In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 9, 2022. 
Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill (H.R. 2471) entitled ‘‘An Act to measure 
the progress of post-disaster recovery and efforts to address 
corruption, governance, rule of law, and media freedoms in 
Haiti.’’, with the following 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 
amendment of the Senate, insert the following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. 
Sec. 6. Adjustments to compensation. 
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Agricultural Programs 
Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs 
Title III—Rural Development Programs 
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
Title VI—Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration 
Title VII—General Provisions
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Department of Commerce 
Title II—Department of Justice 
Title III—Science 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2022 
Title I—Military Personnel 
Title II—Operation and Maintenance 
Title III—Procurement 
Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 
Title V—Revolving and Management Funds 
Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs 
Title VII—Related Agencies 
Title VIII—General Provisions 
DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Corps of Engineers—Civil 
Title II—Department of the Interior 
Title III—Department of Energy 
Title IV—Independent Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Department of the Treasury 
Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the Presi-
dent 
Title III—The Judiciary 
Title IV—District of Columbia 
Title V—Independent Agencies 
Title VI—General Provisions—This Act 
Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide 
Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia 
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Departmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight 
Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations 
Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery 
Title IV—Research, Development, Training, and Services 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Department of the Interior 
Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 
Title III—Related Agencies
Title IV—General Provisions 
DIVISION H—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Department of Labor 
Title II—Department of Health and Human Services 
Title III—Department of Education 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Legislative Branch 
Title II—General Provisions 
DIVISION J—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Department of Defense 
Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions 
DIVISION K—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Department of State and Related Agency 
Title II—United States Agency for International Development 
Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance 
Title IV—International Security Assistance 
Title V—Multilateral Assistance 
Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance 
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION L—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
Title I—Department of Transportation 
Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions—This Act 
DIVISION M—COVID SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
DIVISION N—UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
DIVISION O—EXTENSIONS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
Title I—Flood Insurance 
Title II—Immigration Extensions 
Title III—Livestock Reporting Extension 
Title IV—TVPA Extension 
Title V—Budgetary Effects
DIVISION P—HEALTH PROVISIONS 
DIVISION Q—CONSUMER PROTECTION 
DIVISION R—FAFSA SIMPLIFICATION 
DIVISION S—VETERANS MATTERS 
DIVISION T—CREDIT UNION GOVERNANCE MODERNIZATION ACT 
DIVISION U—ADJUSTABLE INTEREST RATE (LIBOR) ACT 
DIVISION V—HAITI DEVELOPMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND 
INSTITUTIONAL TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE ACT 
DIVISION W—VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT REAUTHORIZATION 
ACT OF 2022 
DIVISION X—INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 
2022 
DIVISION Y—CYBER INCIDENT REPORTING FOR CRITICAL 
INFRASTRUCTURE ACT OF 2022 
DIVISION Z—ISRAEL RELATIONS NORMALIZATION ACT OF 2022 
DIVISION AA—TRANS-SAHARA COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIP 
PROGRAM 
DIVISION BB—EB–5 REFORM AND INTEGRITY ACT OF 2022 
DIVISION CC—BURIAL EQUITY FOR GUARDS AND RESERVES ACT 
DIVISION DD—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HIGH 
TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM 
DIVISION EE—EXTENSION OF VISA WAIVER PROGRAM FEES 
DIVISION FF—AVAILABILITY OF TRAVEL PROMOTION FUND FOR 
BRAND USA 
DIVISION GG—COOPERATIVE PROJECT AGREEMENT 
DIVISION HH—OTHER MATTERS 
Title I—Continuing Education at Affected Foreign Institutions 
Title II—NASA Enhanced-Use Lease Extension Act of 2022 
Title III—CARES Act Semiannual Testimony 
Title IV—Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal 
Title V—Congressional Oversight of Sensitive Programs Not Covered by Other 
Provisions of Law 
Title VI—Firefighter Pay 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed 
in the House section of the Congressional Record on or 
about March 9, 2022, and submitted by the chair of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have the 
same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and im-
plementation of divisions A through L of this Act as if it 
were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of con-
ference. 
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. 
SEC. 6. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjust-
ment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to 
cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during 
fiscal year 2022.
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$54,710,000, of which not to exceed $7,203,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $1,353,000 shall be available for the Office of Home-
land Security; not to exceed $2,215,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed $7,044,000 
shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and Public 
Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 
2279(c)(5); not to exceed $24,931,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of 
which $23,282,000 shall be available for Departmental Ad-
ministration to provide for necessary expenses for manage-
ment support services to offices of the Department and for 
general administration, security, repairs and alterations, 
and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise 
provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient
work of the Department: Provided, That funds made avail-
able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 
one administrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed 
$4,480,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Sec-
retary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental 
Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this Act, in-
cluding programs involving intergovernmental affairs and 
liaison within the executive branch; and not to exceed 
$7,484,000 shall be available for the Office of Communica-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture 
is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 
of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 
of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 
for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 
5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of 
the amount made available under this paragraph for the 
immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount made available under this heading 
for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed from 
applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses in-
cident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 
551–558: Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs 
shall be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 
agency level: Provided further, That no funds made avail-
able under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary 
for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days 
from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary 
has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 
USDA agency: Provided further, That during any 30 day 
notification period referenced in section 716 of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall take no action to begin imple-
mentation of the action that is subject to section 716 of this 
Act or make any public announcement of such action in 
any form. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Econo-
mist, $27,199,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for grants 
or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 
U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to carry out 
section 224 of subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended 
by section 12504 of Public Law 115–334. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, $16,173,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, $11,337,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, $84,746,000, of which not less than 
$69,672,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the depart-
ment. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, $7,118,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,426,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 
Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$35,328,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 
of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 
40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the Depart-
ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 
and other actions needed for the Department and its agen-
cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit-
able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 
and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re-
pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 
costs, $108,397,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
6901 et seq.), $7,540,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available
herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Manage-
ment may be transferred to any agency of the Department 
for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the 
above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, 
and Protection, $23,306,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including employment pursuant to the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 
$106,309,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. 
App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of in-
formants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspec-
tor General pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of 
the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $57,268,000.
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 
$4,277,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary 
for 
Research, 
Education, 
and 
Economics, 
$3,327,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Econom-
ics mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 
fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be made available for 
the Office of the Chief Scientist. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice, $87,794,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $190,162,000, of which up to $46,850,000 
shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri-
culture: Provided, That amounts made available for the 
Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current In-
dustrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and 
(f).
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for 
land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 
grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value 
of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
$1,633,496,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air-
craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 
only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, 
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 
building shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses 
or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, 
except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at 
a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for four 
buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed 
$5,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building or $500,000, which-
ever is greater: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for entering into lease agreements 
at any Agricultural Research Service location for the con-
struction of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for 
use by the Agricultural Research Service and a condition 
of the lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, oper-
ated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall 
be removed upon the expiration or termination of the lease 
agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter-
ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza-
tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Mary-
land: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville 
Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the 
foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of 
buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 
U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for granting easements at any Ag-
ricultural Research Service location for the construction of 
a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and 
acceptable to, the Agricultural Research Service and a con-
dition of the easements shall be that upon completion the 
facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the 
availability of funds herein, if the Secretary finds that ac-
ceptance of the facility is in the interest of the United 
States: Provided further, That funds may be received from
any State, other political subdivision, organization, or in-
dividual for the purpose of establishing or operating any 
research facility or research project of the Agricultural Re-
search Service, as authorized by law. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im-
provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 
equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricul-
tural research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 
where not otherwise provided, $127,805,000 to remain 
available until expended, of which $20,000,000 shall be allo-
cated for ARS facilities co-located with university partners, 
and of which $62,400,000 shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act), in accordance with applicable statutory and 
regulatory requirements. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $1,046,244,000, which shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled
‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and 
Education Activities’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for research 
grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 in-
stitutions, Hispanic serving institutions education grants, 
capacity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, 
the agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary 
medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate 
fellowship and institution challenge grants, grants manage-
ment systems, tribal colleges education equity grants, and 
scholarships at 1890 institutions shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That each institution eli-
gible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program re-
ceives no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds 
for education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawai-
ian-serving institutions be made available to individual eli-
gible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with 
funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and 
Hawaii: Provided further, That funds for providing grants 
for food and agricultural sciences for Alaska Native and 
Native Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for Insular 
Areas shall remain available until September 30, 2023: 
Provided further, That funds for education grants for 1890 
institutions shall be made available to institutions eligible
to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided 
further, That not more than 5 percent of the amounts made 
available by this or any other Act to carry out the Agri-
culture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 
may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay ad-
ministrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out 
that authority. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $550,605,000, 
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for extension 
services at 1994 institutions and for facility improvements 
at 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 
less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for coop-
erative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith- 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of 
Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retirement and 
employees’ compensation costs for extension agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $40,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Insti-
tute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 
That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative 
shall remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
indirect costs shall not be charged against any Extension 
Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the 
Crop Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 
7626). 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $1,577,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 
agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 
one administrative support staff for the Office. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for rep-
resentation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 
Foreign 
Service 
Act 
of 
1980 
(22 
U.S.C. 
