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uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith-
standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 
user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi-
cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 
new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 
year 2023 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 
medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 
product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as-
sessments for fiscal year 2023, including any such fees 
collected prior to fiscal year 2023 but credited for fiscal 
year 2023, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2023 limita-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 
payment during fiscal year 2023 of user fees specified 
under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2024, 
prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of 
such fees assessed for fiscal year 2024 for which the Sec-
retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2023 shall not be 
included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 
That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab-
lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 
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31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,244,007,000 shall be for the 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 
no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of 
foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 
imported seafood; (2) $2,225,209,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000) shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
and Research and related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $10,000,000 
shall be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspec-
tions and shall remain available until expended, and 
$15,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall be for co-
ordinating programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
Administration with those of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
combat the illicit importation of opioids, including 
fentanyl, through international mail facilities and land 
ports-of entry; (3) $477,782,000 shall be for the Center 
for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
$295,999,000 (increased by $8,000,000) shall be for the 
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activi-
ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $682,221,000 
shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological 
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Health and for related field activities in the Office of Reg-
ulatory Affairs; (6) $77,893,000 shall be for the National 
Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $677,165,000 shall 
be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) 
$216,603,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 
which $56,011,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 
than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis-
tration for rent; (9) $237,917,000 shall be for payments 
to the General Services Administration for rent; and (10) 
$349,375,000 (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) shall be for other activities, including the Of-
fice of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office 
of Food Policy and Response, the Office of Operations, 
the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for 
these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 
of this amount shall be for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 
by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer 
of funds pursuant to, and for the administration of, sec-
tion 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 
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‘‘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 Adminis-
tration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 
available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administra-
tion: Provided further, That funds may be transferred 
from one specified activity to another with the prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 
42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 
reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro-
gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 
facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 
drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 
provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority 
review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb– 
4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs 
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authorized 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 Admin-
istration, where not otherwise provided, $16,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 
Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur-
poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 
appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st 
Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans-
ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 
be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 
and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such 
Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 
Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
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vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 
such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 
Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 
Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024, and of which 
not less than $4,567,000 shall be for expenses of the Of-
fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-
standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro-
vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 
of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 
entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 
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liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-
corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro-
viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 
in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es-
tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 
and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $88,500,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 
3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 
2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 
exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica-
tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 
loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a 
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manner other than described in subclause (II) of the 
clause. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 
made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 
Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 
to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 
total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2023 
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 vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 
to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, 
property, and public safety: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri-
culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary 
notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com-
mittees 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 unobli-
gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 
Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal-
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ances that are remaining available of the Department of 
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
tion of property, plant and equipment and for the improve-
ment, delivery, and implementation of Department finan-
cial, and administrative information technology services, 
and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 
financial, administrative, and information technology serv-
ices, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary 
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, 
such transferred 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 ad-
ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 
section shall be available for obligation without written no-
tification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 
made available to the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 
make any changes to the Department’s National Finance 
Center without written notification to and prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress as required by section 716 of this Act: Provided 
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further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 
initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes 
to remove or relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or 
functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and 
the Chief Information Officer, co-located 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 accordance with the 
requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, 
That the National Finance Center Information Tech-
nology Services Division personnel and data center man-
agement responsibilities, and control of any functions, 
missions, and systems for current and future human re-
sources management and integrated personnel and payroll 
systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Finan-
cial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain 
in the National Finance Center and under the manage-
ment responsibility and administrative control of the Na-
tional 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, pay-
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roll, financial management, and human capital shared 
services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 
technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in-
come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De-
partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex-
cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 
the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na-
tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 
more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 
of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve-
ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services, and other 
systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un-
foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen-
ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub-
mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 
funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 
shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by 
the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state 
of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 
the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 
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the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 
operations of the National Finance Center. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
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SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 
none of the funds available to the Department of Agri-
culture for information technology shall be obligated for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 
prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-
tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 
Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured 
against the performance plan requirements described in 
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the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 
235. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 
repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 
under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not- 
for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 
direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 
under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 
as a borrower under such Act. 
SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated 
balances from appropriations made available for salaries 
and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency 
shall remain available through September 30, 2024, for 
information technology expenses. 
