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tribe’’ has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
pilot project grant recipient shall be reimbursed for meals 
served under the school lunch program, the summer food 
service program, and the child and adult care food pro-
gram as if the recipient were a State under the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act; and under the 
school breakfast program as if the recipient were a State 
educational agency. 
(c) Not later than 1 year after the conclusion of the 
pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on the outcomes of the pilot program. 
SEC. 772. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com-
missioner of Food and Drugs, the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission, or the Chairman of 
the Farm Credit Administration to fly or display a flag 
over a facility of the Department of Agriculture, the Food 
and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trad-
ing Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration other 
than the flag of the United States; the flag of a State, 
territory, or the District of Columbia; the flag of an Indian 
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Tribal Government; the official flag of a U.S. Department 
or agency; or the POW/MIA flag. 
SEC. 773. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 
7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 
28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
(b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub-
section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 
taken by the Federal Government to— 
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
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(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 
and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 
Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 
certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 
would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 
such purposes but for a determination against such person 
wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 
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or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 
or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 774. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 
to issue, promote, or advance any new guideline or regula-
tion applicable to food manufacturers for Listeria 
monocytogenes (Lm) until the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, based on the available new science, incorporates 
into the Compliance Policy Guide (CPG), Guidance for 
FDA Staff, Sec. 555.320, a tolerance for Listeria 
monocytogenes in low-risk foods, meaning foods that do 
not support the growth of Listeria monocytogenes. 
SEC. 775. The Secretary of Agriculture may not use 
unobligated balances available under section 22002(a)(1) 
of Public Law 117-169, after the application of the rescis-
sion under section 722 of this Act, to award grants under 
section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107). 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 776. $0. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 96 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4368 
[Report No. 118–124] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-
poses. 
JUNE 27, 2023 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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