4085), 
$1,110,218,000 of which up to $3,474,000 shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), in accordance with applicable statu-
tory and regulatory requirements; of which $491,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available for the 
control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal dis-
eases and for control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contin-
gency fund’’) to the extent necessary to meet emergency con-
ditions; of which $14,725,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be used for the cotton pests program, includ-
ing for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active 
eradication zones; of which $38,486,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical
Services; of which $3,040,000 shall be for activities under 
the authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as 
amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $63,833,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be used to support avian 
health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; 
of which $209,553,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for specialty crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023, shall be for one- 
time control and management and associated activities di-
rectly related to the multiple-agency response to citrus 
greening; of which, $11,137,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem 
pests; of which $20,282,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which 
$42,021,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for emergency preparedness and response; of which 
$61,217,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for tree and wood pests; of which $5,751,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for the National Veteri-
nary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for 
indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the wildlife damage management pro-
gram for aviation safety: Provided, That any of the funds
described in the ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ table in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act) that the Secretary determines will 
not be obligated during the fiscal year shall not be subject 
to the direction provided in such table: Provided further, 
That of amounts available under this heading for wildlife 
services methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That of amounts 
available under this heading for the screwworm program, 
$4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of which 
$24,307,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
used to carry out the science program and transition activi-
ties for the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility located 
in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, That no funds 
shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradi-
cation program for the current fiscal year that does not re-
quire minimum matching by the States of at least 40 per-
cent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available for the purchase, replacement, operation, and 
maintenance of aircraft: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the agri-
cultural production industry of the United States, the Sec-
retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 
available to the agencies or corporations of the Department
such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only 
in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con-
tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, 
or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 
10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any 
unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emer-
gency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged 
with such transferred amounts: Provided further, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law 
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased 
buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
of the building. 
In fiscal year 2022, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 
goods, or services requested by States, other political sub-
divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 
governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 
structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is 
reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 
be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 
assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, $226,657,000, of which $7,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 
79: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 
115–334, of which $23,000,000 shall be for dairy business 
innovation initiatives established in Public Law 116–6 and 
the Secretary shall take measures to ensure an equal dis-
tribution of funds between these three regional innovation 
initiatives: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall
not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of 
the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to the 
development or maintenance of grain standards under the 
United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $61,786,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/ 
or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart-
ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise 
provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,817,000 
for formulation and administration of marketing agree-
ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961 
(Public Law 87–128). 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
require additional supervision and oversight, or other un-
controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Food Safety, $1,077,000: Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety 
mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in-
cluding not to exceed $10,000 for representation allowances 
and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,108,664,000; and in 
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 
fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as au-
thorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 
funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication 
Infrastructure system shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time 
equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 
2022 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and en-
forcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementa-
tion of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further 
clarified by the amendments made in section 12106 of Pub-
lic Law 113–79: Provided further, That this appropriation 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
of the building.
TITLE II 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM 
PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Farm Production and Conservation, $1,687,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 
agency in the Farm Production and Conservation mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 
one administrative support staff for the Office. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS 
CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 
Conservation Business Center, $238,177,000: Provided, 
That $60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the current 
fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm Secu-
rity and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) 
shall be transferred to and merged with this account.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
$1,173,070,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and antici-
pated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county offices and 
farm loan officers and shall be available until September 
30, 2023: Provided, That not more than 50 percent of the 
funding made available under this heading for information 
technology related to farm program delivery may be obli-
gated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives writ-
ten or electronic notification of receipt from such Commit-
tees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each 
project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and per-
formance capabilities to be delivered and the mission bene-
fits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost for the 
entirety of the project/investment, including estimates for 
development as well as maintenance and operations, and 
(c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each 
project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service 
Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being man-
aged in accordance with applicable lifecycle management 
policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable De-
partment’s capital planning and investment control re-
quirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government 
Accountability Office and approved by the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That the agency shall submit a report by the end of 
the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 to the Committees on 
Appropriations and the Government Accountability Office, 
that identifies for each project/investment that is oper-
ational (a) current performance against key indicators of 
customer satisfaction, (b) current performance of service 
level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current per-
formance against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a de-
tailed breakdown of current and planned spending on oper-
ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 
of whether the investment continues to meet business needs 
as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use the 
services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pay-
ments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro-
vided further, That other funds made available to the Agen-
cy for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged 
with this account: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to county committees shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That none of the funds available
to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm 
Service Agency county offices: Provided further, That none 
of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be 
used to permanently relocate county based employees that 
would result in an office with two or fewer employees with-
out prior notification and approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 
$7,000,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 
groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 
$6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 
products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 
in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-
scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 
12). 
GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND 
RANCHERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimburse-
ment payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers 
and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), $3,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 
and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency 
loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition 
loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), 
guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), re-
lending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and Indian highly 
fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) to be available 
from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as 
follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership 
loans and $2,800,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 
$2,118,482,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans
and $1,633,333,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 
loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
$20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; 
relending program, $61,425,000; Indian highly fractionated 
land loans, $5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication pro-
gram loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 
of boll weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: 
$40,017,000 for direct farm operating loans, $16,524,000 
for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating loans, $267,000 
for emergency loans, $5,000,000 for the relending program, 
and $407,000 for Indian highly fractionated land loans, to 
remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$314,772,000: Provided, That of this amount, $294,114,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, op-
erating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans 
may be transferred among these programs: Provided, That
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any trans-
fer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agen-
cy, $62,707,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading in this Act shall be avail-
able for compliance and integrity activities required under 
section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall be in addition to 
amounts otherwise provided for such purpose: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 1506(i). 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions 
of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga-
tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 
and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul-
tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant
materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis-
semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 
interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 
donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
2268a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 
of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
maintenance of aircraft, $904,396,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023, of which up to $19,611,000 shall 
be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 
account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), in accordance with ap-
plicable statutory and regulatory requirements: Provided, 
That any of the funds described in the table titled ‘‘Commu-
nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) that 
the Secretary determines will not be obligated during the 
fiscal year shall not be subject to the direction provided in 
such table: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construc-
tion and improvement of buildings and public improve-
ments at plant materials centers, except that the cost of al-
terations and improvements to other buildings and other 
public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided 
further, That when buildings or other structures are erected 
on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob-
tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 
That of the total amount available under this heading, 
$8,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses to carry out the 
Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program 
under section 222 of subtitle A of title II of the Department 
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), 
as amended by section 12302 of Public Law 115–334: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount available, 
$7,000,000 shall remain available until expended for nec-
essary expenses to carry out the Healthy Forests Reserve 
Program under the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 
(16 U.S.C. 6571–6578). 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga-
tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 
changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 
and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provisions of 
laws relating to the activities of the Department, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
up to $23,275,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spend-
ing’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), in accordance with applicable statutory and regu-
latory requirements: Provided, That for funds provided by 
this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding 
the size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding two hun-
dred and fifty thousand acres in which such activities can 
be undertaken shall only apply for activities undertaken for 
the primary purpose of flood prevention (including struc-
tural and land treatment measures): Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be allocated to projects and activities that 
can commence promptly following enactment; that address 
regional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 
management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wild-
life habitat, or watershed protection; or that address author-
ized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 13 of 
the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 
78–534) with a primary purpose of watershed protection 
by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing stream 
channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion and sedi-
ment transport: Provided further, That of the amounts
made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended for the authorities under 16 
U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 for authorized ongoing 
watershed projects with a primary purpose of providing 
water to rural communities. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $1,000,000 is pro-
vided. 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 
or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 
be necessary, to remain available until expended.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 
the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 
and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa-
tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor-
poration business. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for site 
investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 
maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 
section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6961).
