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subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 
foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 
fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 
fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or 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 mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, $223,157,000 (increased by $1,000,000), of 
which $7,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of 
section 12306 of Public Law 113–79, and of which 
$25,000,000 shall be available until expended to carry out 
section 12513 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and im-
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provements, but the cost of altering any one building dur-
ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to 
the development or maintenance of grain standards under 
the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et 
seq. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $61,786,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 
and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 
exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
modity 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 
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Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans-
fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 
$20,817,000 for formulation and administration of mar-
keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 
Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 
marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural 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 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 
and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 
exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees 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, $1,077,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 
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Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 
Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$1,153,064,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2022 for purposes dedi-
cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 
seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service shall continue implementation of section 
11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the 
amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 
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79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
ation 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. 
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, 
$1,687,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva-
tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS 
CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 
Conservation Business Center, $238,177,000: Provided, 
That $60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the cur-
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rent 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 ac-
count. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
$1,175,670,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 
of the funding made available under this heading for infor-
mation technology related to farm program delivery may 
be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and re-
ceives written or electronic notification of receipt from 
such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identi-
fies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the func-
tional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the 
mission benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle 
cost for the entirety of the project/investment, including 
estimates for development as well as maintenance and op-
erations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) dem-
onstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent 
with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 
Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applica-
ble lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) 
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subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning 
and investment control requirements; and (3) has been re-
viewed by the Government Accountability Office and ap-
proved by the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency 
shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of 
fiscal year 2022 to the Committees on Appropriations and 
the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for 
each project/investment that is operational (a) current 
performance against key indicators of customer satisfac-
tion, (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 
investment 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, facili-
ties, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro-
grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 
other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 
activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac-
count: Provided further, That funds made available to 
county committees shall remain available until expended: 
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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 with-
out prior notification and approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 
5106), $6,914,000. 
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: Pro-
vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 
in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-
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scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 
12). 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 
seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer-
gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac-
quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 
U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 
1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and 
Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) 
to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit In-
surance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed 
farm ownership loans and $2,800,000,000 for farm owner-
ship direct loans; $2,118,482,000 for unsubsidized guar-
anteed operating loans and $1,633,333,000 for direct op-
erating loans; emergency loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe 
land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conserva-
tion 
loans, 
$150,000,000; 
relending 
program, 
$61,425,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 
$5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 
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$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: $40,017,000 for direct farm operating loans, 
$16,524,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating 
loans, $267,000 for emergency loans, $5,000,000 for the 
relending program, and $407,000 for Indian highly 
fractionated land loans, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$314,772,000: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
this 
amount, 
$294,114,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 
operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 
loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro-
vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad-
vance of any transfer. 
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RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 
Agency, $66,957,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 
be available for compliance and integrity activities re-
quired under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop In-
surance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall 
be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such pur-
pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i): Provided fur-
ther, That $2,250,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be available to conduct research and de-
velopment and carry out contracting and partnerships as 
described under subsections (c) and (d) of section 522 the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C 1522(c) and 
(d)) in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such 
purposes: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
to research, review and ensure actuarial soundness of new 
products addressing climate change. 
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NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 
soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 
water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 
program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 
cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter-
ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$894,743,000 (increased by $542,000) (increased by 
$5,257,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2023, of which not less than $15,000,000 is for climate 
change-related initiatives, including climate science and 
climate hubs: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construc-
tion and improvement of buildings and public improve-
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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 erect-
ed on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land 
is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount available, $9,458,000 (in-
creased by $542,000) shall be available for necessary ex-
penses to carry out the Urban Agriculture and Innovative 
Production Program under section 222 of subtitle A of 
title II of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), as amended by section 
12302 of Public Law 115–334: Provided further, That of 
the total amount available, $10,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for necessary expenses to carry 
out the Healthy Forests Reserve Program under the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C 
6571–6578). 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga-
tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 
changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001– 
1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi-
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sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 
$160,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 
prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the water-
shed 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, $65,000,000 
shall be allocated to projects and activities that can com-
mence promptly following enactment; that address re-
gional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 
management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wild-
life habitat, or watershed protection; or that address au-
thorized 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 protec-
tion 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 pro-
vided. 
