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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: farm operating loans, $59,670,000 for direct 
operating loans, $21,168,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 
operating loans, emergency loans, $1,567,000 and 
$2,134,000 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, 
$325,068,000: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
this 
amount, 
$314,998,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, of which $8,000,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 
operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 
loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro-
vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad-
vance of any transfer. 
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RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 
Agency, $74,829,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 
soil; dissemination 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. 428a); purchase and erection or alter-
ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$879,107,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2020: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and 
improvement of buildings and public improvements at 
plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 
and improvements to other buildings and other public im-
provements 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 amounts made available under this heading, 
$5,600,000, shall remain 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 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 provi-
sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 
prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the water-
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shed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred 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 structural and land 
treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $50,000,000 
shall be allocated to projects and activities that can com-
mence promptly following enactment; that address re-
gional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 
management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wild-
life habitat, or watershed protection; or that address au-
thorized 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 protec-
tion by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing 
stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion 
and sediment transport. 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration 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 
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out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-
inafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 
Federal 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 reim-
bursed, 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 sec-
tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 
(15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 
Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 
transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice for information resource management activities of the 
Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com-
modity Credit Corporation business. 
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HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 
Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for 
site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 
and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 
of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
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; $232,835,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used for adver-
tising and promotional activities that support Rural Devel-
opment programs: Provided further, That in addition to 
any other funds appropriated for purposes authorized by 
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section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section 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: $1,100,000,000 
shall be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 
504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515 
rental housing; $230,000,000 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, $53,900,000 shall be for direct loans; section 
504 housing repair loans, $3,419,000; section 523 self- 
help housing land development loans, $431,000; section 
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524 site development loans, $176,000; and repair, reha-
bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 
housing, $9,484,000: Provided, That to support the loan 
program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 
available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 
adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan 
guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Re-
form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 
on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, 
That applicants in communities that have a current rural 
area waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural 
area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans pro-
vided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 
direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur-
suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 
housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 
Act of 1949 until June 1, 2019: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incen-
tives to nonprofit organizations and public housing au-
thorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 
Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such 
nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities 
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that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-
family housing program for a period of time as determined 
by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, but not 
be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit entities 
and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest-
ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low 
income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 
grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, 
invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza-
tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re-
ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 
per property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 
contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), 
$14,281,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail-
able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with this account. 
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’’. 
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RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 
in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house-
holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949, $1,331,400,000, of which $40,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2020; and in addi-
tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec-
tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 
fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental 
assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the 
current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period: 
Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain-
ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans-
ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; main-
tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 
preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 
under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as-
sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 
fiscal year 2019 for a farm labor multi-family housing 
project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may 
not be recaptured for use in another project until such 
assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 con-
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secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten-
ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as-
sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist-
ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist-
ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 
farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 
section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That ex-
cept as provided in the third proviso under this heading 
and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 
Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 
agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2019 for a 
project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 
rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur-
rent needs. 
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not-
withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi-
tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 
preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous-
ing properties described in this paragraph, $50,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $26,000,000, 
shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low- 
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income household (including those not receiving rental as-
sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 
515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 
2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 
shall be the difference between comparable market rent 
for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 
unit: Provided further, That funds made available for such 
vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap-
propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 
vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid-
ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 
by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de-
termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 
this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec-
retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 
for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 
rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $24,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra-
tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 
sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 
properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 
housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex-
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pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi-
cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 
providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi-
dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 
interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 
or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 
including advances, payments and incentives (including 
the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in-
vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 
revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 
consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 
further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 
funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 
funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra-
tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur-
ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 
authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 
program similar to the demonstration program described 
herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 
the demonstration program under this heading to carry 
out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to any other available 
funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 
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$1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 
under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi-
ties funded under this heading. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490c), $30,000,000, 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, 
$40,000,000, 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, $3,000,000,000 for di-
rect loans and $148,287,000 for guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 
of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, $4,285,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 
programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 
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section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, $47,778,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $6,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be available for a 
Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 
capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 
housing and community development organizations, low- 
income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 
housing, community facilities, community and economic 
development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri-
vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro-
posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 
assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-
nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 
including Federal funds for related activities, in an 
amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 
That $5,778,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 
communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco-
nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per-
cent for administration and capacity building in the State 
rural 
development 
offices: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
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$4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 
tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such 
Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 
not applicable to the funds made available under this 
heading. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 
rural business development programs authorized by sec-
tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 
(g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, $69,619,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
available for one grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
order to promote economic development and $8,000,000 
shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 
U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional 
Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa-
lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 
for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 
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as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 
percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
$250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
order to promote economic development: Provided further, 
That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 
funds made available under this heading. 
INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $4,157,000, as author-
ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $557,000 shall be avail-
able through June 30, 2019, for Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2019, for Mississippi Delta Re-
gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 
Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the 
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cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 
for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 
and job creation projects, $45,000,000. 
The cost of grants authorized under section 313 of 
the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting 
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), $30,050,000, of 
which $3,750,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 
for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 
cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 
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disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di-
rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in-
dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 
groups; and of which $17,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod-
uct market development grants, as authorized by section 
231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 
U.S.C. 1632a), of which $2,500,000 shall be for Agri-
culture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 
6402 of Public Law 107–171. 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under 
the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $338,000: 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. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, 
and solid waste management programs authorized by sec-
tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de-
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scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 
381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, $558,183,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the rural utilities program described in section 
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 
$993,000 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 and such grants may not exceed 
$1,000,000 notwithstanding section 306A(f)(1) of such 
Act: Provided further, That $68,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and 
grants including water and waste disposal systems grants 
authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes authorized 
by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That funding 
provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural 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 percent of the 
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funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the 
State of Alaska for training and technical assistance pro-
grams 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 pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for 
training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $40,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be for technical assist-
ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 
to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 
makes a determination of extreme need, of which 
$8,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a quali-
fied nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance or-
ganization, with experience in working with small commu-
nities 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 plan-
ning, financing, development, 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 fur-
ther, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount ap-
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propriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 
qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be 
for solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing 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 fur-
ther, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost 
grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to 
and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 
Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sections 
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
available under this heading. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 
as authorized by sections 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935, 936, and 940g) 
shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant to sections 
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305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 
rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 
loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 5 percent 
rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural tele-
communications 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 engi-
neering or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 
plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sub-
surface utilization and storage systems. 
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 
305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 
of money rural telecommunications loans, $1,725,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
cation loans, $29,851,000. 
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For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 
et seq., $33,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 
provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 
be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri-
teria for a consortium as established by this section. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 
section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,830,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 
transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 
and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 950aaa. 
RURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
Any funds provided by this Act for rural health and 
safety education programs authorized under section 502(i) 
of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)) 
may be used under those programs to address the opioid 
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abuse epidemic and to combat opioid abuse in rural com-
munities. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 
$800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 
21; $23,184,012,000 to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2020, of which such sums as are made avail-
able under section 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 
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for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 
Provided, That of the total amount available, $17,004,000 
shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $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 establishment, mainte-
nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount available, 
$28,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 
out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act 
of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That sec-
tion 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2010 through 2019’’: 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 sen-
tence by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
fiscal year 2019’’: 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 
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striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2019’’. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$6,150,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2020, of which $25,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, 
to remain available until expended, to be allocated as the 
Secretary deemed necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) 
of such Act, to support participation should cost or partici-
pation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less than $67,500,000 
shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other 
related activities, and $19,000,000 shall be used for infra-
structure, of which $5,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants to promote breastfeeding and improved nutritional 
health through technologies and services, including tele-
medicine: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 
of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con-
tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 
in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of 
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the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 
not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart-
ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 
Act: Provided further, That upon termination of a feder-
ally mandated vendor moratorium 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 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 
$73,219,274,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 
available through December 31, 2020, 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 nutrition education services to State agencies and 
Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 
work registration or workfare requirements as may be re-
quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 
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for Employment and Training under this heading shall re-
main available through September 30, 2020: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading for 
section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading may be 
obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 
staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi-
ties related to program integrity provided that such activi-
ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-
ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 
authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-
ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-
tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm-
ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 
17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $322,139,000, 
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to remain available through September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-
burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 
made available in fiscal year 2019 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, 2020: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 
use up to 15 percent for costs associated with the distribu-
tion of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 
and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri-
tion assistance program, $164,688,000: Provided, That of 
the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 
the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 
amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
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TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 
$875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 
Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 
Alimentarius, $3,976,000, including not to exceed 
$40,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa-
tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 
the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$212,230,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re-
main available until September 30, 2020, for overseas op-
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erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 
Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 
or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 
behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza-
tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu-
ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro-
grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro-
grams of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 
for middle-income country training programs, funds made 
available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 
Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-
tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re-
main available until expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD 
FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 
480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $142,000, 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec-
tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
$1,716,000,000, 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 Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $210,255,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $15,000,000, 
shall remain available until expended for necessary ex-
penses to carry out the provisions of section 3207 of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 1726c). 