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Rural Development, $1,580,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Rural 
Development mission area for salaries and expenses are 
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of Rural Development pro-
grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and 
for cooperative agreements; $300,285,000: Provided, That of 
the amount made available under this heading, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be for the StrikeForce activities of the De-
partment of Agriculture, and may be transferred to agencies 
of the Department for such purpose, consistent with the mis-
sions and authorities of such agencies: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be used for advertising
and promotional activities that support Rural Development 
programs: Provided further, That in addition to any other 
funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 
502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any 
amounts collected under such section, as amended by this 
Act, will immediately be credited to this account and will 
remain available until expended for such purposes. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural 
housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,250,000,000 shall be 
for direct loans and $30,000,000,000 shall be for unsub-
sidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 504 hous-
ing repair loans; $50,000,000 for section 515 rental hous-
ing; $250,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 
housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family 
housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self- 
help housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for 
section 524 site development loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section
502 loans, $23,250,000 shall be for direct loans; section 504 
housing repair loans, $484,000; section 523 self-help hous-
ing land development loans, $55,000; section 524 site devel-
opment loans, $206,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and 
new construction of section 515 rental housing, $4,470,000: 
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 provi-
sions of the Credit Reform 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 Hous-
ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living 
in a rural area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans 
provided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 di-
rect 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, 2022: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to 
nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to 
facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS)
multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit organiza-
tions and public housing authorities that commit to keep 
such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program 
for a period of time as determined by the Secretary, with 
such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the fol-
lowing: allow such nonprofit entities and public housing 
authorities to earn a Return on Investment 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 organizational costs associated with 
owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset Management 
Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $34,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a demonstration 
program for the preservation and revitalization of the sec-
tions 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing prop-
erties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing 
loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the 
purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to 
preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and 
affordable housing for low-income residents and farm labor-
ers including reducing or eliminating interest; deferring
loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing 
loan debt; and other financial assistance including ad-
vances, payments and incentives (including the ability of 
owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required 
by the Secretary: Provided, That the Secretary shall, as 
part of the preservation and revitalization agreement, ob-
tain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms 
of the restructuring: Provided further, That any balances, 
including obligated balances, available for all demonstra-
tion programs for the preservation and revitalization of sec-
tions 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing prop-
erties in the ‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Pro-
gram Account’’ shall be transferred to and merged with this 
account, and shall also be available for the preservation and 
revitalization of sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 
rental housing properties, including the restructuring of ex-
isting USDA multi-family housing loans: Provided further, 
That following the transfer of balances described in the pre-
ceding proviso, any adjustments to obligations for dem-
onstration programs for the preservation and revitalization 
of sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 
properties that would otherwise be incurred in the ‘‘Multi- 
Family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’ shall be 
made in this account from amounts transferred to this ac-
count under the preceding proviso.
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), $12,831,000, 
to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 
housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 
contracts: Provided, That any balances available for the 
Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to and 
merged with this account. 
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 households 
as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act 
of 1949, $1,450,000,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2023; and in addition such 
sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) 
of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 
1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec-
tion 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 upon request by an owner of a project financed by 
an existing loan under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the 
Secretary may renew the rental assistance agreement for 
a period of 20 years or until the term of such loan has 
expired, subject to annual appropriations: Provided further, 
That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 
one-year agreements may be transferred and used for pur-
poses of any debt reduction, maintenance, repair, or reha-
bilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental 
assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: Pro-
vided further, That rental assistance provided under agree-
ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2022 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 pe-
riod of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a waiting 
list of tenants seeking such assistance or the project has 
rental assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such 
assistance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental 
assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to an-
other farm labor multi-family housing project financed 
under section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That 
except as provided in the fourth 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 2022 for a 
project that the Secretary determines no longer needs rental 
assistance and use such recaptured funds for current needs. 
RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwith-
standing subsection (b) of such section, $45,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the funds 
made available under this heading shall be available for 
rural housing vouchers to any low-income household (in-
cluding those not receiving rental assistance) residing in 
a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 
prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 2005: 
Provided further, That the amount of such voucher shall be 
the difference between comparable market rent for the sec-
tion 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available for such vouchers 
shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to sec-
tion 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 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 activities funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That any obligated 
or unobligated balances for the rural housing voucher pro-
gram in the ‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Pro-
gram Account’’ shall be transferred to and merged with this 
account and available for the rural housing voucher pro-
gram. 
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, 
$48,000,000, 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 direct loans 
and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 
grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for 
rural community facilities programs as authorized by sec-
tion 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $239,449,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which up to 
$183,448,714 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act) in accordance 
with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements ex-
cept for 7 CFR §3570.61(c): Provided, That $6,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
able for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Pro-
vided further, 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 
Native 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 private, non-
profit and public intermediary organizations proposing to 
carry out a program of financial and technical assistance: 
Provided further, That such intermediary organizations 
shall provide matching funds from other sources, including 
Federal funds for related activities, in an amount not less 
than funds provided: Provided further, That any unobli-
gated balances from prior year appropriations under this 
heading for the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 
grants, including amounts deobligated or cancelled, may be 
made available to cover the subsidy costs for direct loans 
and or loan guarantees under this heading in this fiscal 
year: Provided further, That no amounts may be made 
available pursuant to the preceding proviso from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
able for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as 
authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, 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 section 
310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of 
section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, $73,125,000, 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 $9,000,000 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 Appalachian Regional Com-
mission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any Rural Commu-
nity 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 ad-
ministrative 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 quali-
fied national organization to provide technical assistance
for rural transportation in order to promote economic de-
velopment: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for the 
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program (7 
U.S.C. 2008w): Provided further, That sections 381E–H 
and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment 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 authorized 
by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 
U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,524,000, as authorized 
by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 
U.S.C. 1936b), of which $167,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2022, for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes; and of which $305,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2022, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 
determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro-
vided, 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 authorized 
under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for 
the purpose of promoting rural economic development 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), $27,600,000, of which 
$2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants for 
cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or 
groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 
groups and a majority of the boards of directors or gov-
erning boards of which are comprised of individuals who 
are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which 
$16,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
for value-added agricultural product market development 
grants, as authorized by section 210A of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946, of which $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for Agriculture Innova-
tion Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 of Public 
Law 107–171. 
RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans as authorized by section 379E of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (U.S.C. 2008s), 
$150,000,000. 
For the cost of grants, $6,500,000 under the same 
terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
2008s). 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 
grants, 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), $12,920,000: Provided, That 
the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974.
HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE 
For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with 
section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of 
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), 
as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, 
for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects 
that provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, 
to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low- 
income communities, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs of loans, including the 
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 gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 
described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, as follows: $1,400,000,000 for 
direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 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, $653,307,000, 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 
$5,000,000 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 Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act in addition to funding authorized by section 
306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That $70,000,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 
loans and grants including water and waste disposal sys-
tems grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and sec-
tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, and Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That funding provided for section 306D of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided 
to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public 
Law 105–83: Provided further, That not more than 2 per-
cent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by
the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 
programs and 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 a consortium formed pur-
suant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and 
technical assistance programs: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $37,500,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading 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 deter-
mination of extreme need, of which $8,500,000 shall be 
made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi- 
State regional technical assistance organization, with expe-
rience in working 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, devel-
opment, operation, and management of water and waste 
water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall 
be for a qualified national Native American organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for 
tribal communities: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$20,762,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza-
tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be for solid waste management grants: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be transferred to, and 
merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 
Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 
19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 
Provided further, That any prior year balances for high- 
energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High 
Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sec-
tions 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 4, 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, and 
940g) shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant to sec-
tions 4(c), 305(d)(2), 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c) 
and 4(c)(2), of that Act, rural direct electric loans,
$6,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to 
section 313A of that Act, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural tele-
communications loans, cost of money rural telecommuni-
cations loans, and for loans made pursuant 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, acquisition, design and engineering or im-
provement of fossil-fueled electric generating plants (wheth-
er new or existing) that utilize carbon subsurface utilization 
and storage systems. 
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 
of money rural telecommunications loans, $2,070,000. 
In addition, $11,500,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, 
That the energy efficiency measures supported by the fund-
ing in this paragraph shall contribute in a demonstrable 
way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 
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’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
seq., $62,510,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which up to $2,510,000 shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act), in accordance with applicable statutory and 
regulatory requirements: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be 
made available for grants authorized by section 379G of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided 
further, That funding provided under this heading for 
grants under section 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 sec-
tions 601 and 602 of the Rural Electrification Act, 
$2,272,000, 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. 
For the broadband loan and grant pilot program es-
tablished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
901 et seq.), $436,605,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which up to $36,604,792 shall be for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts, specified for this account in the 
table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act), in accordance with applicable statutory and 
regulatory requirements: Provided, That the Secretary may 
award grants described in section 601(a) of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for 
the purposes of carrying out such pilot program: Provided 
further, That the cost of direct loans shall be defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That at least 90 percent of the households to be 
served by a project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot 
program shall be in a rural area without sufficient access 
to broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such 
pilot program, a rural area without sufficient access to 
broadband shall be defined as twenty-five megabytes per sec-
ond downstream and three megabytes per second upstream: 
Provided further, That to the extent possible, projects receiv-
ing funds provided under the pilot program must build out 
service to at least one hundred megabytes per second down-
stream, and twenty megabytes per second upstream: Pro-
vided further, That an entity to which a loan or grant is 
made under the pilot program shall not use the loan or 
grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a serv-
ice area by any entity that has received a broadband loan 
from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not 
provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum 
service threshold: Provided further, That not more than four 
percent of the funds made available in this paragraph can 
be used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot pro-
gram and up to three percent of funds made available in 
this paragraph may be available for technical assistance 
and pre-development planning activities to support the 
most rural communities: Provided further, That the Rural 
Utilities Service is directed to expedite program delivery 
methods that would implement this paragraph: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assess-
ment requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural 
Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc).
In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3.
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 Sec-
retary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 
$1,327,000: 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; 
$26,883,922,000 to remain available through September 30, 
2023, of which such sums as are made available under sec-
tion 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 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, $15,607,000 shall be available to carry out stud-
ies and evaluations and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That of the total amount avail-
able, $12,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 
carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. 
Russell 
National 
School 
Lunch 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount provided to a farm 
to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2022 shall not exceed 
$500,000: Provided further, That of the total amount avail-
able, $30,000,000 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 estab-
lishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast 
program: Provided further, That of the total amount avail-
able, $45,000,000 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 
of the total amount available, $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended to carry out activities authorized
under subsections (a)(2) and (e)(2) of section 21 of the Rich-
ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769b–1(a)(2) and (e)(2)): Provided further, That of the 
total amount available, $6,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2023 to carry out section 23 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1793), of which 
$2,000,000 shall be for grants under such section to the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, and American Samoa: Provided further, That 
section 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 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘2010 through 2023’’: 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 in the first sentence 
by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 
year 2022’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘For fiscal year 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 
2022’’.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental 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, 
2023: 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: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided in this account shall 
be available for the purchase of infant formula except in 
accordance with the cost containment and competitive bid-
ding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided shall be 
available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by 
other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 
authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 
upon termination of a federally mandated vendor morato-
rium and subject to terms and conditions established by the 
Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 
CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency.
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nu-
trition 
Act 
of 
2008 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2011 
et 
seq.), 
$140,440,868,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2024, shall be placed in 
reserve 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 nutri-
tion education services to State agencies and Federally Rec-
ognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Pro-
gram on Indian Reservations: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $3,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023, shall be used to 
carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relating 
to demonstration projects for tribal organizations: 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, 2023: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading for sec-
tion 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2023: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be obligated 
or expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immi-
gration 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 activities related to pro-
gram integrity provided that such activities are authorized 
by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 
and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au-
thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency 
Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nu-
clear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of 
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition 
Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966, $440,070,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023: Provided, That none of these funds 
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2022 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, 2023: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under section 27(a) of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), 
the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for costs associated 
with the distribution of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 
assistance program, $170,133,000: Provided, That of the 
funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the pur-
poses 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 Sec-
retary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 
$908,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 
to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Af-
fairs mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 
Alimentarius, $4,841,000, 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 representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act 
approved 
August 
3, 
1956 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1766), 
$228,644,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023, for overseas operations 
to include the payment of locally employed staff: Provided, 
That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reim-
burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 
institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the ag-
ricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 
1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 
States Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available for middle-income country 
training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug
International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow-
ship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offset-
ting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, 
subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice, shall remain available until expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public 
Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connection with 
dispositions 
abroad 
under 
title 
II 
of 
said 
Act, 
$1,740,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $237,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 
Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa-
cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro-
vided herein: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, not more than 10 percent, but 
not less than $23,700,000, shall remain available until ex-
pended to purchase agricultural 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, $6,063,000, to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant 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 appro-
priated 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 activities, author-
ized 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; $6,095,882,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $1,200,129,000 shall be de-
rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and re-
main available until expended; $243,473,000 shall be de-
rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $539,656,000 shall be derived 
from human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $40,040,000 shall be derived from 
biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended; $31,641,000 shall be de-
rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j–12, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $24,798,000 shall be derived from 
generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived 
from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 
heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 
medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, bio-
similar biological product user fees, animal drug user fees, 
and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the re-
spective fiscal year 2022 limitations are appropriated and
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescrip-
tion drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar 
biological product, animal drug, and generic new animal 
drug assessments for fiscal year 2022, including any such 
fees collected prior to fiscal year 2022 but credited for fiscal 
year 2022, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2022 limita-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept pay-
ment during fiscal year 2022 of user fees specified under 
this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2023, prior to 
the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees 
assessed for fiscal year 2023 for which the Secretary accepts 
payment in fiscal year 2022 shall not be included in 
amounts under this heading: Provided further, That none 
of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate 
any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated: 
(1) $1,133,176,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 
$15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood 
manufacturers and field examinations of imported seafood; 
(2) $2,115,017,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua-
tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $8,500,000 shall
be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspections 
and 
shall 
remain 
available 
until 
expended; 
(3) 
$456,882,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $254,255,000 shall be for the 
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activi-
ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $628,639,000 
shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health 
and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (6) $70,348,000 shall be for the National Center for 
Toxicological Research; (7) $679,944,000 shall be for the 
Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $192,691,000 shall 
be for Rent and Related activities, of which $53,832,000 
is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 
paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) 
$235,691,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
Administration for rent; and (10) $329,239,000 shall be for 
other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner 
of Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and Response, 
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 representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided
further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to, and for 
the administration of, 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 and shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided 
further, That of the amounts that are made available under 
this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not derived 
from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for 
oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and 
Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds oth-
erwise made available for oversight of the Food and Drug 
Administration: 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 rein-
spection fees, and voluntary qualified importer program 
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 author-
ized 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), medical countermeasure priority review 
voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, and 
fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this account, 
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 Adminis-
tration, where not otherwise provided, $12,788,000, to re-
main 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 purposes 
under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, $50,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, 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 transferred under sec-
tion 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 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 trans-
ferred pursuant to the previous 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 addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 
rental of space (to include multiple year leases), in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $320,000,000, including 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses 
for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission 
with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of 
which not less than $20,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2023, and of which not less than 
$4,017,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General: Provided, That notwithstanding the 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 further, That for the pur-
pose of recording and liquidating any lease obligations that 
should have been recorded and liquidated 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 adjust-
ments for and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 
In addition, for move, replication, and related costs 
associated with replacement leases for the Commission’s fa-
cilities, not to exceed $62,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $84,200,000 (from assessments collected 
from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agri-
cultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during 
the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as au-
thorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limita-
tion shall not apply to expenses associated with receiver-
ships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed this
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of 
the 
Farm 
Credit 
Act 
of 
1971 
(12 
U.S.C. 
