ice—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans 
Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Dis-
tance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, 
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, notwithstanding 
any other provision regarding population limits, any coun-
ty seat of such a persistent poverty county that has a pop-
ulation that does not exceed the authorized population 
limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That for pur-
poses 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 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial cen-
suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 
year average: Provided further, That with respect to spe-
cific activities for which program levels have been made 
available by this Act that are not supported by budget au-
thority, the requirements of this section shall be applied 
to such program level. 
SEC. 742. (a) No funds shall be used to finalize the 
proposed rule entitled ‘‘Eligibility of the People’s Republic 
of China (PRC) to Export to the United States Poultry 
Products from Birds Slaughtered in the PRC’’ published 
in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture 
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on June 16, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 27625), unless the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) ensure that the poultry slaughter inspection 
system for the PRC is equivalent to that of the 
United States; 
(2) ensure that, before any poultry products 
can enter the United States from any such poultry 
plant, such poultry products comply with all other 
applicable requirements for poultry products in 
interstate commerce in the United States; 
(3) conduct periodic verification reviews and au-
dits of any such plants in the PRC intending to ex-
port into the United States processed poultry prod-
ucts; 
(4) conduct re-inspection of such poultry prod-
ucts at United States ports-of-entry to check the 
general condition of such products, for the proper 
certification and labeling of such products, and for 
any damage to such products that may have oc-
curred during transportation; and 
(5) ensure that shipments of any such poultry 
products selected to enter the United States are sub-
ject to additional re-inspection procedures at appro-
priate levels to verify that the products comply with 
relevant Federal regulations or standards, including 
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examinations for product defects and laboratory 
analyses to detect harmful chemical residues or 
pathogen testing appropriate for the products in-
volved. 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with obligations of the United States under any 
trade agreement to which the United States is a party. 
SEC. 743. In addition to any other funds made avail-
able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 
$5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769(g)), to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 744. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, for the cost 
of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 
of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 
to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre-
serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu-
nities. 
SEC. 745. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
for one-time control and management and associated ac-
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tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 
citrus greening. 
SEC. 746. 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. 747. For school year 2020–2021, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of December 31, 2019, shall 
be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accord-
ance with Section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1760(p). 
SEC. 748. (a) There is hereby appropriated 
$463,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 
additional amount for Sec. 779 of Public Law 115–141. 
(b) Section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c), shall be applied for 
fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter until the 
specified funding has been expended as if the following 
were inserted after the final period in subsection (b)(2): 
In addition, the Secretary shall use $87,000,000 of funds 
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available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2020 for an ad-
ditional amount for the same purpose and under the same 
terms and conditions as funds appropriated by Sec. 779 
of Public Law 115–141.: Provided, That prior to any use 
of such funds, the Secretary shall provide written notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress at least 30 days in advance. 
SEC. 749. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, 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. 750. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the matter fol-
lowing the first comma in the second sentence of footnote 
(c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, 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. 751. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 
and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis-
sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than July 1, 
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2020, and following the review required under Executive 
Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), issue advice revising the advice pro-
vided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About 
Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency 
and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; 
Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in 
a manner that is consistent with nutrition science recog-
nized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net 
effects of seafood consumption. 
SEC. 752. In addition to any funds made available 
in this Act or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated 
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, for grants from the National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture to the 1890 Institutions to support the Cen-
ters of Excellence. 
SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot pro-
gram that assists rural hospitals to improve long-term op-
erations and financial health by providing technical assist-
ance through analysis of current hospital management 
practices. 
SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for grants under sec-
tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 
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SEC. 755. The funds provided in section 753 of the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018, 
are rescinded. 
SEC. 756. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall issue a final rule based on the proposed rule entitled 
‘‘National Organic Program; Origin of Livestock,’’ pub-
lished in the Federal Register on April 28, 2015 (80 Fed. 
Reg. 23455): Provided, That the final rule shall incor-
porate public comments submitted in response to the pro-
posed rule. 
