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the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 
502 loans, $112,900,000 shall be for direct loans; section 
504 housing repair loans, $4,679,000; section 523 self- 
help housing land development loans, $577,000; section 
524 site development loans, $546,000; and repair, reha-
bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 
housing, $13,662,000: Provided, That to support the loan 
program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 
available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 
adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan 
guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Re-
form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 
on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, 
That applicants in communities that have a current rural 
area waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural 
area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans pro-
vided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 
direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur-
suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 
housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 
Act of 1949 until June 1, 2020: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incen-
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tives to nonprofit organizations and public housing au-
thorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 
Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such 
nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities 
that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-
family housing program for a period of time as determined 
by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, but not 
be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit entities 
and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest-
ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low 
income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 
grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, 
invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza-
tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re-
ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 
per property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 
contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), 
$19,363,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail-
able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with this account. 
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 
in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house-
holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949, $1,375,000,000, of which $40,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2021; and in addi-
tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec-
tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 
fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental 
assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the 
current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period: 
Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain-
ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans-
ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; main-
tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 
preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 
under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as-
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sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 
fiscal year 2020 for a farm labor multi-family housing 
project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may 
not be recaptured for use in another project until such 
assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 con-
secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten-
ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as-
sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist-
ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist-
ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 
farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 
section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That ex-
cept as provided in the third proviso under this heading 
and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 
Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 
agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2020 for a 
project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 
rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur-
rent needs. 
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not-
withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi-
tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 
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preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous-
ing properties described in this paragraph, $75,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $35,000,000, 
shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low- 
income household (including those not receiving rental as-
sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 
515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 
2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 
shall be the difference between comparable market rent 
for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 
unit: Provided further, That funds made available for such 
vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap-
propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 
vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid-
ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 
by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de-
termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 
this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec-
retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 
for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 
rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this 
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heading, $40,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra-
tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 
sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 
properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 
housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex-
pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi-
cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 
providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi-
dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 
interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 
or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 
including advances, payments and incentives (including 
the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in-
vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 
revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 
consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 
further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 
funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 
funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra-
tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur-
ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 
authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 
program similar to the demonstration program described 
herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 
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the demonstration program under this heading to carry 
out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to any other available 
funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 
$1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 
under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi-
ties funded under this heading. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490c), $32,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for very low-income housing repair and 
rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 
$45,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 
and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di-
rect loans and $250,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 
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For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 
programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 
section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, $71,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $8,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be available for a 
Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 
capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 
housing and community development organizations, low- 
income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 
housing, community facilities, community and economic 
development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri-
vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro-
posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 
assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-
nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 
including Federal funds for related activities, in an 
amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 
That $6,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 
communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco-
nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per-
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cent for administration and capacity building in the State 
rural 
development 
offices: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$7,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 
tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such 
Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 
not applicable to the funds made available under this 
heading. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 
rural business development programs authorized by sec-
tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 
(g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, $67,600,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
available for one grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
order to promote economic development and $8,000,000 
shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 
U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional 
Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa-
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lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 
for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 
as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 
percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
$250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
order to promote economic development: Provided further, 
That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 
funds made available under this heading. 
INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $5,219,000, as author-
ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $557,000 shall be avail-
able through June 30, 2020, for Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2020, for Mississippi Delta Re-
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gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 
Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 
Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop-
ment and job creation projects, $50,000,000. 
The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 
of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro-
moting rural economic development and job creation 
projects shall not exceed $10,000,000. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $29,800,000, of 
which $3,000,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 
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for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 
cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 
disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di-
rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in-
dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 
groups; and of which $18,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod-
uct market development grants, as authorized by section 
210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 
$3,000,000 may be used for Agriculture Innovation Cen-
ters authorized pursuant to section 6402 of Public Law 
107–171. 
RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under 
the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s): Provided, That such costs of loans, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under 
the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $353,000 (increased by $353,000): 
Provided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including the 
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cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants for rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and 
solid waste management programs authorized by sections 
306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described 
in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$718,480,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) 
of such Act, and of which not to exceed $15,000,000 (in-
creased by $1) (reduced by $1) shall be available for the 
rural utilities program described in section 306E of such 
Act: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 
grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition to 
funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act and 
such grants may not exceed $1,000,000 notwithstanding 
section 306A(f)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 
$70,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
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ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 
waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 
306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) 
of such Act: Provided further, That funding provided for 
section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act may be provided to a consortium formed pur-
suant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than 2 percent of the funding pro-
vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alas-
ka for training and technical assistance programs and not 
more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 
306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to sec-
tion 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical 
assistance programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$30,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 
and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 
Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex-
treme need, of which $9,000,000 shall be made available 
for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional 
technical assistance organization, with experience in work-
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ing with small communities on water and waste water 
problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to 
assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 
in improving the planning, financing, development, oper-
ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 
and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali-
fied national Native American organization to provide 
technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com-
munities: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
to 
exceed 
$19,570,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi-
zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as-
sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste manage-
ment grants: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 
381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 
this heading. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 
as authorized by sections 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935, 936, and 940g) 
shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant to sections 
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305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 
rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 
loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, $750,000,000; 
5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money 
rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursu-
ant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 
loans, 
$690,000,000: 
Provided, 
That 
up 
to 
$2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi-
tion, design and engineering or improvement of fossil- 
fueled electric generating plants (whether new or existing) 
that utilize carbon subsurface utilization and storage sys-
tems. 