2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may ex-
empt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the application 
of the limitation provided in that clause of export loans 
described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a manner 
other than described in subclause (II) of the clause.
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 2022 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 vehi-
cles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper-
ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 
public safety: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 
increase the Department of Agriculture’s fleet above the 
2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, and re-
ceives approval from, the Committees 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 unobligated 
balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act 
or any other available unobligated discretionary balances 
that are remaining available of the Department of Agri-
culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 
property, plant and equipment and for the improvement,
delivery, and implementation of Department financial, and 
administrative information technology services, and other 
support systems necessary for the delivery of financial, ad-
ministrative, and information technology services, includ-
ing cloud adoption and migration, of primary benefit to 
the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such trans-
ferred funds to remain 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 further, 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 notifi-
cation to and prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 
716 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act or made available to the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, implement,
or make any changes to remove or relocate any systems, 
missions, personnel, or functions of the offices of the Chief 
Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer, co-lo-
cated with or from the National Finance Center prior to 
written notification to and prior approval of the Committee 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in ac-
cordance with the requirements of section 716 of this Act: 
Provided further, That the National Finance Center Infor-
mation Technology Services Division personnel and data 
center management responsibilities, and control of any 
functions, missions, and systems for current and future 
human resources management and integrated personnel and 
payroll systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief 
Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall 
remain in the National Finance Center and under the man-
agement responsibility and administrative control of the 
National Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 
Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart-
ments and other government agencies National Finance 
Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, 
financial management, and human capital shared services 
and allow the National Finance Center to perform tech-
nology 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 Center and budgeted for the National Finance Cen-
ter, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for 
the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, includ-
ing equipment for the improvement, delivery, and imple-
mentation of financial, administrative, and information 
technology services, and other systems of the National Fi-
nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 
of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 
none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga-
tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of the 
obligation 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 evacuate 
employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven 
to continue operations of the National Finance Center. 
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 arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations 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 De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 
without written notification to and the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 11319 
of title 40, United States Code, none of the funds available 
to the Department of Agriculture for information technology 
shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other agreements 
over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the 
Chief Information 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 meas-
ured 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 Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid 
or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit util-
ity that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 
such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 
under such Act. 
SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances 
from appropriations made available for salaries and ex-
penses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain 
available through September 30, 2023, for information tech-
nology 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, 2023, for informa-
tion technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel 
by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in con-
travention 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 au-
thorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and 
related administrative expenses, including technical 
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 ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 
section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of the 
Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section re-
ferred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,391,211,000 (exclu-
sive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), 
as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commod-
ities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; 
Removal of Defective Commodities—$2,500,000; Adminis-
tration of section 32 Commodity Purchases—$36,810,000: 
Provided, That, of the total funds made available in the 
matter preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on
October 1, 2022, such unobligated balances shall carryover 
into fiscal year 2023 and shall remain available until ex-
pended for any of the purposes 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 both Houses of Congress at least two 
weeks in advance: Provided further, That, with the excep-
tion 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 available 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 expenses 
of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan-
guage as part of the President’s budget submission to the 
Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appro-
priations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen-
cies 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 spend-
ing reductions should occur in the event the user fees pro-
posals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 
of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2023 appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure through a reprogram-
ming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized 
by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of 
Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by sec-
tion 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; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies 
in writing and receives 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 authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 
projects through a reprogramming or 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, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies 
in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 
in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds 
or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ-
ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
any program or activity not carried out during the pre-
vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 
by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for—
(1) modifying major capital investments funding 
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 agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 
these purposes. 
(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 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. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any 
guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that 
does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal por-
tion of the loan. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
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 reports, ques-
tions, or responses to questions that are a result of informa-
tion requested for the appropriations hearing process to any 
non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health 
and Human Services, non-Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 
SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 
executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news 
story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United 
States unless the story includes a clear notification within 
the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 
prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that ex-
ecutive branch agency. 
SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 
funded by this Act or any other Act to any other agency
or office of the Department for more than 60 days in a 
fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency or of-
fice is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 
for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period 
of assignment. 
SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com-
missioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the Chair-
man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and 
the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, project, 
and activity for all the funds made available under this 
Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
SEC. 722. 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), $621,672,000 are hereby rescinded: Pro-
vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
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SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 
or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro-
grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 
populations. 
SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior to 
the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary 
notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance. 
SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) shall 
be available for obligation without written notification to, 
and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 
or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation 
only for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, 
including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and 
implementation of Departmental financial management, 
information technology, and other support systems nec-
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essary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and in-
formation technology services, including cloud adoption and 
migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 
(81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture 
amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as defined in 
section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, 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 number 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 De-
cember 15, 2016: Provided, That until the Secretary pro-
mulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall 
apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties and 
breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-
gram retailers that were in effect on the day before the date
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of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–79). 
SEC. 727. 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 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 eli-
gible lenders for such loans. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be available for the United 
States Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize or im-
plement any regulation that would promulgate new user 
fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 729. 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 hazard 
analysis and risk-based preventive control requirements 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 production, distribu-
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tion, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain byproducts of the 
alcoholic beverage production process. 
SEC. 730. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility 
shall be transferred this or any fiscal year hereafter without 
reimbursement from the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 731. (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; 
(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).
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(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under its inter-
national trade agreements. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm 
Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 
343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 
expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 3 
of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal 
of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell Random Source 
dogs and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, 
or testing. 
SEC. 734. (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.
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(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, reinforced 
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— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 
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 produced 
in the United States will increase the cost of the over-
all 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 designee 
shall make available to the public on an informal basis a 
copy of the request and information available to the Sec-
retary 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.
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The Secretary or the designee shall make the request and 
accompanying information available by electronic means, 
including on the official public Internet Web site of the De-
partment. 
(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-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the require-
ments 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 recognized In-
dian Tribe. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence
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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. 736. Of the total amounts made available by this 
Act for direct loans and grants under the following head-
ings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance 
Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mu-
tual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 
Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Hous-
ing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Ac-
count’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Busi-
ness Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Serv-
ice—Rural Economic Development Loans Program Ac-
count’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Coop-
erative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative 
Service—Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program’’; 
‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Elec-
trification and Telecommunications Loans Program Ac-
count’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, 
Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, to the maximum 
extent feasible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allo-
cated for assistance in persistent poverty counties under 
this section, including, notwithstanding any other provision
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regarding population limits, any county seat of such a per-
sistent poverty county that has a population that does not 
exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 per-
cent: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ 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 average, or any territory or possession of the 
United States: Provided further, That with respect to spe-
cific activities for which program levels have been made 
available by this Act that are not supported by budget au-
thority, the requirements of this section shall be applied to 
such program level. 
SEC. 737. 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 investiga-
tional 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 in-
clude a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission 
shall be deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, 
and the exemption may not go into effect.
