In the Senate of the United States, 
November 10, 2025. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 5371) entitled ‘‘An Act making continuing appro-
priations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other 
purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria-
tions, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construc-
tion and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
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DIVISION A—CONTINUING APPROPRIATONS ACT, 2026 
DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCY APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2026 
Title I—Agricultural Programs 
Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs 
Title III—Rural Development Programs 
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration 
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION C—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
Title I—Legislative Branch 
Title II—General Provisions 
DIVISION D—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
Title I—Department of Defense 
Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions 
DIVISION E—EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
DIVISION F—HEALTH EXTENDERS 
Title I—Public Health Extenders 
Title II—Medicare 
Title III—Human Services 
Title IV—Medicaid 
Title V—Food and Drug Administration 
Title VI—No Surprises Act Implementation 
DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EXTENDERS 
Title I—Health Care Matters 
Title II—Benefits 
Title III—Housing 
Title IV—Other Matters 
DIVISION H—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion.
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SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed 
in the Senate section of the Congressional Record on or 
about November 9, 2025, and submitted by the chair of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, shall have the 
same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and im-
plementation of divisions B through D of this Act as if it 
were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of con-
ference. 
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. 
DIVISION A—CONTINUING 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 
and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of Government for fis-
cal year 2026, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a 
rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropria-
tions Acts for fiscal year 2025 and under the authority and 
conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects 
or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan
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guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for 
in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2025, and 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 
made available in the Full-Year Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119–4), except 
sections 1110, 1113, and 1114; the proviso in paragraph 
(4) of section 1602; and sections 1708 and 1808; and except 
section 540 of division C, and sections 110 and 112 of divi-
sion D of Public Law 118–42, as continued in effect by 
section 1101 of division A of Public Law 119–4; and except 
section 7069(b) of division F of Public Law 118–47, as con-
tinued in effect by section 1101 of division A of Public Law 
119–4. 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail-
able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 
Department of Defense shall be used for: 
(1) the new production of items not funded for 
production in fiscal year 2025 or prior years; 
(2) the increase in production rates above those 
sustained with fiscal year 2025 funds; or 
(3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 
any project, activity, operation, or organization (de-
fined as any project, subproject, activity, budget ac-
tivity, program element, and subprogram within a 
program element, and for any investment items de-
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fined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within 
an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 
includes a program element and subprogram element 
within an appropriation account) for which appro-
priations, funds, or other authority were not available 
during fiscal year 2025. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or au-
thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 
of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements 
utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order 
quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated 
later. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would 
be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, 
no appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate 
or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, 
funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 
year 2025. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted 
pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or expendi-
tures incurred for any project or activity during the period
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for which funds or authority for such project or activity 
are available under this Act. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026, 
appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until which-
ever of the following first occurs: 
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation 
for any project or activity provided for in this Act. 
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable ap-
propriations Act for fiscal year 2026 without any 
provision for such project or activity. 
(3) January 30, 2026. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act 
shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable ap-
propriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted 
into law. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made avail-
able by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be 
used without regard to the time limitations for submission 
and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 
of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this Act may 
be construed to waive any other provision of law governing 
the apportionment of funds.
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after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to 
be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 
for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each de-
partment and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de-
partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro-
priations Act for fiscal year 2025, except that such author-
ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 
the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex-
penses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obli-
gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 
Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), 
section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-
cal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 
504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. (a)(1) For each amount incorporated by ref-
erence in this Act that was previously 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, each provision of law desig-
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nating each such amount as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to such section shall not apply. 
(2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act 
that was designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
in the following provisions of law are designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to 
legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement 
in the House of Representatives: section 11206(4) of divi-
sion A of Public Law 119–4 and 7068(b) of division F of 
Public Law 118–47, as continued in effect by section 1101 
of division A of Public Law 119–4. 
(b) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act 
that was previously designated by the Congress as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
is designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget. 
(c) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act 
that was previously designated in division B of Public Law 
117–159, division J of Public Law 117–58, or in section 
443(b) of division G of Public Law 117–328 by the Congress
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as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget shall continue to be treated as an 
amount specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5. 
SEC. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discre-
tionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section 
101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)— 
(1) to which other appropriations are not pro-
vided by this Act, but for which there is a current ap-
plicable TAFS that does receive an appropriation in 
this Act; or 
(2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other 
appropriations in this Act, 
may be continued instead by reducing the rate for oper-
ations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current 
applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge on 
the final funding prerogatives of the Congress. 
(b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection 
(a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser of— 
(1) the amount specified for rescission or can-
cellation in the applicable appropriations Act ref-
erenced in section 101 of this Act; or 
(2) the amount of balances available, as of Octo-
ber 1, 2025, from the funds specified for rescission or
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cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act ref-
erenced in section 101 of this Act. 
(c) No later than December 5, 2025, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the rescissions 
or cancellations that will continue pursuant to section 101: 
Provided, That the information in such comprehensive list 
shall be periodically updated to reflect any subsequent 
changes in the amount of balances available, as of October 
1, 2025, from the funds specified for rescission or cancella-
tion in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in sec-
tion 101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate upon request. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 106(1), amounts 
made available in divisions A through D of the Continuing 
Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 
2026 for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each 
department and agency shall be available for payments 
pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United 
States Code and such payments shall be made. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 106(1), all obliga-
tions incurred and in anticipation of the appropriations
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made and authority granted by divisions A through D of 
the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative 
Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 
Extensions Act, 2026 for the purposes of maintaining the 
essential level of activity to protect life and property and 
bringing about orderly termination of Government func-
tion, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are 
hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with 
the provisions of divisions A through D of the Continuing 
Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 
2026. 
SEC. 118. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 
used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 
continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 
State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com-
pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 
by the Federal Government— 
(1) such furloughed employees shall be com-
pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 
such period; 
(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be re-
imbursed for expenses that would have been paid by 
the Federal Government during such period had ap-
propriations been available, including the cost of com-
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pensating such furloughed employees, together with 
interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of 
title 31, United States Code; and 
(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 
funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 
such Federal program to reimburse such State (or the 
grantee), together with interest thereon calculated 
under section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ and 
the term ‘‘grantee’’ shall have the meaning as such term 
is defined under the applicable Federal program under sub-
section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed-
eral program’’ means the continued performance by a State 
or other Federal grantee, during the period of a lapse in 
appropriations, of a Federal program that the State or such 
other grantee had been carrying out prior to the period of 
the lapse in appropriations. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 106, the authority under 
this section applies with respect to any period in fiscal year 
2026 (not limited to periods beginning or ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act) during which there occurs 
a lapse in appropriations with respect to any department 
or agency of the Federal Government which, but for such 
lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or made reim-
bursement relating to, any of the expenses referred to in
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this section with respect to the program involved. Payments 
and reimbursements under this authority shall be made 
only to the extent and in amounts provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts, including divisions A through D of the 
Continuing 
Appropriations, 
Agriculture, 
Legislative 
Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 
Extensions Act, 2026. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding section 106(1), for the pur-
poses of divisions A through D of the Continuing Appro-
priations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Con-
struction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, 
the time covered by such divisions shall be considered to 
have begun on October 1, 2025. 
SEC. 120. (a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding section 
106(1), during the period between the date of enactment of 
this Act and the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act, 
no federal funds may be used to initiate, carry out, imple-
ment, or otherwise notice a reduction in force to reduce the 
number of employees within any department, agency, or of-
fice of the Federal Government. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The prohibition under subsection 
(a) shall apply to all civilian positions, whether permanent, 
temporary, full-time, part-time, or intermittent, and with-
out regard to the source of funding for such positions.
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(c) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under subsection (a) 
shall not apply to— 
(1) voluntary separations or retirements; 
(2) actions necessary to comply with a court 
order; or 
(3) actions taken, beginning only on the first 
day of a lapse in appropriations, necessary to imple-
ment or maintain an orderly shutdown of government 
operations. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘reduction in force’’ means actions taken by an agency 
pursuant to section 3501 through 3504 of title 5, United 
States Code or section 3595 of such title, or any similar 
reduction of positions at any department, agency, or office 
of the Federal Government, unless such reduction has been 
provided for in this Act. 
(e) Notwithstanding section 106(1), any reduction in 
force proposed, noticed, initiated, executed, implemented, or 
otherwise taken by an Executive Agency between October 
1, 2025, and the date of enactment, shall have no force or 
effect. 
(1) Any employee who received notice of being 
subject to such a reduction in force shall have that no-
tice rescinded and be returned to employment status 
as of September 30, 2025, without interruption. Such
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employees shall receive all pay to which they other-
wise would have been entitled in the absence of receiv-
ing such notice, including backpay in accordance 
with section 116 of this Act. 
(2) Within 5 days of date of enactment of this 
Act, each Federal agency shall send notice to all af-
fected employees and the chairs and ranking members 
of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and 
House of Representatives of the withdrawal of the re-
duction in force notice and the affected employee’s re-
instatement, if applicable. 
(3) Notices must include reinstatement date and 
the amount of back pay determined in paragraph (1), 
if applicable. 
SEC. 121. Section 8302(b) of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (16 U.S.C. 3851a(b)) shall be applied by substituting 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 
1, 2023’’. 
SEC. 122. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘‘Department of Justice—United States Marshals Serv-
ice—Salaries and Expenses’’ may be apportioned up to the 
rate for operations necessary to maintain program oper-
ations. 
(b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by sec-
tion 101, for ‘‘Department of Justice—United States Mar-
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shals Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, there is appro-
priated $30,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal 
year 2026, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 
to carry out protective operations. 
