H. R. 1625 
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 
An Act 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to include severe 
forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of transnational organized 
crime for purposes of the rewards program of the Department of State, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. 
Sec. 6. Availability of funds. 
Sec. 7. Adjustments to compensation. 
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
Title I—Agricultural Programs 
Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs 
Title III—Rural Development Programs 
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
Title VI—Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration 
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
Title I—Department of Commerce 
Title II—Department of Justice 
Title III—Science 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
Title I—Military Personnel 
Title II—Operation and Maintenance 
Title III—Procurement 
Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 
Title V—Revolving and Management Funds 
Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs 
Title VII—Related Agencies 
Title VIII—General Provisions 
Title IX—Overseas Contingency Operations 
DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
Title I—Corps of Engineers—Civil
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DIVISION M—EXTENSIONS 
Title I—Airport and Airway Extension 
Title II—Immigration Extensions 
Title III—National Flood Insurance Program Extension 
Title IV—Pesticide Registration Improvement Act Extension 
Title V—Generalized System of Preferences 
Title VI—Judicial Redaction Authority Extension 
Title VII—Budgetary Effects 
DIVISION N—BUILD ACT 
DIVISION O—WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION FUNDING AND FOREST 
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ACT 
DIVISION P—RAY BAUM’S ACT OF 2018 
DIVISION Q—KEVIN AND AVONTE’S LAW 
DIVISION R—TARGET ACT 
DIVISION S—OTHER MATTER 
Title I—Child Protection Improvements Act 
Title II—Save America’s Pastime Act 
Title III—Keep Young Athletes Safe Act 
Title IV—Consent of Congress to Amendments to the Constitution of the State of 
Arizona 
Title V—Stop School Violence Act 
Title VI—Fix NICS Act 
Title VII—State Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program 
Title VIII—Small Business Credit Availability Act 
Title IX—Small Business Access to Capital After a Natural Disaster Act 
Title X—Taylor Force Act 
Title XI—FARM Act 
Title XII—Tipped Employees 
Title XIII—Revisions to Pass-Through Period and Payment Rules 
DIVISION T—REVENUE PROVISIONS 
DIVISION U—TAX TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
DIVISION V—CLOUD ACT 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 
Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division. 
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the 
House section of the Congressional Record on or about March 22, 
2018, and submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House, shall have the same effect with respect 
to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through 
L of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 
committee of conference. 
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if 
applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all 
such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.
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SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION. 
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment 
shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments 
for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2018. 
(b) There is appropriated for payment to Emily Robin Minerva, 
heir of Louise McIntosh Slaughter, late a Representative from the 
State of New York, $174,000. 
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$46,532,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $800,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary 
for Rural Development: Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission area 
for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administra-
tive support staff for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed 
$4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and 
Public Engagement; not to exceed $23,105,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of 
which $22,301,000 shall be available for Departmental Administra-
tion to provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general administration, 
security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies 
and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 
practical and efficient work of the Department: Provided further, 
That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Adminis-
tration mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 
fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not 
to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs 
funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental 
affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to exceed 
$7,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Communications: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 
to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the 
Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided 
further, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased 
or decreased by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $11,000 of the amount made available under this para-
graph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise
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provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That the amount made available under this heading for Depart-
mental Administration shall be reimbursed from applicable appro-
priations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding 
of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be trans-
ferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 
this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided further, 
That no funds made available under this heading for the Office 
of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be obligated 
after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the 
Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 
agency. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 
$19,786,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative 
agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, 
$15,222,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $9,525,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $58,950,000, of which not less than $33,000,000 is for 
cybersecurity requirements of the department. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $6,028,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That funds made available 
by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$24,206,000.
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AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services 
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs 
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations 
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and 
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $64,414,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), 
$3,503,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for 
Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $98,208,000, including 
such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 
6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 
5 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain 
confidential operational expenses, including the payment of inform-
ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General 
pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95– 
452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food 
Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$44,546,000. 
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,136,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND 
ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Research, Education, and Economics, $800,000: Provided, That
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funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, 
Education, and Economics mission area for salaries and expenses 
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$86,757,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $191,717,000, of which up to $63,350,000 shall be available 
until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That 
amounts made available for the Census of Agriculture may be 
used to conduct Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 
U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f). 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 
and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase 
at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges 
where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be 
equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not 
exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests trans-
ferred out of Federal ownership, $1,202,766,000: Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one 
for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construc-
tion, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 
shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 
which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings 
to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 
each, and except for two buildings to be constructed at a cost 
not to exceed $3,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building or $500,000, whichever 
is greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available for entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural 
Research Service location for the construction of a research facility 
by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research Service 
and a condition of the lease shall be that any facility shall be 
owned, operated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and 
shall be removed upon the expiration or termination of the lease 
agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alterations 
contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or replace-
ment of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-
ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 
(21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appropriations hereunder
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shall be available for granting easements at any Agricultural 
Research Service location for the construction of a research facility 
by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricul-
tural Research Service and a condition of the easements shall 
be that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the Sec-
retary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the Secretary 
finds that acceptance of the facility is in the interest of the United 
States: Provided further, That funds may be received from any 
State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for 
the purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or 
research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of 
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, 
$140,600,000 to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, $887,171,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of 
Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds 
for research grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 
institutions, capacity building for non-land-grant colleges of agri-
culture, the agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary 
medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellow-
ship and institution challenge grants, and grants management sys-
tems shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen 
program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That 
funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian- 
serving institutions be made available to individual eligible institu-
tions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally 
to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, 
That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 
available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 
3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more than 5 percent 
of the amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry 
out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 
450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay 
administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that 
authority. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund author-
ized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to 
remain available until expended.
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EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa, $483,626,000, which shall be for the purposes, 
and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute 
of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for facility improve-
ments at 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds under 
7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no less than 
$1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for cooperative extension 
under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) 
and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available 
for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension 
agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, 
including 
necessary 
administrative 
expenses, 
$37,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture, Integrated Activities’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for the Food and Agriculture 
Defense Initiative shall remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
indirect costs shall not be charged against any Extension 
Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 
Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $901,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Marketing 
and Regulatory Programs mission area for salaries and expenses 
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances 
and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4085), $981,893,000, of which $470,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks 
of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest 
animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent necessary 
to meet emergency conditions; of which $11,520,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests program
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for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 
zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which $705,000 
shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse Protection 
Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $62,840,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be used to support avian 
health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for information technology infrastructure; of which 
$178,170,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for spe-
cialty crop pests; of which, $9,326,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; 
of which $16,523,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for zoonotic disease management; of which $40,966,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for emergency prepared-
ness and response; of which $56,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $5,725,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for the National Veteri-
nary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 
of which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the wildlife damage management program for aviation safety: 
Provided, That of amounts available under this heading for wildlife 
services methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That of amounts available under 
this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 
available until expended; of which $3,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for National Bio and Agro-Defense human 
capital development: Provided further, That no funds shall be used 
to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for 
the current fiscal year that does not require minimum matching 
by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance 
of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed five, of which two 
shall be for replacement only: Provided further, That in addition, 
in emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural 
production industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer 
from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or 
corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec-
essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest 
and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani-
mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sec-
tions 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant 
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended 
balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the 
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and 
alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise provided the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building. 
In fiscal year 2018, the agency is authorized to collect fees 
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, 
or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, 
domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or 
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any
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entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, 
and such fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-
able until expended, without further appropriation, for providing 
such assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, 
$3,175,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
$151,595,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be available for the pur-
poses of section 12306 of Public Law 113–79: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 
for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $61,227,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: 
Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrol-
lable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up 
to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY 
(SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program 
expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating 
expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce 
as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 
742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and 
(3) not more than $20,705,000 for formulation and administration 
of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 
1961 (Public Law 87–128).