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 
this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall re-
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main available through September 30, 2024, for informa-
tion technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 
travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 
or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–79) 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 authorized or required to be carried out using funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 
and related administrative expenses, including tech-
nical assistance, associated with the implementation 
of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 
contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 
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amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 
in such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 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 
referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,483,309,000 
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(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 
years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 
Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 
$5,000,000; 
Removal 
of 
Defective 
Commodities— 
$2,500,000; Administration of section 32 Commodity Pur-
chases—$37,178,000: Provided, That, of the total funds 
made available in the matter preceding this proviso that 
remain unobligated on October 1, 2023, such unobligated 
balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2024 and shall 
remain available until expended for any of the purposes 
of section 32, except that any such carryover funds used 
in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not exceed 
$350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the Sec-
retary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 
expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: Pro-
vided further, That, with the exception of any available 
carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 
to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 
of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
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penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s budget submission to 
the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 
from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 
have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 
of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 
which additional spending reductions should occur in the 
event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 
date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au-
thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 
by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
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ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 
or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 
or the use of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
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available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 
authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 
in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of 
such funds or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ-
ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro-
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priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
any program or activity not carried out during the pre-
vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 
by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments fund-
ing levels, including information technology systems, 
that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 
current fiscal year for the individual investment in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 
whichever is less; 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 
with five or more personnel; or 
(3) carrying out activities or functions that 
were not described in the budget request; 
unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
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gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 
these purposes. 
(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chair-
man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission re-
ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma-
tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 
any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 
that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re-
ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re-
sult of information requested for the appropriations hear-
ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non- 
Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com-
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modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 
Administration employee. 
SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 
by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 
agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 
in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 
or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 
office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 
period of assignment. 
SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 
Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra-
tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro-
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gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 
under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 
in the report accompanying 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 prod-
uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis-
tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 
paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 
allow or require such distribution. 
SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 
or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro-
grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 
populations. 
SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec-
retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-
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tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad-
vance. 
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 notifica-
tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 
the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 
obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 
equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de-
livery, and implementation of Departmental financial 
management, information technology, and other support 
systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra-
tive, and information technology services, including cloud 
adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 
of the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘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, 
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2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri-
culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de-
fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 
of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num-
ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 
staple food category so that the total number of such items 
in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 
items in each staple food category included in the final 
rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 
until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend-
ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard-
ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-
mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 
502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 
with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 
eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 
subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 
such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 
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SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be available for the 
United States Department of Agriculture to propose, fi-
nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 
new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 729. For fiscal year 2023, the Secretary shall 
establish a process under which an establishment in the 
Chesapeake Bay area that is subject to examination and 
inspection under section 6 of the Federal Meat Inspection 
Act solely due to the establishment’s processing of domes-
tic, wild caught, invasive blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), 
may apply for a waiver of such examination and inspection 
requirements if the establishment is subject to inspection 
under the Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control 
Points Program of the Food and Drug Administration and 
the establishment attests that it applies existing Seafood 
Hazard Critical Control Points Program for all species 
processed at the establishment. 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 
regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and hol-
iday pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 
establishments 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 
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seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 
et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided outside 
of an establishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for 
inspection services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, 
That any sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 
1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 
Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums 
received by the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in 
addition to other available funds, remain available until 
expended to the Secretary without further appropriation 
for the purpose of funding all costs associated with FSIS 
inspections. 
SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 
the following factors in the country or region being 
audited, as applicable— 
(A) veterinary control and oversight; 
(B) disease history and vaccination prac-
tices; 
(C) 
livestock 
demographics 
and 
traceability; 
(D) epidemiological separation from poten-
tial sources of infection; 
(E) surveillance practices; 
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(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 
(G) emergency preparedness and response; 
and 
(2) promptly make publicly available the final 
reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 
to subsection (1). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under its inter-
national trade agreements. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm 
Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 
343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act. 
SEC. 733. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
made available by this Act may be used to carry out any 
activities or incur any expense related to the issuance of 
licenses under section 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 
U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal of such licenses, to class B 
dealers who sell Random Source dogs and cats for use in 
research, experiments, teaching, or testing. 