SEC. 123. Any expiration date established by section 
235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 
3551 note; Public Law 98–473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such sec-
tion relates to chapter 311 of title 18, United States Code, 
and the United States Parole Commission, shall not apply 
from October 1, 2025, through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 124. (a) For the closeout of all Space Shuttle con-
tracts and associated programs, amounts that have expired 
but have not been cancelled in the Exploration, Space Oper-
ations, Human Space Flight, Space Flight Capabilities, 
and Exploration Capabilities appropriations accounts shall 
remain available through fiscal year 2030 for the liquida-
tion of valid obligations incurred during the period of fiscal 
year 2001 through fiscal year 2013. 
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall be-
come effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. 
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2025, 
this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 2025.
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SEC. 125. Section 3014(a) of title 18, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 
section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 119, this section shall 
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and shall 
not apply retroactively. 
SEC. 126. During the period covered this Act, section 
1930(a)(6)(B)(i) of title 28, United States Code, shall be 
applied as if ‘‘During the 5-year period’’ were struck. 
SEC. 127. Notwithstanding section 101, the first pro-
viso in each of sections 8092 and 8096 of title VIII of divi-
sion A of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘advances’’ for ‘‘reimbursements’’. 
SEC. 128. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, 
amounts made available by section 101 to the Department 
of Defense for ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evalua-
tion, Air Force’’ shall be apportioned up to the rate for op-
erations necessary for the E–7 Wedgetail program, in an 
amount not to exceed $199,676,000, only for the purpose 
of continued rapid prototyping activities to maintain pro-
gram schedule and transition to production for the E–7 
Wedgetail program. 
SEC. 129. Of the unobligated balance of funds available 
to the Department of Defense for the E–7 program under 
the heading ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’ in Public
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Law 119–4, $200,000,000 is hereby transferred to and 
merged with amounts available for the E–7 program under 
the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Air Force’’ only for the purpose of continued rapid proto-
typing activities to maintain program schedule and transi-
tion to production for the E–7 Wedgetail program. 
SEC. 130. Section 717(a) of the Defense Production Act 
of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4564(a)) shall be applied by substituting 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, 
amounts made available by section 101 of this Act to the 
Department of Defense for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
necessary to fund completion of prior year shipbuilding 
programs for the following programs: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2013/2026: Carrier Replacement Pro-
gram, $150,000,000; 
(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2016/2026: Virginia Class Submarine 
Program, $121,538,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2016/2026: DDG 51 Program, 
$14,892,000;
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(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2026: Virginia Class Submarine 
Program, $99,116,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2026: DDG 51 Program, 
$62,365,000; 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2026: LHA Replacement Pro-
gram, $93,603,000; 
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2026: Virginia Class Submarine 
Program, $289,761,000; 
(8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2026: DDG 51 Program, 
$104,238,000; 
(9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $15,400,000; 
(10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2020/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $48,260,000; 
(11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2022/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $19,650,000;
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(b) The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget and the Secretary of Energy shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of the 
authority provided in subsection (a). 
SEC. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter pre-
ceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Office of Per-
sonnel Management—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title V of 
division B of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘$197,446,000’’ for ‘‘$219,076,000’’, and the sec-
ond proviso under such heading in such title of such divi-
sion of such Act shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘$214,605,000’’ for ‘‘$192,975,000’’. 
SEC. 136. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may ex-
pend local funds made available under the heading ‘‘Dis-
trict of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds’’ for such 
programs and activities under the District of Columbia Ap-
propriations Act, 2024 (title IV of division B of Public Law 
118–47) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2026 Local 
Budget Act of 2025 (D.C. Law 26–51), as modified as of 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 137. Notwithstanding section 101, paragraph (1) 
under the heading ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Depart-
mental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title I of divi-
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sion B of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘$1,350,000’’ for ‘‘$350,000’’: Provided, That such 
amounts may be obligated in the account and budget struc-
ture set forth in the fiscal year 2026 President’s Budget, 
submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, and accompanying justification materials. 
SEC. 138. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Pro-
gram Account’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
ations necessary to accommodate increased demand for 
commitments for general business loans authorized under 
paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), for guarantees of trust cer-
tificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 634(g)), for commitments to guarantee loans 
under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 (15 U.S.C. 697), and for commitments to guarantee 
loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Busi-
ness Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)). 
SEC. 139. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Office of Ter-
rorism and Financial Intelligence—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ at a rate for operations of $237,662,000. 
SEC. 140. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 
1605 of title VI of division A of Public Law 119–4 shall
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be applied through the end of the last applicable pay period 
that commences by the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this Act by substituting ‘‘the end of the last applicable pay 
period that commences in calendar year 2025’’ for ‘‘the date 
specified in section 1106 of this Act’’. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 101, section 747 of title 
VII of division B of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act by— 
(1) substituting ‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2023’’ each place it 
appears; 
(2) substituting ‘‘2026’’ for ‘‘2024’’ each place it 
appears; 
(3) substituting ‘‘2027’’ for ‘‘2025’’; and 
(4) substituting ‘‘section 747 of division B of 
Public Law 118–47, as continued in effect and modi-
fied by section 1605 of title VI of division A of Public 
Law 119-4, as in effect on September 30, 2025’’ for 
‘‘section 747 of division E of Public Law 117–328’’ 
each place it appears. 
(c) Subsection (b) shall not take effect until the first 
day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after 
January 1, 2026. 
SEC. 141. Section 1(b) of Public Law 117–25 (135 
Stat. 297; 136 Stat. 2133; 136 Stat. 5984; 138 Stat. 1771; 
139 Stat. 46) shall be applied in each of paragraphs (3)
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and (4) by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 101, title V of divi-
sion B of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied as though 
the heading ‘‘Commodity Futures Trading Commission’’ 
and the appropriation language thereunder, as it appeared 
under the heading ‘‘Independent Agencies’’ in title VI of 
division B of Public Law 118–42, appeared in title V of 
division B of Public Law 118–47. 
SEC. 143. In addition to amounts otherwise provided 
by section 101 for ‘‘The Judiciary—Supreme Court of the 
United States—Salaries and Expenses’’, there is appro-
priated $28,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal 
year 2026, to remain available until expended, for the pro-
tection of the Supreme Court Justices, including the pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, to be expended as the Chief 
Justice may approve. 
SEC. 144. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District 
Courts, and Other Judicial Services Defender Services’’ at 
a rate for operations of $1,564,373,000: Provided, That such 
amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
necessary to make payments, including to panel attorneys
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and related service providers, due under sections 3006A and 
3599(g) of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 145. Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 146. Section 225(e) of division A of Public Law 
116–6 (49 U.S.C. 44901 note) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘fiscal year 2019 through the date specified in sec-
tion 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2025’’. 
SEC. 147. Amounts made available by section 101 to 
the Department of Homeland Security under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief 
Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
necessary to carry out response and recovery activities 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
SEC. 148. Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity 
Enhancement Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) shall be ap-
plied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 149. Section 111(a) of the Cybersecurity Informa-
tion Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1510(a)) shall be ap-
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plied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 150. Section 2220A(s)(1) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 665g(s)(1)) shall be applied by 
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act 
for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 151. During the period covered by this Act, sec-
tion 1701 of title VII of division B of Public Law 117– 
43, as amended, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘calendar 
years 2021 through 2026’’ for ‘‘2021 or 2022 or 2023 or 
2024’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 152. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Pro-
grams—Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of 
Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ 
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
for wildfire suppression activities. 
SEC. 153. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise pro-
vided by section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Serv-
ice—Indian Health Services’’ at a rate for operations of 
$72,265,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing 
and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or ex-
panded in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, and such amounts
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may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to staff and operate such facilities. 
(b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by sec-
tion 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian 
Health Facilities’’ at a rate for operations of $8,050,000, 
for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating 
facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal 
years 2025 and 2026, and such amounts may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and 
operate such facilities. 
SEC. 154. Of the amounts made available in the third 
paragraph under the heading ‘‘Environmental Protection 
Agency—State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ in the Dis-
aster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (divi-
sion N of Public Law 117–328), up to $54,000,000 shall 
be available for technical assistance and grants under sec-
tion 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–1(b)) in areas where the President declared an emer-
gency in August of fiscal year 2022 pursuant to the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, That amounts 
repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res.
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(1) For payment to Ashley Paige Turner, heir of 
Sylvester Turner, late a Representative from the State 
of Texas, $174,000. 
(2) For payment to Ramona Grijalva, widow of 
Rau´l M. Grijalva, late a Representative from the 
State of Arizona, $174,000. 
(3) For payment to Catherine M. Smith, widow 
of Gerald E. Connolly, late a Representative from the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, $174,000. 
SEC. 157. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available for ‘‘Capitol Police—United States Capitol Police 
Mutual Aid Reimbursements’’, there is appropriated 
$30,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, 
to remain available until expended, for reimbursements for 
mutual aid and related training provided under the agree-
ments described in section 7302 of Public Law 108–458: 
Provided, That amounts provided by this section shall be 
subject to the same authorities and conditions as if such 
amounts were provided by title I of division C of the Con-
tinuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Exten-
sions Act, 2026: Provided further, That obligation of the 
funds made available in this section in this Act shall be 
subject to notification to the Chairmen and Ranking Mem-
bers of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
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of Congress, the Senate Committee on Rules and Adminis-
tration, and the Committee on House Administration of the 
amount and purpose of the expense within 15 days of obli-
gation. 
SEC. 158. Section 1424(a) of the Better Utilization of 
Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 
9624(a)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘the date that is 7 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’. 
SEC. 159. The fifth and sixth provisos under the head-
ing ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ in title III of di-
vision F of Public Law 118–47 shall be amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’ 
each place it appears. 