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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activi-
ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing 
services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, 
this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That funds made available 
by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed 
$50,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant 
to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$1,056,844,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to 
this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accredita-
tion as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 
funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication Infra-
structure system shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2018 for purposes dedicated solely 
to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods 
of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That 
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall issue equivalence 
determinations for all countries wishing to continue exporting 
Siluriformes to the United States: Provided further, That unless 
the requirements pursuant to the previous proviso have been met, 
thereafter, none of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to inspect, at point of entry, Siluriformes from 
countries exporting to the United States until all requirements 
under section 557.2 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations have 
been met and a final determination of equivalence final rule has 
been published in the Federal Register adding such countries to 
the list under section 327.2 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $7,500,000 shall remain available until expended for public 
health veterinarian recruitment and retention incentives: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to 
law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and
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improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during 
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building. 
TITLE II 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM PRODUCTION AND 
CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Farm Production and Conservation, $901,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Produc-
tion and Conservation mission area for salaries and expenses are 
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS CENTER 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conserva-
tion Business Center, $1,028,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $145,000 of amounts appropriated for 
the current fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) 
shall be transferred to and merged with this account. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For 
necessary 
expenses 
of 
the 
Farm 
Service 
Agency, 
$1,202,146,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent of the 
$78,013,000 made available under this heading for information 
technology related to farm program delivery, including the Mod-
ernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agricultural Systems and other 
farm program delivery systems, may be obligated until the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, and receives written or electronic notification of receipt 
from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies 
for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and 
performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits 
to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost, including estimates 
for development as well as maintenance and operations, and (c) 
key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each project/invest-
ment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information 
Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with 
applicable lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) sub-
ject to the applicable Department’s capital planning and investment 
control requirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government 
Accountability Office and approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the 
agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter 
of fiscal year 2018 to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
Government Accountability Office, that identifies for each project/ 
investment that is operational (a) current performance against key
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indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current performance of 
service level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current 
performance against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed 
breakdown of current and planned spending on operational enhance-
ments or upgrades, and (e) an assessment of whether the invest-
ment continues to meet business needs as intended as well as 
alternatives to the investment: Provided further, That the Secretary 
is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but 
not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make pro-
gram payments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro-
vided further, That other funds made available to the Agency for 
authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with this 
account: Provided further, That funds made available to county 
committees shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency 
shall be used to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided 
further, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 
Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based 
employees that would result in an office with two or fewer employees 
without prior notification and approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $3,904,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $6,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments 
to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a 
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such program is carried 
out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity 
program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating 
(7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 
et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll 
weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 
U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 
(25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricultural
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Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 for guaranteed 
farm ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 for farm ownership direct 
loans; $1,960,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 
and $1,530,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency loans, 
$25,610,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; 
guaranteed 
conservation 
loans, 
$150,000,000; 
Indian 
highly 
fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication 
program loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of 
boll weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm operating 
loans, $61,812,000 for direct operating loans, $21,756,000 for unsub-
sidized guaranteed operating loans, emergency loans, $1,260,000 
and $2,272,000 for Indian highly fractionated land loans to remain 
available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $325,068,000: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $314,998,000 shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, of which $8,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2019. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conserva-
tion direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among 
these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
$74,829,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses, as authorized 
by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation 
of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve 
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and 
such special measures for soil and water management as may 
be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and 
to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-
nation of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests 
therein for use in the plant materials program by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant 
to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection 
or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary 
buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $874,107,000,
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to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 
for construction and improvement of buildings and public improve-
ments at plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 
and improvements to other buildings and other public improvements 
shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings 
or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right 
to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the authorities 
under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 for authorized ongoing 
watershed projects with a primary purpose of providing water to 
rural communities. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
including but not limited to surveys and investigations, engineering 
operations, works of improvement, and changes in use of land, 
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with 
the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
for funds provided by this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation 
regarding the size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding 
two hundred and fifty thousand acres in which such activities 
can be undertaken shall only apply for activities undertaken for 
the primary purpose of flood prevention (including structural and 
land treatment measures): Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be allocated 
to projects and activities that can commence promptly following 
enactment; that address regional priorities for flood prevention, 
agricultural water management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish 
and wildlife habitat, or watershed protection; or that address 
authorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 13 
of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78– 
534) with a primary purpose of watershed protection by preventing 
floodwater damage and stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, 
and banks to reduce erosion and sediment transport. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection 
and Flood Prevention Act, $10,000,000 is provided: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, $5,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for watershed rehabilitation 
projects in states with high-hazard dams and other watershed struc-
tures and that have recently incurred flooding events which caused 
fatalities. 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized 
to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying
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out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 
year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, 
to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 
2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, 
That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation 
under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 
Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and 
used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 
management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that 
are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation business. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation 
shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and 
cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to 
comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 
U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of Rural Development programs, including 
activities with institutions concerning the development and oper-
ation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
$230,835,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for 
advertising and promotional activities that support Rural Develop-
ment programs: Provided further, That in addition to any other 
funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 502(i) of
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the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected 
under such section, as amended by this Act, will immediately be 
credited to this account and will remain available until expended 
for such purposes. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 
1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance 
fund, as follows: $1,100,000,000 shall be for direct loans and 
$24,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
$28,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for 
section 515 rental housing; $230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 
multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single 
family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self- 
help housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 
524 site development loans: Provided, That section 514(f)(3)(A) of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484(f)(3)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘United States’’ and inserting ‘‘United States,’’ and by 
inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, or a person legally 
admitted to the United States and authorized to work in agri-
culture’’. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $42,350,000 
shall be for direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, 
$3,452,000; section 523 self-help housing land development loans, 
$368,000; section 524 site development loans, $58,000; and repair, 
rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
$10,524,000: Provided, That to support the loan program level for 
section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading 
the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected 
cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the 
Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 
on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That 
applicants in communities that have a current rural area waiver 
under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) 
shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 
502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 
502 direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 
to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant 
authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 
1, 2018: Provided further, That the Secretary shall implement provi-
sions to provide incentives to nonprofit organizations and public 
housing authorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 
Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit 
organizations and public housing authorities that commit to keep 
such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a 
period of time as determined by the Secretary, with such incentives 
to include, but not be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit
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entities and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest-
ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low income 
housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and devel-
oper loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; and 
allow reimbursement of organizational costs associated with owner’s 
oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up 
to $7,500 per property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $14,710,000, to remain available until 
expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm 
labor housing grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances 
available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred 
to and merged with this account. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing 
Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness 
or payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,345,293,000, of which 
$40,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019; and in 
addition such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 
521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 
1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under section 
521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 
entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be 
funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That any unex-
pended balances remaining at the end of such one-year agreements 
may be transferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; 
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 
preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized under title 
V of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided 
under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2018 for a farm 
labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 
516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project 
until such assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 
consecutive months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants 
seeking such assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible 
tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided further, 
That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 
project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided 
further, That except as provided in the third proviso under this 
heading and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 
Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under agree-
ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2018 for a project that 
the Secretary determines no longer needs rental assistance and 
use such recaptured funds for current needs.
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MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding sub-
section (b) of such section, and for additional costs to conduct 
a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
of multi-family rental housing properties described in this para-
graph, $47,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $25,000,000, 
shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income 
household (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 
in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 
prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the 
amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable 
market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent 
for such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 
such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual appro-
priations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 
housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers 
in this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary 
may use such funds for the demonstration program for the preserva-
tion and revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 
described in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $22,000,000 shall be available 
for a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing prop-
erties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, 
as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes 
of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 
project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing 
for low-income residents and farm laborers including reducing or 
eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, 
reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 
including advances, payments and incentives (including the ability 
of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall as 
part of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a 
restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc-
turing: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 
additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are 
needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration 
program may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 
if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a multi- 
family rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the 
demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use 
funds made available for the demonstration program under this 
heading to carry out such legislation with the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
Provided further, That in addition to any other available funds, 
the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from 
the program funds made available under this heading, for adminis-
trative expenses for activities funded under this heading.
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MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing 
preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized 
by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $40,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in 
section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and $148,287,000 for guaranteed 
loans. 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, $4,849,000, to remain available until expended. 
For the cost of grants for rural community facilities programs 
as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $43,778,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That $4,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and 
ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu-
nity development organizations, low-income rural communities, and 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects 
to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic 
development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and 
public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 
of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such 
intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided: Provided further, That $5,778,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be to provide 
grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemploy-
ment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 
up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the 
State rural development offices: Provided further, That $4,000,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized 
by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 
this heading.