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CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration 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 Government 
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-
inafter 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 nec-
essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim-
bursed, 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 sec-
tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 
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(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 Serv-
ice for information resource management activities of the 
Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com-
modity Credit Corporation business. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 
Corporation shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for 
site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 
and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 
of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Rural Development, $1,580,000: Provided, 
That funds made available by this Act to an agency in 
the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex-
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penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup-
port staff for the Office. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of Rural Development pro-
grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 
and for cooperative agreements; $348,425,000 (increased 
by $2,000,000): Provided, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, $32,000,000 shall be for the 
StrikeForce activities of the Department of Agriculture, 
and may be transferred to agencies of the Department of 
Agriculture for such purpose, consistent with the missions 
and authorities of such agencies: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated 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 sec-
tion 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section, as 
amended by this Act, will immediately be credited to this 
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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 di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 
rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,500,000,000 
shall be for direct loans and $30,000,000,000 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. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 
502 loans, $27,900,000 shall be for direct loans; section 
504 housing repair loans, $484,000; section 523 self-help 
housing land development loans, $55,000; section 524 site 
development loans, $206,000; and repair, rehabilitation, 
and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
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$3,576,000: 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 guaran-
tees 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 appli-
cants in communities that have a current rural area waiv-
er 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, 2022: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to 
nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to 
facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) 
multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit organi-
zations 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 
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such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the fol-
lowing: allow such nonprofit entities and public housing 
authorities to earn a Return on Investment on 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 associ-
ated with owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset 
Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
$60,000,000 to remain available until expended, for a 
demonstration program for the preservation and revital-
ization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 
rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 
multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro-
priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 
has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur-
pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in-
come residents and farm laborers including reducing or 
eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi-
nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other fi-
nancial assistance including advances, payments and in-
centives (including the ability of owners to obtain reason-
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able returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall as part of the preserva-
tion and revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use 
agreement consistent with the terms of the restructuring: 
Provided further, That any balances, including obligated 
balances, available for all demonstration programs for the 
preservation and revitalization of sections 514, 515, and 
516 multi-family rental housing properties in the ‘‘Multi- 
Family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’ shall be 
transferred to this account, and shall also be available for 
the preservation and revitalization of sections 514, 515, 
and 516 multi-family rental housing properties, including 
the restructuring of existing USDA multi-family housing 
loans: Provided further, That following the transfer of bal-
ances described in the preceding proviso, any adjustments 
to obligations for demonstration programs for the preser-
vation and revitalization of sections 514, 515, and 516 
multi-family rental housing properties that would other-
wise be incurred in the ‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitaliza-
tion Program Account’’ shall be made in this account from 
amounts transferred to this account under the preceding 
proviso. 
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), 
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$17,831,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail-
able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans-
ferred 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 Ex-
penses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed 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 house-
holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949, and for the rural housing voucher pro-
gram as authorized under section 542 of the Housing Act 
of 1949, notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section, 
$1,495,000,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2023; 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 of the amounts made 
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available under this heading, $1,450,000,000 shall be 
available for renewal of rental assistance agreements: Pro-
vided further, That rental assistance agreements entered 
into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be 
funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of the Act, the Secretary 
may recapture rental assistance provided under agree-
ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2022 for a project 
that the Secretary determines no longer needs rental as-
sistance and use such recaptured funds for current needs: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of the Act, the Secretary may recapture funds pro-
vided for rental assistance under agreements entered into 
prior to fiscal year 2022 for a project that the Secretary 
determines no longer needs rental assistance: Provided 
further, That such recaptured funds shall remain available 
for obligation in fiscal year 2022 for the purposes specified 
under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be 
available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income 
household, including a household that does not receive 
rental assistance, residing in a property financed with a 
section 515 loan that has been prepaid or otherwise paid 
off after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the 
amount of such vouchers shall be equal to the difference 
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between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit 
and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, 
That such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of 
annual appropriations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, admin-
ister such vouchers with current regulations and adminis-
trative guidance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers 
administered by the Secretary of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development: Provided further, That any 
balances available for the rural housing voucher program 
in the ‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program Ac-
count’’ shall be transferred to and merged with this ac-
count and shall be available for the rural housing voucher 
program: Provided further, That if the Secretary deter-
mines that the amount made available for vouchers or 
rental assistance in this Act is not needed for vouchers 
or rental assistance, the Secretary may use such funds for 
any of the programs described under this heading. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490c), $32,000,000, 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 
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Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 
$65,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 
