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COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 
and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as author-
ized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nuclear af-
fected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Com-
pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, 
as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966, $480,070,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2025: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail-
able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for com-
modities donated to the program: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, effective with funds 
made available in fiscal year 2024 to support the Seniors 
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by sec-
tion 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002, such funds shall remain available through September 
30, 2025: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent 
for costs associated with the distribution of commodities.
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NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition as-
sistance program, $177,348,000: 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 Sec-
retary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $932,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to any agen-
cy in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one 
administrative support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 
Alimentarius, $4,922,000, 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 Serv-
ice, including not to exceed $250,000 for representation al-
lowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act 
approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $227,330,000, of 
which no more than 6 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025, for overseas operations to include the 
payment of locally employed staff: Provided, That the Service 
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria-
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tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, 
public and private organizations and institutions under agree-
ments executed pursuant to the agricultural food production 
assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assist-
ance programs of the United States Agency for International 
Development: Provided further, That funds made available for 
middle-income country training programs, funds made avail-
able for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and 
Technology Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the 
Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the pur-
pose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency ex-
change rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, shall remain available until expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including 
interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 
83–480), for commodities supplied in connection with disposi-
tions abroad under title II of said Act, $1,619,107,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $240,000,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended: Provided, That the Commodity Credit 
Corporation is authorized to provide the services, facilities, 
and authorities for the purpose of implementing such section, 
subject to reimbursement from amounts provided herein: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, not more than 10 percent, but not less than 
$24,000,000, shall remain available until expended to pur-
chase agricultural commodities as described in subsection 
3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(a)(2)). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) CREDIT 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity 
Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 
and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common overhead ex-
penses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal 
Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall be paid to the appro-
priation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’.
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TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursuant 
to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of the 
Food and Drug Administration which are included in this 
Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District of Co-
lumbia 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 activities, authorized and approved 
by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Sec-
retary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwith-
standing 
section 
521 
of 
Public 
Law 
107–188; 
$6,721,782,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $1,422,104,000 shall be derived from 
prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, 
and shall be credited to this account and remain available
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until expended; $362,381,000 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; 
$613,538,000 shall be derived from human generic drug user 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited 
to this account and remain available until expended; 
$31,109,000 shall be derived from biosimilar biological prod-
uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$33,500,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees au-
thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended; $25,000,000 
shall be derived from generic new animal drug user fees au-
thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended; $712,000,000 
shall be derived from tobacco product user fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited to this account and re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 
heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 
medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, bio-
similar biological product user fees, animal drug user fees, 
and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the re-
spective fiscal year 2024 limitations are appropriated and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until
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expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescrip-
tion drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar bio-
logical product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug 
assessments for fiscal year 2024, including any such fees col-
lected prior to fiscal year 2024 but credited for fiscal year 
2024, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2024 limitations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may accept payment 
during fiscal year 2024 of user fees specified under this head-
ing and authorized for fiscal year 2025, prior to the due date 
for such fees, and that amounts of such fees assessed for fis-
cal year 2025 for which the Secretary accepts payment in fis-
cal year 2024 shall not be included in amounts under this 
heading: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be 
used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user 
fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated: (1) $1,185,989,000 shall be 
for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and re-
lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of 
which no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections 
of foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 
imported seafood; (2) $2,334,704,000 shall be for the Center 
for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities 
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 
$10,000,000 shall be for pilots to increase unannounced for-
eign inspections and shall remain available until expended;
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(3) $570,632,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Eval-
uation and Research and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $284,285,000 shall be for the 
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities 
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $770,697,000 shall be 
for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 
$77,505,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-
cological Research; (7) $684,324,000 shall be for the Center 
for Tobacco Products and for related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $215,701,000 shall be for 
Rent and Related activities, of which $55,061,000 is for 
White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the 
General Services Administration for rent; (9) $230,423,000 
shall be for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent; and (10) $367,522,000 shall be for other activities, 
including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
the Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office of Oper-
ations, 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 rep-
resentation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as deter-
mined by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any 
transfer of funds pursuant to, and for the administration of, 
section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
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(21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made avail-
able under this heading for other activities and shall not ex-
ceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts that 
are made available under this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, 
and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘De-
partment of Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector 
General’’ for oversight of the programs and operations of the 
Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition to 
funds 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 Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food reinspection 
fees, and voluntary qualified importer program fees author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing facility fees author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription drug wholesale dis-