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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 
CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $8,845,000; to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$6,382,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, and of which $2,463,000 shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 
costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 
activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
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included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 
amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 
carrying out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) 
of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 
be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not 
to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of 
Public Law 107–188; $5,419,299,000: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $960,568,000 
shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended; $196,668,000 
shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; $501,396,000 shall 
be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended; $40,922,000 
shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$30,331,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 
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to this account and remain available until expended; 
$18,336,000 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 ex-
pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod-
uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith-
standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 
user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi-
cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 
new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 
year 2019 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 
medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 
product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as-
sessments for fiscal year 2019, including any such fees 
collected prior to fiscal year 2019 but credited for fiscal 
year 2019, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2019 limita-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 
payment during fiscal year 2019 of user fees specified 
under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2020, 
prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of 
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such fees assessed for fiscal year 2020 for which the Sec-
retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2019 shall not be 
included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 
That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab-
lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,052,315,000 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) $1,720,807,000 shall be for the 
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) 
$369,857,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $216,914,000 shall be 
for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
$495,988,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra-
diological Health and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $65,531,000 shall be for 
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$662,043,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod-
ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
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latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $174,751,000 shall be for 
Rent and Related activities, of which $50,987,000 is for 
White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 
the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not to 
exceed $240,887,000 shall be for payments to the General 
Services Administration for rent; and (10) $420,206,000 
shall be for other activities, including the Office of the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods and 
Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco 
Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the 
Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and 
central services for these offices: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided 
further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 
770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made avail-
able under this heading for other activities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts that are made available under 
this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not de-
rived 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 Gen-
eral’’ for oversight of the programs and operations of the 
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Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition 
to funds otherwise 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 Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 
42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 
reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro-
gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 
facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 
drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 
provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure pri-
ority review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
360bbb–4a, 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 Admin-
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istration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 
Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur-
poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$70,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 
appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st 
Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans-
ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 
be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in 
such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by 
the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the 
previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro-
vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the ac-
count: Provided further, That such transfer authority is 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law. 
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INDEPENDENT AGENCY 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $74,600,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 
motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith-
standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 
vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 
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be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper-
ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 
public safety. 
SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli-
gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 
Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal-
ances that are remaining available of the Department of 
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv-
ery of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 
Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 
prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 
for obligation without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 
Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De-
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partment’s National Finance Center without written noti-
fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 
section 717 of this Act: 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 initiate, plan, develop, im-
plement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 
systems, missions, or functions of the offices of the Chief 
Financial Officer or any personnel from the National Fi-
nance Center prior to written notification to and prior ap-
proval of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress and in accordance with the requirements of 
section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 
Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart-
ments and other government agencies National Finance 
Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay-
roll, financial management, and human capital shared 
services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 
technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in-
come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De-
partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex-
cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 
the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na-
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tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 
more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 
of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve-
ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services, and other 
systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un-
foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen-
ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub-
mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 
funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 
shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by 
the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state 
of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 
the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 
the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 
operations of the National Finance Center. 
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 
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States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
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funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 
none of the funds available to the Department of Agri-
culture for information technology shall be obligated for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 
prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-
tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 
Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured 
against the performance plan requirements described in 
the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 
235. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid 
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an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 
that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 
such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor-
rower under such Act. 
SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal-
ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 
expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 
remain available through September 30, 2020, for infor-
mation technology expenses: Provided, That except as oth-
erwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances 
from appropriations made available for salaries and ex-
penses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area 
shall remain available through September 30, 2020, for 
information technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 
travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 
or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III 
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of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 
were provided in that Act, that is authorized or required 
to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 
and related administrative expenses, including tech-
nical assistance, associated with the implementation 
of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 
contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 
in such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 
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research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 
30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 
award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro-
vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail-
able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 
awarded under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 715. 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 
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the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 
referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,299,600,000 
(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 
years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 
Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 
$5,000,000; 
Removal 
of 
Defective 
Commodities— 
$2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 
Purchases—$35,853,000: Provided, That of the total 
funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 
that remain unobligated on October 1, 2019, such unobli-
gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2020 and 
shall remain available until expended for any of the pur-
poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 
used in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not 
exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the 
Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 
the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: 
Provided further, That, with the exception of any available 
carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 
to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 
of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 
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SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s budget submission to 
the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 
from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 
have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 
of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 
which additional spending reductions should occur in the 
event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 
date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2020 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au-
thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 
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by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(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, or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (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 pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
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available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, 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 Agri-
culture or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices (as the case may be) notifies in writing and re-
ceives approval from the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 
receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro-
gram or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 
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year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act 
or specifically funded by any other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments fund-
ing levels, including information technology systems, 
that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 
current fiscal year for the individual investment in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 
whichever is less; 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 
with 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 
Congress at least 30 days in advance of using the 
funds for these purposes. 
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(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 
the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 
the notification as required in this section. 
SEC. 718. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 
any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 
that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan. 
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Ad-
ministration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 
available reports, questions, or responses to questions that 
are a result of information requested for the appropria-
tions hearing process to any non-Department of Agri-
culture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, 
or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 
SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 
by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
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in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 
agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 
in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 
or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 
office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 
period of assignment. 
SEC. 722. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 
for a pilot program to provide competitive grants to State 
departments of agriculture, State cooperative extension 
services, and nonprofit organizations to carry out pro-
grams to address farmer stress and suicide. 
SEC. 723. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and 
the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 
submit 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 
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this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in 
Senate Report 115-259. 
SEC. 724. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 
authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $501,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded. 
SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue an inter-
mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro-
gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re-
viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec-
retary shall continue agreements with current inter-
mediary organizations and with additional qualified inter-
mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 
these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 
502 single family direct loan program in rural commu-
nities and shall set aside and make available from the na-
tional reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to 
support the work of such intermediaries and provide a pri-
ority for review of such loans. 
SEC. 726. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 
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to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec-
retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad-
vance. 
SEC. 727. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 
shall be available for obligation without written notifica-
tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 
the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 
obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services of primary 
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri-
culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 
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fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 
of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num-
ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 
staple food category so that the total number of such items 
in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 
items in each staple food category included in the final 
rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 
until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend-
ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard-
ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-
mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 
sale, or use of industrial hemp, or seeds of such 
plant, that is grown or cultivated in accordance with 
subsection section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014, within or outside the State in which the indus-
trial hemp is grown or cultivated. 
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SEC. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro-
priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini-
tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 
without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching require-
ments in laws in effect on the date before the date of en-
actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 
of 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply. 
SEC. 731. 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 eligible lenders for such loans. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 
any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 
or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 
care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod-
uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis-
tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 
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paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 
allow or require such distribution. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves-
tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 
a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 
include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-
sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-
retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 
put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz-
ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require-
ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 
analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for 
animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc-
tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by-
products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 
SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 
to carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
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SEC. 736. No partially hydrogenated oils as defined 
in the order published by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. 
Reg. 34650 et seq.) shall be deemed unsafe within the 
meaning of section 409(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) and no food that is intro-
duced or delivered for introduction into interstate com-
merce that bears or contains a partially hydrogenated oil 
shall be deemed adulterated under sections 402(a)(1) or 
402(a)(2)(C)(i) of this Act by virtue of bearing or con-
taining a partially hydrogenated oil until the compliance 
date as specified in such order (June 18, 2018). 
SEC. 737. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out section 
6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 
allow eligible entities to offer loans to customers in any 
part of their service territory and to offer loans to replace 
a manufactured housing unit with another manufactured 
housing unit, if replacement would be more cost effective 
in saving energy. 
SEC. 738. For fiscal years 2019 through 2025, the 
Administrators of the Agricultural Research Service and 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may 
make not to exceed 50 appointments in any fiscal year 
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for employees of such agencies at the National Bio- and 
Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas: 
Provided, That such appointments may be made in the 
manner provided by 7 U.S.C. 7657(b)(4)(A)(i–v): Pro-
vided further, That such appointments may be made at 
a rate of basic pay that exceeds the rate payable for such 
positions under the General Schedule or the Executive 
Schedule, or other applicable schedule, as appropriate. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
for the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that pro-
vides forestry inventory analysis, forest management and 
economic outcomes modelling for certain currently en-
rolled Conservation Reserve Program participants. The 
Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to enter into agreements with and provide grants to quali-
fied non-profit organizations dedicated to conservation, 
forestry and wildlife habitats, that also have experience in 
conducting accurate forest inventory analysis through the 
use of advanced, cost-effective technology. The Secretary 
shall focus the analysis on lands enrolled for at least eight 
years and located in areas with a substantial concentration 
of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted to 
multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including 
CP03, CP03A, CP11, CP22, CP31 and CP40. 