and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di-
rect loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 
grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 
section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 
Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act, 
$238,454,714, to remain available until expended, of 
which up to $112,036,714 shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti-
tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report to ac-
company this Act, in accordance with applicable statutory 
and regulatory requirements: Provided, That $6,000,000 
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 com-
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munity-based housing and community development orga-
nizations, 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 quali-
fied private, nonprofit and public intermediary organiza-
tions proposing to carry out a program of financial and 
technical assistance: Provided further, That such inter-
mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from 
other sources, including Federal funds for related activi-
ties, in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided 
further, That any unobligated balances from prior year ap-
propriations under this heading for the cost of direct 
loans, loan guarantees and grants, including amounts 
deobligated or cancelled, may be made available to cover 
the subsidy costs for direct loans and or loan guarantees 
under this heading in this fiscal year: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be made available pursuant to the 
preceding proviso from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro-
vided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for commu-
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nity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 
section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sec-
tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 
made available under this heading. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 
rural business development programs authorized by sec-
tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 
(g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, $91,200,000, 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 $9,000,000 
shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 
U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional 
Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa-
lachian 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 
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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 of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall be for the Rural Innovation Stronger 
Economy Grant Program (7 U.S.C. 2008w): Provided fur-
ther, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 
funds made available under this heading. 
INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,524,000, as author-
ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $167,000 shall be avail-
able through June 30, 2022, for Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes; and of which $305,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2022, for Mississippi Delta Re-
gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 
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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 Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 
Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop-
ment and job creation projects, $50,000,000. 
The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 
of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro-
moting rural economic development and job creation 
projects shall not exceed $10,000,000. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $28,600,000 (in-
creased by $500,000), of which $2,800,000 (increased by 
$500,000) shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for 
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grants for cooperative development centers, individual co-
operatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 
disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di-
rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in-
dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 
groups; and of which $17,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod-
uct market development grants, as authorized by section 
210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 
section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 
RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans as authorized by section 379E of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (U.S.C. 2008s), 
$150,000,000. 
For the cost of grants, $8,000,000 under the same 
terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
2008s). 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 
grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized 
by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
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ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $30,420,000: Pro-
vided, 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. 
HEALTHY FOODS FINANCING INITIATIVE 
For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent 
with section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department 
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
6953), as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Secretary to sup-
port projects that provide access to healthy food in under-
served areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to 
revitalize low-income communities, $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs of 
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 
and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act, 
as 
follows: 
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$1,400,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 
guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural water, 
waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management 
programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 
306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 
306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, $721,557,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $605,000), 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 ex-
ceed $5,000,000 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 appro-
priated 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 sec-
tion 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 
$93,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 
waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 
306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 
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Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) 
of such Act: Provided further, That funding provided for 
section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act may be provided to a consortium formed pur-
suant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than 2 percent of the funding pro-
vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alas-
ka 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 sec-
tion 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 head-
ing 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 ex-
treme 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 work-
ing with small communities on water and waste water 
problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to 
assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 
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in improving the planning, financing, development, oper-
ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 
and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali-
fied national Native American organization to provide 
technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com-
munities: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
to 
exceed 
$20,157,000 (increased by $605,000) of the amount ap-
propriated 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 of the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be for 
solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing 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 fur-
ther, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost 
grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrifica-
tion 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 further, That sections 
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
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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 authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, and 317 of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, 
and 940g) shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant 
to sections 4(c)(2), 305(d)(2), 306, and 317, notwith-
standing 317(c), of that Act, rural direct electric loans, 
$5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant 
to section 313A of that Act, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural 
telecommunications loans, cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, and for loans made pursuant to 
section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 
$690,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 
$2,070,000. 