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RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural busi-
ness development programs authorized by section 310B and 
described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $77,342,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be 
made available for one grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 
to promote economic development and $6,000,000 shall be for grants 
to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) and 
the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 
for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as 
described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used 
for administrative expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business 
grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, 
including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 
to promote economic development: Provided further, That sections 
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act are not applicable to funds made available under this 
heading. 
INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
1936b), $18,889,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $4,361,000, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), 
of which $557,000 shall be available through June 30, 2018, for 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which 
$1,072,000 shall be available through June 30, 2018, for Mississippi 
Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with Public 
Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of 
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$45,000,000.
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The cost of grants authorized under section 313 of the Rural 
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic 
development and job creation projects shall not exceed $10,000,000. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $27,550,000, of which $2,750,000 shall be 
for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 
for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 
shall be for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 
cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvan-
taged groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing 
boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members 
of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $16,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for value-added agricul-
tural product market development grants, as authorized by section 
231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a), 
of which $1,000,000 shall be for Agriculture Innovation Centers 
authorized pursuant to section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the same 
terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), 
$293,000: Provided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for 
the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste 
management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 
306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 
306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, $560,263,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural 
utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and 
of which not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural 
utilities program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, 
That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition 
to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act and such 
grants may not exceed $1,000,000 notwithstanding section 
306A(f)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That $68,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and 
grants including water and waste disposal systems grants author-
ized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recognized Native 
American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided
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further, That funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium 
formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided 
further, That not more than 2 percent of the funding provided 
for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical 
assistance programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding 
provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant 
to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical 
assistance programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$40,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems 
pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 
makes a determination of extreme need, of which $8,000,000 shall 
be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State 
regional technical assistance organization, with experience in 
working with small communities on water and waste water prob-
lems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural 
communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the 
planning, financing, development, operation, and management of 
water and waste water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 
shall be for a qualified national Native American organization to 
provide technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal 
communities: Provided further, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting 
with qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste 
management grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, 
and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 
Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 19 of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided 
further, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost grants 
authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural 
Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided fur-
ther, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
available under this heading. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as author-
ized by sections 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935, 936, and 940g) shall be made as follows: 
loans made pursuant to sections 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 
317(c), of that Act, rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed under-
writing loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 5 percent 
rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural telecommuni-
cations loans, and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural telecommunications loans, $690,000,000: Provided, That 
up to $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisition,
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or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether 
new or existing) that utilize carbon sequestration systems. 
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305 of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), including the 
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications 
loans, $863,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication 
loans, $29,851,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in 
rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $32,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall 
be made available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 
provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided 
to entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 
as established by this section. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 
of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for a grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural 
areas eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program 
benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, AND 
CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $800,000: Provided, 
That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food, 
Nutrition and Consumer Services mission area for salaries and 
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 
staff for the Office. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 
except sections 17 and 21; $24,254,139,000 to remain available
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through September 30, 2019, of which such sums as are made 
available under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this 
Act, shall be merged with and available for the same time period 
and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total amount 
available, $17,004,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $30,000,000 shall be 
available to provide competitive grants to State agencies for sub-
grants to local educational agencies and schools to purchase the 
equipment, with a value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve 
healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support the 
establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast 
program: Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
$28,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry out 
section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–80): Provided further, That section 26(d) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is 
amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2018’’: Provided further, That section 
9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘for fiscal year 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2018’’: Provided 
further, That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2018’’. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, 
AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,175,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2019, of which $25,000,000 shall be placed 
in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated 
as the Secretary deemed necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) 
of such Act, to support participation should cost or participation 
exceed budget estimates: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 
not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer 
counselors and other related activities, and $14,000,000 shall be 
used for infrastructure: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this account shall be available for the purchase of 
infant formula except in accordance with the cost containment 
and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall 
be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other 
Federal Government departments or agencies unless authorized 
by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That upon termination 
of a federally mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms 
and conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of 
a State agency.
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SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $74,013,499,000, of which 
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2019, 
shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at 
such times as may become necessary to carry out program oper-
ations: Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 
in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition education 
services to State agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes partici-
pating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 
work registration or workfare requirements as may be required 
by law: Provided further, That funds made available for Employ-
ment and Training under this heading shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and 
section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2019: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading may be obligated 
or expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading may be used to enter into 
contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to 
conduct activities related to program integrity provided that such 
activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and 
the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by sec-
tion 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 
(7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; 
special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized 
by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutri-
tion Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966, $322,139,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2019: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available 
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, effective with funds made available 
in fiscal year 2018 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition 
Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 15 percent 
for costs associated with the distribution of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutri-
tion Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance 
program, $153,841,000: Provided, That of the funds provided herein, 
$2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public
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Law 107–171, as amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110– 
246. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND FOREIGN 
AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $875,000: Provided, 
That funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Trade 
and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission area for salaries and 
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 
staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, 
$3,796,000. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and 
for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $199,666,000, of which no more than 
6 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2019, for 
overseas operations to include the payment of locally employed 
staff: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 
or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institu-
tions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food 
production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign 
assistance programs of the United States Agency for International 
Development: Provided further, That funds made available for 
middle-income country training programs, funds made available 
for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology 
Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluc-
tuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR PROGRESS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program 
of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480) and the Food 
for Progress Act of 1985, $149,000, shall be transferred to and
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merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), for 
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under 
title II of said Act, $1,600,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall in each instance notify 
in writing the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, the Committee on Agriculture of the House, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate and make publicly available online 
the amount and use of authority in section 202(a) of the Food 
for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(a)) to notwithstand the minimum 
level of nonemergency assistance required by section 412(e)(2) of 
the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(2)) not later than 15 
days after the date of such action. 
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD 
NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $207,626,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $1,000,000 is for the use of recently developed 
potable water technologies in school feeding projects: Provided, That 
the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided 
herein: Provided further, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, $10,000,000, shall remain available until expended 
for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3207 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 1726c). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) CREDIT 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 
$8,845,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by 
section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and 
in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$6,382,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, and 
of which $2,463,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for pay-
ment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 
92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose 
space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 
amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying 
out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 
Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by 
the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s 
certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 
of Public Law 107–188; $5,138,041,000: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $911,346,000 shall be derived 
from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, 
and shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended; $193,291,000 shall be derived from medical device user 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended; $493,600,000 shall 
be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $40,214,000 shall be derived from bio-
similar biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j– 
52, and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended; $18,093,000 shall be derived from animal drug 
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 
to this account and remain available until expended; $9,419,000 
shall be derived from generic new animal drug user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended; $672,000,000 shall be derived 
from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwithstanding 
any other provision under this heading, amounts collected for 
prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, human generic 
drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug 
user fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed 
the respective fiscal year 2018 limitations are appropriated and 
shall be credited 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 assessments 
for fiscal year 2018, including any such fees collected prior to 
fiscal year 2018 but credited for fiscal year 2018, shall be subject 
to the fiscal year 2018 limitations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may accept payment during fiscal year 2018 of user fees 
specified under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2019,
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prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such 
fees assessed for fiscal year 2019 for which the Secretary accepts 
payment in fiscal year 2018 shall not be included in amounts 
under this heading: Provided further, That none of these funds 
shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of 
user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated: (1) $1,041,615,000 shall be for 
the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,617,881,000 
shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) 
$359,614,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and 
Research and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (4) $197,252,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 
Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (5) $487,197,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health and for related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $63,331,000 shall be for the National 
Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $625,646,000 shall be for 
the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $172,003,000 
shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which $50,559,000 is 
for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the 
General Services Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed 
$237,671,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
Administration for rent; and (10) $335,831,000 shall be for other 
activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, the Office 
of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and Regu-
latory Policy, 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 representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
as determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any 
transfer of funds pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from 
amounts made available under this heading for other activities: 
Provided further, That of the amounts that are made available 
under this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not derived 
from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and Human 
Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the programs 
and operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight 
of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, $1,500,000 
shall be used by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, for consumer outreach and 
education regarding agricultural biotechnology and biotechnology- 
derived food products and animal feed, including through publica-
tion and distribution of science-based educational information on 
the environmental, nutritional, food safety, economic, and humani-
tarian impacts of such biotechnology, food products, and feed: Pro-
vided further, That funds may be transferred from one specified 
activity to another with the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, 
priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, 
food and feed recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary 
qualified importer program fees 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), and 
medical countermeasure priority review voucher user fees author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, shall be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-
ation, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not other-
wise provided, $11,788,000, to remain available until expended. 
FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described 
under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition 
to amounts available for such purposes under the heading ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appro-
priated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures 
Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under section 
1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by the Commis-
sioner 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 Commis-
sioner that funds transferred pursuant to the previous 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 addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to 
include multiple year leases), in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $249,000,000, 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 regulatory offi-
cials, of which not less than $48,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019, shall be for the purchase of information tech-
nology and of which not less than $2,700,000 shall be for expenses 
of the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-
standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under
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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 liquidating any lease obligations that should have 
been recorded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, such 
amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a new no-year 
account in the Treasury, which may be established for the sole 
purpose of recording adjustments for and liquidating such unpaid 
obligations: Provided further, That if any furlough or reduction- 
in-force of personnel at the Commission occurs as a result of an 
action under 5 U.S.C. 7119, the Commission shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate no later than 30 days after the furlough 
or reduction-in-force occurs detailing the agency’s reasoning for 
conducting a furlough or reduction-in-force: Provided further, That 
in the report the Commission shall explain why the furlough or 
reduction-in-force was the only reasonable course of action in 
response to an action taken under 5 U.S.C. 7119: Provided further, 
That after the conclusion of any furlough or reduction-in-force of 
the Commission in response to an action taken under 5 U.S.C. 
7119, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report that describes (1) the long-term cost of any pay increases 
the Commission must make in response to an action taken under 
5 U.S.C. 7119; and (2) the operational impact of the furlough 
or reduction-in-force. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $70,600,000 (from assessments collected from 
farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mort-
gage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year 
for administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: 
Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated 
with receiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropria-
tions and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture 
for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for 
the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not 
to exceed 71 passenger motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for 
replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That 
notwithstanding this section, the only purchase of new passenger 
vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to be nec-
essary for transportation safety, to reduce operational costs, and 
for the protection of life, property, and public safety.
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SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances 
of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other avail-
able unobligated discretionary balances that are remaining avail-
able of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund 
for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for 
the delivery of financial, administrative, and information technology 
services 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 adminis-
trator: Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 
for obligation without written notification to and the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes 
to the Department’s National Finance Center without written 
notification to and prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress as required by section 717 of 
this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
by this Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to initiate, 
plan, develop, implement, or make any changes to remove or 
relocate any systems, missions, or functions of the offices of the 
Chief Financial Officer or any personnel 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 717 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the offices 
of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market to existing 
and new Departments and other government agencies National 
Finance Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, 
financial management, and human capital shared services and allow 
the National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades: Pro-
vided further, That of annual income amounts in the Working 
Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture attributable to the 
amounts in excess of the true costs of the shared services provided 
by the National Finance Center and budgeted for the National 
Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent 
for the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 
equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementation of 
financial, administrative, and information technology services, and 
other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any unfore-
seen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center: Provided 
further, That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for 
obligation unless the Secretary submits written notification of the 
obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations on the obligation 
of funds pending notification to Congressional Committees shall 
not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, 
is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that 
significantly impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; 
or to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to a 
safe haven to continue operations of the National Finance Center:
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Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct 
and submit a detailed cost benefit analysis to the Committees 
on Appropriations that includes a complete analysis of the National 
Finance Center data center and two other operationally comparable 
data centers in both size and complexity in supported applications 
that details and provides: (1) the cost effectiveness of each center; 
(2) a security analysis of each center; and (3) each center’s Federal 
Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) certifi-
cations status and the center’s demonstrated history record and 
ability for maintaining Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) func-
tions and not miss critical operations: Provided further, That the 
cost-benefit analysis shall be submitted no later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That not later than 90 days after submission 
of the cost-benefit analysis, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a suffi-
ciency review of the cost-benefit analysis, including any findings 
and recommendations relating to such review. 
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 institutions in excess of 10 percent 
of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of 
such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual 
interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate 
payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institu-
tions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 
for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for 
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the 
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following 
accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the 
Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program 
account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of 
the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive 
Information Technology 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 trans-
ferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written 
notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, none 
of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for informa-
tion technology shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other 
agreements over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by 
the Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief 
Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds 
without written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based upon
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the performance of an agency measured against the performance 
plan requirements described in the explanatory statement accom-
panying Public Law 113–235. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal 
year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations 
made in the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
former RUS 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 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 
under such Act. 
SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropria-
tions made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for 
the Farm Service Agency shall remain available through September 
30, 2019, for information technology expenses: Provided, That except 
as otherwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this 
Act for the Rural Development mission area shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019, for information technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the 
employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or amended 
by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79), 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 author-
ized or required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
administrative expenses, including technical assistance, associ-
ated with the implementation of the program, without regard 
to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund 
transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 
considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes 
of applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments 
and fund transfers contained in such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more 
than $2,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activi-
ties related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and 
task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels 
used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used 
to evaluate competitively awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural research, 
education, or extension grant awards issued by the National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 30 percent of total
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Federal funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro-
vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be available to pay full 
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under section 9 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 714. (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 nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 715. 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 $1,266,582,000 
(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), as 
follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities— 
$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— $5,000,000; Removal of 
Defective Commodities— $2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 
Commodity Purchases—$35,853,000: Provided, That of the total 
funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso that 
remain unobligated on October 1, 2018, such unobligated balances 
shall carryover into the next fiscal year and shall remain available 
until expended for any of the three stated purposes of section 
32, except that any such carryover funds used in accordance with 
clause (3) of section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may 
not be obligated until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written 
notification of the expenditures to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: 
Provided further, That, with the exception of any available carryover 
funds authorized in the first proviso of this section to be used 
for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee 
of the Department of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 
32. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 
who prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the 
President’s budget submission to the Congress for programs under 
the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 
previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted 
into law prior to the submission of the budget unless such budget 
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 2019 appropriations Act.
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SEC. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the cur-
rent 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 reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as author-
ized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of 
Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by section 702(b) 
of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives 
approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming 
of such funds or the use of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current 
fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
programs, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 
authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess 
of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives 
approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the re-
programming or transfer of such funds or the use of such 
authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall notify in writing and receive approval 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
before implementing any program or activity not carried out during 
the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 
by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
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(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current 
fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 
including information technology systems, that involves 
increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 
the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 
of the total cost, whichever is less; 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant posi-
tions 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 Congress 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 Chairman 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services receives from the Committee on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress written or electronic 
mail confirmation of receipt of the notification as required in this 
section. 
SEC. 718. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consoli-
dated 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. 719. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 
Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or 
the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to transmit or other-
wise make available reports, questions, or responses to questions 
that are a result of information requested for the appropriations 
hearing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, non-Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 
SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none 
of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive 
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended 
for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story 
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared 
or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agriculture 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.
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SEC. 722. (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of 
the United States a Working Capital Fund (the Fund) to be adminis-
tered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), without fiscal 
year limitation, for the payment of salaries, travel, and other 
expenses necessary to the maintenance and operation of (1) a supply 
service for the purchase, storage, handling, issuance, packing, or 
shipping of stationery, supplies, materials, equipment, and blank 
forms, for which stocks may be maintained to meet, in whole 
or in part, the needs of the FDA and requisitions of other Govern-
ment Offices, and (2) such other services as the Commissioner 
of the FDA, subject to review by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, determines may be performed more advan-
tageously as central services. The Fund shall be reimbursed from 
applicable discretionary resources, notwithstanding any otherwise 
applicable purpose limitations, available when services are per-
formed or stock furnished, or in advance, on a basis of rates which 
shall include estimated or actual charges for personal services, 
materials, equipment, information technology, and other expenses. 
Charges for equipment and information technology shall include 
costs associated with maintenance, repair, and depreciation 
(including improvement and replacement). 