tributor licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider licensing and inspec-
tion fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party 
auditor fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical
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countermeasure priority review voucher user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, and fees relating to over-the- 
counter monograph drugs authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 
shall be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or fa-
cilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 
where not otherwise provided, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 
Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes under 
the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, $50,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That amounts ap-
propriated in this paragraph are appropriated pursuant to 
section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to be 
derived 
from 
amounts 
transferred 
under 
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 Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for the pur-
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poses provided in such Act: Provided further, That upon a de-
termination by the Commissioner that funds transferred pur-
suant to the previous proviso are not necessary for the pur-
poses provided, such amounts may be transferred back to the 
account: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental 
of space (to include multiple year leases), in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, including not to ex-
ceed $3,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for con-
sultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with for-
eign governmental and other regulatory officials, of which not 
less than $80,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2026, and of which not less than $4,218,000 shall be for 
expenses of the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, 
That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, 
amounts provided under this heading are available for the liq-
uidation of obligations equal to current year payments on 
leases entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act:
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Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and liqui-
dating any lease obligations that should have been recorded 
and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, such 
amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a no-year ac-
count in the Treasury, which has been established for the sole 
purpose of recording adjustments for and liquidating such 
unpaid obligations. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $94,300,000 (from assessments collected 
from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricul-
tural 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 receiverships: Provided 
further, That the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 
10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the 
purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 
1971 (12 U.S.C. 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Admin-
istration may exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from 
the application of the limitation provided in that clause of ex-
port loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in 
a manner other than described in subclause (II) of the clause.
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 
made available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act 
to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition to spe-
cific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the total 
number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2024 does not ex-
ceed the number of vehicles owned or leased in fiscal year 
2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing additional motor 
vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such vehicles are 
necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational 
costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public safe-
ty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not increase the 
Department of Agriculture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless 
the Secretary notifies in writing, and receives approval from, 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress within 30 days of the notification. 
SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or 
any other available unobligated discretionary balances that 
are remaining available of the Department of Agriculture to 
the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of property, 
plant and equipment and for the improvement, delivery, and
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implementation of Department financial, and administrative 
information technology services, and other support systems 
necessary 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, such transferred funds to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the 
agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the 
funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
this section shall be available for obligation without written 
notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made 
available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes 
to the Department’s National Finance Center without written 
notification to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by sec-
tion 716 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act or made available to the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make 
any changes to remove or relocate any systems, missions, per-
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sonnel, or functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Offi-
cer and the Chief Information Officer, co-located with or 
from the National Finance Center prior to written notifica-
tion to and prior approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the 
requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, 
That the National Finance Center Information Technology 
Services Division personnel and data center management re-
sponsibilities, and control of any functions, missions, and sys-
tems for current and future human resources management 
and integrated personnel and payroll systems (PPS) and 
functions provided by the Chief Financial Officer and the 
Chief Information Officer shall remain in the National Fi-
nance Center and under the management responsibility and 
administrative control of the National Finance Center: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the of-
fices of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market to 
existing and new Departments and other government agen-
cies National Finance Center shared services including, but 
not limited to, payroll, financial management, and human 
capital shared services and allow the National Finance Center 
to perform technology upgrades: Provided further, That of an-
nual income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the 
Department of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex-
cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by the
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National Finance Center and budgeted for the National Fi-
nance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 
percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital equip-
ment, including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and 
implementation of financial, administrative, and information 
technology services, and other systems of the National Fi-
nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of 
the National Finance Center: Provided further, That none of 
the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation unless 
the Secretary submits written notification of the obligation to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided 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 Na-
tional 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 institutions 
in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agree-
ment when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is 
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two 
parties. This does not preclude appropriate payment of indi-
rect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions 
when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for 
all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available until 
expended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year for the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan 
Fund program account, the Rural Electrification and Tele-
communication Loans program account, and the Rural Hous-
ing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
new information technology systems or significant upgrades, 
as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Invest-
ment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be transferred to the
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Office of the Chief Information Officer without written notifi-
cation to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 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 Information Officer: 
Provided further, That the Chief Information Officer may au-
thorize 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 perform-
ance of an agency measured against the performance plan re-
quirements described in the explanatory statement accom-
panying 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 expended to 
disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid 
or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 
that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such
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Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 313B(a) of 
such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act. 
SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 
this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain available 
through September 30, 2025, for information technology ex-
penses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel 
by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contraven-
tion of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or 
amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title I or 
subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which in-
definite 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 re-
lated administrative expenses, including technical assist-
ance, associated with the implementation of the pro-
gram, without regard to the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in
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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 pur-
poses of applying the limitation on the total amount of 
allotments and fund transfers contained in such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, panels, 
commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated rule 
makings and panels used to evaluate competitively awarded 
grants. 
SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and ex-
changing of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforce-
ment agency or any other entity carrying out criminal inves-
tigations, 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 sec-
tion referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any other
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Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel to carry out a program under section 32 of the Act 
of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section referred 
to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,574,028,000 (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—$1,660,000; Administration of 
section 32 Commodity Purchases—$37,178,000: Provided, 
That, of the total funds made available in the matter pre-
ceding this proviso that remain unobligated on October 1, 
2024, such unobligated balances shall carryover into fiscal 
year 2025 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 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 available by this or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any em-
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ployee of the Department of Agriculture to carry out clause 
(3) of section 32. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
part of the President’s budget submission to the Congress for 
programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Sub-
committees on Agriculture, Rural Development, 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 sub-
mission 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 con-
ference for the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees avail-
able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming, transfer 
of funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy 
Act, or in the case of the Department of Agriculture, through
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use of the authority provided by section 702(b) of the De-
partment 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 ac-
tivities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Fu-
tures Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies in 
writing and receives approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in ad-
vance 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
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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 sub-
section (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing 
program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 
10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduc-
tion in personnel which would result in a change in exist-
ing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Con-
gress; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Fu-
tures Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies in 
writing and receives approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in ad-
vance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds or the 
use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writing 
and receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations
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of both Houses of Congress before implementing any program 
or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year un-
less the program or activity is funded by this Act or specifi-
cally 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 in-
volves increasing or decreasing funds in the current fis-
cal 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 va-
cant positions or agency activities or functions to estab-
lish 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
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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, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission receives from 
the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the notifi-
cation 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 portion 
of the loan. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food 
and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration shall be used 
to transmit or otherwise make available reports, questions, or 
responses to questions that are a result of information re-
quested for the appropriations hearing process to any non- 
Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health and 
Human Services, non-Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion, or non-Farm Credit Administration employee.
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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 pre-
packaged news story was prepared or funded by that execu-
tive 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 office is fully 
reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 
and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com-
missioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the Chair-
man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and 
the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress a detailed spending plan by program, project, and 
activity for all the funds made available under this Act in-
cluding appropriated user fees, as defined in the explanatory
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statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act). 
SEC. 722. 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 profes-
sional, 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 profes-
sional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) unless and 
until a Federal law is enacted to allow or require such dis-
tribution. 
SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility or 
level of program assistance for Rural Housing Service pro-
grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 
populations. 
SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not re-
quire budget authority and the program level has been estab-
lished in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may increase 
the program level for such loans and loan guarantees 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.