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SEC. 740. During fiscal year 2019, the Food and 
Drug Administration shall not allow the introduction or 
delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any 
food that contains genetically engineered salmon until the 
FDA publishes final labeling guidelines for informing con-
sumers of such content. 
SEC. 741. 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 
remain available until expended, to implement non-renew-
able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri-
cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 
Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 
SEC. 742. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 
by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 
products used in the project are produced in the United 
States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
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steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 
of the Secretary finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des-
ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 
basis a copy of the request and information available to 
the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 
shall allow for informal public input on the request for 
at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 
request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
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tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Department. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re-
quirements of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog-
nized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 743. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 
Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 
15, 2019, an amount of funds made available in title III 
under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
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Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 
Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa-
cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac-
count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 
and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 
equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re-
spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 
recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 
such headings for REAP Zones. 
SEC. 744. 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. 745. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 
for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 
organizations and public housing authorities to provide 
technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 
to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 
acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 
areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af-
fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 
public housing authorities as authorized by law that com-
mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous-
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ing program for a period of time as determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 747. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a 
pilot program during fiscal year 2019 with respect to the 
2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk coverage 
payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), that provides all or some 
of the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State 
the opportunity to provide agricultural producers in the 
State a supplemental payment described in subsection (c) 
based on the alternate calculation method described in 
subsection (b) for 1 or more counties in a State if the 
office for that State determines that the alternate calcula-
tion method is necessary to ensure that, to the maximum 
extent practicable, there are not significant yield calcula-
tion disparities between comparable counties in the State. 
(b) The alternate calculation method referred to in 
subsection (a) is a method of calculating the actual yield 
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for the 2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk 
coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), under 
which— 
(1) county data of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service (referred to in this section as 
‘‘NASS data’’) is used for the calculations; 
(2) if there is insufficient NASS data for a 
county (as determined under standards of the Sec-
retary in effect as of the date of enactment of this 
Act) or the available NASS data produces a sub-
stantially disparate result, the calculation of the 
county yield is determined using comparable contig-
uous county NASS data as determined by the Farm 
Service Agency office in the applicable State; and 
(3) if there is insufficient NASS data for a 
comparable contiguous county (as determined under 
standards of the Secretary in effect as of the date 
of enactment of this Act), the calculation of the 
county yield is determined using reliable yield data 
from other sources, such as Risk Management Agen-
cy data, National Agricultural Statistics Service dis-
trict data, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
State yield data, or other data as determined by the 
Farm Service Agency office in the applicable State. 
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(c)(1) A supplemental payment made under the pilot 
program established under this section may be made to 
an agricultural producer who is subject to the alternate 
calculation method described in subsection (b) if that agri-
cultural producer would otherwise receive a county-level 
agriculture risk coverage payment for the 2018 crop year 
in an amount that is less than the payment that the agri-
cultural producer would receive under the alternate cal-
culation method. 
(2) The amount of a supplemental payment to an ag-
ricultural producer under this section may not exceed the 
difference between— 
(A) the payment that the agricultural producer 
would have received without the alternate calculation 
method described in subsection (b); and 
(B) the payment that the agricultural producer 
would receive using the alternate calculation method. 
(d)(1) There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of 
funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
to carry out the pilot program described in this section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall use 
not more than $5,000,000 to carry out the pilot program 
described in this section. 
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(e)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Sec-
retary shall select States to participate in the pilot pro-
gram under this section so the cost of the pilot program 
equals the amount provided under subsection (d). 
(2) To the extent that the cost of the pilot program 
exceeds the amount made available, the Secretary shall re-
duce all payments under the pilot program on a pro rata 
basis. 
(f) Nothing in this section affects the calculation of 
actual yield for purposes of county-level agriculture risk 
coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)) other than 
payments made in accordance with the pilot program 
under this section. 