SEC. 160. Section 562(c) of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development Act, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 290l et seq.), is further amended by adding the fol-
lowing new paragraph at the end: 
‘‘(13) CAPITAL INCREASE.— 
‘‘(A) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(i) The United States Governor of the 
Bank may subscribe on behalf of the United 
States up to 40,000 additional shares of the 
paid-in capital stock of the Bank.
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‘‘(ii) Any subscription by the United 
States to additional paid-in capital stock of 
the Bank shall be effective only to such ex-
tent and in such amounts as are provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts. 
‘‘(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—In order to pay for the increase in the 
United States subscription to the Bank under 
paragraph (A), there are authorized to be appro-
priated, 
without 
fiscal 
year 
limitation, 
$437,457,804, for payment by the Secretary of 
the Treasury.’’. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding section 106, during fiscal 
year 2026, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment may use the unobligated balances of amounts made 
available in prior fiscal years in paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(8) under the heading ‘‘Public and Indian Housing—Ten-
ant-Based Rental Assistance’’ to support additional alloca-
tions under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) and sub-
paragraph (B) of paragraph (4) of such heading to prevent 
the termination of rental assistance for families as the re-
sult of insufficient funding in the calendar year 2025 fund-
ing cycle: Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to 
this section that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
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olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, 
and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget en-
forcement in the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 162. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary— 
Payments to Air Carriers’’ may be apportioned up to the 
rate for operations necessary to maintain Essential Air 
Service program operations. 
SEC. 163. Section 4144(d) of the Motor Carrier Safety 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 31100 note) shall 
be applied by substituting the date specified in section 
106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2026’’.
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DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCY AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$46,361,000 of which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary, of which 
$500,000 shall be for the establishment of a Seafood Indus-
try Liaison; not to exceed $1,700,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 
shall be available for the Office of Tribal Relations, of which 
$1,000,000 shall be to continue a Tribal Public Health Re-
source Center at a land grant university with existing in-
digenous public health expertise to expand current partner-
ships and collaborative efforts with indigenous groups to 
improve the delivery of public health services and functions 
in American Indian communities focusing on indigenous 
food sovereignty; not to exceed $5,250,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement, of 
which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to
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exceed $18,721,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant 
Secretary 
for 
Administration, 
of 
which 
$17,015,000 shall be available for Departmental Adminis-
tration to provide for necessary expenses for management 
support services to offices of the Department and for general 
administration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 
for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the 
Department: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Administration mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one ad-
ministrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed 
$3,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Sec-
retary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental 
Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this Act, in-
cluding programs involving intergovernmental affairs and 
liaison within the executive branch; and not to exceed 
$5,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Communica-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture 
is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 
of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 
of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 
for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 
5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of 
the amount made available under this paragraph for the
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EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Econo-
mist, $29,500,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants 
or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 
U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $2,425,000 shall be for an interdiscipli-
nary center based at a land grant university focused on 
agricultural policy relevant to the Midwest region which 
will provide private entities, policymakers, and the public 
with timely insights and targeted economic solutions: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $500,000 shall be available to carry out sec-
tion 224 of subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Re-
organization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended by 
section 12504 of Public Law 115–334. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, $14,500,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, $14,967,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, $85,000,000, of which not less than
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$60,032,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the depart-
ment. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, $5,867,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,466,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 
Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$30,000,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 
of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 
40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the Depart-
ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 
and other actions needed for the Department and its agen-
cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit-
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able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 
and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re-
pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 
costs, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
6901 et seq.), $1,619,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 
herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Manage-
ment may be transferred to any agency of the Department 
for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the 
above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, 
and Protection, $24,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including employment pursuant to the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 
$103,000,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies
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and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. 
App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of in-
formants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspec-
tor General pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of 
the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $60,537,000. 
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 
$4,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary 
for 
Research, 
Education, 
and 
Economics, 
$1,884,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Econom-
ics mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 
fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $500,000 shall be made available for 
the Office of the Chief Scientist.
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice, $90,612,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $185,000,000, of which up to $46,000,000 
shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri-
culture: Provided, That amounts made available for the 
Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current In-
dustrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and 
(f): Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
in writing at least 30 days prior to discontinuing data col-
lection programs and reports. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,000 and 
with prior notification and approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and for land 
exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value 
or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor 
which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the 
land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership,
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$1,793,063,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Agricultural Research 
Service Salaries and Expenses’’ in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of build-
ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 
cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed 
$500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall 
each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings to 
be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 
$1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings to be con-
structed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of 
the building or $500,000, whichever is greater: Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
for entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural Re-
search Service location for the construction of a research 
facility by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural 
Research Service and a condition of the lease shall be that
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any facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained by 
the non-Federal entity and shall be removed upon the expi-
ration or termination of the lease agreement: Provided fur-
ther, That the limitations on alterations contained in this 
Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of ex-
isting facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for grant-
ing easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Cen-
ter: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall 
not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out 
the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 
granting easements at any Agricultural Research Service 
location for the construction of a research facility by a non- 
Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricul-
tural Research Service and a condition of the easements 
shall be that upon completion the facility shall be accepted 
by the Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, 
if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in 
the interest of the United States: Provided further, That 
funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law: Provided further, That no later than 60 days from
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the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations of both House 
of Congress that outlines the current funding levels, staffing 
levels, and hiring plans in fiscal year 2026 for each research 
unit: Provided further, That the Secretary shall include in 
the department’s fiscal year 2027 budget request estimates 
for funding levels, staffing levels, and hiring plans for each 
research unit: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for the Experienced Services Pro-
gram at the Agricultural Research Service (16 U.S.C. 
3851). 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im-
provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 
equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricul-
tural research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 
where not otherwise provided, $60,650,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $57,650,000 shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), and of which, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available, $3,000,000 shall be for construction
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and facilities improvements at the Beltsville Agricultural 
Research Center. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $1,075,810,000, which shall be for the 
purposes, in the amounts, and for the periods of availability 
specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture, Research and Education Activities’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which 
$551,060,000 shall remain available until expended and of 
which $7,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 
this heading, $13,560,000 shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act), to remain available until expended, which shall 
not be subject to section 6(c) and section 6(d) of the Re-
search Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390d): Provided further, 
That each institution eligible to receive funds under the 
Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: Pro-
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vided further, That funds for education grants for Alaska 
Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made 
available to individual eligible institutions or consortia of 
eligible institutions with funds awarded equally to each of 
the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That 
funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be 
made available to institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not 
more than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this 
or any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food 
Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained 
by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $561,100,000 
which shall be for the purposes, in the amounts, and for 
the periods of availability specified in the table titled ‘‘Na-
tional Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activi-
ties’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4
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(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), of which $33,500,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 
less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for coop-
erative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith- 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of 
Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retirement and 
employees’ compensation costs for extension agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $40,100,000, which shall be for the purposes, in the 
amounts, and for the periods of availability specified in the 
table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, In-
tegrated Activities’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act), of which $8,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, indirect costs shall not be 
charged against any Extension Implementation Program 
Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest Man-
agement Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $1,617,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 
agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 
one administrative support staff for the Office. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for rep-
resentation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 
Foreign 
Service 
Act 
of 
1980 
(22 
U.S.C. 
4085), 
$1,157,534,000 which shall be for the purposes, in the 
amounts, and for the periods of availability specified in the 
table titled ‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of 
which $594,551,000 shall remain available until expended, 
of which $11,384,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spend-
ing’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4
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(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), to remain available until expended, and of which 
$8,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate 
or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the cur-
rent fiscal year that does not require minimum matching 
by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available for the purchase, re-
placement, operation, and maintenance of aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That in addition, in emergencies which 
threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus-
try of the United States, the Secretary may transfer from 
other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or 
corporations of the Department such sums as may be 
deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 
for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious 
disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for ex-
penses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the 
Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) 
and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of 
funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre-
ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary must notify 
the Committees on Appropriations about any transfer of
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funds in the preceding proviso within 15 days after such 
transfer being made: Provided further, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
2250) for the repair and alteration of leased buildings and 
improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of al-
tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not ex-
ceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
building. 
In fiscal year 2026, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 
goods, or services requested by States, other political sub-
divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 
governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 
structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is 
reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 
be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 
assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
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authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, $211,367,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 
79, and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the pur-
poses of section 779 of division A of Public Law 117–103: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $13,750,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115–334, 
of which $11,250,000 shall be for dairy business innovation 
initiatives established in Public Law 116–6 and the Sec-
retary shall take measures to ensure an equal distribution 
of funds between these three regional innovation initiatives: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and re-
pair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to the
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development or maintenance of grain standards under the 
United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/ 
or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart-
ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise 
provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $23,880,000 
for formulation and administration of marketing agree-
ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961 
(Public Law 87–128).
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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $500,000. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
require additional supervision and oversight, or other un-
controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety 
mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in-
cluding not to exceed $10,000 for representation allowances
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and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,215,200,000; and in 
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 
fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as au-
thorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 
funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication 
Infrastructure system shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time 
equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 
2026 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and en-
forcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementa-
tion of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further 
clarified by the amendments made in section 12106 of Pub-
lic Law 113–79: Provided further, That this appropriation 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
of the building.
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TITLE II 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM 
PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Farm Production and Conservation, $1,527,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 
agency in the Farm Production and Conservation mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 
one administrative support staff for the Office. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS 
CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 
Conservation Business Center, $167,633,000, of which 
$1,000,000 shall be for the implementation of section 773 
of Public Law 117–328: Provided, That $70,740,000 of 
amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant 
to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred 
to and merged with this account.