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SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 
729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 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 Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds or rebates so 
transferred shall be available for obligation only for the ac-
quisition of property, plant and equipment, including equip-
ment for the improvement, delivery, and implementation of 
Departmental financial management, information technology, 
and other support systems necessary for the delivery of finan-
cial, administrative, and information technology services, in-
cluding cloud adoption and migration, of primary benefit to 
the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the ‘‘vari-
ety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhancing Re-
tailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department of Agri-
culture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 (81 
Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture amends 
the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as defined in section 
278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations,
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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 ex-
ceeds 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 regu-
latory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the require-
ments regarding acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to 
Supplemental 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. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall have the same authority with respect to 
loans guaranteed under such section and eligible lenders for 
such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) and (j) 
of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect 
to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and eligible lend-
ers for such loans. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be available for the United 
States Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize or im-
plement any regulation that would promulgate new user fees
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pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 729. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the Broadband Treasury 
Rate Loan program, authorized in section 601 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb), $7,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 
regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and holi-
day pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge estab-
lishments subject to the inspection requirements of the Poul-
try Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq., the Fed-
eral Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq, and the Egg 
Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., for the cost 
of inspection services provided outside of an establishment’s 
approved inspection shifts, and for inspection services pro-
vided on Federal holidays: Provided, That any sums charged 
pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed as overtime pay 
or holiday pay under section 1001(d) of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Pro-
vided further, That sums received by the Secretary under this
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paragraph shall, in addition to other available funds, remain 
available until expended to the Secretary without further ap-
propriation for the purpose of funding all costs associated 
with FSIS inspections. 
SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the 
following factors in the country or region being audited, 
as applicable— 
(A) veterinary control and oversight; 
(B) disease history and vaccination practices; 
(C) livestock demographics and traceability; 
(D) epidemiological separation from potential 
sources of infection; 
(E) surveillance practices; 
(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 
(G) emergency preparedness and response; and 
(2) promptly make publicly available the final re-
ports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to 
paragraph (1). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
with United States obligations under its international trade 
agreements. 
SEC. 732. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the rural housing voucher 
program authorized by section 542 of the Housing Act of
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1949, (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), as amended, $35,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 733. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ‘‘Rural Co-
operative Development Grants’’ for Agriculture Innovation 
Centers authorized by section 6402 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b), as amended, 
$7,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no amounts 
may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized by 
sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or waste-
water system unless all of the iron and steel products used 
in the project are produced in the United States.
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(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: 
lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other 
municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and 
restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast con-
crete, 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 available 
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 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 designee 
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 infor-
mal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to 
making a finding based on the request. The Secretary or the
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designee shall make the request and accompanying informa-
tion available by electronic means, including on the official 
public Internet Web site of the Department. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
with United States obligations under international agree-
ments. 
(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 Account’’ for car-
rying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for 
management and oversight of the requirements of this sec-
tion. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications in-
clude use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited by 
such subsection if the plans and specifications have received 
required approvals from State agencies prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, and each Federally recognized In-
dian Tribe. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation mat-
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ters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to 
Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
SEC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by this 
Act for direct loans and grants under the following 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 Service—Rural 
Community Facilities Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business- 
Cooperative Service—Rural Business Program Account’’; 
‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Economic De-
velopment Loans Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coop-
erative Service—Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; 
‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentre-
preneur Assistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural 
Utilities Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommuni-
cations Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Serv-
ice—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro-
gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 percent 
of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 
poverty counties under this section, including, notwith-
standing 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
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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 
1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007–2011 American 
Community Survey 5-year average, or any territory or posses-
sion of the United States: Provided further, That with respect 
to specific activities for which program levels have been made 
available by this Act that are not supported by budget au-
thority, the requirements of this section shall be applied to 
such program level. 
SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge re-
ceipt of a submission for an exemption for investigational 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 inten-
tionally created or modified to include 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. 738. None of the funds made available by this or 
any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule promul-
gated by the Food and Drug Administration entitled ‘‘Stand-
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ards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of 
Produce for Human Consumption’’, and published on Novem-
ber 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation of entities that 
grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, 
or almonds. 