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SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule pro-
mulgated by the Food and Drug Administration entitled 
‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and 
Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and pub-
lished on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation 
of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, 
hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023, for a pilot pro-
gram for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs 
and services to establish and enhance farming and ranching 
opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 740. For school years 2021–2022 and 2022–2023, 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce the matter following the first 
comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of section 
220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, 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. 741. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used—
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(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 
of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 
sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 
grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or Subtitle G of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or outside 
the State in which the hemp is grown or cultivated. 
SEC. 742. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for grants under section 
12502 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to 
carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 744. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the 
matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of the Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 
SEC. 745. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for a pilot program for 
the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit orga-
nizations and public housing authorities to provide tech-
nical assistance, including financial and legal services, to 
RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the ac-
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quisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas 
where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable 
housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public 
housing authorities as authorized by law that commit to 
keep such properties in the RHS multi-family housing pro-
gram for a period of time as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 746. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 
carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334, including 
for project locations in additional regions and timely com-
pletion of required reporting to Congress. 
SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000 to 
carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 748. In response to an eligible community where 
the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural 
disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including drought 
or severe weather, the Secretary may provide potable water 
through the Emergency Community Water Assistance 
Grant Program for an additional period of time not to ex-
ceed 120 days beyond the established period provided under 
the Program in order to protect public health. 
SEC. 749. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
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
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received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 750. In this fiscal year, and notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, ARS facilities as described in the 
‘‘Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Concerning Labora-
tory Animal Welfare’’ (16–6100–0103–MU Revision 16–1) 
shall be inspected by APHIS for compliance with the Ani-
mal Welfare Act and its regulations and standards. 
SEC. 751. 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 Re-
public 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 Pro-
gram 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. 752. For school year 2022–2023, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit
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school food service account as of December 31, 2021, shall 
be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accord-
ance with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 
SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for the Secretary of Agri-
culture to carry out a pilot program that assists rural hos-
pitals to improve long-term operations and financial health 
by providing technical assistance through analysis of cur-
rent hospital management practices. 
SEC. 754. 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 assessment re-
search: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such 
funds among appropriations of the Department of Agri-
culture for purposes of making such grants. 
SEC. 755. Section 313(b) of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)), shall be applied 
for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter until 
the specified funding has been expended as if the following 
were inserted after the final period in subsection (b)(2): ‘‘In 
addition, the Secretary shall use $425,000,000 of funds 
available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2019 for an addi-
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tional amount for the same purpose and under the same 
terms and conditions as funds appropriated by section 779 
of Public Law 115–141, shall use $255,000,000 of funds 
available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2020 for an addi-
tional amount for the same purpose and under the same 
terms and conditions as funds appropriated by section 779 
of Public Law 115–141, shall use $104,000,000 of funds 
available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2021 for an addi-
tional amount for the same purpose and under the same 
terms and conditions as funds appropriated by section 779 
of Public Law 115–141, and shall use $50,000,000 of funds 
available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2022 for an addi-
tional 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 any use of such 
funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 716 of this Act: Provided further, That section 
775(b) of division A of Public Law 116–260 shall no longer 
apply. 
SEC. 756. 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.
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SEC. 757. For an additional amount for ‘‘National In-
stitute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Education 
Activities’’, $1,000,000, to develop a public-private coopera-
tive framework based on open data standards for neutral 
data repository solutions to preserve and share the big data 
generated by technological advancements in the agriculture 
industry and for the preservation and curation of data in 
collaboration with land-grant universities. 
SEC. 758. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no funds available to the Department of Agriculture may 
be used to move any staff office or any agency from the 
mission area in which it was located on August 1, 2018, 
to any other mission area or office within the Department 
in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation affirm-
ing such move. 
SEC. 759. The Secretary, acting through the Chief of 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use funds 
appropriated under this Act or any other Act for the Water-
shed and Flood Prevention Operations Program and the 
Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Pro-
tection Program carried out pursuant to section 403 of the 
Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to provide 
technical services for such programs pursuant to section
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1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section. 
SEC. 760. In administering the pilot program estab-
lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining enti-
ties eligible to receive assistance, consider those communities 
which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, That not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 
the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and 
Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot program 
established by section 779 of Public Law 115–141 may be 
used for this purpose. 
SEC. 761. There is hereby appropriated $24,525,000 
for the Goodfellow Federal facility, to remain available 
until expended, of which $12,000,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Office of the 
Chief Information Officer’’, and of which $12,525,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Food Safety and Inspection Service’’. 
SEC. 762. 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 Fed-
eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
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(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. 763. For an additional amount for ‘‘National In-
stitute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Education 
Activities’’, $300,000, for the Under Secretary for Research, 
Education, and Economics to convene a blue-ribbon panel 
for the purpose of evaluating the overall structure of re-
search and education through the public and land-grant 
universities, including 1890 Institutions, to define a new 
architecture that can better integrate, coordinate, and assess 
economic impact of the collective work of these institutions. 
SEC. 764. For an additional amount for ‘‘National In-
stitute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Education 
Activities’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, for a competitive grant to an institution 
in the land-grant university system to establish a Farm of 
the Future testbed and demonstration site. 
SEC. 765. Section 788(b) of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) is amended 
to read as follows:
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‘‘(b) hereafter, make publicly available via searchable 
database, in their entirety without redactions except signa-
tures, the following records: 
‘‘(1) all final Animal Welfare Act inspection re-
ports, including all reports documenting all Animal 
Welfare Act violations and non-compliances observed 
by USDA officials and all animal inventories for the 
current year and the preceding three years; 
‘‘(2) all final Animal Welfare Act and Horse 
Protection Act enforcement records for the current 
year and the preceding three years; 
‘‘(3) all reports or other materials documenting 
any violations and non-compliances observed by 
USDA officials for the current year and the preceding 
three years; and 
‘‘(4) within six months of receipt by the agency, 
all final Animal Welfare Act research facility annual 
reports, including their attachments with appropriate 
redactions made for confidential business information 
that USDA could withhold under FOIA Exemption 
4.’’. 
SEC. 766. 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
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care professional, in the case of a drug or biological product 
subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to 
such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) 
unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or re-
quire such distribution. 
SEC. 767. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to establish a National 
Farm to School Institute to provide technical and practical 
assistance to Farm to School programs across the country 
and shall be located at Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, VT. 
SEC. 768. 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 September 
30, 2022, and following the review required under Executive 
Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), issue advice revising the advice pro-
vided 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 recog-
nized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net ef-
fects of seafood consumption.
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SEC. 769. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 
of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to implement non-renewable 
agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural 
lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water 
Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 
SEC. 770. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 
2022, an amount of funds made available in title III under 
the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 
Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural 
Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities 
Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural 
Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural 
Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the 
amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds 
provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal year 
any such funds were obligated under such headings for 
REAP Zones. 
SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to carry out section 2103 
of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
prioritize the wetland compliance needs of areas with sig-
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nificant numbers of individual wetlands, wetland acres, 
and conservation compliance requests. 
SEC. 772. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the acceptable market name of any engineered animal ap-
proved prior to the effective date of the National Bioengi-
neered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 2019) shall 
include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ prior to the ex-
isting acceptable market name. 
SEC. 773. Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 
SEC. 774. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to 
carry out the duties of the working group established under 
section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 89). 
SEC. 775. (a) There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a pilot program for 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to provide 
grants to State departments of agriculture and forestry 
commissions in states identified in the final environmental 
assessment published in the Federal Register on September 
23, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 59735), to combat and treat 
cogongrass through established cogongrass control programs.
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(b) Not to exceed 2 percent of the funds provided under 
this section shall be available for necessary costs of grant 
administration. 
SEC. 776. Section 764(d)(3)(B) of division N of Public 
Law 116–260 is amended by inserting ‘‘and fiscal year 
2022’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’ and before the final period. 
SEC. 777. Section 6402(f) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b(f)) is amend-
ed in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 210A(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 210A(d)(5)(D)’’. 