(b) Of any discretionary resources appropriated in this Act 
for fiscal year 2018 for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, 
Food and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’, not to 
exceed $5,000,000 of amounts available as of September 30 may 
be transferred to and merged with the Fund established under 
subsection (a), notwithstanding any otherwise applicable purpose 
limitations. 
(c) No amounts may be transferred pursuant to this section 
that are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 723. 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 Commission, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit 
Administration shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, 
project, and activity for all the funds made available under this 
Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
SEC. 724. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available for the supplemental nutrition program as authorized 
by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$800,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue an intermediary loan 
packaging program based on the pilot program in effect for fiscal 
year 2013 for packaging and reviewing section 502 single family 
direct loans. The Secretary shall continue agreements with current 
intermediary organizations and with additional qualified inter-
mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with these 
organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 502 single 
family direct loan program in rural communities and shall set 
aside and make available from the national reserve section 502 
loans an amount necessary to support the work of such inter-
mediaries and provide a priority for review of such loans.
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SEC. 726. 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 guarantees by not more than 25 
percent: Provided, That prior to the Secretary implementing such 
an increase, the Secretary notifies, in writing, the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days 
in advance. 
SEC. 727. None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public 
Law 107–76) shall be available for obligation without written 
notification to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 
or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation only 
for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for 
the delivery of financial, administrative, and information technology 
services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 
Agriculture. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to implement, administer, or enforce the ‘‘variety’’ require-
ments of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhancing Retailer Standards 
in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)’’ pub-
lished by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register 
on December 15, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary 
of Agriculture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 
fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition of the term ‘‘staple 
food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, to increase the number of items that qualify as acceptable 
varieties in each staple food category so that the total number 
of such items in each staple food category exceeds the number 
of such items in each staple food category included in the final 
rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That until 
the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amendments, the Sec-
retary shall apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties 
and breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
retailers that were in effect on the day before the date of the 
enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or use 
of industrial hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown or 
cultivated in accordance with subsection section 7606 of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014, within or outside the State in which 
the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated. 
SEC. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appropriations 
Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 
450i(b) shall be made available without regard to section 7128 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the 
matching requirements in laws in effect on the date before the 
date of enactment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 
of 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply.
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SEC. 731. For tree assistance payments under section 1501(e) 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(e)) to eligible orchard-
ists or nursery tree growers (as defined in such section) of pecan 
trees with a tree mortality rate that exceeds 7.5 percent (adjusted 
for normal mortality) and is less than 15 percent (adjusted for 
normal mortality), $15,000,000, to be available until expended, for 
losses incurred during the period beginning January 1, 2017 and 
ending December 31, 2017. 
SEC. 732. 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 Sec-
retary 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. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or take 
any other action with respect to, allowing or requiring information 
intended for a prescribing health care professional, in the case 
of a drug or biological product subject to section 503(b)(1) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to 
be distributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper 
form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or require 
such distribution. 
SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt of 
a submission for an exemption for investigational use of a drug 
or biological product under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 
a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to include 
a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission shall be 
deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, and the exemp-
tion may not go into effect. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to carry out the final rule promulgated 
by the Food and Drug Administration and put into effect November 
16, 2015, in regards to the hazard analysis and risk-based preven-
tive control requirements of the current good manufacturing prac-
tice, hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food 
for animals rule with respect to the regulation of the production, 
distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain byproducts of 
the alcoholic beverage production process. 
SEC. 736. 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 Administrator, are in place to ensure that 
emergency food aid is received by the intended beneficiaries in 
areas affected by food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized 
or inappropriate purposes. 
SEC. 737. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to carry 
out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 738. No partially hydrogenated oils as defined in the 
order published by the Food and Drug Administration in the Federal 
Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 34650 et seq.) shall be 
deemed unsafe within the meaning of section 409(a) of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) and no food that
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is introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce 
that bears or contains a partially hydrogenated oil shall be deemed 
adulterated under sections 402(a)(1) or 402(a)(2)(C)(i) of this Act 
by virtue of bearing or containing a partially hydrogenated oil 
until the compliance date as specified in such order (June 18, 
2018). 
SEC. 739. For the cost of refinancing a loan pursuant to section 
749 of division A of Public Law 115–31, and in addition to amounts 
provided by that section, for any borrower identified by the Federal 
Financing Bank for refinancing a loan where the modification cal-
culation methodology used for such refinancing pursuant to section 
185 of Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A–11 results 
in a cost to the pilot program, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That these funds shall also be available 
for refinancing a loan pursuant to any extension or expansion 
of this pilot program that is enacted subsequent to this Act for 
those same borrowers. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Food 
and Nutrition Service, to commence any new research and evalua-
tion projects until the Secretary submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a research and evalua-
tion plan for fiscal year 2018, prepared in coordination with the 
Research, Education, and Economics mission area of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and a period of 30 days beginning on the 
date of the submission of the plan expires to permit Congressional 
review of the plan. 
SEC. 741. There is hereby appropriated $8,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may allow eligible entities to offer loans 
to customers in any part of their service territory and to offer 
loans to replace a manufactured housing unit with another manu-
factured housing unit, if replacement would be more cost effective 
in saving energy: Provided further, That funds provided in section 
769 of division A, Public Law 115–31, shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
SEC. 742. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the following 
factors in the country or region being audited, as applicable— 
(A) veterinary control and oversight; 
(B) disease history and vaccination practices; 
(C) livestock demographics and traceability; 
(D) epidemiological separation from potential sources 
of infection; 
(E) surveillance practices; 
(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 
(G) emergency preparedness and response; and 
(2) promptly make publicly available the final reports of 
any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (1). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under its international trade agreements. 
SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for the Sec-
retary to carry out a pilot program that provides forestry inventory 
analysis, forest management and economic outcomes modelling for 
certain currently enrolled Conservation Reserve Program partici-
pants. The Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation
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to enter into agreements with and provide grants to qualified non- 
profit organizations dedicated to conservation, forestry and wildlife 
habitats, that also have experience in conducting accurate forest 
inventory analysis through the use of advanced, cost-effective tech-
nology. The Secretary shall focus the analysis on lands enrolled 
for at least eight years and located in areas with a substantial 
concentration of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted 
to multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including CP03, 
CP03A, CP11, CP22, CP31 and CP40. 
SEC. 744. 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 dogs and cats for use in research, experiments, 
teaching, or testing. 
SEC. 745. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C. 
1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to implement non-renewable agreements on eligible 
lands, including flooded agricultural lands, as determined by the 
Secretary, under the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 
SEC. 746. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for this fiscal 
year for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 
waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 
306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project 
for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products 
used in the project are produced in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ means 
the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or 
unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal 
castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, 
valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construc-
tion materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category 
of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee of the Secretary 
finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of 
a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 
more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request for 
a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee shall 
make available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the 
request and information available to the Secretary or the designee 
concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input 
on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 
based on the request. The Secretary or the designee shall make 
the request and accompanying information available by electronic 
means, including on the official public Internet Web site of the 
Department.
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(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 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 Account’’ for carrying out the provi-
sions described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight 
of the requirements 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 received required approvals 
from State agencies prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United States’’ 
and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, the District 
of Columbia, and each federally recognized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 747. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic 
Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2018, an amount 
of funds made available in title III under the headings of Rural 
Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help 
Housing Grants, Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Commu-
nity Facilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, 
Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural Water 
and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the amount obli-
gated in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided under such 
headings in the most recent fiscal year any such funds were obli-
gated under such headings for REAP Zones. 
SEC. 748. For the purposes of determining eligibility or level 
of program assistance for Rural Development programs the Sec-
retary shall not include incarcerated prison populations. 
SEC. 749. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a pilot program for the Secretary 
to provide grants to qualified non-profit organizations and public 
housing authorities to provide technical assistance, including finan-
cial and legal services, to RHS multi-family housing borrowers 
to facilitate the acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties 
in areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable 
housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public housing 
authorities as authorized by law that commit to keep such prop-
erties in the RHS multi-family housing program for a period of 
time as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 750. Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 
through fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any fee issued by the State’s Electronic Benefit Transfer con-
tractor and subcontractors, including Affiliates of the contractor 
or subcontractor, related to the switching or routing of benefits 
for Department of Agriculture domestic food assistance programs 
shall be prohibited: Provided, That for purposes of this provision, 
the term ‘‘switching’’ means the routing of an intrastate or interstate 
transaction that consists of transmitting the details of a transaction 
electronically recorded through the use of an electronic benefit 
transfer card in one State to the issuer of the card that may 
be in the same or different State. 