SEC. 739. For school years 2023–2024 and 2024–2025, 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce the matter following the first comma 
in the second sentence of footnote (c) of section 220.8(c) of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to the sub-
stitution 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. 740. None of the funds made available by this Act 
or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the Ag-
ricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 of 
the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, 
or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown or 
cultivated in accordance with section 7606 of the Agri-
cultural 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.
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SEC. 741. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the 
matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of the Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 
SEC. 742. The Secretary, as part of the report on for-
eign landholding required under the Agricultural Foreign In-
vestment Disclosure Act (Public Law 95–460), shall report to 
Congress on foreign investments in agricultural land in the 
United States, including the impact foreign ownership has on 
family farms, rural communities, and the domestic food sup-
ply: Provided, That within 2 years after the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall establish a streamlined process for 
electronic submission and retention of disclosures made under 
the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, including 
an internet database that contains disaggregated data from 
each disclosure submitted: Provided further,That all prior 
year disclosures of foreign investments in agricultural land in 
the United States are published in the database: Provided 
further, That the plan includes a process to ensure the protec-
tion of personally identifiable information and that all disclo-
sures of foreign investments in agricultural land on the 
USDA website be disaggregated by: (1) in any case in which 
such foreign person is an individual, the citizenship of such 
foreign person; and (2) in any case in which such foreign per-
son is not an individual or a government, the nature of the
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legal entity holding the interest, the country in which such 
foreign person is created or organized, and the principal place 
of business of such foreign person. 
SEC. 743. 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 organiza-
tions and public housing authorities to provide technical as-
sistance, 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 affordable housing, by non-profit 
housing organizations and public housing authorities as au-
thorized by law that commit to keep such properties in the 
RHS multi-family housing program for a period of time as 
determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 744. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ‘‘Rural 
Housing Assistance Grants’’ for housing repair grants au-
thorized by section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1474), as amended, $28,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985.
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SEC. 745. (a) After the effective date of any final rule 
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes in con-
nection with its proposed rule to update these requirements 
(87 Federal Register 59168, issued on September 29, 2022), 
manufacturers may also continue to comply with the previous 
requirements promulgated by the FDA for the implied nutri-
ent content claim ‘‘healthy’’ through the ‘‘compliance date’’ 
FDA provides in the final rule. 
(b) Any food product manufactured and labeled as 
‘‘healthy’’ during the compliance period FDA provides in that 
final rule shall not be directly or indirectly subject to any 
state-law requirements that are not identical to either (i) the 
Federal requirements for the implied nutrition content claim 
‘‘healthy’’ that were in effect as of the date FDA issues the 
final rule, or (ii) the updated Federal requirements that FDA 
promulgates in the final rule, assuming the updated require-
ments go into effect during the regulatory compliance period. 
SEC. 746. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used 
to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate moni-
toring and controls, as determined by the Administrator, are 
in place to ensure that emergency food aid is received by the 
intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food shortages and 
not diverted for unauthorized or inappropriate purposes.
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SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to procure raw or processed poultry products or 
seafood imported into the United States from the People’s 
Republic of China for use in the school lunch program under 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food Pro-
gram under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the 
Summer Food Service Program for Children under section 13 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast pro-
gram under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 
et seq.). 
SEC. 748. For school year 2024–2025, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of June 30, 2023, shall be re-
quired to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 
with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 
SEC. 749. Any funds made available by this or any other 
Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, shall 
be available for grants for biotechnology risk assessment re-
search: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such funds 
among appropriations of the Department of Agriculture for 
purposes of making such grants.
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SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no funds available to the Department of Agriculture may be 
used to move any staff office or any agency from the mission 
area in which it was located on August 1, 2018, to any other 
mission area or office within the Department in the absence 
of the enactment of specific legislation affirming such move. 
SEC. 751. The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use funds ap-
propriated under this Act or any other Act for the Watershed 
and Flood Prevention Operations Program and the Water-
shed Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to the Wa-
tershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Protection 
Program carried out pursuant to section 403 of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to provide tech-
nical services for such programs pursuant to section 
1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section. 