SEC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 
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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, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 
of the Secretary finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
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(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des-
ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 
basis a copy of the request and information available to 
the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 
shall allow for informal public input on the request for 
at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 
request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Department. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re-
quirements of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
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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 rec-
ognized Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by 
this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 
headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur-
ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 
Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 
Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 
Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 
Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 
Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-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 per-
cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per-
sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not-
withstanding any other provision regarding population 
limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 
that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 
population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 
for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 
counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 
more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 
years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen-
suses, 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 ac-
tivities 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. 737. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
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edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves-
tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 
a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 
include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-
sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-
retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti-
tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 
and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 
published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu-
lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 
grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, for a pilot 
program for the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 
programs and services to establish and enhance farming 
and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 740. For school years 2022–2023 and 2023– 
2024, none of the funds made available by this Act may 
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be used to implement or enforce the matter following the 
first comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of sec-
tion 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 
respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under 
the school breakfast program established under section 4 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec-
tion 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 out-
side the State in which the hemp is grown or cul-
tivated. 
SEC. 742. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for grants under sec-
tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 
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SEC. 744. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 
the matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of 
the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re-
form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 
SEC. 745. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 
for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 
organizations and public housing authorities to provide 
technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 
to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 
acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 
areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af-
fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 
public housing authorities as authorized by law that com-
mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous-
ing program for a period of time as determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 746. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334, includ-
ing for project locations in additional regions and timely 
completion of required reporting to Congress. 
SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334, Farm-
ing Opportunities Training and Outreach. 
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SEC. 748. In response to an eligible community where 
the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat-
ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 
drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po-
table water through the Emergency Community Water As-
sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 
not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro-
vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 
SEC. 749. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 
received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 750. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, ARS facilities as 
described in the ‘‘Memorandum of Understanding Be-
tween the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service 
(ARS) Concerning Laboratory Animal Welfare’’ (16– 
6100–0103–MU Revision 16–1) shall be inspected by 
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APHIS for compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and 
its regulations and standards. 
SEC. 751. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-
ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 
Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 
Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 
the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 
section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 
breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 
SEC. 752. For school year 2023–2024, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of June 30, 2022, 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. 753. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of 
Agriculture to carry out a pilot program that assists rural 
hospitals to improve long-term operations and financial 
health by providing technical assistance through analysis 
of current hospital management practices. 
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SEC. 754. Any funds made available by this or any 
other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 
shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess-
ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 
such funds among appropriations of the Department of 
Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 
SEC. 755. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act or any other Act, may be used to pay 
the salaries or expenses of personnel to implement any ac-
tivities related to: 
(a) the permitting of non-recording of observed viola-
tions of the Animal Welfare Act or its regulations on offi-
cial inspection reports; or 
(b) the prioritizing of education or collaborative ap-
proaches to violations or noncompliance ahead of enforce-
ment under the Animal Welfare Act. 
SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 
carry out section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
5925(g)(4(B)) as amended by section 7209 of Public Law 
115–334. 
SEC. 757. For necessary expenses associated with 
cotton classing activities pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 55, to in-
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clude equipment and facility upgrades, and in addition to 
any other funds made available for this purpose, there is 
appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That amounts made available 
in this section shall be treated as funds collected by fees 
authorized under Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, §5, 42 Stat. 
1518, as amended (7 U.S.C. 55). 
SEC. 758. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds available to the Department of Agriculture 
may be used to move any staff office or any agency from 
the mission area in which it was located on August 1, 
2018, to any other mission area or office within the De-
partment in the absence of the enactment of specific legis-
lation affirming such move. 
SEC. 759. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 
of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 
funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 
the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 
and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 
pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 
Watershed Protection 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 pro-
grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu-
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rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 
subsection (c) of such section. 
SEC. 760. In administering the pilot program estab-
lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en-
tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu-
nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 
That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, 
and Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot 
program established by section 779 of Public Law 115– 
141 may be used for this purpose. 
SEC. 761. There is hereby appropriated $29,700,000 
for the Goodfellow Federal facility, to remain available 
until expended, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Food Safety and Inspection 
Service’’. 
SEC. 762. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay 
the salaries or expenses of personnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
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(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation). 