For the cost of grants and loan modifications, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
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1974, including any associated penalties, for transitioning 
to pollution free electricity, $150,000,000, of which up to 
five percent may be used for administrative costs to carry 
out the program. 
For the cost of modifications, as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for the di-
rect rural telecommunication loans, $25,000,000. 
In addition, $14,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro-
vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by 
the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon-
strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$33,270,000, which shall be 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 telecommuni-
cation loans, $11,869,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 
et seq., $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
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Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
grants authorized by section 379G of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
funding provided under this heading for grants under sec-
tion 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment 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, $1,772,000, 
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. 
For the broadband loan and grant pilot program es-
tablished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 
U.S.C 901 et seq.), $786,604,792, to remain available 
until expended, of which up to $36,604,792 shall be for 
the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this ac-
count in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ 
in the report to accompany this Act, in accordance with 
applicable statutory and regulatory requirements: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may award grants described in 
section 601(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
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as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of car-
rying out such pilot program: Provided further, That the 
cost of direct loans shall be 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: Provided further, That for purposes of such 
pilot program, a rural area without sufficient access to 
broadband shall be defined as twenty-five megabytes per 
second downstream and three megabytes per second up-
stream, and such definition shall be reevaluated and rede-
fined, 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 
service in a service area by any entity that has received 
a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities Service unless 
such service is not provided sufficient access to broadband 
at the minimum service threshold: Provided further, That 
not more than four percent of the funds made available 
in this paragraph can be used for administrative costs to 
carry out the pilot program and up to three percent of 
funds made available in this paragraph may be available 
for technical assistance and pre-development planning ac-
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tivities to support the most rural communities: Provided 
further, That the Rural Utilities Service is directed to ex-
pedite program delivery methods that would implement 
this paragraph: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall adhere to the notice, re-
porting and service area assessment requirements set 
forth in sections 6104(a)(2)(D) and 6104(a)(2)(E) of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C 950bb(d)(5), (d)(8) 
and (d)(10)). 
In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 
$1,327,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
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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; $26,892,922,000 to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2023, of which such sums as are made avail-
able 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, $20,004,000 
shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788): Provided further, 
That of the total amount available, $15,607,000 shall be 
available to carry out studies and evaluations and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 
the total amount available, $35,000,000 shall be available 
to provide competitive grants to State agencies for sub-
grants to local educational agencies and schools to pur-
chase 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 expan-
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sion of the school breakfast program: Provided further, 
That of the total amount available, $45,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended to carry out section 749(g) 
of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–80): Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $12,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended to carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount provided to 
a farm to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2022 shall 
not exceed $500,000: 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 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 
through 2023’’: 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 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 
year 2022’’: 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 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 
2022’’. 
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$6,000,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 
breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 
$14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, and not less 
than $75,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available for management information systems, 
including WIC electronic benefit transfer systems and ac-
tivities: 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: Pro-
vided further, That upon termination of a federally man-
dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi-
tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
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waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re-
quest of a State agency. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 
$105,796,197,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2024, shall be placed in 
reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 
as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 
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 participating in the Food 
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public 
Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 
organizations: Provided further, That this appropriation 
shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re-
quirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 
That funds made available for Employment and Training 
under this heading shall remain available through Sep-
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tember 30, 2023: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able 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, 2023: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading may be obligated or expended in contraven-
tion 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 pro-
vided that such activities are authorized by the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008. 