SEC. 752. In administering the pilot program established 
by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Secretary of Agri-
culture may, for purposes of determining entities eligible to 
receive assistance, consider those communities which are 
‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, That not more than 
10 percent of the funds made available under the heading
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‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’ 
for the purposes of the pilot program established by section 
779 of Public Law 115–141 may be used for this purpose. 
SEC. 753. In addition to amounts otherwise made avail-
able by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 
U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to implement non-renewable agree-
ments on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural lands, 
as determined by the Secretary, under the Water Bank Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 
SEC. 754. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food and 
Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of 
Food and Drugs, shall, not later than September 30, 2024, 
and following the review required under Executive Order No. 
12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory planning 
and review), issue advice revising the advice provided in the 
notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About Eating Fish, 
From the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and 
Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; Availability’’ (82 
Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in a manner that is 
consistent with nutrition science recognized by the Food and 
Drug Administration on the net effects of seafood consump-
tion.
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SEC. 755. In addition to amounts otherwise made avail-
able, there is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the Meat and Poultry Processing 
Expansion 
Program 
established 
pursuant 
to 
section 
1001(b)(4) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 
Law 117–2) to award grants to processors of invasive, wild- 
caught catfish. 
SEC. 756. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 
2024, an amount of funds made available in title III under 
the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Ac-
count, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural Housing 
Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program Ac-
count, 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, excluding 
the funding provided through any Community Project Fund-
ing/Congressionally Directed Spending. 
SEC. 757. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year there-
after, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be 
used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm Credit Act of
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1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 343(a)(13) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. 
SEC. 758. (a) For an additional amount for the Office 
of the Secretary, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out no more 
than 10 pilot projects, under the terms and conditions deter-
mined by the Secretary for a period not to exceed 2 years, 
that award grants to an Indian tribe; a tribal organization 
approved by an Indian tribe; a tribal educational agency; a 
consortium of Indian tribes; or a partnership between an In-
dian tribe and either a State educational agency, a local edu-
cational agency, a tribal educational agency, or the Bureau 
of Indian Education to operate and implement the school 
lunch program as authorized by the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769), the summer food 
service program as established under section 13 of the Rich-
ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, the child and 
adult care food program as established by section 17 of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, or the school 
breakfast program established by the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) in either a Bureau-funded school (as 
defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)); a school (as defined in section 12(d) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1760 (d)) on or near an Indian reservation; or an
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early child care and education facility: Provided, That to 
carry out this pilot program each grant awarded shall be no 
less than $10,000 and no more than $100,000 for each 
school year and shall not increase state administrative costs 
or the amount of benefits provided in any program: Provided 
further, That the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a pilot 
project grant recipient shall be reimbursed for meals served 
under the school lunch program, the summer food service 
program, and the child and adult care food program as if the 
recipient were a State under the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act; and under the school breakfast program 
as if the recipient were a State educational agency. 
(c) Not later than 1 year after the conclusion of the pilot 
program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
the outcomes of the pilot program. 
SEC. 759. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used by the Food and 
Drug Administration (FDA) to issue or promote any new 
guidelines or regulations applicable to food manufacturers for 
Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) until the FDA considers the 
available new science in developing the Compliance Policy 
Guide (CPG), Guidance for FDA Staff, Sec. 55.320 Listeria
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monocytogenes—regarding Lm in low-risk foods, meaning 
foods that do not support the growth of Lm. 
SEC. 760. Section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1490c) is amended in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking 
‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 
SEC. 761. Section 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1490d) is amended in subsection (a)(1) by striking 
‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 
SEC. 762. Section 363 of the Multifamily Mortgage 
Foreclosure Act of 1981 (12 U.S.C. 3702) is amended at 
paragraph (10) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary of Housing 
Urban Development’’ the following: ‘‘and the Secretary of 
Agriculture’’. 
SEC. 763. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used by the Food and 
Drug Administration to develop, issue, promote or advance 
any final guidelines or new regulations applicable to food 
manufacturers for long-term population-wide sodium reduc-
tion actions until an assessment is completed on the impact 
of the short-term sodium reduction targets. 