SEC. 763. There is appropriated to the Department 
of Agriculture, for an additional amount for ‘‘Agricultural 
Programs—Processing, Research, and Marketing—Office 
of the Secretary’’, $5,000,000, which shall remain avail-
able until expended, for necessary expenses, under such 
terms and conditions determined by the Secretary, related 
to testing soil, water, or agricultural products for per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the request of an 
agricultural producer, assisting agricultural producers af-
fected by PFAS contamination with costs related to miti-
gate the impacts to their operation that have resulted from 
such contamination and indemnifying agricultural pro-
ducers for the value of unmarketable crops, livestock, and 
other agricultural products related to PFAS contamina-
tion: Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize such as-
sistance to agricultural producers in states and territories 
that have established a tolerance threshold for PFAS in 
a food or agricultural product: Provided further, That, not 
later than 90 days after the end of fiscal year 2023, the 
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Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress specifying 
the type, amount, and method of such assistance by state 
and territory and the status of the amounts obligated and 
plans for further expenditure, and include improvements 
that can be made to U.S. Department of Agriculture pro-
grams, either administratively or legislatively, to increase 
support for agricultural producers impacted by PFAS con-
tamination and to enhance scientific knowledge on PFAS 
uptake in crops and livestock and PFAS mitigation and 
remediation methods and disseminate such knowledge to 
agricultural producers. 
SEC. 764. Any future compliance date for any provi-
sion of the Food and Drug Administration’s final rule en-
titled ‘‘Milk and Cream Products and Yogurt Products; 
Final Rule To Revoke the Standards for Lowfat Yogurt 
and Nonfat Yogurt and To Amend the Standard for Yo-
gurt’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 31117, June 11, 2021) for which the 
agency is exercising enforcement discretion or that is 
stayed as a result of objections timely filed under 21 
U.S.C. 371(e)(2), shall be established no earlier than Jan-
uary 1 of the year that is three years after either: 
(a) Final action upon such objection(s) is taken by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services; or 
(b) The party withdraws such objection(s). 
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SEC. 765. In addition to the amount of reimburse-
ment for administrative and operating expenses available 
for crop insurance contracts described in subsection 
(a)(2)(F) of section III of the 2023 Standard Reinsurance 
Agreement (SRA) that cover agricultural commodities de-
scribed in section 101 of title I of the Specialty Crops 
Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note), there 
is hereby appropriated $50,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to pay, with respect to such contracts for 
the 2021 reinsurance year, an amount that is equal to the 
difference between the amount to be paid pursuant to the 
SRA for the applicable reinsurance year and the amount 
that would be paid if such contracts were not subject to 
a reduction described in subsection (a)(2)(G) of section 
III of the SRA but subject to a reimbursement rate equal 
to 17.5 percent of the net book premium. 
SEC. 766. There is appropriated to the Department 
of Agriculture, for an additional amount for ‘‘Agricultural 
Programs—Processing, Research, and Marketing—Office 
of the Secretary’’, $10,000,000, which shall remain avail-
able until expended, for necessary expenses to address as-
sistance for disasters occurring in calendar year 2022. 
SEC. 767. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture 
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2023, to provide relief payments for frontline grocery 
workers through the Farmworker and Food Worker Relief 
Grant Program of the Agricultural Marketing Service. 
SEC. 768. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to review or approve an application 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)) that is sub-
mitted by a sponsor located in Russia, unless such applica-
tion is for a drug that is intended to treat a serious or 
life-threatening condition and for which there is an unmet 
medical treatment need. 
SEC. 769. The Secretary of Agriculture shall take 
such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase 
of agricultural land located in the United States by compa-
nies owned, in full or in part, by the People’s Republic 
of China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran. 
SEC. 770. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘DOMESTIC FOOD PRO-
GRAMS—Food and Nutrition Service—Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program’’ may be used in contraven-
tion of section 107(b) of division A of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 
1475; 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)). 
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SEC. 771. For ‘‘Agricultural Programs–Research, 
Education, and Economics–National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture–Research and Education Activities’’ for the 
establishment of a program to make competitive grants 
to assist in the facility construction, alteration, acquisi-
tion, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricul-
tural research facilities, as authorized by the Research Fa-
cilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390 et seq.), there is hereby appro-
priated, and the amount otherwise provided by this Act 
for ‘‘Agricultural Programs–Rural Development–Salaries 
and Expenses’’ is hereby reduced by, $2,000,000. 
