAY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Before the Secretary 
implements in all the States a national gateway 
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established under paragraph (2), the Secretary 
shall conduct a feasibility study to assess the 
feasibility of routing transactions through such 
gateway. 
‘‘(B) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—The feasibility 
study conducted under subparagraph (A) shall 
provide, at a minimum, all of the following: 
‘‘(i) A comprehensive analysis of op-
portunities and challenges presented by im-
plementation of such gateway. 
‘‘(ii) One or more options for carrying 
forward each of such opportunities and for 
mitigating each of such challenges. 
‘‘(iii) Data for purposes of analyzing 
the implementation of, and on-going cost 
of managing, such gateway. 
‘‘(iv) One or more models for cost- 
neutral on-going operation of a national 
gateway. 
‘‘(v) Other criteria, including security 
criteria, established by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) DATE OF COMPLETION OF STUDY.— 
The Secretary shall complete the feasibility 
study required by subparagraph (B) not later 
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than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018. 
‘‘(D) IMPLEMENTATION
OF
A
NATIONAL 
GATEWAY.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the completion of such study, the Sec-
retary shall complete the nationwide implemen-
tation of a national gateway established under 
paragraph (2) unless the Secretary determines, 
based on such study, that more time is needed 
to implement such gateway nationwide or that 
nationwide implementation of such gateway is 
not in the best interest of the operation of the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program. 
‘‘(E) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—If the Sec-
retary makes a determination described in sub-
paragraph (D), the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate 
a report that includes the basis of such deter-
mination. 
‘‘(F) 
NONDISCLOSURE
OF
INFORMA-
TION.—Any information collected through such 
gateway about a specific retail food store, 
wholesale food concern, person, or other entity, 
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and any investigative methodology or criteria 
used for program integrity purposes that oper-
ates at or in conjunction with such gateway, 
shall be exempt from the disclosure require-
ments of section 552(a) of title 5 of the United 
States Code pursuant to section 552(b)(3)(B) 
of title 5 of the United States Code. The Sec-
retary shall limit the use or disclosure of infor-
mation obtained under this subsection in a 
manner consistent with section 9(c). 
‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$10,500,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $9,500,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2023, to 
carry out this subsection. Not more than $1,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this paragraph may 
be used for the feasibility study under paragraph 
(5)(B). 
‘‘(7) 
GATEWAY
SUSTAINABILITY.—Benefit 
issuers and third-party processors shall pay fees to 
the gateway operator, in a manner prescribed by the 
Secretary, to directly access and route transactions 
through the national gateway. 
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‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that fees are collected and used solely for 
the operation of the gateway. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—Fees shall be established 
by the Secretary in amounts proportionate to 
the number of transactions routed through the 
gateway by each benefit issuer and third-party 
processor, and based on the cost of operating 
the gateway in a fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary shall 
evaluate annually the cost of operating such 
gateway and shall adjust the fee in effect for a 
fiscal year to reflect the cost of operating such 
gateway, except that an adjustment under this 
subparagraph for any fiscal year may not ex-
ceed 10 percent of the fee charged under this 
paragraph in the preceding fiscal year.’’. 
(b) APPROVAL
OF
RETAIL
FOOD
STORES
AND 
WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS.—The 1st sentence of sec-
tion 9(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2018(c)) is amended by inserting ‘‘contracts for electronic 
benefit transfer services and equipment, records necessary 
to validate the FNS authorization number to accept and 
redeem benefits,’’ after ‘‘invoices,’’. 
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SEC. 4023. ACCESS TO STATE SYSTEMS. 
