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(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 
section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of the 
Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section re-
ferred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,331,784,000 (exclu-
sive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), 
as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commod-
ities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; 
Removal of Defective Commodities—$2,500,000; Adminis-
tration of Section 32 Commodity Purchases—$35,853,000: 
Provided, That of the total funds made available in the mat-
ter preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on Octo-
ber 1, 2020, such unobligated balances shall carryover into 
fiscal year 2021 and shall remain available until expended 
for any of the purposes of section 32, except that any such 
carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3) of sec-
tion 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obli-
gated until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written
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notification of the expenditures to the Committees on Ap-
propriations 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 ap-
propriations Act to be used for the purposes of clause (3) 
of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan-
guage as part of the President’s budget submission to the 
Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appro-
priations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen-
cies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 
previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been 
enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget unless 
such budget submission identifies which additional spend-
ing reductions should occur in the event the user fees pro-
posals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 
of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2021 appro-
priations Act.
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SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure through a reprogram-
ming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized 
by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of 
Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by sec-
tion 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act 
of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89– 
106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 
in writing and receives approval from the Committees on
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Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 
in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use 
of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 
projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities 
referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of 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-
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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 program 
or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year 
unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or spe-
cifically funded by any other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments funding 
levels, including information technology systems, that 
involves increasing or decreasing funds in the current 
fiscal year for the individual investment in excess of 
$500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, whichever is 
less; 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to
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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 pur-
poses. 
(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 Congress 
written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the no-
tification as required in this section. 
SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any 
guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that 
does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal por-
tion of the loan. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food 
and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Administra-
tion shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available 
reports, questions, or responses to questions that are a result
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of information requested for the appropriations hearing 
process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, or non-Farm Credit 
Administration employee. 
SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 
executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news 
story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United 
States unless the story includes a clear notification within 
the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 
prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that ex-
ecutive branch agency. 
SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 
funded by this Act or any other Act to any other agency 
or office of the Department for more than 60 days in a 
fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency or of-
fice is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 
for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period 
of assignment. 
SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com-
missioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and the 
Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
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gress a detailed spending plan by program, project, and ac-
tivity for all the funds made available under this Act in-
cluding appropriated user fees, as defined in the report ac-
companying this Act. 
SEC. 722. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 
authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1786), $800,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 723. 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 intermediary 
organizations and with additional qualified intermediary 
organizations. The Secretary shall work with these organi-
zations to increase effectiveness of the section 502 single 
family direct loan program in rural communities and shall 
set aside and make available from the national reserve sec-
tion 502 loans an amount necessary to support the work 
of such intermediaries and provide a priority for review 
of such loans. 
SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
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tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior to 
the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary 
notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance. 
SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) shall 
be available for obligation without written notification to, 
and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 
or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation 
only for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment nec-
essary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and in-
formation technology services, including cloud adoption and 
migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 
(81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture
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amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de fined in 
section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition of the term 
‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code 
of Federal Regulations, to increase the number of items that 
qualify as acceptable varieties in each staple food category 
so that the total number of such items in each staple food 
category exceeds the number of such items in each staple 
food category included in the final rule as published on De-
cember 15, 2016: Provided, That until the Secretary pro-
mulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall 
apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties and 
breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-
gram retailers that were in effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–79). 
SEC. 727. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 
of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 
sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 
grown or cultivated in accordance with subsection sec-
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tion 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or Subtitle 
G of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within 
or outside the State in which the hemp is grown or 
cultivated. 
SEC. 728. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall have the same authority with respect 
to loans guaranteed under such section and eligible lenders 
for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) 
and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with 
respect to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and eli-
gible lenders for such loans. 
SEC. 729. 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 product 
subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to 
such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) 
unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or re-
quire such distribution. 
SEC. 730. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for investiga-
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tional use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which a 
human embryo is intentionally created or modified to in-
clude a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission 
shall be deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, 
and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 731. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 
put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the hazard 
analysis and risk-based preventive control requirements of 
the current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, 
and risk-based preventive controls for food for animals rule 
with respect to the regulation of the production, distribu-
tion, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain byproducts of the 
alcoholic beverage production process. 
SEC. 732. 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, or comparable entities that provide 
energy efficiency services using their own billing mecha-
nism to offer loans to customers in any part of their service
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territory and to offer loans to replace a manufactured hous-
ing unit with another manufactured housing unit, if re-
placement would be more cost effective in saving energy. 
SEC. 733. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 
the following factors in the country or region being 
audited, as applicable— 
(A) veterinary control and oversight; 
(B) disease history and vaccination prac-
tices; 
(C) livestock demographics and traceability; 
(D) epidemiological separation from poten-
tial sources of infection; 
(E) surveillance practices; 
(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 
(G) emergency preparedness and response; 
and 
(2) promptly make publicly available the final 
reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 
to subsection (1). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under its inter-
national trade agreements. 
SEC. 734. No food that bears or contains partially hy-
drogenated oils (as defined in the order published by the
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Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Register on 
June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 34650 et seq.)) shall be consid-
ered to be adulterated within the meaning of subsection 
(a)(1) or (a)(2)(C)(i) of section 402 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)) because such 
food contains such partially hydrogenated oils until the ap-
plicable compliance dates specified by FDA in the Federal 
Register on May 21, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 23358 et seq.). 
SEC. 735. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility 
shall be transferred without reimbursement from the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security to the Secretary of Agri-
culture. 
SEC. 736. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for 
the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that provides 
forestry inventory analysis, forest management and eco-
nomic outcomes modelling for certain currently enrolled 
Conservation Reserve Program participants. The Secretary 
shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation to enter into 
agreements with and provide grants to qualified non-profit 
organizations dedicated to conservation, forestry and wild-
life habitats, that also have experience in conducting accu-
rate forest inventory analysis through the use of advanced, 
cost-effective technology. The Secretary shall focus the anal-
ysis on lands enrolled for at least eight years and located 
in areas with a substantial concentration of acres enrolled
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under conservation practices devoted to multiple bottom-
land hardwood tree species including CP03, CP03A, CP11, 
CP22, CP31 and CP40. 
SEC. 737. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 
of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to implement non-renewable 
agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural 
lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water 
Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 
SEC. 738. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 to 
carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 
expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 3 
of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal 
of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs and cats 
for use in research, experiments, teaching, or testing. 
SEC. 740. (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
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wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products 
used in the project are produced in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 
clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 
precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee of 
the Secretary finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 
with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 
in the United States will increase the cost of the over-
all project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee 
shall make available to the public on an informal basis a 
copy of the request and information available to the Sec-
retary or the designee concerning the request, and shall
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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 request and 
accompanying information available by electronic means, 
including on the official public Internet Web site of the De-
partment. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the require-
ments of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, and each federally recognized In-
dian tribe.
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SEC. 741. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 
2020, an amount of funds made available in title III under 
the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 
Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural 
Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities 
Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural 
Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural 
Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the 
amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds 
provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal year 
any such funds were obligated under such headings for 
REAP Zones. 
SEC. 742. 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 orga-
nizations and public housing authorities to provide tech-
nical assistance, including financial and legal services, to 
RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the ac-
quisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas 
where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable 
housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public 
housing authorities as authorized by law that commit to 
keep such properties in the RHS multi-family housing pro-
gram for a period of time as determined by the Secretary.
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SEC. 743. 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. 744. In response to an eligible community where 
the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural 
disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including drought 
or severe weather, the Secretary may provide potable water 
through the Emergency Community Water Assistance 
Grant Program for an additional period of time not to ex-
ceed 120 days beyond the established period provided under 
the Program in order to protect public health. 
SEC. 745. Of the total amounts made available by this 
Act for direct loans and grants in the following headings: 
‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mutual and 
Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 
Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Serv-
ice—Rural Community Facilities Program Account’’; 
‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Business Pro-
gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 
Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account’’; 
‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative
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Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural 
Water and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Util-
ities Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommuni-
cations Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband 
Program’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per-
cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per-
sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not-
withstanding any other provision regarding population 
limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 
that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 
population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 
for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 
counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 
more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 
years, as measured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial 
censuses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 
year average: Provided further, That with respect to specific 
activities for which program levels have been made avail-
able by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 
the requirements of this section shall be applied to such pro-
gram level. 
SEC. 746. 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.
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Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)), to 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021, for the cost of 
loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Sec-
retary to support projects that provide access to healthy food 
in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, 
and to revitalize low-income communities. 
SEC. 748. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
for one-time control and management and associated activi-
ties directly related to the multiple-agency response to citrus 
greening. 
SEC. 749. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule pro-
mulgated by the Food and Drug Administration entitled 
‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and 
Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and pub-
lished on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation 
of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of grape 
varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely for wine 
and receive commercial processing that adequately reduces
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the presence of microorganisms of public health signifi-
cance. 
SEC. 750. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021, for a pilot pro-
gram for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs 
and services to establish and enhance farming and ranching 
opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 751. For school year 2019–2020, none of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used to implement 
or enforce the matter following the first comma in the sec-
ond sentence of footnote (c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, 
Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to the substitution 
of vegetables for fruits under the school breakfast program 
established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 
SEC. 752. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
issue a final rule based on the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Na-
tional Organic Program; Origin of Livestock,’’ published in 
the Federal Register on April 28, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
23455): Provided, That the final rule shall incorporate pub-
lic comments submitted in response to the proposed rule. 
SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out section
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12513 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall take measures to ensure an equal distribution of funds 
between the three regional innovation initiatives. 
SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 
section 2103 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 
section 4208 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 to 
carry out section 4206 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 757. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, 
for an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Build-
ings and Facilities’’ to remain available until expended and 
in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such 
purposes, for necessary expenses of plans, construction, re-
pair, improvement, extension, alteration, demolition and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by FDA. 
SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to 
carry out section 6424 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 759. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available to carry out section 749 of Division A of 
Public Law 115–31 and section 739 of Division A of Public 
Law 115–141, $15,073,000 are rescinded.