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FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
$1,125,000,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and antici-
pated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county offices and 
farm loan officers and shall be available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That the agency shall submit a report 
by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
that identifies for each project/investment that is oper-
ational (a) current performance against key indicators of 
customer satisfaction, (b) current performance of service 
level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current per-
formance against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a de-
tailed breakdown of current and planned spending on oper-
ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 
of whether the investment continues to meet business needs 
as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use the 
services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pay-
ments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro-
vided further, That other funds made available to the Agen-
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cy for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged 
with this account: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made 
available to county offices, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the pre-
ceding proviso, any funds made available to county offices 
in the current fiscal year that the Administrator of the 
Farm Service Agency deems to exceed or not meet the 
amount needed for the county offices may be transferred to 
or from the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses: 
Provided further, That none of the funds available for any 
department or agency in this or any other appropriations 
Acts, including prior year Acts, shall be used to close Farm 
Service Agency county offices: Provided further, That none 
of the funds available in this or any other Act, including 
prior year Acts, shall be used to permanently relocate coun-
ty based employees that would result in an office with two 
or fewer employees without prior notification and approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 
$6,500,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture 
may determine that United States territories and Federally
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recognized Indian tribes are ‘‘States’’ for the purposes of 
Subtitle A of such Act. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 
groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 
$7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 
products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 
in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-
scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 
12). 
GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND 
RANCHERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimburse-
ment payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers 
and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conservation,
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and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), $3,500,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 
and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency 
loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition 
loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), 
guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), to 
be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm 
ownership loans and $2,580,000,000 for farm ownership di-
rect loans; $2,000,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed op-
erating loans and $1,633,000,000 for direct operating loans; 
emergency loans, $14,388,000; Indian tribe land acquisi-
tion loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 
$150,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 
loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem 
the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of 
boll weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows:
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$1,000,000 for emergency loans, to remain available until 
expended; $32,766,000 for farm ownership direct loans, and 
$84,000 for boll weevil eradication program loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$326,053,000: Provided, That of this amount, $305,803,000 
shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agen-
cy, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, op-
erating, conservation, and emergency direct loans and loan 
guarantees may be transferred among these programs: Pro-
vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agen-
cy, $60,000,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading in this Act shall be avail-
able for compliance and integrity activities required under 
section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall be in addition to 
amounts otherwise provided for such purpose: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official
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reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 1506(i). 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions 
of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga-
tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 
and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul-
tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 
materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis-
semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 
interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 
donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
2268a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 
of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
maintenance of aircraft, $850,000,000, which shall be for 
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table titled 
‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation Op-
erations’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), to remain available until September 30, 2027, of
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which $34,625,000 shall for be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spend-
ing’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and 
improvement of buildings and public improvements at 
plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 
and improvements to other buildings and other public im-
provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 
That when buildings or other structures are erected on non- 
Federal land, that the right to use such land is obtained 
as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga-
tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 
changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 
and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provisions of 
laws relating to the activities of the Department, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$32,360,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community
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Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 
That for funds provided by this Act or any other prior Act, 
the limitation regarding the size of the watershed or sub-
watershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand acres 
in which such activities can be undertaken shall only apply 
for activities undertaken for the primary purpose of flood 
prevention (including structural and land treatment meas-
ures): Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be allocated to multi- 
benefit irrigation modernization projects and activities that 
increase fish or wildlife habitat, reduce drought impact, im-
prove water quality or instream flow, or provide off-channel 
renewable energy production. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $3,000,000 is pro-
vided. 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 
or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations
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as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 
be necessary, to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 
the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 
and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa-
tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor-
poration business: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House
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and Senate in writing 15 days prior to the obligation, com-
mitment, or transfer of any emergency funds from the Com-
modity Credit Corporation or the transfer or cancellation 
of any previously obligated Commodity Credit Corporation 
funds: Provided further, That such written notification 
shall include a detailed spend plan for the anticipated uses 
of such funds and an expected timeline for program execu-
tion if such obligation, commitment, transfer, or cancella-
tion exceeds $100,000,000. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for site 
investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 
maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 
section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Rural Development, $1,620,000: Provided, That
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funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Rural 
Development mission area for salaries and expenses are 
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of Rural Development pro-
grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and 
for cooperative agreements; $312,000,000: Provided, That of 
the amount made available under this heading, no less than 
$75,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
used for information technology expenses: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that support Rural Development 
programs: Provided further, That in addition to any other 
funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 
502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any 
amounts collected under such section, as amended by this 
Act, will immediately be credited to this account and will 
remain available until expended for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under this
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heading, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot 
program that assists rural hospitals to improve long-term 
operations and financial health, including strategies to ex-
pand and sustain access to maternal health care services, 
by providing technical assistance through analysis of cur-
rent hospital management practices. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural 
housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,000,000,000 shall be 
for section 502 direct loans; $5,000,000 shall be for a Single 
Family Housing Relending demonstration program for Na-
tive American Tribes; and $25,000,000,000 shall be for sec-
tion 502 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $25,000,000 for 
section 504 housing repair loans; $50,000,000 for section 
515 rental housing; $400,000,000 for section 538 guaran-
teed multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit 
sales of single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 
for section 523 self-help housing land development loans; 
$5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans; and 
$15,000,000 for section 514 direct farm labor housing loans.
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For the cost of direct loans, guaranteed loans, and 
grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
follows: section 502 direct loans, $130,600,000, of which 
$32,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027; Single Family Housing Relending demonstration 
program for Native American Tribes, $2,125,000; section 
504 housing repair loans, $4,333,000; repair, rehabilita-
tion, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
$15,130,000, to remain available until expended; section 
523 self-help housing land development loans, $657,000; sec-
tion 524 site development loans, $502,000; section 514 farm 
labor housing loans, $4,761,000, to remain available until 
expended; and farm labor housing grants, as authorized by 
section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 
1486), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That to support the loan program level for section 
538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading 
the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the 
projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provi-
sions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et 
seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized: 
Provided further, That applicants in communities that have 
a current rural area waiver under section 541 of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living
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in a rural area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans 
provided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 di-
rect loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur-
suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 
housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act 
of 1949 until June 1, 2026: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to 
nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to 
facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) 
multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit organiza-
tions and public housing authorities that commit to keep 
such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program 
for a period of time as determined by the Secretary, with 
such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the fol-
lowing: allow such nonprofit entities and public housing 
authorities to earn a Return on Investment on the owner’s 
initial equity contributions, as defined by the Secretary, in-
vested in the transaction; and allow reimbursement of orga-
nizational costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset 
referred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per 
property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section
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502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $30,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a demonstration 
program for the preservation and revitalization of the sec-
tions 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing prop-
erties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing 
loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the 
purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to 
preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and 
affordable housing for low-income residents and farm labor-
ers including reducing or eliminating interest; deferring 
loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing 
loan debt; and other financial assistance including ad-
vances, payments and incentives (including the ability of 
owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required 
by the Secretary: Provided, That the Secretary shall, as 
part of the preservation and revitalization agreement, ob-
tain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms 
of the restructuring. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)
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of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in 
lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households 
as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act 
of 1949, $1,715,000,000, and in addition such sums as may 
be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to 
liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 
out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) 
of the Act: Provided, That amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for renewal of rental assist-
ance agreements for a maximum of 5,000 units where the 
Secretary determines that a maturing loan for a project 
cannot reasonably be restructured with another USDA loan 
or modification and the project was operating with rental 
assistance under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into rental 
assistance contracts in maturing properties with existing 
rental assistance agreements notwithstanding any provision 
of section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, for a term of 
at least 10 years but not more than 20 years: Provided fur-
ther, That any agreement to enter into a rental assistance 
contract under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949 for 
a maturing property shall obligate the owner to continue 
to maintain the project as decent, safe, and sanitary hous-
ing and to operate the development in accordance with the 
Housing Act of 1949, except that rents shall be based on
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current Fair Market Rents as established by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 24 
CFR 888 Subpart A, 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535d, to deter-
mine the maximum initial rent and adjusted annually by 
the Operating Cost Adjustment Factor pursuant to 24 CFR 
888 Subpart B, unless the Agency determines that the 
project’s budget-based needs require a higher rent, in which 
case the Agency may approve a budget-based rent level: Pro-
vided further, That rental assistance agreements entered 
into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be fund-
ed for a one year period: Provided further, That upon re-
quest by an owner under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the 
Secretary may renew the rental assistance agreement for 
a period of 20 years or until the term of such loan has 
expired, subject to annual appropriations: Provided further, 
That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 
one-year agreements may be transferred and used for pur-
poses of any debt reduction, maintenance, repair, or reha-
bilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental 
assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: Pro-
vided further, That rental assistance provided under agree-
ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2026 for a farm labor 
multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 
516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another 
project until such assistance has remained unused for a pe-
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riod of twelve consecutive months, if such project has a 
waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the project 
has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving 
such assistance: Provided further, That such recaptured 
rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied 
to another farm labor multi-family housing project financed 
under section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That 
except as provided in the seventh proviso under this heading 
and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 
Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 
agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2026 for a 
project that the Secretary determines no longer needs rental 
assistance and use such recaptured funds for current needs: 
Provided further, That in addition to any other available 
funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 
total, from the program funds made available under this 
heading, for information technology improvements under 
this heading. 
RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwith-
standing subsection (b) of such section, $48,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the funds 
made available under this heading shall be available for 
rural housing vouchers to any low-income household (in-
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cluding those not receiving rental assistance) residing in 
a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 
prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 2005, and 
is not receiving stand-alone section 521 rental assistance: 
Provided further, That the amount of such voucher shall be 
the difference between comparable market rent for the sec-
tion 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available for such vouchers 
shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to sec-
tion 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to any other available 
funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 
total, from the program funds made available under this 
heading, for administrative expenses for activities funded 
under this heading. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for very low-income housing repair and 
rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 
$27,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 
described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, $1,250,000,000 for direct loans 
and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 
grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for 
rural community facilities programs as authorized by sec-
tion 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $677,160,846 to 
remain available until expended, of which $659,160,846 
shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for 
this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Fund-
ing/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 
$5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
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shall be available for a Rural Community Development Ini-
tiative: Provided further, That such funds shall be used sole-
ly to develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit 
community-based housing and community development or-
ganizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects 
to improve housing, community facilities, community and 
economic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 
private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations 
proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical 
assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-
nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 
including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided: Provided further, That any 
unobligated balances from prior year appropriations under 
this heading for the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees 
and grants, including amounts deobligated or cancelled, 
may be made available to cover the subsidy costs for direct 
loans, loan guarantees and or grants under this heading 
in this fiscal year: Provided further, That no amounts may 
be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
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Control Act of 1985 or that were specified in the tables titled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ in the explanatory statements accompanying 
prior year Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, 
as described in section 4 in the matter preceding division 
A of such Acts: Provided further, That no amounts may 
be made available pursuant to the fifth proviso without 
prior notification and approval of the Committees of Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 
That $13,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for community facilities grants, 
as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, of which $8,000,000 
shall be for grants to tribal colleges as authorized by section 
306(a)(25) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
available under this heading: Provided further, That in ad-
dition to any other available funds, the Secretary may ex-
pend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program 
funds made available under this heading, for administra-
tive expenses for activities funded under this heading.
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RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of guar-
anteed loans as authorized by section 310B of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)), $1,750,000,000. 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 
rural business development programs authorized by section 
310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of 
section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, $50,575,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which no less than $100,000 shall be made available for 
one or more qualified state technology council to promote 
private-sector economic development in the bio-sciences: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, $15,575,000 shall be for business and industry 
guaranteed loans: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading, $21,000,000 shall be for 
rural business development grants as authorized by section 
310B(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available 
for one grant to a qualified national organization to pro-
vide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 
to promote economic development: Provided further, That 
of 
the 
amount 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading,
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$10,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Au-
thority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), the Southwest 
Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), and 
the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 
et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 
purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 
5 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Pro-
vided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
$250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
order to promote economic development: Provided further, 
That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds 
made available under this heading. 
INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 
U.S.C. 1936b), $9,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,495,000 as authorized 
by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7
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U.S.C. 1936b), of which $250,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2026, for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes; and of which $499,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2026, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 
determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the 
appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for 
the purpose of promoting rural economic development and 
job creation projects, $50,000,000. 
The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 
of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro-
moting rural economic development and job creation 
projects shall not exceed $10,000,000. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
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Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $20,000,000: Provided, 
That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$3,000,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
propriate technology transfer for rural areas program; 
$3,000,000 shall be for grants for cooperative development 
centers, individual cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives 
that serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority of 
the boards of directors or governing boards of which are 
comprised of individuals who are members of socially dis-
advantaged groups; $8,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product 
market development grants, as authorized by section 210A 
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; and $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for Agriculture 
Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 of 
Public Law 107–171. 
RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of direct loans as authorized 
by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $17,000,000. 
For the cost of loans and grants, $4,000,000 under the 
same terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 2008s).
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RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under 
the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $100,000,000. 
HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE 
For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with 
section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of 
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), 
as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, 
for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects 
that provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, 
to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low- 
income communities, $50,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such costs of loans, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 
described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, as follows: $1,015,000,000 for 
direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
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For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 
grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for 
rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste 
management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 
306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 
306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $445,864,564 to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
$51,476,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for direct loans, of which no less than 
$3,876,000 shall be available for water and waste direct one 
percent loans for distressed communities as the Secretary 
deems appropriate: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall 
be available for the rural utilities program described in sec-
tion 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That 
$5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for the rural utilities program described 
in section 306E of such Act, of which $1,000,000 shall be 
to provide subgrants to eligible individuals for the construc-
tion, refurbishing, and servicing of individually owned 
household decentralized waste water systems: Provided fur-
ther, That $7,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 
306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
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ment Act in addition to funding authorized by section 
306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That $60,000,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 
loans and grants including water and waste disposal sys-
tems grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and sec-
tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, and Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act, and the De-
partment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Ha-
waii): Provided further, That funding provided for section 
306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to sec-
tion 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That not 
more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 
306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
may be used by the State of Alaska for training and tech-
nical assistance programs and not more than 2 percent of 
the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by a consor-
tium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105– 
83 for training and technical assistance programs: Pro-
vided further, That $35,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for technical assistance grants 
for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 
306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a deter-
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mination of extreme need, of which $10,000,000 shall be 
made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi- 
State regional technical assistance organization, with expe-
rience in working with small communities on water and 
waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant 
shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 
3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, devel-
opment, operation, and management of water and waste 
water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall 
be for a qualified national Native American organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for 
tribal communities: Provided further, That $23,900,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 
contracting with qualified national organizations for a cir-
cuit rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 
water systems: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be for 
solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 
$250,488,564 of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be for grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2)(a) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of 
which $110,488,564 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spend-
ing’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4
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(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That $8,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and 
merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 
Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 
19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 
Provided further, That if any funds made available for the 
direct loan subsidy costs under this heading remain unobli-
gated after July 31, 2026, such unobligated balances may 
be used for grant programs funded under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That any unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations under this heading for the cost of direct 
loans, loan guarantees and grants, including amounts 
deobligated or cancelled, may be made available to cover 
the subsidy costs for direct loans, loan guarantees and or 
grants under this heading in this fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That no amounts may be made available pursuant 
to the two preceding provisos from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
or that are specified for this account in the table titled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
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dated Act): Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 
381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
are not applicable to the funds made available under this 
heading. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees 
as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 
936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaranteed 
rural electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, $2,667,000,000; cost of money direct loans made pursu-
ant to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of one per-
cent in 4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that 
Act, $4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursu-
ant to section 313A of that Act, $910,000,000; for cost-of- 
money rural telecommunications loans made pursuant to 
section 305(d)(2) of that Act, $350,000,000; and for guaran-
teed rural telecommunications loans made pursuant to sec-
tion 306 of that Act, $200,000,000: Provided, That up to 
$2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi-
tion, design, engineering or improvement of fossil-fueled 
electric generating plants (whether new or existing) that 
utilize carbon subsurface utilization and storage systems.
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For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 
of money rural telecommunications loans, $3,570,000. 
In addition, $4,200,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, 
That the energy efficiency measures supported by the fund-
ing in this paragraph shall contribute in a demonstrable 
way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$33,270,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 
‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
seq., $40,767,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $10,767,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spend-
ing’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated
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Act): Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
grants authorized by section 379G of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That fund-
ing provided under this heading for grants under section 
379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
may only be provided to entities that meet all of the eligi-
bility criteria for a consortium as established by this sec-
tion. 
For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 
pilot program established by section 779 of division A of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 
115–141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $50,750,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $750,000 shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided, That the Secretary may 
award grants described in section 601(a) of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for 
the purposes of carrying out such pilot program: Provided 
further, That the cost of direct loans shall be defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That at least 90 percent of the households to be
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served by a project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot 
program shall be in a rural area without sufficient access 
to broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such 
pilot program, a rural area without sufficient access to 
broadband shall be defined as twenty-five megabits per sec-
ond downstream and three megabits per second upstream: 
Provided further, That to the extent possible, projects receiv-
ing funds provided under the pilot program must build out 
service to at least one hundred megabits per second down-
stream, and twenty megabits per second upstream: Pro-
vided further, That an entity to which a loan or grant is 
made under the pilot program shall not use the loan or 
grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a serv-
ice area by any entity that has received a broadband loan 
from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not 
provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum 
service threshold: Provided further, That not more than four 
percent of the funds made available in this paragraph can 
be used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot pro-
gram and up to three percent of funds made available in 
this paragraph may be available for technical assistance 
and pre-development planning activities to support the 
most rural communities: Provided further, That the Rural 
Utilities Service is directed to expedite program delivery 
methods that would implement this paragraph: Provided
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further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assess-
ment requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural 
Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc). 
In addition, $17,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 
$1,127,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), 
except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21;
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$37,841,674,000 to remain available through September 30, 
2027, of which such sums as are made available under sec-
tion 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this Act, 
shall be merged with and available for the same time period 
and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total 
amount available, $18,691,638 shall be available to carry 
out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $21,918,000 shall be available to carry out stud-
ies and evaluations and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That of the total amount avail-
able, $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 
carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. 