For making, after June 30 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals, and payments to States 
or other non-Federal entities, pursuant to the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), for unan-
ticipated costs incurred for the last three months of the 
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-
ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 
authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-
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ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-
tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm-
ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 
17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $448,070,000 
(increased by $5,000,000), to remain available through 
September 30, 2023: Provided, That none of these funds 
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal year 
2022 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition 
Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Se-
curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall 
remain available through September 30, 2023: 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 20 percent for costs 
associated with the distribution of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 
and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri-
tion assistance program, $191,533,000: Provided, That of 
the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 
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the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 
amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 
$908,000: 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 avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 
Alimentarius, $4,841,000, including not to exceed 
$40,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 
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 representa-
tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 
the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
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$228,644,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re-
main available until September 30, 2023, for overseas op-
erations 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 organiza-
tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu-
ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro-
grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro-
grams of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment: 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 Agricultural Service appropria-
tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re-
main available until expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec-
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tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
$1,740,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $245,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, not more than 
10 percent, but not less than $23,500,000, shall remain 
available until expended to purchase agricultural commod-
ities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
1736o–1(a)(2)). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 
CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
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modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 
costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 
activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; 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 ac-
tivities, 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 
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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 respec-
tive fiscal year 2022 limitations are appropriated and shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescrip-
tion drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar 
biological product, animal drug, and generic new animal 
drug assessments for fiscal year 2022, including any such 
fees collected prior to fiscal year 2022 but credited for 
fiscal year 2022, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2022 
limitations: Provided further, That the Secretary may ac-
cept payment during fiscal year 2022 of user fees specified 
under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2023, 
prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of 
such fees assessed for fiscal year 2023 for which the Sec-
retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2022 shall not be 
included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 
That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab-
lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,162,609,000 (reduced by 
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$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) shall be for the 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 
no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of 
foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 
imported seafood; (2) $2,103,091,000 shall be for the 
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 
no less than $8,500,000 shall be for pilots to increase un-
announced foreign inspections; (3) $453,902,000 shall be 
for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and 
for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af-
fairs; (4) $274,463,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall 
be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
$651,976,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra-
diological Health and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $74,304,000 shall be for 
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$680,812,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod-
ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs; (8) $200,402,000 shall be for Rent and Re-
lated activities, of which $54,642,000 is for White Oak 
Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
Services Administration for rent; (9) $235,348,000 shall 
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be for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent; and (10) $336,191,000 shall be for other activi-
ties, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office 
of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and cen-
tral services for these offices: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official re-
ception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided 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 avail-
able under this heading for other activities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts that are made available under 
this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not de-
rived 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 Gen-
eral’’ 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 
funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 
another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations 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 pro-
gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 
facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 
drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 
provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority 
review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb– 
4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin-
istration, where not otherwise provided, $21,788,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 
Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur-
poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 
appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st 
Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans-
ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 
be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 
and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such 
Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 
Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 
such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 
Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
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INDEPENDENT AGENCY 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $332,000,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 
Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023, and of which 
not less than $4,017,000 shall be for expenses of the Of-
fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-
standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro-
vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 
of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 
entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 
liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-
corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro-
viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 
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in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es-
tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 
and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 
In addition, for move, replication, and related costs 
associated with replacement leases for the Commission’s 
facilities, not to exceed $31,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $84,200,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 
3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 
2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 
exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica-
tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 
loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a 
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manner other than described in subclause (II) of the 
clause. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 
made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 
Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 
to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 
total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2022 
does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased 
in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing 
additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine 
that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 
to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, 
property, and public safety: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri-
culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary 
notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
within 30 days of the notification. 
SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli-
gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 
Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal-
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ances that are remaining available of the Department of 
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv-
ery of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 
Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 
prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 
for obligation without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 
Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De-
partment’s National Finance Center without written noti-
fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 
section 716 of this Act: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to 
the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, im-
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plement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 
systems, missions, personnel, or functions of the offices 
of the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Information 
Officer, co-located with or from the National Finance Cen-
ter prior to written notification to and prior approval of 
the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress and in accordance with the requirements of section 
716 of this Act: Provided further, That the National Fi-
nance Center Information Technology Services Division 
personnel and data center management responsibilities, 
and control of any functions, missions, and systems for 
current and future human resources management and in-
tegrated personnel and payroll systems (PPS) and func-
tions provided by the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief 
Information Officer shall remain in the National Finance 
Center and under the management responsibility and ad-
ministrative control of the National Finance Center: 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 includ-
ing, but not limited to, payroll, financial management, and 
human capital shared services and allow the National Fi-
nance Center to perform technology upgrades: Provided 
further, That of annual income amounts in the Working 
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Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture attrib-
utable 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 Sec-
retary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the re-
placement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 
equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementa-
tion of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services, and other systems of the National Finance 
Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the 
National Finance Center: Provided further, That none of 
the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation un-
less the Secretary submits written notification of the obli-
gation to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations 
on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congres-
sional 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 evac-
uate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe 
haven to continue operations of the National Finance Cen-
ter. 
