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no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title 
IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 
this title or of title IV. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION C—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$46,532,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $800,000 shall be available for the Office of the As-
sistant to the Secretary for Rural Development: Provided, 
That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the 
Rural Development mission area for salaries and expenses 
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff 
for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed 
$4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships 
and Public Engagement; not to exceed $23,105,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Ad-
ministration, of which $22,301,000 shall be available for 
Departmental Administration to provide for necessary ex-
penses for management support services to offices of the De-
partment and for general administration, security, repairs 
and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and ex-
penses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 
practical and efficient work of the Department: Provided
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further, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 
in the Administration mission area for salaries and ex-
penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup-
port staff for the Office; not to exceed $3,869,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres-
sional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this 
Act, including programs involving intergovernmental af-
fairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to 
exceed $7,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Com-
munications: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agri-
culture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any 
office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of 
the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appro-
priation for any office shall be increased or decreased by 
more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$11,000 of the amount made available under this para-
graph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses, 
not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading for Departmental Administration shall be re-
imbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for 
travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re-
quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading for the Office of the As-
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sistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be trans-
ferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded 
by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro-
vided further, That no funds made available under this 
heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres-
sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 
date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has noti-
fied the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Econo-
mist, $19,786,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for grants 
or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 
U.S.C. 3155. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, $15,222,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, $9,525,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, $63,950,000, of which not less than
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$38,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the depart-
ment. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, $6,028,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights 
mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$24,206,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 
of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 
40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the Depart-
ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 
and other actions needed for the Department and its agen-
cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit-
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able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 
and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re-
pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 
costs, $58,330,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 
lands. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including employment pursuant to the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 
$98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C.
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App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of in-
formants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspec-
tor General pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of 
the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $45,146,000. 
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 
$4,136,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Research, Education, and Economics, $800,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 
agency in the Research, Education, and Economics mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 
one administrative support staff for the Office. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice, $86,757,000.
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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $174,767,000, of which up to $45,300,000 
shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri-
culture: Provided, That amounts made available for the 
Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current In-
dustrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and 
(f). 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for 
land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 
grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value 
of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
$1,300,966,000, of which $10,600,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be used to carry out the science pro-
gram at the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility lo-
cated in Manhattan, Kansas; of which not less than 
$2,000,000 shall be available to carry out the dryland agri-
culture research program; and of which not less than 
$7,000,000 shall be available for purposes of entering into 
a management, operations, and research support contract
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to expedite the hiring of a capable workforce for the commis-
sioning of the Central Utility Plant and in support of oper-
ations and management of the National Bio- and Agro-de-
fense Facility: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air-
craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 
only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, 
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 
building shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses 
or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, 
except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at 
a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for two 
buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed 
$3,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building or $500,000, which-
ever is greater: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for entering into lease agreements 
at any Agricultural Research Service location for the con-
struction of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for 
use by the Agricultural Research Service and a condition 
of the lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, oper-
ated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall
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be removed upon the expiration or termination of the lease 
agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter-
ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza-
tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Mary-
land: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville 
Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the 
foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of 
buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 
U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for granting easements at any Ag-
ricultural Research Service location for the construction of 
a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and 
acceptable to, the Agricultural Research Service and a con-
dition of the easements shall be that upon completion the 
facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the 
availability of funds herein, if the Secretary finds that ac-
ceptance of the facility is in the interest of the United 
States: Provided further, That funds may be received from 
any State, other political subdivision, organization, or in-
dividual for the purpose of establishing or operating any 
research facility or research project of the Agricultural Re-
search Service, as authorized by law.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $898,535,000, which shall be for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Na-
tional Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and 
Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 
Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 institu-
tions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capacity 
building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agri-
culture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 
loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship 
and institution challenge grants, and grants management 
systems shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That each institution eligible to receive funds under 
the Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: 
Provided further, That funds for education grants for Alas-
ka Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be 
made available to individual eligible institutions or con-
sortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally 
to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided fur-
ther, That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions 
shall be made available to institutions eligible to receive 
funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further,
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That not more than 5 percent of the amounts made avail-
able by this or any other Act to carry out the Agriculture 
and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may 
be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay adminis-
trative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that 
authority. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $486,692,000, 
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided, That funds for facility improvements at 
1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 
less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for coop-
erative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith- 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of
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Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retirement and 
employees’ compensation costs for extension agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $38,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Insti-
tute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for the 
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs shall 
not be charged against any Extension Implementation Pro-
gram Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest 
Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $901,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 
agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 
one administrative support staff for the Office.