(a) RECORDS.—Section 11(a)(3)(B) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(a)(3)(B)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Records described’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘All records, and the entire information systems 
in which records are contained, that are covered’’, 
and 
(2) by amending clause (i) to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) be made available for inspection 
and audit by the Secretary, subject to data 
and security protocols agreed to by the 
State agency and Secretary;’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 16 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is 
amended— 
(1) in the last sentence of subsection (c)(4) by 
inserting ‘‘including providing access to applicable 
State records and the entire information systems in 
which the records are contained,’’ after ‘‘Secretary,’’, 
and 
(2) in subsection (g)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end, 
(B) in subparagraph (F) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
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TION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM APPLICATION AND ELI-
GIBILITY DETERMINATION SYSTEMS’’, 
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘implement— 
’’ and all that follows through the period at the end, 
and inserting ‘‘implement simplified supplemental 
nutrition assistance program application and eligi-
bility determination systems.’’, and 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) establishing enhanced technological 
methods for applying for benefits and deter-
mining eligibility that improve the administra-
tive infrastructure used in processing applica-
tions and determining eligibility; or’’, 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (C) and 
(D), and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (C). 
SEC. 4026. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM 
BENEFIT 
TRANSFER 
TRANSACTION 
DATA REPORT. 
Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2018) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end, 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) parameters for retail food store cooperation with 
the Secretary sufficient to carry out subsection (i).’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) DATA COLLECTION FOR RETAIL FOOD STORE 
TRANSACTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) COLLECTION OF DATA.—To assist in mak-
ing improvements to supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program design, for each interval not greater 
than a 2-year period, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) collect a statistically significant sam-
ple of retail food store transaction data, includ-
ing the cost and description of items purchased 
with supplemental nutrition assistance program 
benefits, to the extent practicable and without 
affecting retail food store document retention 
practices; and 
‘‘(B) make a summarized report of aggre-
gated data collected under subparagraph (A) 
available to the public in a manner that pre-
vents identification of individual retail food 
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stores, individual retail food store chains, and 
individual members of households that use such 
benefits. 
‘‘(2) NONDISCLOSURE.—Any transaction data 
that contains information specific to a retail food 
store, a retail food store location, a person, or other 
entity shall be exempt from the disclosure require-
ments of Section 552(a) of title 5 of the United 
States Code pursuant to section 552(b)(3)(B) of 
title 5 of the United States Code. The Secretary 
shall limit the use or disclosure of information ob-
tained under this subsection in a manner consistent 
with sections 9(c) and 11(e)(8).’’. 
SEC. 4027. ADJUSTMENT TO PERCENTAGE OF RECOVERED 
FUNDS RETAINED BY STATES. 
Section 16(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2025(a) is amended— 
(1) in the 1st sentence by striking ‘‘35 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’, and 
(2) by inserting after the 1st sentence the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘A State agency may use such funds retained only to 
carry out the supplemental nutrition assistance program, 
including investments in technology, improvements in ad-
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ministration and distribution, and actions to prevent 
fraud.’’. 
SEC. 4028. TOLERANCE LEVEL FOR PAYMENT ERRORS. 
Section 16(c)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii)— 
(A) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end, 
(B) in subclause (II)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘fiscal year thereafter’’ 
and inserting ‘‘of the fiscal years 2015 
through 2017’’, and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) for each fiscal year there-
after, $0.’’, and 
(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2004’’ and all that follows through ‘‘second’’, and 
inserting ‘‘any of the fiscal years 2004 through 2018 
for which the Secretary determines that for the sec-
ond or subsequent consecutive fiscal year, and with 
respect to fiscal year 2019 and any fiscal year there-
after for which the Secretary determines that for the 
third’’. 
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SEC. 4029. STATE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. 
Section 16(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2025(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘STATE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS’’, 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘AND 
THEREAFTER’’ and inserting ‘‘THROUGH 2017’’, 
(B) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and 
each fiscal year thereafter’’ and inserting 
‘‘through fiscal year 2017’’, and 
(C) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and 
each fiscal year thereafter’’ and inserting 
‘‘through fiscal year 2017’’, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) FISCAL
YEAR
2018
AND
FISCAL
YEARS 
THEREAFTER.—With respect to fiscal year 2018 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall estab-
lish, by regulation, performance criteria relating 
to— 
‘‘(A) actions taken to correct errors, re-
duce rates of error, and improve eligibility de-
terminations; and 
‘‘(B) other indicators of effective adminis-
tration determined by the Secretary.’’. 