(g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alter-
nate calculation method described in subsection (b) shall 
not be used as a basis for any agriculture risk coverage 
payment determinations under section 1117 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) other than for pur-
poses of the pilot program under this section. 
SEC. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 
information and subject to the same requirements applica-
ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
as provided in section 453 of the Social Security Act (42 
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U.S.C. 653) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix)) to 
verify the income for individuals participating in sections 
502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1472, 1474, 1490a, and 1490r), notwithstanding 
section 453(l)(1) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 749. In addition to any other funds made avail-
able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 
$5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769(g)), to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 
to develop, issue, promote, or advance any regulations ap-
plicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium 
reduction actions or to develop, issue, promote or advance 
final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long 
term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the 
date on which a dietary reference intake report with re-
spect to sodium is completed. 
SEC. 751. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, for the cost 
of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 
of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 
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to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre-
serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu-
nities. 
SEC. 752. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
for one-time control and management and associated ac-
tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 
citrus greening. 
SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti-
tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 
and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 
published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu-
lation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of 
grape varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely 
for wine and receive commercial processing that ade-
quately reduces the presence of microorganisms of public 
health significance. 
SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for an additional 
amount for telemedicine and distance learning services in 
rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., to 
help address the opioid epidemic in rural America. 
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SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, for a pilot 
program for the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 
programs and services to establish and enhance farming 
and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 
756. 
There 
is 
hereby 
appropriated 
$425,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 
additional amount for Sec. 779 of Public Law 115–141. 
SEC. 757. For an additional amount for the cost of 
direct loans and grants made under the ‘‘Rural Water and 
Waste Disposal Program Account’’, $400,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation). 
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SEC. 759. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to revoke an exception made— 
(1) pursuant to the final rule of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture entitled ‘‘Exceptions to Geo-
graphic Areas for Official Agencies Under the 
USGSA’’ (68 Fed. Reg. 19137 (April 18, 2003)); 
and 
(2) on a date before April 14, 2017. 
SEC. 760. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide 
to any State or county impacted by a volcanic eruption 
covered by a major disaster declared by the President in 
calendar year 2018 in accordance with section 401 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) technical assistance— 
(1) to assess damage to agricultural production 
and rural infrastructure; and 
(2) to develop recovery plans for impacted 
farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. 
RESEARCH ON OCEAN AGRICULTURE 
SEC. 761. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordi-
nation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, shall establish a working 
group (referred to in this section as the ‘‘working 
group’’)— 
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(1) to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal 
marshes, and seagrass meadows could help deacidify 
the oceans; 
(2) to study emerging ocean farming practices 
that use kelp and seagrass to deacidify the oceans 
while providing feedstock for agriculture and other 
commercial and industrial inputs; and 
(3) to coordinate and conduct research to de-
velop and enhance pilot-scale research for farming of 
kelp and seagrass in order— 
(A) to deacidify ocean environments; 
(B) to produce a feedstock for agriculture; 
and 
(C) to develop other scalable commercial 
applications for kelp, seagrass, or products de-
rived from kelp or seagrass. 
(b) The working group shall include— 
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration; 
(3) representatives of any relevant offices with-
in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration; and 
(4) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for En-
ergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 
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(c) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the working group shall submit to Congress 
a report that includes— 
(1) the findings of the research described in 
subsection (a); 
(2) the results of the pilot-scale research de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3); and 
(3) any policy recommendations based on those 
findings and results. 
SEC. 762. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
submit to Congress a report describing the ways in which 
conservation programs administered by the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service may be better used for the 
conservation of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and any ac-
tion taken by the Chief of the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service relating to the conservation of ocelots. 
SEC. 763. Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Rural Housing Service of the 
Department of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a re-
port including— 
(1) a description of— 
(A) the number of properties assisted 
under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
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U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) that are reaching the end 
of their loan term; 
(B) the location of each property described 
in subparagraph (A); 
(C) the number of units in each property 
described in subparagraph (A); and 
(D) the date on which each the loan for 
each property described in subparagraph (A) is 
expected to reach maturity; 
(2) the strategy of the Rural Housing Service 
to preserve the long-term affordability of the prop-
erties described in paragraph (1)(A) when the loan 
matures; and 
(3) a description of the resources and tools that 
the Rural Housing Service needs from Congress in 
order to preserve the long-term affordability of the 
properties described in paragraph (1) (A). 
SEC. 764. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 
and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis-
sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than July 1, 
2019, and following the review required under Executive 
Order 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 
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