SEC. 764. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, for a Bison Pro-
duction and Marketing Grant Program that the Agricultural 
Marketing Service shall develop and maintain: Provided, That 
this program shall be similar, as determined by the Secretary,
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to the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program the 
Department of Agriculture currently maintains pursuant to 
section 209(c) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1627a(c)), and shall prioritize grants to national non- 
profits and federally chartered Tribal organizations that have 
expertise in bison production or marketing. 
SEC. 765. Notwithstanding the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622 et seq.) and 9 CFR part 352, 
the Committee provides an additional $700,000 to the USDA 
Food Safety and Inspection Service to cover voluntary meat 
inspection fees for the slaughtering or processing of bison/ 
buffalo at Native American owned establishments or estab-
lishments operating on tribal lands. 
SEC. 766. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the Rural Water Operation 
Program under the heading ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation 
Service—Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations’’, 
$28,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 767. If services performed by APHIS employees 
are determined by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service to be in response to an animal dis-
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ease outbreak, any premium pay that is funded, either di-
rectly or through reimbursement, shall be exempted from the 
aggregate of basic pay and premium pay calculated under 
section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, and any other 
provision of law limiting the aggregate amount of premium 
pay payable on a biweekly or calendar year basis: Provided, 
That this section shall take effect as if enacted on January 
1, 2023. 
SEC. 768. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel— 
(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 Fed-
eral 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 regula-
tion). 
SEC. 769. Any rule-making, notice or guidance of or re-
garding USDA Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Programs: 
Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584–AE88) shall allow and 
provide meal reimbursement for (or ‘‘low fat or fat free’’) fla-
vored milk in National School Lunch Program and School 
Breakfast Program for grades Kindergarten through 12th
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grade and in Child and Adult Care Food Program for partici-
pants 6 years of age and older, and for any other program 
complying with the meal pattern requirements covered in 
such final rule. 
SEC. 770. Sodium limits in effect for School Year 2023– 
2024 in child nutrition meal patterns shall remain effective 
through School Year 2026–2027, after which sodium limits 
that may be included in any rulemaking, notice or guidance 
of or regarding USDA Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Pro-
grams: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 
Dietary Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584–AE88), shall 
not be more restrictive than the Target 2 sodium levels pub-
lished in the final rule entitled ‘‘Nutrition Standards in the 
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs’’ 
published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal 
Register on January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg 4087). 
SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to carry out section 2103 of 
Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
prioritize the wetland compliance needs of areas with signifi-
cant numbers of individual wetlands, wetland acres, and con-
servation compliance requests. 
SEC. 772. There is appropriated $3,000,000 for the 
emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assistance
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grant program established under section 12502(b) of the Ag-
riculture Improvement Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 20127). 
SEC. 773. The National Academies of Sciences, Engi-
neering and Medicine (NASEM) were tasked with providing 
findings and recommendations on alcohol consumption for the 
purposes of inclusion in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for 
Americans as required by Section 772 of Division A of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 
328): Provided, That the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the 
findings and recommendations of the NASEM report in the 
development of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans 
and further, both Secretaries shall ensure that the alcohol 
consumption recommendations in the 2025 Dietary Guide-
lines for Americans shall be based on the preponderance of 
scientific and medical knowledge consistent with section 5341 
of title 7 of United States Code. 