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SEC. 4030. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(m) PILOT PROJECTS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF 
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS COMMITTED
TO AD-
DRESSING FOOD INSECURITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, on ap-
plication, permit not more than 10 eligible entities 
to carry out pilot projects to support public-private 
partnerships that address food insecurity and pov-
erty. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, an ‘eligible entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State; 
‘‘(B) a unit of local government; 
‘‘(C) a nonprofit organization; 
‘‘(D) a community-based organization; and 
‘‘(E) an institution of higher education. 
‘‘(3) PROJECT
REQUIREMENTS.—Projects ap-
proved under this subsection shall be limited to 2 
years in length and evaluate the impact of the ability 
of eligible entities to— 
‘‘(A) improve the effectiveness and impact 
of the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram; 
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‘‘(B) develop food security solutions that 
are contextualized to the needs of a community 
or region; and, 
‘‘(C) strengthen the capacity of commu-
nities to address food insecurity and poverty. 
‘‘(4) REPORTING.—Participating entities shall 
report annually to the Secretary who shall submit a 
final report to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 
Such report shall include— 
‘‘(A) a summary of the activities conducted 
under the pilot projects; 
‘‘(B) an assessment of the effectiveness of 
the pilot projects; and 
‘‘(C) best practices regarding the use of 
public-private partnerships to improve the effec-
tiveness of public benefit programs to address 
food insecurity and poverty. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION
AND
ADVANCE
AVAIL-
ABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 to re-
main available until expended. 
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‘‘(B) APPROPRIATION IN ADVANCE.—Only 
funds appropriated under subparagraph (A) in 
advance specifically to carry out this subsection 
shall be available to carry out this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 4031. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The 1st sentence of section 18(a)(1) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4032. EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE. 
Section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2023’’, 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C) by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’, 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘2018’’ the 1st place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘2019’’, 
(ii) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end, and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2019, 
$60,000,000; and’’, and 
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(C) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘2020’’, 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(D)(iv)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(D)(v)’’, and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) 
FARM-TO-FOOD-BANK
FUND.—From 
amounts made available under subparagraphs (D) 
and (E) of paragraph (2), the Secretary shall dis-
tribute $20,000,000 in accordance with section 214 
of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 
U.S.C. 7515) that States shall use to procure or 
enter into agreements with a food bank to procure 
excess fresh fruits and vegetables grown in the 
State, or surrounding regions in the United States, 
to be provided to eligible recipient agencies as de-
fined in section 201A(3) of the Emergency Food As-
sistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501(3)).’’. 
SEC. 4033. NUTRITION EDUCATION. 
(a) NUTRITION EDUCATION AND OBESITY PREVEN-
TION GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 28 of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a) is amended— 
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(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ means an individual who is eligible to re-
ceive benefits under a nutrition education and obe-
sity prevention program under this section as a re-
sult of being— 
‘‘(A) an individual eligible for benefits 
under— 
‘‘(i) this Act; 
‘‘(ii) sections 9(b)(1)(A) and 17(c)(4) 
of the Richard B Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)(A), 
1766(c)(4)); or 
‘‘(iii) section 4(e)(1)(A) of the Child 
Nutrition 
Act 
of 
1966 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1773(e)(1)(A)); 
‘‘(B) an individual who resides in a com-
munity with a significant low-income popu-
lation, as determined by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(C) such other low-income individual as is 
determined to be eligible by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi-
ble institution’ includes any ‘1862 Institution’ or 
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‘1890 Institution’, as defined in section 2 of the Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 (7 U.S.C.7601).’’, 
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Consistent 
with the terms and conditions of grants awarded 
under this section, State agencies may’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Secretary, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture, in consultation with the Administrator of 
the Food and Nutrition Service, shall’’, 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the terms 
and conditions of grants awarded under this section, 
eligible institutions shall deliver nutrition education 
and obesity prevention services under a program de-