SEC. 778. For an additional amount for the Office of 
the Secretary, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to establish an Institute for Rural Partnerships: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall establish a grant pro-
gram and distribute the funds to three geographically di-
verse established land-grant universities: Provided further, 
That the Institute for Rural Partnerships shall dedicate re-
sources to researching the causes and conditions of chal-
lenges facing rural areas, and develop community partner-
ships to address such challenges: Provided further, That ad-
ministrative or other fees shall not exceed one percent: Pro-
vided further, That such partnership shall coordinate and 
publish an annual report. 
SEC. 779. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023, for a Cattle
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Contracts Library pilot program that the Agricultural Mar-
keting Service shall develop and maintain within the Live-
stock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division. This pro-
gram shall be similar, as determined by the Secretary, to 
the swine contract library the U.S. Department of Agri-
culture currently maintains pursuant to section 222 of the 
Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 198a). The promul-
gation of the regulations and administration of this section 
shall be made without regard to: (1) the notice and comment 
provisions of section 553 of title 5; and (2) chapter 35 of 
title 44 (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 
Act’’). 
SEC. 780. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for costs associated with 
the establishment of an Institute of Rural Partnership, lo-
cated at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. 
SEC. 781. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 
regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and holi-
day pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge es-
tablishments subject to the inspection requirements of the 
Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq., the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq, and the 
Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., for 
the cost of inspection services provided outside of an estab-
lishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for inspection
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services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, That any 
sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed 
as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 1001(d) of 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 
2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums received by 
the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in addition to 
other available funds, remain available until expended to 
the Secretary without further appropriation for the purpose 
of funding all costs associated with FSIS inspections. 
SEC. 782. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Pro-
gram Account’’, $90,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 783. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ‘‘Agri-
culture Buildings and Facilities’’, $73,400,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
SEC. 784. (a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building lo-
cated at 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, California, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Sam Farr United States 
Crop Improvement and Protection Research Center’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu-
lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Federal building referred to in subsection (a)
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shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Sam Farr United 
States Crop Improvement and Protection Research Center’’. 
SEC. 785. For necessary expenses for salary and re-
lated costs associated with Agriculture Quarantine and In-
spection Services activities pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 136a(6), 
and in addition to any other funds made available for this 
purpose, there is appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $250,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023, to offset the loss 
resulting from the coronavirus pandemic of quarantine and 
inspection fees collected pursuant to sections 2508 and 2509 
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
1990 (21 U.S.C. 136, 136a): Provided, That amounts made 
available in this section shall be treated as funds collected 
by fees authorized under sections 2508 and 2509 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (21 
U.S.C. 136, 136a) for purposes of section 421(f) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231(f)). 
SEC. 786. The matter under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Agriculture—Rural Development Programs—Rural 
Utilities Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and 
Broadband’’ in title I of division J of Public Law 117– 
58 is amended— 
(1) in the eighth proviso, by striking ‘‘electric co-
operatives’’ and inserting ‘‘pole owners’’ and;
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(2) in the ninth proviso, by inserting a comma 
after ‘‘Corporations’’. 
Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to 
this section that were previously designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of 
S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for fiscal year 2022. 
SEC. 787. The Secretary shall use funds made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Special Supplemental Nutrition 
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)’’ to in-
crease the amount of a cash-value voucher for women and 
children participants to an amount recommended by the 
National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine 
and adjusted for inflation. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022’’.
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DIVISION 
B—COMMERCE, 
JUSTICE, 
SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
to carry out activities associated with facilitating, attract-
ing, and retaining business investment in the United 
States, and for engaging in trade promotional activities 
abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative agree-
ments for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 
firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, 
United States Code; full medical coverage for dependent 
members of immediate families of employees stationed over-
seas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and 
transportation of employees of the International Trade Ad-
ministration between two points abroad, without regard to 
section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; employment 
of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for 
services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 
10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve-
ment; purchase or construction of temporary demountable
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exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, 
in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise 
in foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official rep-
resentation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per 
vehicle; not to exceed $325,000 for purchase of armored ve-
hicles without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tions; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and 
rental of tie lines, $570,000,000, of which $80,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That 
$11,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 
used by the International Trade Administration, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That, of amounts provided under this head-
ing, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China anti-
dumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compli-
ance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the 
first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of 
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 
out these activities; and that for the purpose of this Act, 
contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include
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payment for assessments for services provided as part of 
these activities. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
including costs associated with the performance of export 
administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of im-
mediate families of employees stationed overseas; employ-
ment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract 
for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 
authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 
28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign 
countries; not to exceed $13,500 for official representation 
expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers 
under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B 
of title XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public Law 115–232; 
132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as authorized 
by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 
22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use 
with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase with-
out regard to any price limitation otherwise established by
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law, $141,000,000, of which $52,410,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the provisions of 
the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car-
rying out these activities: Provided further, That payments 
and contributions collected and accepted for materials or 
services provided as part of such activities may be retained 
for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for pro-
viding information to the public with respect to the export 
administration and national security activities of the De-
partment of Commerce and other export control programs 
of the United States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as pro-
vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for grants au-
thorized by sections 27 and 28 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722 and 
3723), as amended, $330,000,000 to remain available until 
expended, of which $45,000,000 shall be for grants under 
such section 27 and $2,000,000 shall be for grants under 
such section 28: Provided, That any deviation from the 
amounts designated for specific activities in the explana-
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tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 
in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth 
in section 505 of this Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
$43,500,000: Provided, That funds provided under this 
heading may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant 
to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976; title 
II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 and 28 of the Ste-
venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3722 and 3723), as amended; and the Community 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce 
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
enterprises, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 
other agreements with public or private organizations, 
$55,000,000, of which not more than $18,000,000 shall be 
available for overhead expenses, including salaries and ex-
penses, rent, utilities, and information technology services.
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ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $116,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by 
law, $300,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts provided 
herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and 
marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 
censuses and programs provided for by law, $1,054,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Provided 
further, That within the amounts appropriated, $3,556,000 
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ ac-
count for activities associated with carrying out investiga-
tions and audits related to the Bureau of the Census.