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SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
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quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 
none of the funds available to the Department of Agri-
culture for information technology shall be obligated for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 
prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-
tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 
Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured 
against the performance plan requirements described in 
the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 
235. 
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SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 
repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 
under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not- 
for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 
direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 
under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 
as a borrower under such Act. 
SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated 
balances from appropriations made available for salaries 
and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency 
shall remain available through September 30, 2023, for 
information technology expenses. 
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 
this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall re-
main available through September 30, 2023, for informa-
tion technology expenses. 
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SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 
travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 
or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 
I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 
which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 
is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 
and related administrative expenses, including tech-
nical assistance, associated with the implementation 
of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 
contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 
in such section. 
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SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 
section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 
the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 
referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,391,211,000 
(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 
years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 
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Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 
$5,000,000; 
Removal 
of 
Defective 
Commodities— 
$2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 
Purchases—$36,810,000: Provided, That of the total 
funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 
that remain unobligated on October 1, 2022, such unobli-
gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2023 and 
shall remain available until expended for any of the pur-
poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 
used in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not 
exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the 
Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 
the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: 
Provided further, That, with the exception of any available 
carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 
to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 
of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s budget submission to 
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the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 
from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 
have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 
of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 
which additional spending reductions should occur in the 
event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 
date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2023 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au-
thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 
by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
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(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 
or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 
or the use of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 
authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 
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in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of 
such funds or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ-
ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
any program or activity not carried out during the pre-
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vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 
by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments fund-
ing levels, including information technology systems, 
that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 
current fiscal year for the individual investment in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 
whichever is less; 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 
with five or more personnel; or 
(3) carrying out activities or functions that 
were not described in the budget request; 
unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 
these purposes. 
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(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chair-
man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission re-
ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma-
tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 
any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 
that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re-
ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re-
sult of information requested for the appropriations hear-
ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non- 
Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 
Administration employee. 
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SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 
by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 
agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 
in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 
or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 
office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 
period of assignment. 
SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 
Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra-
tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro-
gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 
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under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 722. 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), $225,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Res-
olution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 
or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro-
grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 
populations. 
SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec-
retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad-
vance. 
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SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 
shall be available for obligation without written notifica-
tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 
the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 
obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 
equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de-
livery, and implementation of Departmental financial 
management, information technology, and other support 
systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra-
tive, and information technology services, including cloud 
adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 
of the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri-
culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de-
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fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 
of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num-
ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 
staple food category so that the total number of such items 
in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 
items in each staple food category included in the final 
rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 
until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend-
ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard-
ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-
mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 
502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 
with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 
eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 
subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 
such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be available for the 
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United States Department of Agriculture to propose, fi-
nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 
new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 729. 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 haz-
ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require-
ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 
analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for 
animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc-
tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by-
products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 
SEC. 730. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facil-
ity shall be transferred this or any fiscal year hereafter 
without reimbursement from the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 
the following factors in the country or region being 
audited, as applicable— 
(A) veterinary control and oversight; 
(B) disease history and vaccination prac-
tices; 
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(C) 
livestock 
demographics 
and 
traceability; 
(D) epidemiological separation from poten-
tial sources of infection; 
(E) surveillance practices; 
(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 
(G) emergency preparedness and response; 
and 
(2) promptly make publicly available the final 
reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 
to subsection (1). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under its inter-
national trade agreements. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm 
Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 
343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act. 
SEC. 733. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
made available by this Act may be used to carry out any 
activities or incur any expense related to the issuance of 
licenses under section 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 
U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal of such licenses, to class B 
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dealers who sell Random Source dogs and cats for use in 
research, experiments, teaching, or testing. 