SEC. 772. There is hereby appropriated, and the 
amount otherwise made available by this Act for ‘‘Agricul-
tural Programs—Agricultural Marketing Service—Mar-
keting Services’’ is reduced by, $10,000,000, to carry out 
section 4206 of Public Law 115–334. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
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DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL-
OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 
the collection and study of basic information pertaining 
to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 
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of projects prior to construction, $160,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has 
been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 
those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 
by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
ment to construction); $2,475,152,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended; of which $43,011,000 shall be derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to cover the 
Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the 
Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program; and of 
which such sums as are necessary to cover 35 percent of 
the costs of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and 
expansion of inland waterways projects shall be derived 
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from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, except as other-
wise specifically provided for in law: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the 
plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $10,315,000 shall be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund to cover the Federal share of 
eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har-
bors: Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 
the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-
ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 
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other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 
of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 
and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-
necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 
removing obstructions to navigation, $5,150,000,000 (in-
creased by $3,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $2,264,674,000 shall be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for 
coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors; of 
which $56,000,000, to be derived from the general fund 
of the Treasury, shall be to carry out section 2106(c) of 
Public Law 113–121 (33 U.S.C. 2238c(c)) and is des-
ignated as being for such purpose pursuant to section 
14003(2)(B) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136); 
of which such sums as become available from the special 
account for the Corps of Engineers established by the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be 
derived from that account for resource protection, re-
search, interpretation, and maintenance activities related 
to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor recre-
ation is available; and of which such sums as become avail-
able from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 
104–303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and 
maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for 
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which such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 per-
cent of the total amount of funds provided for each of the 
programs, projects, or activities funded under this heading 
shall not be allocated to a field operating activity prior 
to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 
and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engineers 
to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engi-
neers determines to be necessary and appropriate, and 
that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the 
fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been 
used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance 
with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, or 
activities: Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate 
from the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$213,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
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formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $278,338,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
ter allocable to the civil works program, $215,000,000 (re-
duced by $3,000,000), to remain available until September 
30, 2024, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for 
official reception and representation purposes and only 
during the current fiscal year: Provided, That no part of 
any other appropriation provided in this title shall be 
available to fund the civil works activities of the Office 
of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive di-
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rection and management activities of the division offices: 
Provided further, That any Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund the super-
vision and general administration of emergency oper-
ations, repairs, and other activities in response to any 
flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
$5,000,000 (reduced by $4,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such 
amount may be obligated or expended until the Assistant 
Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress the report required under sec-
tion 101(d) of this Act and a work plan that allocates at 
least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under 
each heading in this title, as designated under such head-
ing in the report accompanying this Act, to specific pro-
grams, projects, or activities. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs authorized by the Water 
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Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, not-
withstanding subsections (b)(2) and (c) of section 5033 
of such Act, $7,200,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 
of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2023, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap-
proval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress; 
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(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-
tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 
approval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 
$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 
be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ-
ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 
obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 
$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 
base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 
study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 
base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 
limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 
$3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con-
tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de-
ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 
$300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 
study or activity that did not receive an appropria-
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tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin-
istrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.— 
Unlimited reprogramming authority is granted for 
the Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro-
vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of these emergency actions as soon there-
after as practicable: Provided further, That for a 
base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 
percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: 
Provided further, That for a base level less than 
$1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: 
Provided further, That $150,000 may be repro-
grammed into any continuing study or activity that 
did not receive an appropriation; 
(9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBU-
TARIES.—The reprogramming guidelines in para-
graphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply to the Investiga-
tions, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance 
portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Ac-
count, respectively; and 
(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REME-
DIAL ACTION PROGRAM.— Reprogramming of 
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up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving project 
is permitted. 
(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no 
case should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.— 
Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 
funded under the continuing authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress to establish the baseline for application of re-
programming and transfer authorities for the current fis-
cal year which shall include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis-
cal year enacted level; 
(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project 
and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriations; and 
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(3) An identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 
available in this title solely in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act and the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-
ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 
dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 
thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 
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Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 
until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 
the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 
of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 
of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to reorganize or to 
transfer the Civil Works functions or authority of the 
Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army to an-
other department or agency. 
SEC. 108. Additional funding provided in this Act 
shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 
by the Chief of Engineers. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $23,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $1,600,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2024, for expenses nec-
essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2023, of the amount made available to the Commis-
sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 
use an amount not to exceed $1,880,000 for administra-
tive expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
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(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 
the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-
tation category or the Resources Management and 
Development category to any program, project, or 
activity in the other category, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress; or 
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 
contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 
to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-
ficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the 
amounts made available in this title under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ 
shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities 
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