SEC. 757. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 
section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relating to dem-
onstration projects for Tribal Organizations. 
SEC. 758. Hereafter, and not withstanding any other 
provision of law, no funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture may be used to relocate an agency, or any part 
of an agency, that was located within the National Capital 
Region on August 1, 2018, to a site outside of the Na-
tional Capital Region in the absence of the prior enact-
ment of a specific appropriation for that relocation. 
SEC. 759. Hereafter, and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no funds available to the Department of 
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Agriculture may be used to move any agency from the mis-
sion area in which it was located on August 1, 2018, to 
any other mission area or office within the Department 
in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation af-
firming such move. 
SEC. 760. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law: 
(a) within 60 calendar days, restore on its website 
the searchable database and its contents that were avail-
able on January 30, 2017, and all content generated since 
that date; and 
(b) hereafter, make publicly available via searchable 
database, in their entirety without redactions except signa-
tures, the following: 
(1) all Animal Welfare Act inspection reports, 
including all reports documenting all AWA non-com-
pliances observed by USDA officials and all animal 
inventories; 
(2) all Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protec-
tion Act enforcement records; 
(3) all reports or other materials documenting 
any non-compliances observed by USDA officials; 
and 
(4) all Animal Welfare Act research facility an-
nual reports, including their attachments. 
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SEC. 761. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 762. 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. 763. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 
section 23 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1793), of which $1,000,000 shall be for grants under such 
section to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. 
SEC. 764. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 12607(b) of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 765. Section 2 of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 902) is amended in subsection (a) by 
striking ‘‘made by the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘made or 
guaranteed by the Secretary’’. 
SEC. 766. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facil-
ity shall be transferred without reimbursement from the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to the Secretary of Agri-
culture. 
SEC. 767. Any funds made available by this or any 
other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
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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 to appropriations of the Department of Agri-
culture. 
SEC. 768. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 222 of Subtitle A of the Department 
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
6923) as amended by section 12302 of P.L. 115–334. 
SEC. 769. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 
carry out section 224 of Subtitle A of the Department of 
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924) 
as amended by section 12504 of P.L. 115–334. 
SEC. 770. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 
section 4208 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 771. 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 P.L. 115– 
334. 
SEC. 772. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000 
to carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334. 
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SEC. 773. There is hereby appropriated $2,500,000 
to carry out section 1450 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3222e) as amended by section 7120 of P.L. 115– 
334. 
SEC. 774. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) as 
amended by section 7208 of P.L. 115–334. 
SEC. 775. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 310I of Subtitle A of Title III of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1936c) as amended by section 5104 of P.L. 115–334. 
SEC. 776. There is hereby appropriated $7,000,000 
for the purposes described in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Nu-
trition Assistance Program (NAP) Study’’ under the Sup-
plemental Nutrition Assistance Program included in the 
report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 777. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 
section 4206 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 778. 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 inves-
tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 
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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. 779. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture shall be used to finalize, issue, 
or implement the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Modernization 
of Swine Slaughter Inspection’’ published in the Federal 
Register by the Food Safety Inspection Service on Feb-
ruary 1, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 4780 et seq.), including inso-
far as such rule relates to converting establishments, 
until— 
(1) the Office of the Inspector General of the 
Department of Agriculture has provided to the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate findings on the data used in support 
of the development and design of the swine slaughter 
inspection program that is the subject of such pro-
posed rule; and 
(2) the Food Safety and Inspection Service has 
addressed and resolved issues identified by the In-
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spector General in the findings referred to in para-
graph (1). 
SEC. 780. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) transfer the functions of, or eliminate, a 
Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Cen-
ter; or 
(2) alter the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Ag-
riculture with respect to the operation of such a 
Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Cen-
ter, as such jurisdiction was in effect on January 1, 
2019. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 80 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3164 
[Report No. 116–107] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2020, and for other pur-
poses. 
JUNE 6, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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