SEC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 
by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 
products used in the project are produced in the United 
States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 
of the Secretary finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
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(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des-
ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 
basis a copy of the request and information available to 
the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 
shall allow for informal public input on the request for 
at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 
request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Department. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
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section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re-
quirements of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally rec-
ognized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by 
this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 
headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur-
ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 
Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 
Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 
Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 
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Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 
Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera-
tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro-
gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 
Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi-
ness-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As-
sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 
and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 
Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 
Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro-
gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per-
cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per-
sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not-
withstanding any other provision regarding population 
limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 
that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 
population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 
for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 
counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 
more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 
years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen-
suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 
year average, or any territory or possession of the United 
States: Provided further, That with respect to specific ac-
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tivities for which program levels have been made available 
by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 
the requirements of this section shall be applied to such 
program level. 
SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves-
tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 
a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 
include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-
sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-
retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti-
tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 
and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 
published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu-
lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 
grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
(increased by $2,500,000), to remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2023, for a pilot program for the National In-
stitute of Food and Agriculture to provide grants to non-
profit organizations for programs and services to establish 
and enhance farming and ranching opportunities for mili-
tary veterans. 
SEC. 740. For school year 2022–2023, none of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used to imple-
ment or enforce the matter following the first comma in 
the second sentence of footnote (c) of section 220.8(c) of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to the 
substitution of vegetables for fruits under the school 
breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec-
tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018; or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 
sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 
grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940) or 
Subtitle G of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
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1946, within or outside the State in which the indus-
trial hemp is grown or cultivated. 
SEC. 742. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for grants under sec-
tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 
to carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 744. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 745. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 
the matching funds requirement under Section 412(g) of 
the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re-
form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 
SEC. 746. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 
for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 
organizations and public housing authorities to provide 
technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 
to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 
acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 
areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af-
fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 
public housing authorities as authorized by law that com-
mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous-
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ing program for a period of time as determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2023, to carry out 
section 4208 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 748. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 749. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 1450 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3222e) as amended by section 7120 of Public Law 
115–334. 
SEC. 750. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 
to carry out section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) as 
amended by section 7208 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 751. In response to an eligible community where 
the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat-
ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 
drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po-
table water through the Emergency Community Water As-
sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 
not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro-
vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 
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SEC. 752. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2023, to carry out 
section 4206 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 753. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 
received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 754. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, ARS facilities as 
described in the ‘‘Memorandum of Understanding Be-
tween the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service 
(ARS) Concerning Laboratory Animal Welfare’’ (16– 
6100–0103–MU Revision 16–1) shall be inspected by 
APHIS for compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and 
its regulations and standards. 
SEC. 755. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-
ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 
Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 
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under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 
Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 
the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 
section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 
breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 
SEC. 756. For school year 2022–2023, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of December 31, 2021, shall 
be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accord-
ance with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 
SEC. 757. In addition to any funds made available 
in this Act or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated 
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, for grants from the National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture to the 1890 Institutions to support the Cen-
ters of Excellence. 
SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of 
Agriculture to carry out a pilot program that assists rural 
hospitals to improve long-term operations and financial 
health by providing technical assistance through analysis 
of current hospital management practices. 
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analysis of how subsidy rates will be determined for loans 
financed by appropriations provided under this heading in 
this Act; (2) a comparison of the factors that will be con-
sidered in estimating subsidy rates for loans financed 
under this heading in this Act with factors that will be 
considered in estimates of subsidy rates for other projects 
authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Inno-
vation Act of 2014, including an analysis of how both sets 
of rates will be determined; and (3) an analysis of the 
process for developing draft regulations for the Water In-
frastructure Finance and Innovation program, including 
a crosswalk from the statutory requirements for such pro-
gram, and a timetable for publishing such regulations: 
Provided further, That the use of direct loans or loan guar-
antee authority under this heading for direct loans or com-
mitments to guarantee loans for any project shall be in 
accordance with the criteria published in the Federal Reg-
ister on June 30, 2020 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to the 
fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Program Account’’ in division D 
of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116–94): Provided further, That none of the 
direct loans or loan guarantee authority made available 
under this heading shall be available for any project unless 
the Secretary and the Director of the Office of Manage-
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(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob-
ligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 
years or to remain available until expended, but only 
to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 
U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 
funds obligated in accordance with that section were 
not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 
at which the funds were initially made available for 
obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2022, 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
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