Russell 
National 
School 
Lunch 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount provided to a farm 
to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2026 shall not exceed 
$500,000: Provided further, That of the total amount avail-
able, $10,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive 
grants to State agencies for subgrants to local educational 
agencies and schools to purchase the equipment, with a 
value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier 
meals, improve food safety, and to help support the estab-
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$8,200,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2027, of which $150,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to 
remain available until expended, to be allocated as the Sec-
retary deemed necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of 
such Act, to support participation should cost or participa-
tion exceed budget estimates: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 
shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other re-
lated activities, and $14,000,000 shall be used for infra-
structure, including investments to develop strategies to im-
prove timely program data collection and reporting: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall use funds made 
available under this heading to maintain the amount for 
the cash-value voucher for women and children participants 
at an amount recommended by the National Academies of 
Science, Engineering and Medicine and adjusted for infla-
tion: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 
this account shall be available for the purchase of infant 
formula except in accordance with the cost containment and
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competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
shall be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed 
by other Federal Government departments or agencies un-
less authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, 
That upon termination of a federally mandated vendor 
moratorium and subject to terms and conditions established 
by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement 
at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nu-
trition 
Act 
of 
2008 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2011 
et 
seq.), 
$107,481,218,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2027, and $3,000,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2028, shall be 
placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such 
times as may become necessary to carry out program oper-
ations: Provided, That funds provided herein shall be ex-
pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used 
to provide nutrition education services to State agencies 
and Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this head-
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ing, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public 
Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 
organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be used to 
carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 
work registration or workfare requirements as may be re-
quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 
for Employment and Training under this heading shall re-
main available through September 30, 2027: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading for sec-
tion 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2027: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be obligated 
or expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading may 
be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct 
studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to pro-
gram integrity provided that such activities are authorized 
by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
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COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster and com-
modity assistance, $551,070,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027, of which $460,000,000 shall 
be for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, as au-
thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note), $80,000,000 
shall be for the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, 
$1,070,000 shall be for assistance for the nuclear affected 
islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact 
of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108–188), and $10,000,000 shall be for the Farmers’ Market 
Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966: Provided, That none of these 
funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit 
Corporation for commodities donated to the program: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2026 
to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, 
as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027: 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)),
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the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for costs associated 
with the distribution of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 
assistance program, $160,000,000: Provided, That of the 
funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the pur-
poses of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as amended 
by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 
$932,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 
to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Af-
fairs mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 
Alimentarius, $4,922,000, including not to exceed $100,000 
for official reception and representation expenses.
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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act 
approved 
August 
3, 
1956 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1766), 
$222,000,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027, for overseas operations 
to include the payment of locally employed staff: Provided, 
That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reim-
burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 
institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the ag-
ricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 
1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 
States Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
the Cochran Fellowship Program, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
3293, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and 
Technology Fellowship program, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
3319j, and up to $2,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations
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in international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, $1,000,000, shall be for the Secretary of Agriculture, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State and heads of 
other relevant Federal departments and agencies as appli-
cable, to conduct an interagency review and, within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act, provide a detailed report outlining 
the process and agency needs to support a transfer of the 
Food for Peace program from the U.S. Agency for Inter-
national Development to the Foreign Agricultural Service 
within the Department of Agriculture: Provided further, 
That such report shall include the requirements outlined in 
the section entitled ‘‘Food for Peace Interagency Review and 
Report’’ under the heading ‘‘Food for Peace Title II 
Grants’’ in Senate Report 119–37 and shall also address 
any other needs that the Department of Agriculture believes 
will be required to support successful implementation of 
such program transfer. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public 
Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connection with
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dispositions 
abroad 
under 
title 
II 
of 
said 
Act, 
$1,200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $240,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 
Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa-
cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro-
vided herein: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, not more than 10 percent, but 
not less than $24,000,000, shall remain available until ex-
pended to purchase agricultural commodities as described 
in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(a)(2)). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 
CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the
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Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall be paid to 
the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 
the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 
this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District 
of Columbia or elsewhere; 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; 
$6,957,972,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $1,556,039,000 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; $478,166,000 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 ex-
pended; $670,900,000 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 ex-
pended; $55,841,000 shall be derived from biosimilar bio-
logical product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, 
and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended; $36,152,000 shall be derived from animal 
drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended; $26,724,000 shall be derived from generic new ani-
mal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod-
uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith-
standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device user 
fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological 
product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic new 
animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal year 
2026 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited to
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this account and remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical 
device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, 
animal drug, and generic new animal drug assessments for 
fiscal year 2026, including any such fees collected prior to 
fiscal year 2026 but credited for fiscal year 2026, shall be 
subject to the fiscal year 2026 limitations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal year 
2026 of user fees specified under this heading and author-
ized for fiscal year 2027, prior to the due date for such fees, 
and that amounts of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2027 
for which the Secretary accepts payment in fiscal year 2026 
shall not be included in amounts under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds shall be used to de-
velop, establish, or operate any program of user fees author-
ized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,171,319,000 shall be for the 
Human Foods Program and for related field activities, in-
cluding inspections, investigations, and import operations, 
conducted by the Human Foods Program, the Office of In-
spections and Investigations, or the Office of the Chief Sci-
entist, of which no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for 
inspections of foreign seafood manufacturers and field ex-
aminations of imported seafood; (2) $2,496,766,000 shall be 
for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and for
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related field activities, including inspections, investiga-
tions, and import operations, conducted by the Center, the 
Office of Inspections and Investigations, or the Office of the 
Chief Scientist, of which no less than $10,000,000 shall be 
for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspections and 
shall remain available until expended; (3) $601,291,000 
shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Re-
search and for related field activities, including inspections, 
investigations, and import operations, conducted by the 
Center, the Office of Inspections and Investigations, or the 
Office of the Chief Scientist; (4) $278,185,000 shall be for 
the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field ac-
tivities, including inspections, investigations, and import 
operations, conducted by the Center, the Office of Inspec-
tions and Investigations, or the Office of the Chief Scientist; 
(5) $894,063,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health and for related field activities, includ-
ing inspections, investigations, and import operations, con-
ducted by the Center, the Office of Inspections and Inves-
tigations, or the Office of the Chief Scientist; (6) 
$71,758,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-
cological Research; (7) $688,038,000 shall be for the Center 
for Tobacco Products and for related field activities, includ-
ing inspections, investigations, and import operations, con-
ducted by the Center, the Office of Inspections and Inves-
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tigations, or the Office of the Chief Scientist; (8) 
$205,180,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 
which $44,400,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 
than the amounts paid to the General Services Administra-
tion for rent; (9) $208,018,000 shall be for payments to the 
General Services Administration for rent; and (10) 
$343,354,000 shall be for other activities, including the Of-
fice of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of 
the Chief Scientist, the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, 
and central services for these offices: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided 
further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to, and for 
the administration of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only 
be from amounts made available under this heading for 
other activities and shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided 
further, That of the amounts that are made available under 
this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not derived 
from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for 
oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and 
Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds oth-
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erwise made available for oversight of the Food and Drug 
Administration: Provided further, That funds may be 
transferred from one specified activity to another with the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food rein-
spection fees, and voluntary qualified importer program 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing facility 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription drug 
wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider 
licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority review 
voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, and 
fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Adminis-
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tration, where not otherwise provided, $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCY 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $106,500,000 (from assessments collected 
from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agri-
cultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during 
the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as au-
thorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limita-
tion shall not apply to expenses associated with receiver-
ships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed this 
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of 
the 
Farm 
Credit 
Act 
of 
1971 
(12 
U.S.C. 
2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may ex-
empt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the application 
of the limitation provided in that clause of export loans 
described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a manner 
other than described in subclause (II) of the clause.
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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 specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 
total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2026 does 
not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased in fiscal 
year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing additional 
motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such vehi-
cles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper-
ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 
public safety: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 
increase the Department of Agriculture’s fleet above the 
2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, and re-
ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress within 30 days of the notification. 
SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act 
or any other available unobligated discretionary balances 
that are remaining available of the Department of Agri-
culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 
property, plant and equipment and for the improvement,
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delivery, and implementation of Department financial, and 
administrative information technology services, and other 
support systems necessary for the delivery of financial, ad-
ministrative, and information technology services, includ-
ing cloud adoption and migration, of primary benefit to 
the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such trans-
ferred funds to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
without the prior approval of the agency administrator: 
Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be 
available for obligation without written notification to and 
the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 
Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De-
partment’s National Finance Center without written notifi-
cation to and prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 
716 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act or made available to the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, implement,
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or make any changes to remove or relocate any systems, 
missions, personnel, or functions of the offices of the Chief 
Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer, co-lo-
cated with or from the National Finance Center prior to 
written notification to and prior approval of the Committee 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in ac-
cordance with the requirements of section 716 of this Act: 
Provided further, That the National Finance Center Infor-
mation Technology Services Division personnel and data 
center management responsibilities, and control of any 
functions, missions, and systems for current and future 
human resources management and integrated personnel and 
payroll systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief 
Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall 
remain in the National Finance Center and under the man-
agement responsibility and administrative control of the 
National Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 
Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart-
ments and other government agencies National Finance 
Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, 
financial management, and human capital shared services 
and allow the National Finance Center to perform tech-
nology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual income 
amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department
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of Agriculture allocated for the National Finance Center, 
the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the 
replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 
equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementa-
tion of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services, and other systems of the National Finance 
Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the 
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 obliga-
tion of funds pending notification to Congressional Com-
mittees shall not apply to any obligation that, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a de-
clared state of emergency that significantly impacts the op-
erations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate em-
ployees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to 
continue operations of the National Finance Center. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United
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States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 
agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: The Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
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propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 
without written notification to and the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 11319 
of title 40, United States Code, none of the funds available 
to the Department of Agriculture for information technology 
shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other agreements 
over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the 
Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief 
Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate 
funds without written approval from the Chief Information 
Officer for projects, contracts, or other agreements up to 
$250,000 based upon the performance of an agency meas-
ured against the performance plan requirements described 
in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 
113–235. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid 
or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the
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Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit util-
ity that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 
such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 
under such Act. 
SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances 
from appropriations made available for salaries and ex-
penses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027, for information tech-
nology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel 
by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in con-
travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or 
amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title I or 
subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which 
indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is au-
thorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and 
related administrative expenses, including technical
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assistance, associated with the implementation of the 
program, without regard to the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 
section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 
such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
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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 $1,716,293,000 (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—$40,971,000: 
Provided, That, of the total funds made available in the 
matter preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on 
October 1, 2026, such unobligated balances shall carryover 
into fiscal year 2027 and shall remain available until ex-
pended for any of the purposes of section 32, except that 
any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause 
(3) of section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may 
not be obligated until the Secretary of Agriculture provides 
written notification of the expenditures to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least two 
weeks in advance: Provided further, That, with the excep-
tion of any available carryover funds authorized in any
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prior appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of 
clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be 
used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the 
Department of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 
32. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan-
guage as part of the President’s budget submission to the 
Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appro-
priations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen-
cies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 
previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been 
enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget unless 
such budget submission identifies which additional spend-
ing reductions should occur in the event the user fees pro-
posals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 
of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2026 appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any
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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 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 
in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use 
of such authority.
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(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 
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;
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unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 
these purposes. 
(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture 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 
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.
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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 
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 the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a detailed obligation plan delin-
eated by program, project, and activity, as defined in the 
report accompanying this Act, for all amounts made avail-
able by this Act and prior appropriations Acts that remain
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available for obligation, including appropriated user fees 
and loan authorizations: Provided, That such obligation 
plan shall include breakdowns of estimated obligations for 
each such program, project, or activity by fiscal quarter, 
source appropriation, and the number of full-time equiva-
lent positions supported: Provided further, That such obli-
gation plan shall serve as the baseline for reprogramming 
notifications for the purposes of section 716 of this 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 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. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 
or level of program assistance for Rural Housing Service 
programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated pris-
on populations. 
SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and for which the program level 
has been established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
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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 Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in 
advance. 
SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) shall 
be available for obligation without written notification to, 
and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 
or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation 
only for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, 
including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and 
implementation of Departmental financial management, 
information technology, and other support systems nec-
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
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‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 
(81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture 
amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as defined in 
section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition of the term 
‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code 
of Federal Regulations, to increase the number of items that 
qualify as acceptable varieties in each staple food category 
so that the total number of such items in each staple food 
category exceeds the number of such items in each staple 
food category included in the final rule as published on De-
cember 15, 2016: Provided, That until the Secretary pro-
mulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall 
apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties and 
breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-
gram retailers that were in effect on the day before the date 
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
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for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) 
and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with 
respect to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and eli-
gible lenders for such loans. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be available for the United 
States Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize or im-
plement any regulation that would promulgate new user 
fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 
regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and holi-
day pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge es-
tablishments subject to the inspection requirements of the 
Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq., the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq., and 
the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., 
for the cost of inspection services provided outside of an es-
tablishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for inspection 
services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, That any 
sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed 
as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 1001(d) of 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 
2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums received by 
the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in addition to
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other available funds, remain available until expended to 
the Secretary without further appropriation for the purpose 
of funding all costs associated with FSIS inspections. 
SEC. 730. (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 paragraph (1). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under its inter-
national trade agreements. 
SEC. 731. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
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posal, and solid waste management programs authorized by 
sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or 
wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products 
used in the project are produced in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 
clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, 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.
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(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee 
shall make available to the public on an informal basis a 
copy of the request and information available to the Sec-
retary or the designee concerning the request, and shall 
allow for informal public input on the request for at least 
15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. 
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-
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ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, and each Federally recognized In-
dian Tribe. 
SEC. 732. 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. 733. Of the total amounts made available by this 
Act for direct loans and grants under the following head-
ings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance 
Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mu-
tual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 
Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Hous-
ing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Ac-
count’’; ‘‘Rural Business—Cooperative Service—Rural 
Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business—Coopera-
tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro-
gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business—Cooperative Service— 
Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi-
ness—Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As-
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sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 
and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 
Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 
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 popu-
lation limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty coun-
ties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or more 
of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, 
as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, and 
2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-year average, 
or any territory or possession of the United States: Provided 
further, That with respect to specific activities for which 
program levels have been made available by this Act that 
are not supported by budget authority, the requirements of 
this section shall be applied to such program level. 
SEC. 734. 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. 735. 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, and the proposed rule issued 
by the Food and Drug Administration pending at the Office 
of Management and Budget entitled ‘‘Standards for the 
Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding Produce for 
Human Consumption Related to Agricultural Water’’ (86 
Fed. Reg. 69120 and 87 Fed. Reg. 42973), with respect to 
the regulation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold 
wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 
SEC. 736. For school years 2025–2026 and 2026–2027, 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to restrict or limit the substitution of any vegetable sub-
group for fruits under the school breakfast program estab-
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lished under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1773). 
SEC. 737. 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 section 7606 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or outside 
the State in which the hemp is grown or cultivated. 
SEC. 738. 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. 739. The Secretary of Agriculture shall be in-
cluded as a member of the Committee on Foreign Invest-
ment in the United States (CFIUS) on a case by case basis 
pursuant to the authorities in section 721(k)(2)(J) of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(k)(2)(J)) 
with respect to each covered transaction (as defined in sec-
tion 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50
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U.S.C. 4565(a)(4))) involving agricultural land, agri-
culture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry (includ-
ing agricultural transportation, agricultural storage, and 
agricultural processing), as determined by the CFIUS 
Chairperson in coordination with the Secretary of Agri-
culture. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, notify CFIUS of any agricultural land 
transaction that the Secretary of Agriculture 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), in-
cluding the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic Peo-
ple’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the 
Islamic Republic of Iran; and (B) with respect to which 
a person is required to submit a report to the Secretary 
of Agriculture under section 2(a) of the Agricultural For-
eign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501(a)). 
SEC. 740. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for a pilot program for 
the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit orga-
nizations and public housing authorities to provide tech-
nical assistance, including financial and legal services, to
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RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate property 
preservation through 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 authorized 
by law that commit to keep such properties in the RHS 
multi-family housing program for a period of time as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided, That such funds may 
also be used for technical assistance for non-profit organiza-
tions, public housing authorities, and private owners for 
the decoupling of rental assistance. 
SEC. 741. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 
received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-
ucts or seafood imported into the United States from the 
People’s Republic of China for use in the school lunch pro-
gram under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food
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Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 
the Summer Food Service Program for Children under sec-
tion 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast 
program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1771 et seq.). 
SEC. 743. For school year 2026–2027, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of June 30, 2025, shall be 
required 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. 744. Any funds made available by this or any 
other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, shall 
be available for grants for biotechnology risk assessment re-
search: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such 
funds among appropriations of the Department of Agri-
culture for purposes of making such grants. 
SEC. 745. 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
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in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation affirm-
ing such move. 
SEC. 746. The Secretary, acting through the Chief of 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use funds 
appropriated under this Act or any other Act for the Water-
shed and Flood Prevention Operations Program and the 
Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Pro-
tection Program carried out pursuant to section 403 of the 
Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to provide 
technical services for such programs pursuant to section 
1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section. 
SEC. 747. In administering the pilot program estab-
lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining enti-
ties eligible to receive assistance, consider those communities 
which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, That not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 
the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and 
Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot program 
established by section 779 of Public Law 115–141 may be 
used for this purpose.
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SEC. 748. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 
of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $2,000,000, 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. 749. A bank referenced in 12 U.S.C. 2128 may 
make and participate in loans and commitments and pro-
vide technical and other financial assistance to cooperatives 
and any other public or private entity (except for the Fed-
eral Government) for the purpose of installing, maintain-
ing, expanding, improving, or operating facilities in a 
rural area as defined in 12 U.S.C. 2128(f) for the proc-
essing or disposal of waste from any source, provision of 
telecommunication services, and producing electricity from 
any source for use or sale by the borrower. 
SEC. 750. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 
2026, 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
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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 Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending. 
SEC. 751. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to carry out section 758 
of division B of Public Law 118–42, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purpose. 
SEC. 752. 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 
of low risk ready-to-eat (RTE) foods for Listeria 
monocytogenes (Lm) until the FDA considers the available 
new science in developing the Compliance Policy Guide 
(CPG), Guidance for FDA Staff, section 555.320 Listeria 
monocytogenes regarding Lm in low-risk foods, meaning 
foods that do not support the growth of Lm. 
SEC. 753. For necessary expenses associated with cot-
ton classing activities pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 55, to include 
equipment and facility upgrades, and in addition to any 
other funds made available for this purpose, there is appro-
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priated, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That amounts made available in this 
section shall be treated as funds collected by fees authorized 
under March 4, 1923, ch. 288, section 5, 42 Stat. 1518, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 55). 
SEC. 754. For an additional amount for the Office of 
the Secretary, $700,000, for the Office of Tribal Relations 
to cover costs incurred for the slaughtering, processing, and 
voluntary meat inspection fees, notwithstanding the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622 et seq.) and 
9 CFR part 352, for bison owned by Tribal governments 
(as defined by the List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131)), Trib-
al entities (including Tribal organizations and corpora-
tions), and Tribal members that slaughter and process bison 
at establishments that receive USDA voluntary inspection 
or state inspection. 
SEC. 755. 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 ani-
mal disease or plant health emergency outbreak, any pre-
mium pay that is funded, either directly or through reim-
bursement, shall be exempted from the aggregate of basic 
pay and premium pay calculated under section 5547(b)(1) 
and (2) of title 5, United States Code, and any other provi-
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sion of law limiting the aggregate amount of premium pay 
payable on a biweekly or calendar year basis. 