SEC. 774. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Rural 
Community Facilities Program Account’’ in title I of division 
N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117–328) is amended by inserting ‘‘or to repair or replace es-
sential community facilities damaged by a disaster that oc-
curred in calendar year 2023’’ after ‘‘calendar year 2022’’: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
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gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 775. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the Rural Energy for 
American program authorized by section 9007 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, (7 U.S.C. 8107), 
$10,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 776. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available in Section 2304 of the Amer-
ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), 
$30,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 777. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under Division A, Title IV, 
under the heading ‘‘Nutrition Programs Administration’’ for 
relocation expenses and the alteration and repair of buildings 
and improvement pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31), 
$8,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
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SEC. 778. Of the unobligated balances available in fiscal 
year 2024 in the ‘‘Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ established 
in section 742 of division A of Public Law 113-235, and in 
addition to any funds otherwise made available for such pur-
poses in this, prior, or subsequent fiscal years, the following 
shall be available during the period of availability of the Fund 
for the specified purposes and in the specified amounts— 
(1) for grants for rural community facilities pro-
grams as authorized by section 306 and described in sec-
tion 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, $505,023,927 for the purposes, and in 
the amounts specified in the table titled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), 
and under the same authorities and conditions as 
amounts made available by this Act in the second para-
graph under the heading ‘‘Rural Community Facilities 
Program Account’’; and 
(2) for expenses during fiscal year 2024, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in con-
nection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 
Act, $68,476,073, under the same authorities and condi-
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tions as amounts made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Food for Peace Title II Grants’’: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
SEC. 779. Section 2250b of title 7, United States Code, 
is hereby amended in the second proviso by striking ‘‘capital 
acquisition’’ and after ‘‘infrastructure’’ inserting ‘‘and infor-
mation technology services.’’ 
SEC. 780. Section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c–2(a)), shall be applied for fiscal 
year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter until the specified 
funding has been expended as if the following were inserted 
after the final period: ‘‘In addition, the Secretary shall use 
$9,465,000 of the funds available to carry out this section in 
fiscal year 2024 for an additional amount for the same pur-
pose and under the same terms and conditions as the Rural 
Business Development Grants authorized by section 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(c)).’’.
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SEC. 781. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the acceptable market name of any engineered animal ap-
proved prior to the effective date of the National Bioengi-
neered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 2019) shall 
include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ prior to the exist-
ing acceptable market name. 
SEC. 782. For an additional amount for the Office of the 
Secretary, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
continue the Institute for Rural Partnerships as established 
in section 778 of Public Law 117–103: Provided, That the 
Institute for Rural Partnerships shall continue to dedicate re-
sources to researching the causes and conditions of challenges 
facing rural areas, and develop community partnerships to 
address such challenges: Provided further, That administra-
tive or other fees shall not exceed one percent: Provided fur-
ther, That such partnership shall coordinate and publish an 
annual report. 
SEC. 783. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to 
carry out the duties of the working group established under 
section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 89). 
SEC. 784. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for conservation activities 
under the heading ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Serv-
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ice—Conservation Operations’’, $30,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
SEC. 785. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the ‘‘National Institute of 
Food and Agriculture—Research and Education Activities’’, 
$37,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 786. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for section 306E(b) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide 
subgrants to eligible individuals for the construction, refur-
bishing, and servicing of individually owned household decen-
tralized wastewater systems. 
SEC. 787. The Secretary of Agriculture shall be included 
as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the 
United States (CFIUS) on a case by case basis pursuant to 
the authorities in section 721(k)(2)(J) of the Defense Pro-
duction Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(k)(2)(J)) with respect
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to each covered transaction (as defined in section 721(a)(4) 
of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4565(a)(4))) involving agricultural land, agriculture bio-
technology, or the agriculture industry (including agricultural 
transportation, agricultural storage, and agricultural proc-
essing), as determined by the CFIUS Chairperson in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall, to the maximum extent practicable, notify 
the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States 
of any agricultural land transaction that the Secretary of Ag-
riculture has reason to believe, based on information from or 
in cooperation with the Intelligence Community, is a covered 
transaction (A) that may pose a risk to the national security 
of the United States, with particular emphasis on covered 
transactions of an interest in agricultural land by foreign 
governments or entities of concern, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 
19221(a), including the People’s Republic of China, the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Federa-
tion, and the Islamic Republic of Iran; and (B) with respect 
to which a person is required to submit a report to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture under section 2(a) of the Agricultural 
Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 
3501(a)): Provided, That there is hereby appropriated 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, in addition to
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amounts otherwise provided for such purpose, to carry out 
this section. 
SEC. 788. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available in the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’, $78,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 789. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the ‘‘Community Connect 
Grant Program’’, $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Pro-
vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
SEC. 790. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ‘‘Distance 
Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, other 
than amounts made available for the Community Connect 
Grant Program, $18,891,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement