[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 194 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H9790-H9803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT REFORM ACT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1518, the 
Senate amendments to H.R. 2617 numbered 1, 2, 3, and 5 are considered 
as agreed to.
  The Senate amendment number 4 to H.R. 2617 is considered as agreed to 
with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-
73.
  Senate amendments:

     (1)On page 3, line 12, strike [Chief]
     (2)On page 3, line 12, strike [Office] and insert: Officer of 
     each agency
     (3)On page 3, line 17, after ``equivalent)'' insert: of that 
     agency
     (4)On page 3, line 19, after ``(5)'' insert: for that agency
     (5)On page 4, line 1, strike [House] and insert: Senate

  The text of the House amendment to Senate amendment No. 4 is as 
follows:

            House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 2617

       At the end of the matter inserted by the Senate, insert the 
     following: .''.

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023''.

     SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short Title.
Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Statement of Appropriations.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                        DIVISION B--WAYS & MEANS

                               DIVISION C

     SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

       Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
     ``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be 
     treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.

     SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

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       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                                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, 
     $69,845,000, of which not to exceed $8,432,000 shall be 
     available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
     exceed $1,396,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed 
     $11,287,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships 
     and Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 
     U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $28,822,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration, of which $27,116,000 shall be available for 
     Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses 
     for management support services to offices of the Department 
     and for general administration, security, repairs and 
     alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
     not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 
     and efficient work of the Department: Provided, That funds 
     made available by this Act to an agency in the Administration 
     mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
     up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not to 
     exceed $4,609,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and 
     Intergovernmental Affairs to carry out the programs funded by 
     this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental 
     affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to 
     exceed $10,109,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Communications: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 
     any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office 
     of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no 
     appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased 
     by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $22,000 of the amount made available under this paragraph 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 reimbursed from 
     applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses 
     incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 
     551-558: Provided further, That funds made available under 
     this heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs shall 
     be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
     funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: 
     Provided further, That no funds made available under this 
     heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 
     Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from 
     the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 
     notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: 
     Provided further, That during any 30 day notification period 
     referenced in section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall take no action to begin implementation of 
     the action that is subject to section 716 of this Act or make 
     any public announcement of such action in any form.

                          Executive Operations

                     office of the chief economist

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Economist, $30,181,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for 
     grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 
     U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
     under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to carry out 
     section 224 of subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture 
     Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended by 
     section 12504 of Public Law 115-334.

                     office of hearings and appeals

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 
     Appeals, $16,703,000.

                 office of budget and program analysis

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
     Analysis, $16,967,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, $93,284,000, of which not less than 
     $77,428,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the 
     department.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer, $9,559,000.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,466,000: 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, 
     $37,595,000.

                  Agriculture Buildings and Facilities

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
     Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
     delegation of authority from the Administrator of General 
     Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 
     121, for programs and activities of the Department which are 
     included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions 
     needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate 
     unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to 
     the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, 
     maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings 
     and facilities, and for related costs, $68,858,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
     comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and 
     the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), 
     $8,581,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That appropriations and funds available herein to the 
     Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be 
     transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in 
     meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on 
     Federal and non-Federal lands.

               Office of Safety, Security, and Protection

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, 
     and Protection, $21,800,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 
     1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $111,061,000, 
     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 Inspector General Act of 
     1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.), and including not to 
     exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational 
     expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended 
     under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. 
     App.) and section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 
     1981 (Public Law 97-98).

                     Office of the General Counsel

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
     Counsel, $62,137,000.

                            Office of Ethics

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $5,556,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Research, Education, and Economics, $3,384,000: 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: Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall 
     be made available for the Office of the Chief Scientist.

                       Economic Research Service

       For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
     $90,612,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
     Statistics Service, $211,023,000, of which up to $66,361,000 
     shall be available until expended for the Census of 
     Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available for the 
     Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current 
     Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and 
     (f).

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 
     and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
     purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land 
     exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value 
     or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor 
     which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the 
     land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
     $1,737,629,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 
     be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 
     and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: 
     Provided further, That appropriations 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 four buildings to 
     be constructed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and 
     the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
     shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
     of the building or $500,000, whichever is greater: Provided 
     further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 
     entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural Research 
     Service location for the construction of a research facility 
     by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research 
     Service and a condition of the lease shall be that any 
     facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained by the non-
     Federal entity and shall be removed upon the expiration or 
     termination of the lease agreement: Provided further, That 
     the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 
     not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
     facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: 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

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     appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 
     easements at any Agricultural Research Service location for 
     the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 
     entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural 
     Research Service and a condition 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 acceptance of the facility is in the 
     interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 
     may be received from any State, other political subdivision, 
     organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing 
     or operating any research facility or research project of the 
     Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.

                        buildings and facilities

       For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, 
     improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 
     equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the 
     agricultural research programs of the Department of 
     Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $57,305,000 to 
     remain available until expended, of which $25,900,000 shall 
     be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 
     account in the table titled ``Community Project Funding'' in 
     the report accompanying this Act.

               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, $1,142,021,000, which shall be for the 
     purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
     ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and 
     Education Activities'' in the report accompanying this Act: 
     Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 
     institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, 
     Hispanic serving institutions education grants, capacity 
     building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 
     agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 
     loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship 
     and institution challenge grants, grants management systems, 
     tribal colleges education equity grants, and scholarships at 
     1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 
     funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less than 
     $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for education grants 
     for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be 
     made available to individual eligible institutions or 
     consortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally 
     to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, 
     That funds for providing grants for food and agricultural 
     sciences for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving 
     institutions and for Insular Areas shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That funds for 
     education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 
     available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 
     U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more than 5 
     percent of the amounts made available by this or any other 
     Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative 
     under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the 
     Secretary in carrying out that authority.

              native american institutions endowment fund

       For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund 
     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, $586,502,000, which shall be 
     for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
     titled ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 
     Extension Activities'' in the report accompanying this Act: 
     Provided, That funds for extension services at 1994 
     institutions and 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 cooperative 
     extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 
     93-471 shall be available for retirement and employees' 
     compensation costs for extension agents.

                         integrated activities

       For the integrated research, education, and extension 
     grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 
     $39,500,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the 
     amounts, specified in the table titled ``National Institute 
     of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities'' in the 
     report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for the 
     Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs 
     shall not be charged against any Extension Implementation 
     Program Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest 
     Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $1,617,000: Provided, 
     That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the 
     Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission area for salaries 
     and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
     support staff for the Office.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 
     representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), $1,164,209,000, 
     of which $530,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
     be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 
     diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 
     birds (``contingency fund'') to the extent necessary to meet 
     emergency conditions; of which $15,950,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests 
     program, including for cost share purposes or for debt 
     retirement for active eradication zones; of which 
     $39,183,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     Animal Health Technical Services; of which $4,096,000 shall 
     be for activities under the authority of the Horse Protection 
     Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which 
     $64,930,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for information technology 
     infrastructure; of which $219,698,000, to remain available 
     until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, 
     $14,986,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which 
     $24,067,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     zoonotic disease management; of which $44,117,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness 
     and response; of which $62,562,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which 
     $6,528,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, 
     to remain available until expended, shall be for the scrapie 
     program for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage 
     management program for aviation safety: Provided, That of 
     amounts available under this heading for wildlife services 
     methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended: Provided further, That of amounts available under 
     this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall 
     remain available until expended; of which $24,527,000, to 
     remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out 
     the science program and transition activities for the 
     National Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, 
     Kansas: Provided further, That no funds shall be used to 
     formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for 
     the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 
     matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided 
     further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
     purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of 
     aircraft: Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies 
     which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 
     industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer 
     from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies 
     or corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed 
     necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 
     arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or 
     pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in 
     accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health 
     Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 
     442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and 
     any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 
     emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be 
     merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law 
     (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased 
     buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the 
     cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
     shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
     of the building.
       In fiscal year 2023, the agency is authorized to collect 
     fees to cover the total costs of providing technical 
     assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other 
     political subdivisions, domestic and international 
     organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided 
     that such fees are structured such that any 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 available until expended, without further 
     appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
     services.