SEC. 751. 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 communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
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SEC. 752. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a pilot program during 
fiscal year 2018 with respect to the 2017 crop year for county- 
level agriculture risk coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), that provides 
all or some of the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State 
the opportunity to provide agricultural producers in the State a 
supplemental payment described in subsection (c) based on the 
alternate calculation method described in subsection (b) for 1 or 
more counties in a State if the office for that State determines 
that the alternate calculation method is necessary to ensure that, 
to the maximum extent practicable, there are not significant yield 
calculation disparities between comparable counties in the State. 
(b) The alternate calculation method referred to in subsection 
(a) is a method of calculating the actual yield for the 2017 crop 
year for county-level agriculture risk coverage payments under sec-
tion 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), 
under which— 
(1) county data of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service (referred to in this section as ‘‘NASS data’’) is used 
for the calculations; 
(2) if there is insufficient NASS data for a county (as 
determined under standards of the Secretary in effect as of 
the date of enactment of this Act) or the available NASS data 
produces a substantially disparate result, the calculation of 
the county yield is determined using comparable contiguous 
county NASS data as determined by the Farm Service Agency 
office in the applicable State; and 
(3) if there is insufficient NASS data for a comparable 
contiguous county (as determined under standards of the Sec-
retary in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act), the 
calculation of the county yield is determined using reliable 
yield data from other sources, such as Risk Management Agency 
data, National Agricultural Statistics Service district data, 
National Agricultural Statistics Service State yield data, or 
other data as determined by the Farm Service Agency office 
in the applicable State. 
(c)(1) A supplemental payment made under the pilot program 
established under this section may be made to an agricultural 
producer who is subject to the alternate calculation method 
described in subsection (b) if that agricultural producer would other-
wise receive a county-level agriculture risk coverage payment for 
the 2017 crop year in an amount that is less than the payment 
that the agricultural producer would receive under the alternate 
calculation method. 
(2) The amount of a supplemental payment to an agricultural 
producer under this section may not exceed the difference between— 
(A) the payment that the agricultural producer would have 
received without the alternate calculation method described 
in subsection (b); and 
(B) the payment that the agricultural producer would 
receive using the alternate calculation method. 
(d)(1) There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of funds 
of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, to carry out the pilot program 
described in this section.
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(2) Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall use not 
more than $5,000,000 to carry out the pilot program described 
in this section. 
(e)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall 
select States to participate in the pilot program under this section 
so the cost of the pilot program equals the amount provided under 
subsection (d). 
(2) To the extent that the cost of the pilot program exceeds 
the amount made available, the Secretary shall reduce all payments 
under the pilot program on a pro rata basis. 
(f) Nothing in this section affects the calculation of actual 
yield for purposes of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments 
under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9017(b)(1)) other than payments made in accordance with the pilot 
program under this section. 
(g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alternate cal-
culation method described in subsection (b) shall not be used as 
a basis for any agriculture risk coverage payment determinations 
under section 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) 
other than for purposes of the pilot program under this section. 
SEC. 753. For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute 
of Food and Agriculture—Research and Education Activities’’, 
$6,000,000, to be available until expended, for relocation expenses 
and for the alteration and repair of leased buildings and improve-
ments pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250: Provided, That not later than 
60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned 
uses of this funding. 
SEC. 754. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary’s 
designees are hereby granted the same access to information and 
subject to the same requirements applicable to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development as provided in section 453 of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix)) 
to verify the income for individuals participating in sections 502, 
504, 521, and 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1972, 
1474, 1490a, and 1490r), notwithstanding section 453(l)(1) of the 
Social Security Act. 
SEC. 755. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Domestic Food Programs—Food 
and Nutrition Services—Child Nutrition Programs’’, there is appro-
priated $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
to allow allied professional associations to develop a training pro-
gram for school nutrition personnel that focuses on school food 
service meal preparation and workforce development. 
SEC. 756. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to procure raw or processed poultry products 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.).
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SEC. 757. In response to an eligible community where the 
drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural disaster, 
as determined by the Secretary, including drought or severe 
weather, the Secretary may provide potable water through the 
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Program for an 
additional period of time not to exceed 120 days beyond the estab-
lished period provided under the Program in order to protect public 
health. 
SEC. 758. Section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1472(i)), is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY; MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—To the extent pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary may 
assess and collect a fee for a lender to access the automated 
underwriting systems of the Department in connection with 
such lender’s participation in the single family loan program 
under this section and only in an amount necessary to cover 
the costs of information technology enhancements, improve-
ments, maintenance, and development for automated under-
writing systems used in connection with the single family loan 
program under this section, except that such fee shall not 
exceed $50 per loan.’’. 
SEC. 759. Of the total amounts made available by this Act 
for direct loans and grants in the following headings: ‘‘Rural 
Housing 
Service—Rural 
Housing 
Insurance 
Fund 
Program 
Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mutual and Self-Help Housing 
Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Economic Infrastructure Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 
Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Business Program Account’’; 
‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Economic Development 
Loans Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 
Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural 
Utilities Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 
Loans Program Account’’, 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 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 meas-
ured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007– 
2011 American Community Survey 5-year average: Provided fur-
ther, That with respect to specific activities for which program 
levels have been made available by this Act that are not supported 
by budget authority, the requirements of this section shall be 
applied to such program level. 
SEC. 760. (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 Slaugh-
tered in the PRC’’ published in the Federal Register by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture on June 16, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 27625), unless 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) ensure that the poultry slaughter inspection system 
for the PRC is equivalent to that of the United States;
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(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 audits of any 
such plants in the PRC intending to export into the United 
States processed poultry products; 
(4) conduct re-inspection of such poultry products at United 
States ports-of-entry to check the general condition of such 
products, for the proper certification and labeling of such prod-
ucts, and for any damage to such products that may have 
occurred during transportation; and 
(5) ensure that shipments of any such poultry products 
selected to enter the United States are subject to additional 
re-inspection procedures at appropriate levels to verify that 
the products comply with relevant Federal regulations or stand-
ards, including examinations for product defects and laboratory 
analyses to detect harmful chemical residues or pathogen 
testing appropriate for the products involved. 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
obligations of the United States under any trade agreement to 
which the United States is a party. 
SEC. 761. (a) Section 2 of the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1002) is amended in the matter following 
paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’. 
(b) Section 5 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1005) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$25,000,000’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$25,000,000’’. 
SEC. 762. In addition to funds appropriated in this Act, there 
is hereby appropriated $116,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, under the heading ‘‘Food for Peace Title II Grants’’: 
Provided, That the funds made available under this section shall 
be used for the purposes set forth in the Food for Peace Act 
for both emergency and non-emergency purposes. 
SEC. 763. In addition to any other funds made available 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. 764. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Food and Drug Administration to develop, issue, 
promote, or advance any regulations applicable to food manufactur-
ers for population-wide sodium reduction actions or to develop, 
issue, promote or advance final guidance applicable to food manufac-
turers for long term population-wide sodium reduction actions until 
the date on which a dietary reference intake report with respect 
to sodium is completed. 
SEC. 765. Pursuant to section 185 of Public Law 114–223 (as 
added by Public Law 114–254 (130 Stat. 1018)), the Secretary 
of Agriculture may provide financial and technical assistance to 
remove and dispose of debris and sediment that could adversely 
affect health and safety on non-Federal land in a flood-affected 
county or parish: Provided, That such assistance may be used 
to restore pre-disaster hydraulic capacity of the watershed: Provided
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further, That such assistance may not be used to correct an oper-
ation and maintenance issue that existed prior to the disaster. 
SEC. 766. Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3844) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
EXEMPTED
PRODUCER.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘exempted producer’ means a producer or 
landowner eligible to participate in any conservation program 
administered by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION.—Notwithstanding the Federal Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note), the requirements of parts 25 and 
170 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (and any successor 
regulations), shall not apply with respect to assistance received 
by an exempted producer from the Secretary, acting through 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service.’’. 