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 
305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 
of money rural telecommunications loans, $3,795,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
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DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
cation loans, $29,851,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $1,000,000). 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 
et seq., $50,000,000 (increased by $25,000,000), to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 
shall be made available for grants authorized by 379G of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Pro-
vided further, That funding provided under this heading 
for grants under 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act may only be provided to entities 
that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 
as established by this section. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 
section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,830,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $50,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000), 
to remain available until expended, for a grant program 
to finance broadband transmission in rural areas eligible 
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for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program benefits 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 
$800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 
21; $24,040,885,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced 
by $2,000,000) (increased by $200,000) (increased by 
$500,000) to remain available through September 30, 
2021, of which such sums as are made available under 
section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
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ergy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by 
this Act, shall be merged with and available for the same 
time period and purposes as provided herein: Provided, 
That of the total amount available, $18,004,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided further, 
That of the total amount available, $35,000,000 shall be 
available to provide competitive grants to State agencies 
for subgrants to local educational agencies and schools to 
purchase the equipment, with a value of greater than 
$1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 
safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte-
nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount available, 
$50,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 
out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act 
of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That sec-
tion 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘2010 through 2021’’: Provided further, That section 
9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘For 
fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal years 2020 and 
2021’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the Rich-
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ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1758(h)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal years 2020 and 2021’’. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$6,000,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 
breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 
and $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in this ac-
count shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
except in accordance with the cost containment and com-
petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided shall be available for activities that are not fully re-
imbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That upon termination of a federally man-
dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi-
tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
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waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re-
quest of a State agency. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 
$71,093,908,000, of which $5,000,000,000 (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000), to remain avail-
able through December 31, 2021, shall be placed in re-
serve for use only in such amounts and at such times as 
may become necessary to carry out program operations: 
Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 
in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 
provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 
Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 
work registration or workfare requirements as may be re-
quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 
for Employment and Training under this heading shall re-
main available through September 30, 2021: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading for 
section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 
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through September 30, 2021: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading may be 
obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 
staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi-
ties related to program integrity provided that such activi-
ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-
ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 
authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-
ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-
tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm-
ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 
17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $344,248,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-
burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 
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made available in fiscal year 2020 to support the Seniors 
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 
September 30, 2021: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 
use up to 15 percent for costs associated with the distribu-
tion of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 
and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri-
tion assistance program, $154,041,000: Provided, That of 
the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 
the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 
amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 
$875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 
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Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 
Alimentarius, $4,775,000, including not to exceed 
$40,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa-
tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 
the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$215,513,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re-
main available until September 30, 2021, for overseas op-
erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 
Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 
or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 
behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza-
tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu-
ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro-
grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro-
grams of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 
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for middle-income country training programs, funds made 
available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 
Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-
tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re-
main available until expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD 
FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 
480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $142,000, 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec-
tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
$1,850,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $235,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000, 
shall remain available until expended to purchase agricul-
tural commodities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(a)(2)). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 
CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $8,845,000, to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$6,382,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
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appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, and of which $2,463,000 shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 
costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 
activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 
amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 
carrying out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) 
of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 
be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not 
to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of 
Public Law 107–188; $5,848,357,000 (increased by 
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collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 
user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi-
cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 
new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 
year 2020 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 
medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 
product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as-
sessments for fiscal year 2020, including any such fees 
collected prior to fiscal year 2020 but credited for fiscal 
year 2020, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2020 limita-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 
payment during fiscal year 2020 of user fees specified 
under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2021, 
prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of 
such fees assessed for fiscal year 2021 for which the Sec-
retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2020 shall not be 
included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 
That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab-
lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,100,560,000 shall be for the 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 
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no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of 
foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 
imported seafood; (2) $1,978,674,000 shall be for the 
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) 
$431,561,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $242,558,000 shall be 
for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
$606,469,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra-
diological Health and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $66,512,000 shall be for 
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$661,739,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod-
ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs; (8) $191,800,000 shall be for Rent and Re-
lated activities, of which $56,043,000 is for White Oak 
Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
Services Administration for rent; (9) $240,079,000 shall 
be for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent; and (10) $328,405,000 shall be for other activi-
ties, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, the 
Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of 
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Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, 
the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for 
these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 
of this amount shall be for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 
by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer 
of funds pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only 
be from amounts made available under this heading for 
other activities: Provided further, That funds may be 
transferred from one specified activity to another with the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 
42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 
reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro-
gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 
facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 
drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 
provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure pri-
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ority review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
360bbb–4a, and, contingent upon the enactment of the 
Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Act of 2019, fees 
relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs authorized 
by part 10 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal 
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act shall be credited to this ac-
count, to remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin-
istration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 
Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur-
poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 
appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st 
Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans-
ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 
be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
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to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 
and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such 
Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 
Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 
such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 
Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $284,000,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 
Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
latory officials, of which not less than $57,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021, shall be for the 
purchase of information technology and of which not less 
than $3,386,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of the 
Inspector General: Provided, That notwithstanding the 
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limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under 
this heading are available for the liquidation of obligations 
equal to current year payments on leases entered into 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any 
lease obligations that should have been recorded and liq-
uidated against accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, such 
amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a no-year 
account in the Treasury, which has been established for 
the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liqui-
dating such unpaid obligations. 
In addition, for move, replication, and related costs 
associated with replacement leases for the Commission’s 
facilities, not to exceed $31,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $76,000,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 
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this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 
made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 
Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 
to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 
total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2020 
does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased 
in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing 
additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine 
that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 
to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, 
property, and public safety: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri-
culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary 
notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
within 30 days of the notification. 
SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli-
gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 
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Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal-
ances that are remaining available of the Department of 
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv-
ery of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 
Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 
prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 
for obligation without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 
Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De-
partment’s National Finance Center without written noti-
fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 
in advance of such changes: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available 
to the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be avail-
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able for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, 
implement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 
systems, missions, or functions of the offices of the Chief 
Financial Officer or any personnel from the National Fi-
nance Center prior to written notification to and prior ap-
proval of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress at least 30 days in advance of such actions: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the offices of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively 
market to existing and new Departments and other gov-
ernment agencies National Finance Center shared services 
including, but not limited to, payroll, financial manage-
ment, and human capital shared services and allow the 
National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades: 
Provided further, That of annual income amounts in the 
Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture 
attributable to the amounts in excess of the true costs of 
the shared services provided by the National Finance Cen-
ter and budgeted for the National Finance Center, the 
Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the 
replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 
equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementa-
tion of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services, and other systems of the National Finance 
Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the 
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National Finance Center: Provided further, That none of 
the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation un-
less the Secretary submits written notification of the obli-
gation to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations 
on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congres-
sional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, 
as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond 
to a declared state of emergency that significantly impacts 
the operations of the National Finance Center; or to evac-
uate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe 
haven to continue operations of the National Finance Cen-
ter. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
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with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 
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none of the funds available to the Department of Agri-
culture for information technology shall be obligated for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 
prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-
tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 
Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured 
against the performance plan requirements described in 
the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 
235. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid 
an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 
that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 
such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 
under such Act. 