scribed in subsection (b) that— 
‘‘(A) to the extent practicable, provide for 
the employment and training of professional 
and paraprofessional aides from the target pop-
ulation to engage in direct nutrition education; 
and 
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‘‘(B) partner with other public and private 
entities as appropriate to optimize program de-
livery.’’, 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State agency, in 
consultation with eligible institutions that pro-
vide nutrition education and obesity prevention 
services under this subsection, shall submit to 
the Secretary for approval a nutrition education 
State plan.’’, 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph (C), 
a’’ and inserting ‘‘A’’, and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C), 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘A State agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘An eligible institu-
tion’’, and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘the Director of 
the National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture and’’ after ‘‘by’’, and 
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(ii) in subparagraph (B) by inserting 
‘‘, the Director of the National Institute of 
Food and Agriculture, and’’ after ‘‘edu-
cation’’, and 
(D) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘and eli-
gible institutions’’ after ‘‘agencies’’, and 
(E) in subparagraph (5) by striking ‘‘State 
agency’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible institutions’’, 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the heading by striking ‘‘IN 
GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BASIC
FUND-
ING’’, 
(ii) by striking ‘‘to State agencies’’, 
(iii) in subparagraph (E) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end, 
(iv) in subparagraph (F)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘year 2016 and 
each subsequent fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘years 2016 through 2018’’, 
and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting a semicolon, and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(G) for fiscal year 2019, $485,000,000; 
and 
‘‘(H) for fiscal year 2020 and each subse-
quent fiscal year, the applicable amount during 
the preceding fiscal year, as adjusted to reflect 
any increases for the 12-month period ending 
the preceding June 30 in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers published by 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Depart-
ment of Labor.’’, 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘and appropriated 
under the authority of paragraph (2)’’ 
after ‘‘paragraph (1)’’, and 
(II) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘ ‘‘(as that sec-
tion existed on the date before enact-
ment of the Agriculture and Nutrition 
Act of 2018’’ after ‘‘(B)’’ and 
(bb) in subparagraph (V) by 
striking ‘‘and each fiscal year there-
after’’, and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘(C) REALLOCATION.—If the Secretary de-
termines that an eligible institution will not ex-
pend all of the funds allocated to the eligible in-
stitution for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) 
or in the case of an eligible institution that 
elects not to receive the entire amount of funds 
allocated to the eligible institution for a fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall reallocate the unex-
pended funds to other eligible institutions dur-
ing the fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year 
(as determined by the Secretary) that have ap-
proved State plans under which the eligible in-
stitutions may expend the reallocated funds.’’, 
and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT ALLOCATION.—Of the 
funds set aside under paragraph (1) and appro-
priated under the authority of paragraph (2) 
for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year there-
after, 100 percent shall be allocated to eligible 
institutions pro rata based on the respective 
share of each State of the number of individuals 
participating in the supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program during the 12-month period 
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ending the preceding January 31, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.’’, 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
AND
ADVANCE
AVAIL-
ABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section $65,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023. 
‘‘(B) APPROPRIATION
IN
ADVANCE.—Ex-
cept as provided in subparagraph (C), only 
funds appropriated under subparagraph (A) in 
advance specifically to carry out this section 
shall be available to carry out this section. 
‘‘(C) OTHER FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
under this paragraph shall be in addition to 
funds made available under paragraph (1).’’, 
and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (4), as so 
redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 
10 percent of the funds allocated to eligible institu-
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tions may be used by the eligible institutions for ad-
ministrative costs.’’, and 
(5) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘January 1, 
2012’’ and inserting ‘‘18 months after the date of 
the enactment of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act 
of 2018’’. 
(b) RELATED AMENDMENT.—Section 18(a)(3)(A)(ii) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2027(a)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘, such as the 
expanded food and nutrition education program’’. 
SEC. 4034. RETAIL FOOD STORE AND RECIPIENT TRAF-
FICKING. 