SEC. 767. There is hereby appropriated $600,000 for the pur-
poses of section 727 of division A of Public Law 112–55. 
SEC. 768. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of— 
(1) section 9(b)(10) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(10)); or 
(2) section 245.8 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 769. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, 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 preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities. 
SEC. 770. During fiscal year 2018, the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration shall not allow the introduction or delivery for introduction 
into interstate commerce of any food that contains genetically engi-
neered salmon until the FDA publishes final labeling guidelines 
for informing consumers of such content. 
SEC. 771. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, $7,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, for one-time control 
and management and associated activities directly related to the 
multiple-agency response to citrus greening. 
SEC. 772. (a) The Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6931) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Subtitle B—Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Subtitle B—Farm Production and Con-
servation’’; and 
(2) by revising section 225 to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 225. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR FARM PRODUC-
TION AND CONSERVATION. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized to establish 
in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture 
for Farm Production and Conservation. 
‘‘(b) CONFIRMATION REQUIRED.—If the Secretary establishes the 
position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production 
and Conservation authorized under subsection (a), the Under Sec-
retary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate.
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‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS
OF UNDERSECRETARY.—The Under Secretary 
of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation shall perform 
such functions and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe. 
‘‘(d) SUCCESSION.—Any official who is serving as Under Sec-
retary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and who was appointed 
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
shall not be required to be reappointed under subsection (b) to 
the successor position authorized under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign 
Agricultural Services.’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of Agri-
culture for Farm Production and Conservation.’’ and ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs.’’. 
SEC. 773. 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 entitled ‘‘Standards for the 
Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human 
Consumption,’’ and published on November 27, 2015, with respect 
to the regulation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt 
of grape varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely for 
wine and receive commercial processing that adequately reduces 
the presence of microorganisms of public health significance. 
SEC. 774. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to revoke an exception made— 
(1) pursuant to the rule entitled ‘‘Exceptions to Geographic 
Areas for Official Agencies Under the USGSA’’ published by 
the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 
18, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 19137, 19139); and 
(2) on a date before April 14, 2017. 
SEC. 775. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for an additional amount for telemedicine 
and distance learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 
7 U.S.C 950aaa et seq., to help address the opioid epidemic in 
rural America. 
SEC. 776. For school year 2018–2019, only a school food 
authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food 
service account as of January 31, 2018, 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. 777. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, for a pilot program for the 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide grants to 
nonprofit organizations for programs and services to establish and 
enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 778. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and 
Expenses’’, $94,000,000, to remain available until expended, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise made available for necessary expenses 
of processing opioid and other articles imported or offered for import 
through international mail facilities of the U.S. Postal Service: 
Provided, That such additional amounts shall also be available 
for expanding and enhancing inspection capacity related to such 
processing activity (including but not limited to increasing staffing, 
obtaining necessary equipment and supplies, and expanding and 
upgrading infrastructure, laboratory facilities, and data libraries): 
Provided further, That amounts appropriated under this section
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shall be in addition to amounts otherwise made available for 
research and criminal investigations related to such import articles, 
and be available for enhancing such research and investigations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House and Senate on the obligation of amounts appropriated 
under this section. 
SEC. 779. For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro-
gram’’, $600,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a new broadband loan and 
grant pilot program under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.): Provided, That for the purpose of the new 
pilot program, the authorities provided in such Act shall include 
the authority to make grants for such purposes, as described in 
section 601(a) of such Act: Provided further, That the cost of direct 
loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That at least 90 percent of the 
households to be served by a project receiving a loan or grant 
under the pilot program shall be in a rural area without sufficient 
access to broadband, defined for this pilot program as 10 Mbps 
downstream, and 1 Mbps upstream, which shall be reevaluated 
and redetermined, as necessary, on an annual basis by the Secretary 
of Agriculture: Provided further, That an entity to which a loan 
or grant is made under the pilot program shall not use the loan 
or grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband expansion efforts made 
by any entity that has received a broadband loan from the Rural 
Utilities Service: Provided further, That in addition to other avail-
able funds, not more than four percent of the funds can be used 
for administrative costs to carry out this pilot program and up 
to three percent may be utilized for technical assistance and pre- 
development planning activities to support the most rural commu-
nities, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided 
further, That the Rural Utility Service is directed to expedite pro-
gram delivery methods that would implement this section: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this section, the Secretary shall adhere 
to the notice, reporting and service area assessment requirements 
set forth in sections 6104(a)(2)(D) and 6104(a)(2)(E) of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)(5), and 950bb(d)(8) and 
950bb(d)(10)). 
SEC. 780. For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans 
and grants made under the ‘‘Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program Account’’, $500,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $495,000,000 shall be for grants. 
SEC. 781. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner 
of Food and Drugs shall— 
(1) post on a public Website in a searchable format informa-
tion on competitive grant awards made using funds made avail-
able under an appropriations Act (other than funds appro-
priated to the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Forest 
Service, or funds provided under the heading ‘‘Food for Peace 
Title II Grants’’) that includes, with respect to each such award, 
the Congressional District corresponding to the State, District, 
Tribal jurisdiction, or territory of the United States in which 
the recipient of the funds is geographically located; and
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(2) not provide advance notification of such grant awards 
to any person outside of the Department of Agriculture or 
the Food and Drug Administration except potential awardees, 
until such information is posted, as described in paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 782. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 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. 783. 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 the Biomass Crop Assistance 
Program authorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of 
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging 
in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants 
and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports 
of United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 
of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for dependent 
members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas 
and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transpor-
tation of employees of the International Trade Administration 
between two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of 
title 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the United 
States and aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad 
for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 
repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 
demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort 
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in 
foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official representation 
expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 
use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance 
on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $495,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which $13,000,000 
is to be derived from fees to be retained and used by the Inter-
national Trade Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of
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title 31, United States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided 
under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China 
antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compliance 
activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the first sentence 
of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) 
shall apply in carrying out these activities; and that for the purpose 
of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment 
for assessments for services provided as part of these activities. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export administration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens 
by contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 
28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; 
not to exceed $13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; 
awards of compensation to informers under the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979, and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act 
of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles 
for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible 
for purchase without regard to any price limitation otherwise estab-
lished by law, $113,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) 
and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply 
in carrying out these activities: Provided further, That payments 
and contributions collected and accepted for materials or services 
provided as part of such activities may be retained for use in 
covering the cost of such activities, and for providing information 
to the public with respect to the export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other export 
control programs of the United States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as provided 
by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for 
trade adjustment assistance, and for grants authorized by section 
27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3722), $262,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $21,000,000 shall be for grants under such section 27. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $39,000,000:
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Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects 
approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment 
Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3722), and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, 
including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with 
public or private organizations, $39,000,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$99,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $270,000,000: 
Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Provided further, 
That the Bureau of the Census shall collect and analyze data 
for the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current 
Population Survey using the same health insurance questions 
included in previous years, in addition to the revised questions 
implemented in the Current Population Survey beginning in Feb-
ruary 2014. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs 
provided for by law, $2,544,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activi-
ties: Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 
$2,580,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
account for activities associated with carrying out investigations 
and audits related to the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, 
That not more than 50 percent of the amounts made available 
under this heading for information technology related to 2020 
census delivery, including the Census Enterprise Data Collection 
and Processing (CEDCaP) program, may be obligated until the 
Secretary updates the previous expenditure plan and resubmits 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a plan for expenditure that: (1) identifies
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for each CEDCaP project/investment over $25,000: (A) the func-
tional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
benefits to be realized; (B) an updated estimated lifecycle cost, 
including cumulative expenditures to date by fiscal year, and all 
revised estimates for development, maintenance, and operations; 
(C) key milestones to be met; and (D) impacts of cost variances 
on other Census programs; (2) details for each project/investment: 
(A) reasons for any cost and schedule variances; and (B) top risks 
and mitigation strategies; and (3) has been submitted to the Govern-
ment Accountability Office. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration 
(NTIA), 
$39,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of 
Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis, operations, and related services, and 
such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 
costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized 
to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, 
or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all 
costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences 
of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this para-
graph, and such funds received from other Government agencies 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
$7,500,000 shall be to update the national broadband availability 
map in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission 
and using partnerships previously developed with the States. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and 
unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available 
for the administration of all open grants until their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of 
suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, $3,500,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting 
collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 2018, so 
as to result in a fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general
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fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2018, should the total amount of such offsetting collections be 
less than $3,500,000,000 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: 
Provided further, That any amount received in excess of 
$3,500,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and deposited in the Patent 
and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts 
made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the 
preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided 
further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 
shall be made available in fiscal year 2018 for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2018 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference 
between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO 
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) 
of that title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management 
(OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject 
to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 
value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined 
by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO 
employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits 
(FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), 
shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 
and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 
Provided further, That any differences between the present value 
factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit letters and 
the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s specific use shall be 
recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s financial statements, 
where applicable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and collected 