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SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated 
balances from appropriations made available for salaries 
and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency 
shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for 
information technology expenses. 
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 
this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall re-
main available through September 30, 2021, for informa-
tion technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 
travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 
or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 
I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 
which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 
is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 
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(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 
and related administrative expenses, including tech-
nical assistance, associated with the implementation 
of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 
contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 
in such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
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enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 
section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 
the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 
referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,404,000,000 
(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 
years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 
Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 
$5,000,000; 
Removal 
of 
Defective 
Commodities— 
$2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 
Purchases—$35,853,000: Provided, That of the total 
funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 
that remain unobligated on October 1, 2020, such unobli-
gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2021 and 
shall remain available until expended for any of the pur-
poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 
used in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not 
exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the 
Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 
the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of 
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both Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: 
Provided further, That, with the exception of any available 
carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 
to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 
of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s budget submission to 
the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 
from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 
have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 
of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 
which additional spending reductions should occur in the 
event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 
date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2021 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the Depart-
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ment of Agriculture that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the Department of Agriculture, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through transfer of 
funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy 
Act, or through use of the authority provided by section 
702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89–106 
(7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 
or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Department 
of Agriculture that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
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available to the Department of Agriculture, shall be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, 
or projects through use of the authorities referred to in 
subsection (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 
10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap-
proved by Congress. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture may not implement 
any program, project, or activity not carried out during 
the previous fiscal year unless the program, project, or ac-
tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 
other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Department 
of Agriculture that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
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available to the Department of Agriculture shall be avail-
able for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments fund-
ing levels, including information technology systems, 
that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 
current fiscal year for the individual investment in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 
whichever is less; or 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 
with five or more personnel. 
SEC. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the Food 
and Drug Administration or the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to those agencies, shall be available for obli-
gation or expenditure through a reprogramming, or a 
transfer of funds, that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
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(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 
or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services or 
the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com-
mission (as the case may be) notifies in writing, and re-
ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 
of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such 
transfer authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Food and 
Drug Administration or the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
available to those agencies, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure for programs, projects, or activities 
through a reprogramming or use of the transfer authority 
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referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services or 
the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com-
mission (as the case may be) notifies in writing, and re-
ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 
of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such 
transfer authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services or 
the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com-
mission (as the case may be) shall notify in writing and 
receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro-
gram, project, or activity not carried out during the pre-
vious fiscal year unless the program, project, or activity 
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is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other 
Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous appropriations Acts to the Food and 
Drug Administration or the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission (as the case may be) that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by 
the collection of fees available to those agencies, shall be 
available for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments fund-
ing levels, including information technology systems, 
that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 
current fiscal year for the individual investment in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 
whichever is less; 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 
with five or more personnel; or 
(3) carrying out activities or functions that 
were not described in the budget request; 
unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services or 
the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com-
mission (as the case may be) notifies in writing, and re-
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ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 
of using the funds for these purposes. 
(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services or the Chairman of the Commodity Fu-
tures Trading Commission (as the case may be) receives 
from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt 
of the notification as required in this section. 
SEC. 718. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 
any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 
that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan. 
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re-
ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re-
sult of information requested for the appropriations hear-
ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non- 
Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com-
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modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 
Administration employee. 
SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 
by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 
agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 
in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 
or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 
office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 
period of assignment. 
SEC. 722. For the purposes of determining eligibility 
or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro-
grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 
populations. 
SEC. 723. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 
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Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra-
tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro-
gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 
under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 
in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 724. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 
authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $800,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded. 
SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue an inter-
mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro-
gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re-
viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec-
retary shall continue agreements with current inter-
mediary organizations and with additional qualified inter-
mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 
these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 
502 single family direct loan program in rural commu-
nities and shall set aside and make available from the na-
tional reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to 
support the work of such intermediaries and provide a pri-
ority for review of such loans. 
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SEC. 726. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec-
retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad-
vance. 
SEC. 727. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 
shall be available for obligation without written notifica-
tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 
the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 
obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services of primary 
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
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ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri-
culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 
fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 
of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num-
ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 
staple food category so that the total number of such items 
in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 
items in each staple food category included in the final 
rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 
until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend-
ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard-
ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-
mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 729. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 
502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 
with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 
eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 
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subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 
such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 
SEC. 730. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 
any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 
or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 
care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod-
uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis-
tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 
paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 
allow or require such distribution. 
SEC. 731. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 
put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz-
ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require-
ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 
analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for 
animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc-
tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by-
products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 
SEC. 732. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
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used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 
received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 733. There is hereby appropriated $15,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out section 
6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 
allow eligible entities, or comparable entities that provide 
energy efficiency services using their own billing mecha-
nism to offer loans to customers in any part of their serv-
ice territory and to offer loans to replace a manufactured 
housing unit with another manufactured housing unit, if 
replacement would be more cost effective in saving energy. 
SEC. 734. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 
the following factors in the country or region being 
audited, as applicable— 
(A) veterinary control and oversight; 
(B) disease history and vaccination prac-
tices; 
(C) 
livestock 
demographics 
and 
traceability; 
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(D) epidemiological separation from poten-
tial sources of infection; 
(E) surveillance practices; 
(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 
(G) emergency preparedness and response; 
and 
(2) promptly make publicly available the final 
reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 
to subsection (1). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under its inter-
national trade agreements. 
SEC. 735. No food that bears or contains partially 
hydrogenated oils (as defined in the order published by 
the Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Reg-
ister on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 34650 et seq.)) shall 
be considered to be adulterated within the meaning of sub-
section (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C)(i) of section 402 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)) because 
such food contains such partially hydrogenated oils until 
the applicable compliance dates specified by FDA in the 
Federal Register on May 21, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 23358 
et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 
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expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 
3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the re-
newal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs 
and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or 
testing. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 
by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 
products used in the project are produced in the United 
States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 
of the Secretary finds that— 
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(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des-
ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 
basis a copy of the request and information available to 
the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 
shall allow for informal public input on the request for 
at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 
request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Department. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
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count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re-
quirements of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog-
nized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-
ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 
Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 
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Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 
the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 
section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 
breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation). 
SEC. 741. Of the total amounts made available by 
this Act for direct loans and grants in section 733 and 
in the following headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural 
Housing Insurance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural 
Housing 
Service—Mutual 
and 
Self-Help 
Housing 
Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Assist-
ance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Commu-
nity Facilities Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coop-
erative Service—Rural Business Program Account’’; 
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‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Economic 
Development Loans Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business- 
Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative Development 
Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and 
Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Serv-
ice—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans 
Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Dis-
tance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, 
to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 percent of the 
funds shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty 
counties under this section, including, notwithstanding 
any other provision regarding population limits, any coun-
ty seat of such a persistent poverty county that has a pop-
ulation that does not exceed the authorized population 
limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty coun-
ties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or more 
of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, 
as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, 
and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-year aver-
age, or any territory or possession of the United States: 
Provided further, That with respect to specific activities 
for which program levels have been made available by this 
Act that are not supported by budget authority, the re-
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quirements of this section shall be applied to such program 
level. 
SEC. 742. (a) No funds shall be used to finalize the 
proposed rule entitled ‘‘Eligibility of the People’s Republic 
of China (PRC) to Export to the United States Poultry 
Products from Birds Slaughtered in the PRC’’ published 
in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture 
on June 16, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 27625), unless the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) ensure that the poultry slaughter inspection 
system for the PRC is equivalent to that of the 
United States; 
(2) ensure that, before any poultry products 
can enter the United States from any such poultry 
plant, such poultry products comply with all other 
applicable requirements for poultry products in 
interstate commerce in the United States; 
(3) conduct periodic verification reviews and au-
dits of any such plants in the PRC intending to ex-
port into the United States processed poultry prod-
ucts; 
(4) conduct re-inspection of such poultry prod-
ucts at United States ports-of-entry to check the 
general condition of such products, for the proper 
certification and labeling of such products, and for 
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any damage to such products that may have oc-
curred during transportation; and 
(5) ensure that shipments of any such poultry 
products selected to enter the United States are sub-
ject to additional re-inspection procedures at appro-
priate levels to verify that the products comply with 
relevant Federal regulations or standards, including 
examinations for product defects and laboratory 
analyses to detect harmful chemical residues or 
pathogen testing appropriate for the products in-
volved. 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with obligations of the United States under any 
trade agreement to which the United States is a party. 
SEC. 743. In addition to any other funds made avail-
able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 
$5,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) to carry out section 
18(g)(8) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 744. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, for the cost 
of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 
of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 
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to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre-
serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu-
nities. 
SEC. 745. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
for one-time control and management and associated ac-
tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 
citrus greening. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti-
tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 
and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 
published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu-
lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 
grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 
SEC. 747. For school year 2020–2021, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of December 31, 2019, shall 
be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accord-
ance with Section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1760(p). 
SEC. 748. (a) There is hereby appropriated 
$463,000,000 (increased by $55,000,000), to remain 
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available until expended, for an additional amount for sec-
tion 779 of Public Law 115–141. 
(b) Section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c), shall be applied for 
fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter until the 
specified funding has been expended as if the following 
were inserted after the final period in subsection (b)(2): 
In addition, the Secretary shall use $87,000,000 of funds 
available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2020 for an ad-
ditional amount for the same purpose and under the same 
terms and conditions as funds appropriated by section 779 
of Public Law 115–141: Provided, That prior to any use 
of such funds, the Secretary shall provide written notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress at least 30 days in advance. 
SEC. 749. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, for a pilot 
program for the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 
programs and services to establish and enhance farming 
and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the matter fol-
lowing the first comma in the second sentence of footnote 
(c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
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tions, with respect to the substitution of vegetables for 
fruits under the school breakfast program established 
under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1773). 
SEC. 751. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 
and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis-
sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than July 1, 
2020, and following the review required under Executive 
Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regu-
latory planning and review), issue advice revising the ad-
vice provided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice 
About Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection 
Agency and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish 
Advice; Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 
2017)), in a manner that is consistent with nutrition 
science recognized by the Food and Drug Administration 
on the net effects of seafood consumption. 
SEC. 752. In addition to any funds made available 
in this Act or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated 
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, for grants from the National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture to the 1890 Institutions to support the Cen-
ters of Excellence. 
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SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot pro-
gram that assists rural hospitals to improve long-term op-
erations and financial health by providing technical assist-
ance through analysis of current hospital management 
practices. 
SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for grants under sec-
tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 755. The funds provided in section 753 of the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018, 
are rescinded. 
SEC. 756. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall issue a final rule based on the proposed rule entitled 
‘‘National Organic Program; Origin of Livestock,’’ pub-
lished in the Federal Register on April 28, 2015 (80 Fed. 
Reg. 23455): Provided, That the final rule shall incor-
porate public comments submitted in response to the pro-
posed rule. 
SEC. 757. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 
section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relating to dem-
onstration projects for Tribal Organizations. 
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SEC. 758. Hereafter, and not withstanding any other 
provision of law, no funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture may be used to relocate an agency, or any part 
of an agency, that was located within the National Capital 
Region on August 1, 2018, to a site outside of the Na-
tional Capital Region in the absence of the prior enact-
ment of a specific appropriation for that relocation. 
SEC. 759. Hereafter, and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture may be used to move any agency from the mis-
sion area in which it was located on August 1, 2018, to 
any other mission area or office within the Department 
in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation af-
firming such move. 
SEC. 760. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service shall, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law— 
(1) within 60 calendar days, restore on its 
website the searchable database and its contents 
that were available on January 30, 2017, and all 
content generated since that date; and 
(2) hereafter, make publicly available via 
searchable database, in their entirety without 
redactions except signatures, the following— 
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(A) all Animal Welfare Act inspection re-
ports, including all reports documenting all 
AWA non-compliances observed by USDA offi-
cials and all animal inventories; 
(B) all Animal Welfare Act and Horse 
Protection Act enforcement records; 
(C) all reports or other materials docu-
menting any non-compliances observed by 
USDA officials; and 
(D) all Animal Welfare Act research facil-
ity annual reports, including their attachments. 
SEC. 761. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 762. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 
the matching funds requirement under Section 412(g) of 
the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re-
form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 
SEC. 763. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 
section 23 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1793), of which $1,000,000 shall be for grants under such 
section to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. 
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SEC. 764. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 12607(b) of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 765. Section 2 of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 902) is amended in subsection (a) by 
striking ‘‘made by the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘made or 
guaranteed by the Secretary’’. 
SEC. 766. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facil-
ity shall be transferred without reimbursement from the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to the Secretary of Agri-
culture. 
SEC. 767. Any funds made available by this or any 
other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 
shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess-
ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 
such funds to appropriations of the Department of Agri-
culture. 
SEC. 768. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 222 of Subtitle A of the Department 
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
6923) as amended by section 12302 of Public Law 115– 
334. 
SEC. 769. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 
carry out section 224 of Subtitle A of the Department of 
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Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924) 
as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 770. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 
section 4208 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 
carry out section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
5925(g)(4(B)) as amended by section 7209 of Public Law 
115–334. 
SEC. 772. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000 
to carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 773. There is hereby appropriated $2,500,000 
to carry out section 1450 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3222e) as amended by section 7120 of Public Law 
115–334. 
SEC. 774. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) as 
amended by section 7208 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 775. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 310I of Subtitle A of Title III of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
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1936c) as amended by section 5104 of Public Law 115– 
334. 
SEC. 776. There is hereby appropriated $7,000,000 
for the purposes described in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Nu-
trition Assistance Program (NAP) Study’’ under the Sup-
plemental Nutrition Assistance Program included in the 
report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 777. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
(increased by $5,000,000) to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, to carry out section 4206 of Public Law 
115–334. 
SEC. 778. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves-
tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 
a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 
include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-
sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-
retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 779. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture shall be used to finalize, issue, 
or implement the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Modernization 
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of Swine Slaughter Inspection’’ published in the Federal 
Register by the Food Safety Inspection Service on Feb-
ruary 1, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 4780 et seq.), including inso-
far as such rule relates to converting establishments, 
until— 
(1) the Office of the Inspector General of the 
Department of Agriculture has provided to the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate findings on the data used in support 
of the development and design of the swine slaughter 
inspection program that is the subject of such pro-
posed rule; and 
(2) the Food Safety and Inspection Service has 
addressed and resolved issues identified by the In-
spector General in the findings referred to in para-
graph (1). 
SEC. 780. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) transfer the functions of, or eliminate, a 
Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Cen-
ter; or 
(2) alter the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Ag-
riculture with respect to the operation of such a 
Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Cen-
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ter, as such jurisdiction was in effect on January 1, 
2019. 
SEC. 781. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
SEC. 782. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 116–107. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SEC. 783. There is appropriated, for salaries and ex-
penses of the Farm Service Agency to carry out section 
1621 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 8792), $1,996,000, to be derived from a reduc-
tion of $2,000,000 in the amount provided in this Act for 
the item for ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ and ‘‘Office of the 
Secretary—Office of Communications’’. 
SEC. 784. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to remove the term ‘‘climate change’’ 
from any publication of any entity for which such funds 
are made available. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 
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Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,265,097,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021; of which 
$125,653,000 (increased by $1,500,000) (reduced by 
$1,500,000) for annual and deferred maintenance shall re-
main available until expended, and of which $6,000,000 
is for a pilot program to complement activities authorized 
by Public Law 92–195: Provided, That amounts in the 
fee account of the Bureau of Land Management permit 
process improvement fund may be used for bureau-related 
expenses directly associated with the processing of oil and 
gas applications for permits to drill and related use of au-
thorizations. 
In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-
tration program operations, including the cost of admin-
istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 
authorized for fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $1,265,097,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 
communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities. 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available under this heading in fiscal year 2016 or before, 
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$14,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available under this heading $5,000,000 is permanently 
rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 
interests therein, $33,800,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
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ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 
adjacent to such grant lands; $117,195,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im-
provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 
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from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart-
ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related 
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con-
trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 
pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 
compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 
pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 
the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, pro-
tect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 
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the Bureau of Land Management which have been dam-
aged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, per-
mittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to 
whether all moneys collected from each such action are 
used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: 
Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess 
of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for 
which funds were collected may be used to repair other 
damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub-
lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 
may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap-
praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 
under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 
remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimburs-
able agreements with public and private entities, including 
with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail-
able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem-
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porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 
United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 
the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 
exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co-
operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au-
thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 
or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 
is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 
further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identi-
fied amount of money in support of the project may be 
carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appro-
priations herein made shall not be available for the de-
struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 
in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the 
sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruc-
tion for processing into commercial products. 
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources, $1,364,760,000 (reduced by $1,720,000) (in-
creased by $1,720,000) (reduced by $200,000) (increased 
by $200,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That not to exceed $23,442,000 shall be 
used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) 
of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing 
and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 
other steps to implement actions described in subsection 
(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)). 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available under this heading, in accordance with the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2019, for central office operations in fis-
cal year 2019, $4,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Pro-
vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 
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Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $15,693,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
$67,750,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund and to remain available until expended, 
of which, notwithstanding section 200306 of title 54, 
United States Code, not more than $10,000,000 shall be 
for land conservation partnerships authorized by the 
Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, including not to ex-
ceed $320,000 for administrative expenses: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisi-
tion projects may be used to pay for any administrative 
overhead, planning or other management costs. 
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COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 
$63,702,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$23,702,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan-
gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 
$40,000,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund. 
Of the unobligated balances made available from the 
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, 
$10,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
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U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $50,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 
seq.), $4,910,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 
Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con-
servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 
et seq.), $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions 
of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple-
mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
$70,571,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That of the amount provided herein, $5,209,000 is 
for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub-
ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That $7,362,000 is for a competitive grant 
program to implement approved plans for States, terri-
tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af-
fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 
agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
after deducting $12,571,000 and administrative expenses, 
apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 
than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 
a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 
thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall appor-
tion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) 
one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land 
area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 
States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio 
to which the population of such State bears to the total 
population of all such States: Provided further, That the 
amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be ad-
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justed equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a 
sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 
for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year 
or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 
75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Fed-
eral share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 
percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided fur-
ther, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not 
be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided further, 
That any amount apportioned in 2020 to any State, terri-
tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 
September 30, 2021, shall be reapportioned, together with 
funds appropriated in 2022, in the manner provided here-
in. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 
reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 
Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 
areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 
purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facili-
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ties incident to such public recreational uses on conserva-
tion areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; 
and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, build-
ings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Serv-
ice and to which the United States has title, and which 
are used pursuant to law in connection with management, 
and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, 
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
tions for which the cooperators share at least one-half the 
cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing air-
craft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap-
proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 
and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 
such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis-
ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 
until expended. 
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service and for the general 
administration 
of 
the 
National 
Park 
Service, 
$2,646,979,000, of which $10,282,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and $150,980,000 for maintenance, repair, or reha-
bilitation 
projects 
for 
constructed 
assets 
and 
$166,575,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for con-
structed assets and cultural resources and $5,000,000 
shall be for uses authorized by section 101122 of title 54, 
United States Code shall remain available until September 
30, 2021: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading in this Act are available for the purposes of sec-
tion 5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 
section 
9(a) 
of 
the 
United 
States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114–196; 130 Stat. 691), $500,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be provided to the orga-
nization selected under section 9(b) of that Act for ex-
penditure by the United States Semiquincentennial Com-
mission in accordance with that Act. Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 9 of the 400 Years of Afri-
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can-American History Commission Act (Public Law 115– 
102; 131 Stat. 2248), $500,000 (increased by $500,000) 
of the funds made available under this heading shall be 
provided to the 400 Years of African-American History 
Commission for expenditure in accordance with that Act. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $73,508,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code), $121,660,000, to be derived 
from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021, of which $16,000,000 shall 
be for Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation 
of national significant sites, structures and artifacts as au-
thorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, 
That an individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall 
be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That 
individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Pro-
vided further, That all projects to be funded shall be ap-
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proved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 
with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided for the 
Historic Preservation Fund, $750,000 is for competitive 
grants for the survey and nomination of properties to the 
National Register of Historic Places and as National His-
toric Landmarks associated with communities currently 
under-represented, as determined by the Secretary, 
$22,500,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites 
and stories of the Civil Rights movement, $10,000,000 is 
for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 
and $5,000,000 is for competitive grants for the restora-
tion of historic properties of national, State and local sig-
nificance listed on or eligible for inclusion on the National 
Register of Historic Places, to be made without imposing 
the usage or direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) 
(54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historical Preserva-
tion Act: Provided further, That such competitive grants 
shall be made without imposing the matching require-
ments in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States 
Code, to States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 
3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local 
governments, including Certified Local Governments, and 
non-profit organizations. 
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CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, and compliance and planning 
for programs and areas administered by the National 
Park Service, $319,704,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
(reduced by $1,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 
2021 with a future phase indicated in the National Park 
Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single pro-
curement may be issued which includes the full scope of 
the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and 
contract shall contain the clause availability of funds 
found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That Na-
tional Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Fran-
chise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available 
for the cost of adjustments and changes within the origi-
nal scope of effort for projects funded by the National 
Park Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current 
reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges 
authorized by this section. 
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LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2020 
by section 200308 of title 54, United States Code, is re-
scinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with the statutory authority appli-
cable to the National Park Service, $208,400,000 (in-
creased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $140,000,000 
is for the State assistance program and of which 
$15,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protec-
tion Program grants as authorized by chapter 3081 of title 
54, United States Code. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 
to challenge cost share agreements, $20,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 
projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 
percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 
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be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of do-
nated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 
an irrevocable letter of credit. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 
101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 
fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for ex-
penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 
for use at any unit within the National Park System to 
extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 
leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 
for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an-
ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con-
tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex-
tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit-
ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi-
nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 
contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 
so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
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thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to 
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart-
ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 
for FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 
the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 
U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; 
and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore-
going activities; $1,236,398,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021; of which $84,337,000 shall remain 
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available until expended for satellite operations; and of 
which $20,164,000 shall be available until expended for 
deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects 
that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That none of the 
funds provided for the ecosystem research activity shall 
be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 
specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: 
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall 
be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 
mapping or water resources data collection and investiga-
tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali-
ties. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur-
nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-
tively determined that such procedures are in the public 
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build-
ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 
gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equip-
ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 
for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 
expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly ap-
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pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co-
operative agreements as defined in section 6302 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop-
erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 
with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re-
gard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con-
sidered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 
of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 
for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 
be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur-
poses. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting and admin-
istering leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 
for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma-
rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 
approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 
for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for imple-
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menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi-
dential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants 
or cooperative agreements, $182,781,000, of which 
$122,781,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2021, and of which $60,000,000 is to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That this total appropriation 
shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 
and credited to this appropriation from additions to re-
ceipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in ef-
fect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 
activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-
agement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella-
neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $122,781,000: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 
related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
activities. 
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BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper-
ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and 
agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 
and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 
Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple-
menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele-
gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-
ments, $145,504,000, of which $119,504,000 is to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, and of which 
$26,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in-
creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 
and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by 
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, in-
cluding studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 
administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections 
are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 
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final fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at not more 
than $119,504,000. 
For an additional amount, $47,308,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col-
lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 
which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 
collected in fiscal year 2020, as provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 
inspection fees exceed $47,308,000, the amounts realized 
in excess of $47,308,000 shall be credited to this appro-
priation and remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2020, not less than 50 percent 
of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 
and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per-
sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 
expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 
safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.), including the review of applications for permits to 
drill. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
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$14,899,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977, Public Law 95–87, $121,647,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That appropria-
tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex-
penses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 
training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-
force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 
of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That fees as-
sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re-
ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 
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year 2020 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$121,647,000. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, $24,713,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 
to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 
authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 
the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 
to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 
Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 
share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov-
ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-
lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 
projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 
Provided further, That amounts provided under this head-
ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 
State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
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In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for grants to States and federally recognized In-
dian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
other related activities in accordance with the terms and 
conditions in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 
That such additional amount shall be used for economic 
and community development in conjunction with the prior-
ities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided 
further, That of such additional amount, $75,000,000 
shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian 
States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to 
meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 
of such section, $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal 
amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with the subsequent 
greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet such prior-
ities, and $10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally rec-
ognized Indian Tribes without regard to their status as 
certified or uncertified under the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for 
reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related 
activities in accordance with the terms and conditions in 
the report accompanying this Act and shall be used for 
economic and community development in conjunction with 
the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Con-
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trol and Reclamation Act of 1977: Provided further, That 
such additional amount shall be allocated to States and 
Indian Tribes within 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,650,504,000 (increased by 
$176,000,000) (reduced by $176,000,000) to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, except as otherwise 
provided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be 
for official reception and representation expenses; of which 
not to exceed $77,734,000 shall be for welfare assistance 
payments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal 
disasters, the Secretary may exceed such cap, from the 
amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster relief to 
Indian communities affected by the disaster: Provided fur-
ther, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal or-
ganizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use 
their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assist-
ance costs: Provided further, That not to exceed 
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$73,164,000 shall remain available until expended for 
housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, 
litigation support, land records improvement, and the 
Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That 
any forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe 
which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2021, may 
be transferred during fiscal year 2022 to an Indian forest 
land assistance account established for the benefit of the 
holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: 
Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not 
so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2022: Pro-
vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-
reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur-
chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may accept transfers of funds from United States 
Customs and Border Protection to supplement any other 
funding available for reconstruction or repair of roads 
owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on 
the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 
U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
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the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 
Education for fiscal year 2020, such sums as may be nec-
essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483; $146,014,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of No-
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vember 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 
on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That this 
appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the 
Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for 
the appropriate share of construction costs for space ex-
pansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform im-
plementation: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived 
from the Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 
3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 
1749). 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 
618, 111–11, 111–291, and 114–322, and for implemen-
tation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$45,644,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$12,784,000, of which $1,725,000 is for administrative 
expenses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
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of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, 
not to exceed $199,075,370. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 
support of the management, operation, and maintenance 
of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 
offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
413). 
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In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 
action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern-
ment relationship between the United States and that 
tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropria-
tions. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
distribution formula. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
Education programs, as authorized by law, including the 
Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 
1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
$1,000,233,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2021, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That 
federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their Tribal 
priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $721,690,000 for 
school operation costs of Bureau-funded schools and other 
education programs shall become available on July 1, 
2020, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $81,508,000 within and 
only from such amounts made available for school oper-
ations shall be available for administrative cost grants as-
sociated with grants approved prior to July 1, 2020: Pro-
vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-
reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur-
chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel. 
EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 
for the operation of Indian Education programs, including 
architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi-
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tion of lands, and interests in lands; $387,252,000 to re-
main available until expended; Provided, That for fiscal 
year 2020, in implementing new construction, replacement 
facilities construction, or facilities improvement and repair 
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 
grant schools under Public Law 100–297, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit Re-
quirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs 
contained in part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, 
That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 
title 43, Code of Federal Regulations; the Secretary and 
the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of 
payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, 
That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall 
consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assur-
ing that the construction projects conform to applicable 
building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State 
health and safety standards as required by section 
1125(b) of title XI of Public Law 95–561 (25 U.S.C. 
2005(b)), with respect to organizational and financial 
management capabilities: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall 
follow the requirements contained in section 5206(f) of 
Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2504(f)): Provided fur-
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ther, That any disputes between the Secretary and any 
grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes 
provision in section 5208(e) of Public Law 107–110 (25 
U.S.C. 2507(e)): Provided further, That in order to ensure 
timely completion of construction projects, the Secretary 
may assume control of a project and all funds related to 
the project, if, not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds 
appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not com-
pleted the planning and design phase of the project and 
commenced construction. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Education may carry out the 
operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, ei-
ther directly or in cooperation with States and other orga-
nizations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education for central 
office oversight and Executive Direction and Administra-
tive Services (except executive direction and administra-
tive services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, re-
gional offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) 
shall be available for contracts, grants, compacts, or coop-
erative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Education 
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under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act 
or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 
103–413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Education, 
this action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s 
trust responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to- 
government relationship between the United States and 
that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appro-
priations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 
the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 
schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 
support the operation of any elementary or secondary 
school in the State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 
school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 
or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 
in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 
October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 
may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 
one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 
waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 
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of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 
grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu-
reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo-
ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 
prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail-
able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 
was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 
under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 
school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 
in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 
in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep-
tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe-
riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 
a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for 
the use of the real and personal property (including buses 
and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa-
rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 
not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 
the State in which the school is located if the charter 
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-
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forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 
and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 
Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
distribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to 
establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 
system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 
may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 
to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
programs for non-public schools located within the juris-
dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 
serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 
currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 
provide an educational environment with educator pres-
ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau- 
funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 
or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 
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with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es-
tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 
other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 
students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 
available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 
maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facili-
ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 
the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 
school’’ means a school location physically separated from 
the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 
forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 
agreements, as authorized by law, $131,232,000 (in-
creased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced 
by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2021; of which no less than $1,000,000 shall be for the 
hiring of additional personnel to assist the Department 
with its compliance responsibilities under 5 U.S.C. 552; 
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of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; and of which up to 
$1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation 
payments and unemployment compensation payments as-
sociated with the orderly closure of the United States Bu-
reau of Mines; and of which $9,000,000 for the Office of 
Valuation Services is to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund and shall remain available until 
expended; and of which $11,061,000 for Indian land, min-
eral, and resource valuation activities shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds for Indian land, 
mineral, and resource valuation activities may, as needed, 
be transferred to and merged with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of 
Indian Education ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Pro-
grams’’ accounts and the Office of the Special Trustee for 
American Indians ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: 
Provided further, That funds made available through con-
tracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2020, as au-
thorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended 
by the contractor or grantee. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2020, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
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may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 
amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 
available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 
event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay-
ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 
the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 
of local government, then the payment to each local gov-
ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 
individual units of local government to correct for prior 
overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 
no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth-
erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 
amount of the payment is less than $100. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 
and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub-
lic 
Law 
108–188, 
$108,631,000, 
of 
which: 
(1) 
$99,140,000 shall remain available until expended for ter-
ritorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 
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maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef ini-
tiative and natural resources activities, and brown tree 
snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in 
American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands, as 
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 
as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, as authorized by law (Pub-
lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,491,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2021, for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That 
all financial transactions of the territorial and local gov-
ernments herein provided for, including such transactions 
of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by 
such governments, may be audited by the Government Ac-
countability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 
chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future 
United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar-
iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 
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further, That the funds for the program of operations and 
maintenance improvement are appropriated to institu-
tionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement 
of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and 
cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on 
the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its 
capital assets: Provided further, That any appropriation 
for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts may be used as non–Federal 
matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 
grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,236,000, to 
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 
the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 
States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 
658 and Public Law 108–188. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-
retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 
funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 
188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 
Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 
of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-
cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 
of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-
tees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 
the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 
or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
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OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$66,816,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $55,986,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $97,613,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $17,911,000 from 
this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac-
counting: Provided, That $10,000,000 shall not be avail-
able for obligation until the Secretary provides the report 
required by section 304(a)(3) of the Indian Trust Asset 
Reform Act (Public Law 114–178) to terminate the Office 
of the Special Trustee in its entirety, to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That funds for Trust Manage-
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ment improvements and litigation support may, as needed, 
be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of 
Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Pro-
grams’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘De-
partmental Operations’’ account: Provided further, That 
funds made available through contracts or grants obli-
gated during fiscal year 2020, as authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 
grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 
provide a quarterly statement of performance for any In-
dian trust account that has not had activity for at least 
15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 
shall permit the balance in each such account to be with-
drawn upon the express written request of the account 
holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is 
available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 
administrative errors of either disbursements from or de-
posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 
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payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-
main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec-
oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 
$500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives 
proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claim-
ant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102 
of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provision 
of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts 
of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a con-
tinuous period of at least five years and shall not be re-
quired to generate periodic statements of performance for 
the individual accounts: Provided further, That with re-
spect to the ninth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to 
maintain sufficient records to determine the balance of the 
individual accounts, including any accrued interest and in-
come, and such funds shall remain available to the indi-
vidual account holders. 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available for the Office of the Special Trustee for Amer-
ican Indians, $3,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Pro-
vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 
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Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 
suppression operations, fire science and research, emer-
gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 
rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
$952,338,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000), to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renovation or 
construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds 
are also available for repayment of advances to other ap-
propriation accounts from which funds were previously 
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided $194,000,000 is for fuels management 
activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$20,470,000 (reduced by $1) (increased by $1) is for 
burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That persons 
hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished sub-
sistence and lodging without cost from funds available 
from this appropriation: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or 
office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection 
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rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection 
of United States property, may be credited to the appro-
priation from which funds were expended to provide that 
protection, and are available without fiscal year limitation: 
Provided further, That using the amounts designated 
under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements, for fuels management activities, and for 
training and monitoring associated with such fuels man-
agement activities on Federal land, or on adjacent non- 
Federal land for activities that benefit resources on Fed-
eral land: Provided further, That the costs of implementing 
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Govern-
ment and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutu-
ally agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in 
Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of fuels man-
agement activities, may obtain maximum practicable com-
petition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative 
entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public 
Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partner-
ships with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) 
small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will 
hire or train locally a significant percentage, defined as 
50 percent or more, of the project workforce to complete 
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such contracts: Provided further, That in implementing 
this section, the Secretary shall develop written guidance 
to field units to ensure accountability and consistent appli-
cation of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be used 
to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs 
of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to 
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such 
Act, in connection with wildland fire management activi-
ties: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 
may use wildland fire appropriations to enter into leases 
of real property with local governments, at or below fair 
market value, to construct capitalized improvements for 
fire facilities on such leased properties, including but not 
limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and 
other initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make 
advance payments for any such lease or for construction 
activity associated with the lease: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated 
for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not 
to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when 
such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire 
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management programs and projects: Provided further, 
That funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be avail-
able for support of Federal emergency response actions: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for assistance to or through the 
Department of State in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
of State, shall be available to support forestry, wildland 
fire management, and related natural resource activities 
outside the United States and its territories and posses-
sions, including technical assistance, education and train-
ing, and cooperation with United States and international 
organizations. Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided under this heading, $383,657,000 is provided to 
meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
as amended. 
In addition to the amounts provided under this head-
ing for wildfire suppression operations, $300,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, is additional new budget 
authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided, That the Secretary 
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of the Interior may transfer such amounts to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for wildfire suppression operations. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
the response action, including associated activities, per-
formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $13,010,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $3,000,000, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, shall be for analysis and initiation of radium decon-
tamination and remediation at any land-grant university 
that may have been subject to such contamination as a 
result of actions of the former United States Bureau of 
Mines. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 
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et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
financial and business management system, information 
technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart-
ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 
operations throughout the Department, $69,284,000 (re-
duced by $7,000,000), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or any other Act may be used to establish reserves in the 
Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued an-
nual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, 
local and tribal government employees for training services 
provided by the National Indian Program Training Cen-
ter, other than training related to Public Law 93–638: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may lease or other-
wise provide space and related facilities, equipment or pro-
fessional services of the National Indian Program Train-
ing Center to State, local and tribal government employees 
or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, edu-
cational, or recreational activities (as defined in section 
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3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing 
rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or services in 
the vicinity of the National Indian Program Training Cen-
ter: Provided further, That all funds received pursuant to 
the two preceding provisos shall be credited to this ac-
count, shall be available until expended, and shall be used 
by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the National 
Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agree-
ments to support the Office of Natural Resource Reve-
nue’s collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and 
other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 
which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 
available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 
or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft. 
OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 
For necessary expenses for management of the collec-
tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 
revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree-
ments, as authorized by law, $147,330,000, to remain 
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available until September 30, 2021; of which $50,651,000 
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall 
be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 
with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed 
to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 
or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made 
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 
all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 
as promptly as possible. 
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EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for emergency actions re-
lated to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, 
storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency plan-
ning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and nat-
ural resource damage assessment activities related to ac-
tual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into the 
environment; for the prevention, suppression, and control 
of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 
outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 
pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation 
projects under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall 
transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office 
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such 
funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regu-
latory authority in the event a primacy State is not car-
rying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining 
Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for 
wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment 
of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, 
and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for de-
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struction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in con-
nection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 
such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur-
rently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided 
further, That all funds used pursuant to this section must 
be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 
must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided fur-
ther, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reim-
burse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency 
funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount 
not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of 
motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforce-
ment vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of re-
prints; payment for telephone service in private residences 
in the field, when authorized under regulations approved 
by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when author-
ized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies 
or associations which issue publications to members only 
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