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SEC. 760. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act, there is hereby appro-
priated $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
under the heading ‘‘Rural Water Technical Assistance 
Grant Program Account’’ for the cost of a pilot program 
in coordination with a regional research university consor-
tium for research and direct services to address challenges 
facing traditional rural wastewater systems needs: Pro-
vided, That the pilot should address the wastewater needs 
of historically impoverished communities that have had dif-
ficult soil conditions for traditional wastewater treatment 
systems. 
SEC. 761. (a) Section 313(b) of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)), shall be 
applied for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter 
until the specified funding has been expended as if the fol-
lowing were inserted after the final period in subsection 
(b)(2): ‘‘In addition, the Secretary shall use $425,000,000 
of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2019 
for an additional amount for the same purpose and under 
the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated by 
Sec. 779 of Public Law 115–141 and shall use $128,000,000 
of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2020 
for an additional amount for the same purpose and under 
the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated for
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water and waste disposal grants under section 306(a)(2) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.’’: 
Provided, That any use of such funds shall be treated as 
a reprogramming of funds under section 716 of this Act. 
(b) Section 762(b) of division B of Public Law 116– 
6 shall no longer apply. 
SEC. 762. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act, there is hereby appro-
priated $9,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
under the heading ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture—Research 
and 
Education 
Activities’’ 
and 
$15,500,000, to remain available until expended, under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Research Service’’ for salaries and ex-
penses, including for relocation expenses, the costs of alter-
ation and repair of leased buildings and improvements pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 2250, and other transition costs, for the 
relocation of employees and certain operations to the Kan-
sas City metropolitan area, as directed by the decision of 
the Secretary of Agriculture dated June 13, 2019. 
SEC. 763. No food containing genetically engineered 
salmon shall be permitted to be introduced, or delivered for 
introduction, into interstate commerce until the conclusion 
and transmittal to Congress of a consumer study of the effi-
cacy of the Department of Agriculture’s National Bioengi-
neered Food Disclosure Standard for informing consumers
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of the genetically engineered content of salmon products, as 
set forth in 21 CFR 528.1092: Provided, That the study 
shall be performed by a commission constituted jointly by 
the United States Department of Agriculture and the Food 
and Drug Administration under the Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act and shall commence no later than 180 days after 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 764. (a) Title I of the Additional Supplemental 
Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 
116–20) is amended in the matter under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Agriculture—Office of the Secretary’’ by insert-
ing ‘‘to cooperative processors for reduced quantity and 
quality sugar beets,’’ after ‘‘planting in 2019,’’: Provided, 
That amounts repurposed under this section that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be available only if 
the President subsequently so designates all such amounts 
and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
(b) This section shall become effective immediately 
upon enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 765. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed-
eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation). 
SEC. 766. Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘for a period’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘prior to December 31, 2020’’. 
SEC. 767. Not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration shall issue a request for information to determine 
the next steps that will address the recent pulmonary ill-
nesses reported to be associated with the use of e-cigarettes 
and vaping products. As part of such request for informa-
tion, the Commissioner shall request public comment on 
product design and how to prevent consumers from modi-
fying or adding any substances to these products that are 
not intended by the manufacturer: Provided, That the Food
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and Drug Administration shall provide an update to the 
Committee on Appropriations on a quarterly basis. 
REPORT ON FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS REACHING 
UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS 
SEC. 768. The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct 
a study on the challenges that the food distribution program 
on Indian reservations established under section 4(b) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)) and 
other food distribution programs administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture face in reaching underserved popu-
lations, with an emphasis on the homebound and the elder-
ly, to better capture data on the population of people unable 
to physically travel to a distribution location for food. 
SEC. 769. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall submit to Congress a report that describes 
the economic and environmental impacts of importing or-
chids in growing media. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) a description of— 
(A) the economic impact of importing or-
chids in growing media on a State-by-State 
basis, with data collected from local growers; and 
(B) any incidents of pests detected on or-
chids imported with growing media; and
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(2) an analysis with respect to the additional re-
sources that are necessary to prevent and mitigate the 
introduction of pests resulting from importing orchids 
in growing media. 
SEC. 770. (a) There is appropriated $3,000,000 to 
carry out section 1673(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5926(d)). 
(b) The amount made available under the heading 
‘‘OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY’’ in title I for necessary ex-
penses of the Office of the Secretary shall be reduced by 
$3,000,000, which shall be derived by reducing the amount 
provided under that heading for Departmental Administra-
tion by $3,000,000. 
SEC. 771. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the amount made available under the heading ‘‘EX-
TENSION ACTIVITIES’’ under the heading ‘‘NATIONAL INSTI-
TUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE’’ under the heading 
‘‘AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be in-
creased by $5,000,000, which shall be used by increasing 
by that amount the amount specified for the Farm and 
Ranch Stress Assistance Network in the table titled ‘‘Na-
tional Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activi-
ties’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the amount made available for the Office of the Chief Fi-