                        buildings and facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
     environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, 
     and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 
     U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

       For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Service, $242,913,000, of which $7,504,000 shall be available 
     for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113-79: 
     Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
     heading, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115-334: 
     Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
     pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 
     of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any 
     one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
     percent of the current replacement value of the building.
       Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
     activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
     U.S.C. 9701), 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.

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                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
     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 August 24, 
     1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
     program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
     operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
     Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
     Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise 
     provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $21,501,000 for 
     formulation and administration of marketing agreements and 
     orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 
     of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-128).

                   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 Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000.

        limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

       Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
     weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
     require additional supervision and oversight, or other 
     uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
     by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That funds made 
     available by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety mission 
     area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 
     one administrative support staff for the Office.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
     the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
     Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 
     including not to exceed $10,000 for representation allowances 
     and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
     August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,180,364,000; and in 
     addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 
     fees collected for the cost of laboratory 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 2023 for 
     purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement 
     related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 
     et seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
     available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 
     and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of 
     altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
     exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
     building.

                                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, $1,727,000: Provided, 
     That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the 
     Farm Production and Conservation mission area for salaries 
     and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
     support staff for the Office.

            Farm Production and Conservation Business Center

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 
     Conservation Business Center, $257,684,000: Provided, That 
     $60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the current fiscal 
     year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and 
     Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be 
     transferred to and merged with this account.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
     $1,229,396,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent of 
     the funding made available under this heading for information 
     technology related to farm program delivery may be obligated 
     until the Secretary submits to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives 
     written or electronic notification of receipt from such 
     Committees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for 
     each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and 
     performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
     benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost for 
     the entirety of the project/investment, including estimates 
     for development as well as maintenance and operations, and 
     (c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each 
     project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service 
     Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in 
     accordance with applicable lifecycle management policies and 
     guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department's 
     capital planning and investment control requirements; and (3) 
     has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Office and 
     approved by the Committees on 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 2023 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress and the Government Accountability Office, that 
     identifies for each project/investment that is operational 
     (a) current performance against key indicators of customer 
     satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level 
     agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current 
     performance against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a 
     detailed breakdown of current and planned spending on 
     operational enhancements 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, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for 
     all programs 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 account: 
     Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading, $696,594,000 shall be made available to county 
     committees, to remain available until expended: Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, any 
     funds made available to county committees in the current 
     fiscal year that the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency 
     deems to exceed or not meet the amount needed for the county 
     committees may be transferred to or from the Farm Service 
     Agency for necessary expenses: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 
     to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 
     Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based 
     employees that would result in an office with two or fewer 
     employees without prior notification and approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                         state mediation grants

       For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), 
     $7,000,000.

               grassroots source water protection program

       For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
     protection activities under section 1240O of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $6,500,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                        dairy indemnity program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
     payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products 
     under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be 
     necessary, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     such program is carried out by the Secretary in the same 
     manner as the dairy indemnity program described in the 
     Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
     106-387, 114 Stat. 1549A-12).

           geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers

       For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimbursement 
     payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers 
     under section 1621 of the Food Conservation, and Energy Act 
     of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), $3,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and 
     operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 
     U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 
     U.S.C. 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 Insurance Fund, as follows: 
     $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and 
     $3,100,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 
     $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 
     and $1,633,333,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 
     loans, $4,062,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
     $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; 
     relending program, $61,426,000; Indian highly fractionated 
     land loans, $5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication 
     program loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 
     shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the 
     purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
     including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: 
     $249,000 for emergency loans, to remain available until 
     expended; and $23,520,000 for direct farm operating loans, 
     $11,228,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating loans, 
     $10,983,000 for the relending program, and $894,000 for 
     Indian highly fractionated land loans.