Section 29(c)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036b(c)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4035. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3— 
(A) in subsections (d) and (i) by striking 
‘‘7(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘7(h)’’, and 
(B) in subsection (o)(1)(A) by striking 
‘‘(r)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(q)(1)’’, 
(2) in section 5(a) by striking ‘‘and section’’ 
each place it appears and all that follows through 
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‘‘households’’ the respective next place it appears, 
and inserting ‘‘and section 3(m)(4), households’’, 
(3) in subsections (e)(1) and (f)(1)(A)(i) of sec-
tion 
by 
striking 
‘‘3(n)(5)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(3)(m)(5)’’, 
(4) in the 1st sentence of section 10— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or the Federal Savings 
and Loan Insurance Corporation’’ each place it 
appears, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘3(p)(4)’’ and inserting 
‘‘3(o)(4)’’, 
(5) in section 11— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2) by striking 
‘‘3(t)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘3(s)(1)’’, and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘3(t)(1)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘3(s)(1)’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘3(t)(2)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘3(s)(2)’’, 
(C) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (17) by striking 
‘‘3(t)(1)’’ inserting ‘‘3(s)(1)’’, and 
(ii) in paragraph (23) by striking 
‘‘Simplified Supplemental Nutrition Assist-
ance Program’’ and inserting ‘‘simplified 
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supplemental 
nutrition 
assistance 
pro-
gram’’, 
(6) in section 15(e) by striking ‘‘exchange’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘anything’’, and inserting 
‘‘exchange for benefits, or anything’’, 
(7) in section 17(b)(1)(B)(iv)— 
(A) in subclause (III)(aa) by striking 
‘‘3(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘3(m)’’, and 
(B) in subclause (VII) by striking ‘‘7(i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘7(h)’’, 
(8) in section 25(a)(1)(B) (i)(I) by striking the 
2d semicolon at the end, and 
(9) in section 26(b) by striking ‘‘out’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘(referred’’, and inserting ‘‘out 
a simplified supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram (referred’’, 
SEC. 4036. IMPLEMENTATION FUNDS. 
Out of any funds made available under section 18(a) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027(a)) 
for fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall use to carry out 
the amendments made by this subtitle $150,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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Subtitle B—Commodity 
Distribution Programs 
SEC. 4101. COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM. 
The 1st sentence of section 4(a) of the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4102. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. 
Section 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2023’’, and 
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2023’’, and 
(2) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4103. DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES TO 
SPECIAL NUTRITION PROJECTS. 
Section 1114(a)(2)(A) of the Agriculture and Food 
Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 1431e(a)(2)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
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Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
SEC. 4201. PURCHASE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS AND SERV-
ICE INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 10603(b) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 612c-4(b)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4202. SENIORS FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 4402(a) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4203. HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE. 
Section 243(d) of the Department of Agriculture Re-
organization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953) is amended by 
striking ‘‘until expended’’ and inserting ‘‘until October 1, 
2023’’. 
SEC. 4204. AMENDMENTS TO THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM. 
Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769a) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘FRESH’’ ; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, canned, 
dried, frozen, or pureed’’ after ‘‘fresh’’; 
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(3) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, canned, 
dried, frozen, or pureed’’ after ‘‘fresh’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘, canned, 
dried, frozen, or pureed’’ after ‘‘fresh’’. 
TITLE V—CREDIT 
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans 
SEC. 5101. MODIFICATION OF THE 3-YEAR EXPERIENCE ELI-
GIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR FARM OWNER-
SHIP LOANS. 
Section 302(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922(b)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—In the case of a 
qualified beginning farmer or rancher, the Secretary 
may— 
‘‘(A) reduce the 3-year requirement in 
paragraph (1) to— 
‘‘(i) 2 years, if the farmer or rancher 
has— 
‘‘(I) 16 credit hours of post-sec-
ondary education in a field related to 
agriculture; 
‘‘(II) at least 1 year of direct 
substantive management experience in 
a business; 
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‘‘(III) been honorably discharged 
from the armed forces of the United 
States; 
‘‘(IV) successfully repaid a youth 
loan made under section 311(b); or 
‘‘(V) an established relationship 
with an individual participating as a 
counselor in a Service Corps of Re-
tired Executives program authorized 
under section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small 
Business 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
637(b)(1)(B)), or with a local farm or 
ranch operator or organization, ap-
proved by the Secretary, that is com-
mitted to mentoring the farmer or 
rancher; 
‘‘(ii) 1 year, if the farmer or rancher 
has military leadership or management ex-
perience from having completed an accept-
able military leadership course; or 
‘‘(B) waive the 3-year requirement in para-
graph (1) if the farmer or rancher— 
‘‘(i) meets a requirement of subpara-
graph (A)(i) (other than subclause (V) 
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thereof) and meets the requirement of sub-
paragraph (A)(ii); and 
‘‘(ii) meets the requirement of sub-
paragraph (A)(i)(V).’’. 