SEC. 756. 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. 757. 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 sig-
nificant numbers of individual wetlands, wetland acres, 
and conservation compliance requests. 
SEC. 758. There is appropriated $3,000,000 for the 
emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assist-
ance grant program established under section 12502(b) of 
the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 
20127).
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SEC. 759. The National Academies of Sciences, Engi-
neering and Medicine (NASEM) were tasked with pro-
viding findings and recommendations on alcohol consump-
tion for the purposes of inclusion in the 2025 Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans as required by section 772 of divi-
sion A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub-
lic Law 117–328): Provided, That the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
only 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 Guidelines 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. 760. (a) Section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c–2(a)), shall be applied for 
fiscal year 2026 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 purpose and under the same terms and conditions 
as the Rural Business Development Grants authorized by 
section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
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ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)) and shall use $9,953,000 of 
the funds available to carry out this section in fiscal year 
2026 for an additional amount for the same purpose and 
under the same terms and conditions as the Rural Business 
Development Grants authorized by section 310B of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(c)).’’. 
(b) Section 780 of division B of Public Law 118–42 
and such section as continued in effect as an authority and 
condition under section 1101(a)(1) of Public Law 119–4 
shall no longer apply. 
SEC. 761. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the acceptable market name of any engineered animal ap-
proved prior to the effective date of the National Bioengi-
neered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 2019) shall 
include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ prior to the ex-
isting acceptable market name. 
SEC. 762. For an additional amount for the Office of 
the Secretary, $5,250,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, 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 resources to researching the causes and conditions 
of challenges facing rural areas, and develop community 
partnerships to address such challenges: Provided further,
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That administrative or other fees shall not exceed one per-
cent: Provided further, That such partnership shall coordi-
nate and publish an annual report. 
SEC. 763. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to 
carry out the duties of the working group established under 
section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 89). 
SEC. 764. The agencies and offices of the Department 
of Agriculture may reimburse the Office of the General 
Counsel (OGC), out of the funds provided in this Act, for 
costs incurred by OGC in providing services to such agen-
cies or offices under time-limited agreements entered into 
with such agencies and offices: Provided, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law. 
SEC. 765. Section 363 of the Multifamily Mortgage 
Foreclosure Act of 1981 (12 U.S.C. 3702) is amended at 
paragraph (2)— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(F) section 514 or 515 of the Housing Act 
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1485).’’. 
SEC. 766. The last proviso in the second paragraph 
under the heading ‘‘Rural Community Facilities Program 
Account’’ in division B of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) shall be amended to read 
as follows: ‘‘Provided further, That in addition to any other 
available funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 
$1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 
under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi-
ties funded under this heading and in section 778(1).’’. 
SEC. 767. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for conservation activities 
under the heading ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Serv-
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 
Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 768. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the ‘‘National Institute 
of Food and Agriculture—Research and Education Activi-
ties’’, $22,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
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ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 769. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ‘‘Dis-
tance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’ 
for the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant pilot 
program established by section 779 of division A of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) 
under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $20,000,000 are hereby rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
SEC. 770. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available in the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’, $78,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: Pro-
vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.
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SEC. 771. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture in this or any other Act may be 
used to close or consolidate the resources or locations of any 
existing Agricultural Research Service laboratories and fa-
cilities without prior notification and approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 772. (a) Of the amounts made available in this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human 
Services—Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and 
Expenses’’ that are derived from tobacco product user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, not less than $200,000,000 
shall be used by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs for 
enforcement activities related to e-cigarettes, vapes, and 
other electronic nicotine delivery systems (in this section re-
ferred to as ‘‘ENDS’’), including activities under section 
801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 381(a)): Provided, That not less than $2,000,000 of 
such amount shall be used to continue the activities of the 
Federal multi-agency task force led by the Department of 
Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the FDA 
to further work to bring all available criminal and civil 
tools to bear against the illegal manufacture, importation, 
distribution, and sale of e-cigarettes, vapes, and other 
ENDS products from the Republic of China and other for-
eign countries.
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(b) Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall up-
date the FDA document titled ‘‘Enforcement Priorities for 
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and Other 
Deemed Products on the Market Without Premarket Author-
ization’’, published in January 2020 and updated in April 
2020, to expand FDA’s prioritized enforcement to flavored 
disposable ENDS products in addition to cartridge-based 
products and to define the term ‘‘disposable ENDS prod-
uct.’’ 
(c) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall submit 
a semi-annual written report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress on the progress that 
the Center for Tobacco Products is making in removing all 
illegal ENDS products from the market: Provided, That the 
initial report shall be submitted not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘drug 
or device’’ each place it appears in the seventh, eighth, 
ninth, and tenth sentences and inserting ‘‘drug, device, or 
tobacco product’’. 
(e) Within 180 days the FDA shall submit a report 
to the Committee of Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
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gress detailing the Agency’s activities to educate retailers 
in determining which products are legal for sale. 
SEC. 773. (a) Fees derived from amounts assessed and 
collected for fiscal year 2026, credited under the heading 
‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Food and 
Drug Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’, and made 
available for expenditure under such heading must comply 
with each provision contained in current user fee authoriza-
tions, appropriations Acts, and commitment letters, as 
transmitted from the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices to the chair and ranking member of the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 
the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives regarding 
reauthorization of such current user fee authorizations: Pro-
vided, That the term current user fee authorizations means 
those user fees authorized at 21 U.S.C. 379h, 21 U.S.C. 
379j, 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, 21 U.S.C. 
379j–12, 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, 21 U.S.C. 387s, 42 U.S.C. 
263b, 21 U.S.C. 381, 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, 21 U.S.C. 
379–j31, 21 U.S.C. 379j–62 , 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), 21 
U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), 21 U.S.C. 
360bbb–4a, and 21 U.S.C. 379j–72. 
(b)(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Food and Drug Administration shall
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submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report that includes 
obligation and outlay estimates and full-time equivalent 
(FTE) personnel staffing estimates for fiscal year 2026 for 
each Food and Drug Administration program that uses 
both general fund appropriations and funds derived from 
user fees: Provided, That such report shall include a table 
with separate columns for general fund appropriations and 
funds derived from user fees for such obligations, outlays 
and FTE personnel staffing: Provided further, That such 
report shall be certified by the Ombudsman of the Food and 
Drug Administration. 
(2) The report in paragraph (1) shall be updated, cer-
tified by the Ombudsman of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 
later than 45 days after each fiscal quarter until all such 
funds are expended: Provided, That a plan for such ongoing 
quarterly reporting shall be submitted with the report re-
quired by subsection (b)(1). 
SEC. 774. (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking 
‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’.
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(b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting 
Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 
SEC. 775. 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 re-
duction actions until an assessment is completed on the im-
pact of the short-term sodium reduction targets. 
SEC. 776. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for the Secretary of Agri-
culture to conduct a new pilot program to support on-the- 
ground local Energy Circuit Riders who provide profes-
sional support to rural communities for the purpose of un-
dertaking projects that save energy and reduce emissions: 
Provided, That for the purpose of the new pilot program, 
the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Rural 
Development, shall have the authority to provide amounts, 
including in the form of grants, cooperative agreements, 
and other financial assistance, to States, Indian Tribes, co-
operative extension services, institutions of higher edu-
cation, cooperatives and cooperative organizations, regional 
planning commissions or other public entities serving two 
or more rural areas: Provided further, That the period of
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performance under this pilot program shall be more than 
3 but not more than 6 years: Provided further, That the 
Federal share shall not be more than 75 percent: Provided 
further, That an eligible entity using funds provided under 
the pilot program shall offer assistance with energy plan-
ning, energy audits, applicable Federal funding opportuni-
ties, tax incentives, project financing, grant writing, com-
munity-based capacity building, or applicable State, local, 
and utility-based incentives, including, as appropriate, co-
ordinating with relevant State energy offices. 
SEC. 777. For purposes of applying the Federal Food 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), within 30 
days of enactment of this Act, the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration is directed to engage with industry stakeholders to 
update the acceptable market name for the following fishes: 
Sebastes alutus, Sebastes borealisn, Sebastes ciliatus, 
Sebastes crameri, Sebastes entomelas, Sebastes flavidus, 
Sebastes goodei, Sebastes levis, Sebastes melanops, Sebastes 
miniatus, Sebastes ovalis, Sebastes paucispinis, Sebastes 
pinniger, Sebastes proriger, Sebastes reedi, Sebastes 
ruberrimus, Sebastes rufus, and Sebastes serranoides: Pro-
vided, That within 180 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Food and Drug Administration is directed to provide in-
dustry stakeholders with new marketing name proposals 
and is directed to update its Fish and Fishery Products
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Hazards and Controls Guidance and any other relevant 
guidance to reflect the new market name once a new mar-
keting name is agreed to expeditiously. 
SEC. 778. For purposes of applying the Federal Food 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), Hawaii 
grown or produced coffee shall contain at least 51 percent 
of coffee grown in Kona, Kau, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, or other 
areas of the State of Hawaii: Provided, That based on the 
region it is produced or grown, the common or usual names 
shall be Kona Coffee, Kau Coffee, Maui Coffee, Oahu Coffee, 
Kauai Coffee, or Hawaii Coffee. 
SEC. 779. None of the funds made available for any 
department or agency in this or any other appropriations 
Acts, including prior year Acts, shall be used to close Nat-
ural Resources Conservation Service or Rural Development 
mission area field offices or to permanently relocate any 
field-based employees of those agencies that would result in 
an office with two or fewer employees without prior notifi-
cation and approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 780. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to administer or enforce the ‘‘Requirements for Addi-
tional Traceability Records for Certain Foods’’, published 
on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 70910), or any other 
rule promulgated in accordance with section 204 of the