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NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA), $50,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge 
Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage-
ment, analysis, operations, and related services, and such 
fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 
costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collec-
tions all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele-
communications research, engineering, and related activi-
ties by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of 
NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this 
paragraph, and such funds received from other Government 
agencies shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries 
and unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated
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are available for the administration of all open grants until 
their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including 
defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
USPTO, $4,058,410,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections 
of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO 
under any law are received during fiscal year 2022, so as 
to result in a fiscal year 2022 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2022, should the total amount of such offsetting 
collections be less than $4,058,410,000, this amount shall 
be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount 
received in excess of $4,058,410,000 in fiscal year 2022 and 
deposited in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the Director of USPTO shall submit a spending plan 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for any amounts made available
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by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be 
treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that sec-
tion: Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed 
in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be trans-
ferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That 
the budget of the President submitted for fiscal year 2023 
under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 
include within amounts provided under this heading for 
necessary expenses of the USPTO any increases that are 
expected to result from an increase promulgated through 
rule or regulation in offsetting collections of fees and sur-
charges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law 
in either fiscal year 2022 or fiscal year 2023: Provided fur-
ther, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 
$13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2022 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That in fiscal year 2022 from the amounts made 
available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the 
amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the per-
centage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and em-
ployees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section
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8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Personnel 
Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, 
of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that 
title, and (2) the present value of the otherwise unfunded 
accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO’s specific 
use of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement 
health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees who are 
enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) 
and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), 
shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
ability Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the Employees FEHB 
Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the author-
ized purposes of those accounts: Provided further, That any 
differences between the present value factors published in 
OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit letters and the factors that 
OPM provides for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized 
as an imputed cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where 
applicable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and 
collected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursu-
ant to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as 
amended by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents 
Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within 
the amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred 
to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities
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associated with carrying out investigations and audits re-
lated to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), $850,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this heading, $37,598,000 shall be used for the projects, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table immediately following 
the paragraph ‘‘NIST External Projects’’ in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts made available for the projects ref-
erenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for 
any other purpose: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That NIST may provide local 
transportation for summer undergraduate research fellow-
ship program participants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology serv-
ices, $174,500,000, to remain available until expended, of
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which $158,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership, and of which $16,500,000 shall be 
for the Manufacturing USA Program. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278c–278e), $205,563,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this heading, $125,563,000 shall be used for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table imme-
diately following the paragraph ‘‘NIST Extramural Con-
struction’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That up to one percent of amounts 
made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 
proviso may be used for the administrative costs of such 
projects: Provided further, That the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology shall submit a 
spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts 
made available by the preceding proviso and such spending
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plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Commerce shall include in the budget justification mate-
rials for fiscal year 2023 that the Secretary submits to Con-
gress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 
submitted with the budget of the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each 
National Institute of Standards and Technology construc-
tion project having a total multi-year program cost of more 
than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget justifica-
tion materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subse-
quent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries management, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants, con-
tracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative
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agreements; and relocation of facilities, $4,157,311,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That 
fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service 
for the management of national marine sanctuaries may 
be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided further, That in addition, 
$243,532,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund en-
titled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-
search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall only 
be used for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Ken-
nedy Grant Program; Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, 
and Assessments; Observers and Training; Fisheries Man-
agement Programs and Services; and Interjurisdictional 
Fisheries Grants: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$67,867,000 shall be for payment to the ‘‘Department of 
Commerce Working Capital Fund’’: Provided further, That 
of the $4,423,843,000 provided for in direct obligations 
under this heading, $4,157,311,000 is appropriated from 
the general fund, $243,532,000 is provided by transfer, and 
$23,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obliga-
tions: Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this heading, $84,354,000 shall be used for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table imme-
diately following the paragraph ‘‘NOAA Community
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Project Funding/NOAA Special Projects’’ in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts made available for the projects ref-
erenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for 
any other purpose: Provided further, That any deviation 
from the amounts designated for specific activities in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any use 
of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 
in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth 
in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That, of the 
amounts appropriated under this heading, $750,000 shall 
be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account 
for activities associated with carrying out investigations 
and audits related to National Weather Service operations: 
Provided further, That in addition, for necessary retired 
pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Pro-
tection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for 
the medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 
under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), 
such sums as may be necessary.
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PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap-
ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$1,672,689,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, except that funds provided for acquisition and con-
struction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of facili-
ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the $1,685,689,000 provided for in direct obligations 
under this heading, $1,672,689,000 is appropriated from 
the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recov-
eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 
deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or 
any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this 
heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justifica-
tion materials for fiscal year 2023 that the Secretary sub-
mits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce 
budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate 
for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 
total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budg-
et justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subse-
quent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within the 
amounts appropriated, $3,000,000 shall be transferred to 
the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities asso-
ciated with carrying out investigations and audits related 
to satellite and vessel procurement, acquisition and con-
struction. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration 
of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the 
funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce may 
issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, 
Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the federally recog-
nized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (in-
cluding Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of 
salmon and steelhead populations that are listed as threat-
ened or endangered, or that are identified by a State as 
at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations nec-
essary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing rights or native 
subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal 
salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be de-
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veloped by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and 
other merit principles and shall not be available for mar-
keting activities: Provided further, That funds disbursed to 
States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds 
or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent 
of the Federal funds. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 
Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2022, obligations of direct loans 
may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota 
loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for traditional direct 
loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the management of the De-
partment of Commerce provided for by law, including not 
to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representation, 
$80,000,000: Provided, That no employee of the Department 
of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from a bureau
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or office funded by this Act or any other Act to offices with-
in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Com-
merce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year unless the 
individual’s employing bureau or office is fully reimbursed 
for the salary and expenses of the employee for the entire 
period of assignment using funds provided under this head-
ing: Provided further, That amounts made available to the 
Department of Commerce in this or any prior Act may not 
be transferred pursuant to section 508 of this or any prior 
Act to the account funded under this heading, except in the 
case of extraordinary circumstances that threaten life or 
property. 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod-
ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,100,000. 
NONRECURRING EXPENSES FUND 
For necessary expenses for technology modernization 
projects and cybersecurity risk mitigation of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, of which up to $20,000,000 shall be 
available for a business application system modernization: 
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading 
are in addition to such other funds as may be available 
for such purposes: Provided further, That any unobligated 
balances of expired discretionary funds transferred to the
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Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, as 
authorized by section 111 of title I of division B of Public 
Law 116–93, may be obligated only after the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of the 
planned use of funds. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $35,783,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 6413 of the Middle Class Tax Relief 
and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–96), an 
additional $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from the Public Safety Trust Fund for ac-
tivities associated with carrying out investigations and au-
dits related to the First Responder Network Authority 
(FirstNet). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the 
Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for
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advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com-
merce that such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of 
any capital asset (including land, structures, and equip-
ment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other 
law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce.
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SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 
of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amend-
ed by section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 
113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made applicable 
with respect to fiscal year 2022: Provided, That the life 
cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 
$11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow On 
Program is $6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the Geo-
stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 
Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost for the 
Space Weather Follow On Program is $692,800,000. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (including 
but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, and secu-
rity services) necessary to support the operation, mainte-
nance, and improvement of space that persons, firms, or 
organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public Build-
ings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use 
or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, 
DC, or other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and 
protection of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 
the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the Fed-
eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on 
a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received
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as reimbursement for services provided under this section 
or the authority under which the use or occupancy of the 
space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the 
appropriation or fund which initially bears the costs of 
such services. 
SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, 
copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over 
its networks. 
SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 
their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the limits 
of available appropriations, the land, services, equipment, 
personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States, or of any State, local 
government, Indian Tribal government, Territory, or pos-
session, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any 
foreign government or international organization, for pur-
poses related to carrying out the responsibilities of any stat-
ute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration. 
SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Service 
shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report or 
document generated by the Legislative Branch unless the 
Service has provided information to the customer on how
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an electronic copy of such report or document may be 
accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer 
still require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy 
of the report or document, the charge shall be limited to 
recovering the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing, and 
delivering such report or document. 
SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into 
grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non- 
reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and 
facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds 
made available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agen-
cy, State or subdivision thereof, local government, Tribal 
government, Territory, or possession or any subdivisions 
thereof: Provided, That funds received for permitting and 
related regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall 
be deposited under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Fa-
cilities’’ and shall remain available until September 30, 
2023, for such purposes: Provided further, That all funds 
within this section and their corresponding uses are subject 
to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 
prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga-
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tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Econom-
ics and Statistics Administration of the Department of 
Commerce, including amounts provided for programs of the 
Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Cen-
sus, shall be available for expenses of cooperative agreements 
with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or 
local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, 
to aid and promote statistical, research, and methodology 
activities which further the purposes for which such 
amounts have been made available. 
SEC. 111. Amounts provided by this Act for the Hol-
lings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under the 
heading ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology—Industrial Technology Services’’ shall not be sub-
ject to cost share requirements under 15 U.S.C. 278k(e)(2): 
Provided, That the authority made available pursuant to 
this section shall be elective, in whole or in part, for any 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center that also re-
ceives funding from a State that is conditioned upon the 
application of a Federal cost sharing requirement. 
SEC. 112. The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee 
of the Secretary, may waive— 
(1) in whole or in part, the matching require-
ments under sections 306 and 306A, and the cost 
sharing requirements under section 315, of the Coast-
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al Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455, 
1455a, and 1461) as necessary at the request of the 
grant applicant, for amounts made available under 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Operations, Research, 
and Facilities’’ under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration’’; and 
(2) up to 50 percent of the matching require-
ments under sections 306 and 306A, and the cost 
sharing requirements under section 315, of the Coast-
al Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455, 
1455a, and 1461) as necessary at the request of the 
grant applicant, for amounts made available under 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Acquisition 
and Construction’’ under the heading ‘‘National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce Appropriations Act, 2022’’.