SEC. 5102. CONSERVATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 304(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(h)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$75,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 5103. FARM OWNERSHIP LOAN LIMITS. 
Section 305(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1925(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$700,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,750,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
Subtitle B—Operating Loans 
SEC. 5201. LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF OPERATING 
LOANS. 
Section 313(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1943(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$700,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,750,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
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Subtitle D—Technical Corrections 
to the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act 
SEC. 5401. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSOLI-
DATED FARM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
ACT. 
(a)(1) Section 310E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1935(d)(3)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and socially disadvantaged farmers 
or ranchers’’ after ‘‘ranchers’’ the 2nd place it appears. 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 
5004(4)(A)(i) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–246). 
(b)(1) Section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended 
in the 2nd sentence by striking ‘‘and limited liability com-
panies’’ and inserting ‘‘limited liability companies, and 
such other legal entities’’. 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 5201 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
(c)(1) Section 331D(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981d(e)) is amended 
by inserting after ‘‘within 60 days after receipt of the no-
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tice required in this section’’ the following: ‘‘or, in extraor-
dinary circumstances as determined by the applicable 
State director, after the 60-day period’’. 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 10 
of the Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (Pub-
lic.Law 102–554). 
(d)(1) Section 333A(f)(1)(A) of the Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1983a(f)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘114’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘339’’. 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 14 
of the Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (Pub-
lic Law 102–554). 
(e) Section 339(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.1989(d)(3)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘preferred certified lender’’ and inserting 
‘‘Preferred Certified Lender’’. 
(f)(1) Section 343(a)(11)(C) of the Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1991(a)(11)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘or joint opera-
tors’’ and inserting ‘‘joint operator, or owners’’. 
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(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall 
take effect as of the effective date of section 5303(a)(2) 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014. 
(g)(1) Section 343(b) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(b)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘307(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘307(d)’’. 
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 5004 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
(h) Section 346(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.1994(a)) is amended by 
striking the last comma. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to the 
Farm Credit Act of 1971 
SEC. 5501. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REFERENCES. 
(a) Section 1.2(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 
(12 U.S.C. 2002(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) COMPOSITION.—The Farm Credit System shall 
include the Farm Credit Banks, banks for cooperatives, 
Agricultural Credit Banks, the Federal land bank associa-
tions, the Federal land credit associations, the production 
credit associations, the Agricultural Credit Associations, 
the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, the 
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, service cor-
porations established pursuant to section 4.25 of this Act, 
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and such other institutions as may be made a part of the 
System, all of which shall be chartered by and subject to 
regulation by the Farm Credit Administration.’’. 
(b) Section 2.4 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2075) is 
amended by striking subsection (d). 
(c) Section 3.0 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2121) is 
amended— 
(1) in the 3rd sentence, by striking ‘‘and a Cen-
tral Bank for Cooperatives’’; and 
(2) by striking the 5th sentence. 
(d) Section 3.2(a)(1) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2123(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘not merged into the United 
Bank for Cooperatives or the National Bank for Co-
operatives’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Section 
7.12(c) shall apply to the board of directors of a 
merged bank for cooperatives.’’. 
(e) Section 3.2(a)(2)(A) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2123(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘(other than the 
National Bank for Cooperatives)’’. 
(f) Section 3.2 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2123) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
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(2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘para-
graph’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)(1)’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’; 
(6) by striking ‘‘(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)’’; and 
(7) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)’’. 
(g) Section 3.5 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2126) is 
amended by striking ‘‘district’’. 
(h) Section 3.7(a) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2128(a)) 
is amended by striking the 2nd sentence. 
(i) Section 3.8(b)(1)(A) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2129(b)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or successor 
agency)’’ after ‘‘Rural Electrification Administration’’. 
(j) Section 3.9(a) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2130(a)) 
is amended by striking the 3rd sentence. 
(k) Section 3.10(c) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2131(c)) 
is amended by striking the 2nd sentence. 
(l) Section 3.10(d) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2131(d)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘district’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘for cooperatives or successor 
bank’’ before ‘‘on account of such indebtedness’’. 
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(m) Section 3.11 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2132) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsections 
(b) and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘district’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in 
subsection (c) below, all’’ and inserting ‘‘All’’; 
and 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating 
subsections (d) through (f) as subsections (c) 
through (e), respectively. 
(n) The heading for part B of title III of such Act 
is amended by striking ‘‘UNITED AND’’. 
(o) Section 3.20(a) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2141(a)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘or the United Bank for Coopera-
tives, as the case may be’’. 
(p) Section 3.20(b) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2141(b)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘the district banks for cooperatives 
and the Central Bank for Cooperatives’’ and inserting ‘‘all 
constituent banks referred to in section 413 of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987’’. 
(q) Section 3.21 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2142) is re-
pealed. 
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(r) Section 3.28 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2149) is 
amended by striking ‘‘a district bank for cooperatives and 
the Central Bank for Cooperatives’’ and inserting ‘‘its con-
stituent banks referred to in section 413 of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987’’. 
(s) Section 3.29 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2150) is re-
pealed. 
(t)(1) Section 4.0 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2151) is 
repealed. 
(2) Section 5.60(b) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2277a- 
9(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) AMOUNTS IN FUND.—The Corporation shall de-
posit in the Insurance Fund all premium payments re-
ceived by the Corporation under this part.’’. 
(u)(1) Section 4.8 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2159) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (b). 
(2) Section 1.1(c) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2001(c)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘including any costs of defeasance 
under section 4.8(b),’’. 
(v) Section 4.9(d)(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2160(d)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) REPRESENTATION ON BOARD.—The Farm 
Credit System Insurance Corporation shall have no 
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representation on the board of directors of the Cor-
poration.’’. 
(w) Section 4.9 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2160) is 
amended by striking subsection (e) and redesignating sub-
section (f) as subsection (e). 
(x) Section 4.9A(c) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2162(c)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) INABILITY TO RETIRE STOCK AT PAR VALUE.— 
If an institution is unable to retire eligible borrower stock 
at par value due to the liquidation of the institution, the 
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, acting as re-
ceiver, shall retire such stock at par value as would have 
been retired in the ordinary course of business of the insti-
tution. The Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation 
shall make use of sufficient funds from the Farm Credit 
Insurance Fund to carry out this section.’’. 
(y) Section 4.12A(a)(1) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2184(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Every Farm Credit System 
bank or association shall provide a current list of its 
stockholders, within 7 calendar days after receipt of 
a written request by a stockholder, to the requesting 
stockholder.’’. 
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(z) Section 4.14A(a) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2202a(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and section 4.36’’ 
after ‘‘As used in this part’’. 
(aa)(1) Section 4.14A of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2202a) 
is amended— 
(A) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘production 
credit’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (h) and redesig-
nating subsections (i) through (l) as subsections (h) 
through (k), respectively. 
(2)(A) Section 5.31 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2267) is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘4.14A(i)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘4.14A(h)’’. 
(B) Section 5.32(h) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2268(h)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘4.14A(i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘4.14A(h)’’. 
(bb)(1) Section 4.14C of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2202c) 
is repealed. 
(2)(A) Section 4.14A(a)(5)(B)(ii)(I) of such Act (12 
U.S.C. 2202a(a)(5)(B)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking 
‘‘4.14C,’’. 
(B) Section 8.9 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279aa–9) 
is amended by striking ‘‘4.14C,’’ each place it appears. 
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(cc) Section 4.17 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2205) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Federal intermediate credit banks 
and’’. 
(dd) Section 4.19(a) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2207(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘district’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Federal land bank association 
and production credit’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘units’’ and inserting ‘‘institu-
tions’’. 
(ee) Section 4.38 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2219c) is 
amended by striking ‘‘The Assistance Board established 
under section 6.0 and all’’ and inserting ‘‘All’’. 
(ff) Section 5.17(a)(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2252(a)(2)) is amended by striking the 2nd and 3rd sen-
tences. 
(gg) Section 5.18 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2253) is 
repealed. 
(hh) Section 5.19(a) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2254(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Except for Federal land bank 
associations, each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; and 
(2) by striking the 2nd sentence. 
(ii) Section 5.19(b) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2254(b)) 
is amended— 
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(1) in the 2nd sentence of paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘except with respect to any actions taken by 
banks of the System under section 4.8(b),’’; 
(2) by striking the 3rd sentence of paragraph 
(1); 
(3) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)’’; 
and 
(4) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(jj) Section 5.35(4) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2271(4)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘after December 31, 
1992,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘by the Farm Credit Sys-
tem Assistance Board under section 6.6 or’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesig-
nating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). 
(kk) Section 5.38 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2274) is 
amended by striking ‘‘a farm credit district board, bank 
board, or bank officer or employee shall not remove any 
director or officer of any production credit association or 
Federal land bank association’’ and inserting ‘‘a Farm 
Credit Bank board, officer, or employee shall not remove 
any director or officer of any association’’. 
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(ll) Section 5.44 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2275) is re-
pealed. 
(mm) Section 5.58(2) of such act (12 U.S.C. 2277a– 
7) is amended by striking the 2nd sentence. 
(nn) Subtitle A of title VI of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2278a-2278a–11) is repealed. 
(oo) Title VI of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2278a-2278b– 
11) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 6.32 TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
‘‘The authority provided in this subtitle shall termi-
nate on December 31, 2018.’’. 
(pp) Section 7.9 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279c–2) 
is amended by striking subsection (c). 
(qq) Section 7.10(a)(4) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2279d(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) the institution pays to the Farm Credit In-
surance Fund the amount by which the total capital 
of the institution exceeds 6 percent of the assets;’’. 
(rr) Section 8.0(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2279aa(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) BOARD.—The term ‘Board’ means the 
board of directors established under section 8.2.’’. 
(ss)(1) Section 8.0 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279aa) 
is amended by striking paragraphs (6) and (8), and redes-
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ignating paragraphs (7), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (6) 
through (8), respectively. 
(2)(A) Section 4.39 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2219d) 
is amended by striking ‘‘8.0(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘8.0(6)’’. 
(B) Section 8.6(e)(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279aa– 
6(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘8.0(9)’’ and inserting 
‘‘8.0(7)’’. 
(C) Section 8.11(e) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279aa– 
11(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘8.0(7)’’ and inserting 
‘‘8.0(6)’’. 
(D) Section 8.32(a)(1)(B) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2279bb–1(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘8.0(9)(C)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘8.0(7)(C)’’. 
(tt)(1) Section 8.2 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279aa- 
2) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PERMANENT BOARD’’ and inserting ‘‘BOARD 
OF DIRECTORS’’; 
(ii) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation shall 
be under the management of the Board of Direc-
tors.’’; 
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tinue to consider the matters described in paragraph 
(2)(B) and reflect the best technology available to 
meet the needs of the residents in the unserved 
area.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘level 
of broadband service established under sub-
section (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘standard of service 
established under subsection (e)(1)(A)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) MINIMUM
STANDARDS.—To the extent 
possible, the terms and conditions under which a 
loan or loan guarantee is provided to an applicant 
for a project shall require that, at any time while the 
loan 
or 
loan 
guarantee 
is 
outstanding, 
the 
broadband network provided by the project will meet 
the lower of— 
‘‘(A) the minimum acceptable standard of 
service projected under subsection (e)(1)(B) for 
that time, as agreed to by the applicant at the 
time the loan or loan guarantee is provided; or 
‘‘(B) the minimum acceptable standard of 
service in effect under subsection (e)(1)(A) for 
that time.’’. 
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