by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) 
of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the 
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided 
further, That within the amounts appropriated, $1,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for 
activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits 
related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST), $724,500,000, to remain available until
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expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred 
to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $20,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer 
undergraduate research fellowship program participants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, 
$155,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$140,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership, and of which $15,000,000 shall be for the National 
Network for Manufacturing Innovation (also known as ‘‘Manufac-
turing USA’’). 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance 
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by sections 
13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $319,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include 
in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits 
to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget 
(as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National 
Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having 
a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and 
simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for 
each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; pilot pro-
grams for state-led fisheries management, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law; grants, contracts, or other payments to 
nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 
pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 
$3,536,331,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
except that funds provided for cooperative enforcement shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That fees and dona-
tions received by the National Ocean Service for the management 
of national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the 
salaries and expenses associated with those activities, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
further, That in addition, $144,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products 
and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall only 
be used for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy
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Grant Program, Cooperative Research, Annual Stock Assessments, 
Survey and Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries 
Grants, and Fish Information Networks: Provided further, That 
of the $3,697,831,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 
heading, $3,536,331,000 is appropriated from the general fund, 
$144,000,000 is provided by transfer, and $17,500,000 is derived 
from recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 
any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in pre-
vious years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 
505 of this Act: Provided further, That in addition, for necessary 
retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protec-
tion and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical 
care of retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may 
be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, $2,290,684,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, except that funds provided for 
acquisition and construction of vessels and construction of facilities 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
$2,303,684,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading, 
$2,290,684,000 is appropriated from the general fund and 
$13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obligations: 
Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 
for specific activities in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justification mate-
rials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the 
Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 
of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration procurement, acquisition or construction project 
having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 
budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent 
fiscal years: Provided further, That, within the amounts appro-
priated, $1,302,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ account for activities associated with carrying out inves-
tigations and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition 
and construction. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That, of the funds provided herein,
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the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Wash-
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the 
Federally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast 
(including Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon 
and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endan-
gered, or that are identified by a State as at-risk to be so listed, 
for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty 
fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation 
of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 
to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other 
merit principles and shall not be available for marketing activities: 
Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject 
to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contribu-
tions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95– 
372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts collected 
pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended. 
FISHERY DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For the necessary expenses associated with the mitigation of 
fishery disasters, $20,000,000 to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds shall be used for mitigating the effects of 
commercial fishery failures and fishery resource disasters as 
declared by the Secretary of Commerce. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2018, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 
$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed 
$100,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Mer-
chant Marine Act of 1936. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the management of the Department 
of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $4,500 
for official reception and representation, $63,000,000. 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization 
of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $45,130,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.), $32,744,000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-
tions and funds made available to the Department of Commerce 
by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the 
Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in 
the manner prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3324, may be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary 
of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made 
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent 
by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to 
this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 
in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset 
(including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided 
for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for the Depart-
ment of Commerce. 
SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 of the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amended by section 105 of 
title I of division B of Public Law 113–6, are hereby adopted 
by reference and made applicable with respect to fiscal year 2018: 
Provided, That the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System 
is $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geostationary 
Operational 
Environmental 
Satellite 
R-Series 
Program 
is 
$10,828,059,000. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may furnish services (including but not limited to utilities, 
telecommunications, and security services) necessary to support 
the operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, 
firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public 
Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use 
or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, 
or other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of 
which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator 
of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 
basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services provided 
under this section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 
of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to 
the appropriation or fund which initially bears the costs of such 
services.
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SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent 
a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright 
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks. 
SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent, 
with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available appropria-
tions, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, 
or of any State, local government, Indian tribal government, Terri-
tory, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 
any foreign government or international organization, for purposes 
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute adminis-
tered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Service shall 
not charge any customer for a copy of any report or document 
generated by the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided 
information to the customer on how an electronic copy of such 
report or document may be accessed and downloaded for free online. 
Should a customer still require the Service to provide a printed 
or digital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 
limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing, 
and delivering such report or document. 
SEC. 109. The Secretary of Commerce may waive the require-
ment for bonds under 40 U.S.C. 3131 with respect to contracts 
for the construction, alteration, or repair of vessels, regardless 
of the terms of the contracts as to payment or title, when the 
contract is made under the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act of 
1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.). 
SEC. 110. To carry out the responsibilities of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Adminis-
trator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into grants and coopera-
tive agreements with; (2) use on a non-reimbursable basis land, 
services, equipment, personnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) 
receive and expend funds made available on a consensual basis 
from: a Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern-
ment, tribal government, territory, or possession or any subdivisions 
thereof: Provided, That funds received for permitting and related 
regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall be deposited 
under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion—Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, for such purposes: Provided further, 
That all funds within this section and their corresponding uses 
are subject to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 111. Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior appro-
priations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary 
expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Adminis-
tration of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided 
for programs of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau 
of the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative agree-
ments with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or 
local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid 
and promote statistical, research, and methodology activities which 
further the purposes for which such amounts have been made 
available. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Commerce Appro-
priations Act, 2018’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Depart-
ment of Justice, $114,000,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 
for security and construction of Department of Justice facilities 
shall remain available until expended. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, 
including planning, development, deployment and departmental 
direction, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Attorney General may transfer up to $35,400,000 
to this account, from funds available to the Department of Justice 
for information technology, to remain available until expended, 
for enterprise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur-
ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in 
addition to any other transfer authority contained in this Act: 
Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the first proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of immigration- 
related activities of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, 
$504,500,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited 
in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee’’ account: Provided, That 
not to exceed $35,000,000 of the total amount made available under 
this heading shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$97,250,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission 
as authorized, $13,308,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, upon the expiration of a term of office 
of a Commissioner, the Commissioner may continue to act until 
a successor has been appointed.
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LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Depart-
ment of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed 
$20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under 
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate 
of, the Attorney General; the administration of pardon and clemency 
petitions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the 
District of Columbia, $897,500,000, of which not to exceed 
$20,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for 
INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed $685,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be avail-
able to INTERPOL Washington for official reception and representa-
tion expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 
of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
emergent circumstances require additional funding for litigation 
activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer 
such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ 
from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 
such sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil 
Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the elec-
tion monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Personnel 
Management for such salaries and expenses: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading for the election moni-
toring program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department 
of Justice associated with processing cases under the National 
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $10,000,000, 
to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 
Fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $164,977,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees 
collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott- 
Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regard-
less of the year of collection (and estimated to be $126,000,000 
in fiscal year 2018), shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2018, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at $38,977,000.
H. R. 1625—65 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agree-
ments, $2,136,750,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate 
in a task force on human trafficking. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, 
as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits 
to the United States Trustee System Fund and amounts herein 
appropriated shall be available in such amounts as may be nec-
essary to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, fees collected pursuant 
to section 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That to the 
extent that fees collected in fiscal year 2018, net of amounts nec-
essary to pay refunds due depositors, exceed $225,908,000, those 
excess amounts shall be available in future fiscal years only to 
the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
shall be reduced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 
2018, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, 
(estimated at $231,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 
general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts deposited 
in the Fund in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise appro-
priated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $0. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,409,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts 
for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private 
counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign 
counsel, $270,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for pro-
tected witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase 
and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security 
caravans; and not to exceed $15,000,000 is for the purchase, 
installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommuni-
cations equipment and a secure automated information network 
to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected wit-
nesses: Provided, That amounts made available under this heading 
may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this Act.