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       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $326,461,000: 
     Provided, That of this amount, $305,803,000 shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm 
     Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
       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: Provided, That the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
     notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
     $75,443,000; of which $4,500,000 shall be available to 
     conduct research and development and carry out contracting 
     and partnerships as described under subsections 522(c) and 
     (d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
     1522(c) and (d)), in addition to amounts otherwise provided 
     for such purposes: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act shall be 
     available for compliance and integrity activities required 
     under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
     of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall be in addition to 
     amounts otherwise provided for such purpose: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for 
     official reception and representation expenses, as authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
     the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including 
     preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
     measures to conserve soil and water (including farm 
     irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for 
     soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
     floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control 
     agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
     plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; 
     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 alteration or improvement of 
     permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft, $1,023,777,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2024, of which up to $22,973,000 shall be 
     for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 
     account in the table titled ``Community Project Funding'' in 
     the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
     U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and 
     public improvements at plant materials centers, except that 
     the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings 
     and other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: 
     Provided further, That when buildings or other structures are 
     erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land 
     is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.

               watershed and flood prevention operations

       For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
     including but not limited to surveys and investigations, 
     engineering operations, works of improvement, and changes in 
     use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 
     Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 1007-1009) and 
     in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
     activities of the Department, $95,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That for funds provided 
     by this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding 
     the size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding two 
     hundred and fifty thousand acres in which such activities can 
     be undertaken shall only apply for activities undertaken for 
     the primary purpose of flood prevention (including structural 
     and land treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 
     be allocated to projects and activities that can commence 
     promptly following enactment; that address regional 
     priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 
     management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wildlife 
     habitat, or watershed protection; or that address authorized 
     ongoing projects under the authorities of section 13 of the 
     Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78-534) 
     with a primary purpose of watershed protection by preventing 
     floodwater damage and stabilizing stream channels, 
     tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion and sediment 
     transport.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

       Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 
     Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $5,000,000 is provided.

                    healthy forests reserve program

       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), $10,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

              urban agriculture and innovative production

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Urban Agriculture 
     and Innovative Production Program under section 222 of 
     subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
     Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), as added by section 12302 of 
     Public Law 115-334, $13,500,000.

                              CORPORATIONS

       The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
     authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
     and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the 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 hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

       For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be 
     necessary, to remain available until expended.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 reimbursement for net realized losses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
     to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net 
     realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
     pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
     U.S.C. 713a-11): Provided, That of the funds available to the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for 
     the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by 
     the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 
     management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service 
     that are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation 
     business.

                       hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

       For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation shall not expend more than $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, $1,620,000: 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.

                           Rural Development

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of Rural Development programs, including 
     activities with institutions concerning the development and 
     operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative 
     agreements; $401,976,000: Provided, That of the amount made 
     available under this heading, up to $5,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2024, shall be for the Rural 
     Partners Network activities of the Department of Agriculture, 
     and may be transferred to other agencies of the Department 
     for such purpose, consistent with the missions and 
     authorities of such agencies: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
     and promotional activities that support Rural Development 
     programs: Provided further, That in addition to any other 
     funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 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 account and will remain 
     available until expended for such purposes.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
     Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
     insurance fund, as follows: $1,500,000,000 shall be for 
     direct loans, $12,000,000 shall be for a single family 
     housing relending demonstration program for Native American 
     Tribes, and $30,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized 
     guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 504 housing repair 
     loans; $150,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; 
     $300,000,000 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, $55,650,000 shall be for direct loans; $3,948,000 
     shall be for a single family housing relending demonstration 
     program for Native American Tribes; section 504 housing 
     repair loans, $2,324,000; section 523 self-help housing land 
     development loans, $267,000; section 524 site development 
     loans, $208,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new 
     construction of section 515 rental housing, $28,665,000: 
     Provided, That to support the loan program level for section 
     538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading the 
     Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the 
     projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the 
     provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et 
     seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized: 
     Provided further, That applicants in communities that have a 
     current rural area waiver under section 541 of the Housing 
     Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a 
     rural area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans 
     provided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
     amounts available

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     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, 2023: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary 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 organizations and public housing 
     authorities that commit to keep such properties in the RHS 
     multifamily housing program for a period of time as 
     determined by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, 
     but not be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit 
     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 developer loans at favorable rates and terms, 
     invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organizational 
     costs associated with owner's oversight of asset referred to 
     as ``Asset Management Fee'' of up to $7,500 per property.
       In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 
     including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $40,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for a demonstration program 
     for the preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 
     515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties to 
     restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the 
     Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes of 
     ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 
     project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable 
     housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including 
     reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, 
     subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other 
     financial assistance including advances, payments and 
     incentives (including the ability of owners to obtain 
     reasonable returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 
     Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the 
     preservation 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 and merged with 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 balances described in the preceding proviso, 
     any adjustments to obligations for demonstration programs for 
     the preservation and revitalization of sections 514, 515, and 
     516 multi-family rental housing properties that would 
     otherwise be incurred in the ``Multi-Family Housing 
     Revitalization 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), $18,126,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 
     housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 
     contracts: Provided, That any balances available for the Farm 
     Labor Program Account shall be transferred to and merged with 
     this account.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 
     shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                       rental assistance program

       For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
     pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in lieu of 
     debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
     authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 
     1949, $1,493,926,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be available 
     until September 30, 2024; and in addition such sums as may be 
     necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to 
     liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 
     out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of 
     the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements entered 
     into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be 
     funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
     $8,000,000 shall be available for newly constructed units 
     financed under section 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 
     1949: Provided further, That upon request by an owner of a 
     project financed by an existing loan under section 514 or 515 
     of the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assistance 
     agreement for a period of 20 years or until the term of such 
     loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations: Provided 
     further, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of 
     such one-year agreements may be transferred and used for 
     purposes of any debt reduction, maintenance, repair, or 
     rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 
     rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 
     Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 
     agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2023 for a farm 
     labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 
     or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another 
     project until such assistance has remained unused for a 
     period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a 
     waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 
     project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 
     receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such 
     recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 
     practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family 
     housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act: 
     Provided further, That except as provided in the fifth 
     proviso under this heading and notwithstanding any other 
     provision of the Act, the Secretary may recapture rental 
     assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 
     fiscal year 2023 for a project that the Secretary determines 
     no longer needs rental assistance and use such recaptured 
     funds for current needs.

                     rural housing voucher account

       For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
     section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding 
     subsection (b) of such section, $38,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be available for rural 
     housing vouchers to any low-income household (including those 
     not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property 
     financed with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid or 
     otherwise paid off after September 30, 2005: Provided 
     further, That the amount of such voucher shall be the 
     difference between comparable market rent for the section 515 
     unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided 
     further, That funds made available for such vouchers shall be 
     subject to the availability of annual appropriations: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
     extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 
     regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 
     8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 
     further, That in addition to any other available funds, the 
     Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the 
     program funds made available under this heading, for 
     administrative expenses for activities funded 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), $33,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                    rural housing assistance grants

       For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural 
     housing preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as 
     authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $48,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

               rural community facilities program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 
     described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and 
     $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, $194,865,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which up to $126,865,000 shall be for the 
     purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
     the table titled ``Community Project Funding'' in the report 
     accompanying this Act: Provided, That $8,000,000 of the 
     amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
     a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided further, 
     That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity 
     and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and 
     community development organizations, low-income rural 
     communities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 
     to undertake projects to improve housing, community 
     facilities, community and economic development projects in 
     rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
     available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
     intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 
     of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That 
     such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds 
     from other sources, including Federal funds for related 
     activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: 
     Provided further, That any unobligated balances from prior 
     year appropriations 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, or that were specified in the table 
     titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
     Spending'' in the explanatory statement for Division A of 
     Public Law 117-103 described in section 4 in the matter 
     preceding such division A: Provided further, That $10,000,000 
     of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, 
     as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided 
     further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the 
     funds made available under this heading.

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                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                     rural business program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural 
     business development programs authorized by section 310B and 
     described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 
     310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
     $88,800,000, 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 Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 
     14101 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 
     purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 
     percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 
     further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
     this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
     Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
     $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization to 
     provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
     order to promote economic development: Provided further, That 
     sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     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 authorized by 
     the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
     1936b), $18,889,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, $3,313,000, as authorized by 
     the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
     1936b), of which $331,000 shall be available through June 30, 
     2023, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of 
     which $663,000 shall be available through June 30, 2023, for 
     Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in 
     accordance with Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such 
     costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
     as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.

            rural economic development loans program account

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
     under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for 
     the purpose of promoting rural economic development 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 promoting rural 
     economic development and job creation projects shall not 
     exceed $10,000,000.

                  rural cooperative development grants

       For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
     section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $27,600,000, of which 
     $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the 
     appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants 
     for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, 
     or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 
     groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing 
     boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members 
     of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $16,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, shall be for value-added 
     agricultural product 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 the principal amount of direct loans authorized by 
     section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
     Act (U.S.C. 2008s), $25,000,000.
       For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 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 Investment Act of 2002 (7 
     U.S.C. 8107), $10,045,000: Provided, That the cost of loan 
     guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
     be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974.

                   healthy food 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 support projects that 
     provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, to 
     create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-
     income communities, $5,000,000, 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 direct 
     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: $1,450,000,000 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, $685,072,000, to remain available until expended, of 
     which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
     rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of 
     such Act, and of which not to exceed $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 appropriated under this heading 
     shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition to 
     funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act: 
     Provided further, That $70,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading 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 Farm and 
     Rural Development Act, and Federally Recognized 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 Development Act may be 
     provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 
     Public Law 105-83: Provided further, That not more than 2 
     percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by 
     the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 
     programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided 
     for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant 
     to section 325 of Public Law 105-83 for training and 
     technical assistance programs: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $37,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural 
     water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of 
     such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of 
     extreme need, of which $8,500,000 shall be made available for 
     a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional 
     technical assistance organization, with experience in working 
     with small communities on water and waste water problems, the 
     principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural 
     communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving 
     the planning, financing, development, operation, and 
     management of water and waste water systems, and of which not 
     less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native 
     American organization to provide technical assistance for 
     rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $20,762,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified 
     national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide 
     technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 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 heading shall be transferred 
     to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 
     Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under 
     section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
     918a): Provided further, That any prior year balances for 
     high-energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, 
     High Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That not 
     to exceed $6,810,000 of the amounts appropriated under this 
     heading shall be available as the Secretary deems appropriate 
     for water and waste direct one percent loans for distressed 
     communities: Provided further, That if the Secretary 
     determines that any portion of the amount made available for 
     one percent loans is not needed for such loans, the Secretary 
     may use such amounts, for grants authorized by section 
     306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: 
     Provided further, That if any funds made available for the 
     direct loan subsidy costs remain unobligated after July 31, 
     2024, such unobligated balances may be used for grant 
     programs funded under this heading: Provided further, That 
     sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
     available under this heading.

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as 
     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 
     section 306, guaranteed electric loans, $2,167,000,000; loans 
     made pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding 4(c)(2), of that 
     Act, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, cost-of-
     money direct loans, $4,333,000,000; loans made pursuant to 
     section 313A of that Act, guaranteed underwriting loans, 
     $800,000,000; and for loans made pursuant

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     to section 305(d)(2) of that Act, cost of money 
     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, $3,726,000.
       In addition, $11,500,000 to remain available until 
     expended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and 
     Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That 
     the energy efficiency measures supported by the funding in 
     this paragraph shall contribute in a demonstrable 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 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: 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 section 379G of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only be 
     provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility 
     criteria for a consortium as established by this section.
       For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by sections 
     601 and 602 of the Rural Electrification Act, $2,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That the cost of 
     direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       For the broadband loan and grant pilot program established 
     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.), $465,513,000, to remain available until expended, of 
     which up to $15,513,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
     amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
     ``Community Project Funding'' in the report accompanying this 
     Act: Provided, That the Secretary may award grants described 
     in section 601(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
     as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying 
     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 upstream: Provided further, That to the 
     extent possible, projects receiving funds provided under the 
     pilot program must build out service to at least one hundred 
     megabytes per second downstream, and twenty megabytes per 
     second upstream: 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 activities to support the most rural 
     communities: Provided further, That the Rural Utilities 
     Service is directed to expedite program delivery methods that 
     would implement this paragraph: Provided further, That for 
     purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall adhere to the 
     notice, reporting and service area assessment requirements 
     set forth in section 701 of the Rural Electrification Act (7 
     U.S.C. 950cc).
       In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program authorized 
     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, $1,376,000: 
     Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 
     in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services mission area for 
     salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one 
     administrative support staff for the Office.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except 
     section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $28,619,957,000 to 
     remain available through September 30, 2024, of which such 
     sums as are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of the 
     Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
     246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and 
     available for the same time period and purposes as provided 
     herein: Provided, That of the total amount available, 
     $20,162,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): 
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $21,005,000 shall be available to carry out studies and 
     evaluations and shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $12,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 
     out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided 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 2023 shall not exceed $500,000: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $40,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive grants 
     to State agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies 
     and schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of 
     greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve 
     food safety, and to help support the establishment, 
     maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 
     out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 
     2010 (Public Law 111-80): Provided further, That of the total 
     amount available, $10,000,000 shall be available until 
     September 30, 2024 to carry out section 23 of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1793), of which $2,000,000 
     shall be for grants under such section to the Commonwealth of 
     Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American 
     Samoa: 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 
     2023'' and inserting ``2010 through 2024'': 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 2022'' and 
     inserting ``For fiscal year 2023'': 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 2022'' and inserting 
     ``For fiscal year 2023''.

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
     supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
     $6,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2024: 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, and $14,000,000 
     shall be used for infrastructure: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall use funds made available under this heading 
     to increase the amount of a cash-value voucher for women and 
     children participants to an amount recommended by the 
     National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and 
     adjusted for inflation: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided in this account shall be available for the 
     purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost 
     containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in 
     section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided shall be available for activities that are not 
     fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
     agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: 
     Provided further, That upon termination of a federally 
     mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and 
     conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
     waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of 
     a State agency.

               supplemental nutrition assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition 
     Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $111,180,895,000, of 
     which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 2025, 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 heading, 
     $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
     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 
     requirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 
     That funds made available for Employment and Training under 
     this heading shall remain available through September 30, 
     2024: Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) 
     of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2024: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds made available under this heading may be obligated 
     or expended in contravention of section 213A of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided 
     further, That funds made available under this heading may be 
     used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct 
     studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to 
     program integrity provided that such activities are 
     authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
       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 
     unanticipated costs

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     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 assistance and 
     the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by 
     section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act 
     of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance 
     Act of 1983; special assistance for the nuclear affected 
     islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of 
     Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188); 
     and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 
     $469,710,000, to remain available through September 30, 2024: 
     Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to 
     reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
     donated to the program: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with 
     funds made available in fiscal year 2023 to support the 
     Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002, such funds shall remain available through September 30, 
     2024: 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 nutrition 
     assistance program, $231,378,000: Provided, That of the funds 
     provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 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, $932,000: 
     Provided, That funds made available by this Act to any agency 
     in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission area 
     for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one 
     administrative support staff for the Office.

                      office of codex alimentarius

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, 
     $4,922,000, 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 representation 
     allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act 
     approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $234,913,000, of 
     which no more than 6 percent shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2024, for overseas operations to include the 
     payment of locally employed staff: Provided, That the Service 
     may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this 
     appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal 
     agencies, public and private organizations and institutions 
     under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food 
     production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the 
     foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 
     International Development: Provided further, That funds made 
     available for middle-income country training programs, funds 
     made available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 
     Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 
     $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation 
     solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
     international currency exchange rates, subject to 
     documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall 
     remain available until expended.

                     food for peace title ii grants

       For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 
     83-480), for commodities supplied in connection with 
     dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
     $1,800,000,000, 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 Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1), $265,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
     facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
     such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided 
     herein: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
     under this heading, not more than 10 percent, but not less 
     than $26,500,000, shall remain available until expended to 
     purchase agricultural commodities 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 Commodity 
     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 Commodity 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 AGENCIES 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 Administration, 
     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 activities, authorized and approved by the 
     Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
     certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding 
     section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $6,484,171,000: Provided, 
     That of the amount provided under this heading, 
     $1,224,132,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user 
     fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to 
     this account and remain available until expended; 
     $248,342,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees 
     authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 
     account and remain available until expended; $550,449,000 
     shall be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 
     by 21 U.S.C. 379j-42, and shall be credited to this account 
     and remain available until expended; $40,841,000 shall be 
     derived from biosimilar biological product user fees 
     authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-52, and shall be credited to 
     this account and remain available until expended; $32,238,000 
     shall be derived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 
     U.S.C. 379j-12, and shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended; $29,459,000 shall be derived 
     from generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 
     U.S.C. 379j-21, and shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be 
     derived from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 
     U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
     available until expended: Provided further, That in addition 
     to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 
     heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 
     medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, 
     biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug user 
     fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the 
     respective fiscal year 2023 limitations are appropriated and 
     shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
     expended: Provided further, That fees derived from 
     prescription drug, medical device, human generic drug, 
     biosimilar biological product, animal drug, and generic new 
     animal drug assessments for fiscal year 2023, including any 
     such fees collected prior to fiscal year 2023 but credited 
     for fiscal year 2023, shall be subject to the fiscal year 
     2023 limitations: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     accept payment during fiscal year 2023 of user fees specified 
     under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2024, prior 
     to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees 
     assessed for fiscal year 2024 for which the Secretary accepts 
     payment in fiscal year 2023 shall not be included in amounts 
     under this heading: Provided further, That none of these 
     funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any 
     program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided 
     further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 
     $1,244,007,000 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) 
     $2,225,209,000 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 $10,000,000 shall 
     be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspections and 
     shall remain available until expended, and $15,000,000 shall 
     be for coordinating programs and activities of the Food and 
     Drug Administration with those of the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
     combat the illicit importation of opioids, including 
     fentanyl, through international mail facilities and land 
     ports-of entry; (3) $477,782,000 shall be for the Center for 
     Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
     $295,999,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine 
     and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (5) $682,221,000 shall be for the Center for Devices 
     and Radiological Health and for related field activities in 
     the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $77,893,000 shall be 
     for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
     $677,165,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and 
     for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (8) $216,603,000 shall be for Rent and Related 
     activities, of which $56,011,000 is for White Oak 
     Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
     Services Administration for rent; (9) $237,917,000 shall be 
     for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; 
     and (10) $349,375,000 shall be for other activities, 
     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 central 
     services for these offices: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official

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     reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 
     for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, 
     That any transfer of funds pursuant to, and for the 
     administration of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from 
     amounts made available under this heading for other 
     activities and shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, 
     That of the amounts that are made available under this 
     heading for ``other activities'', and that are not derived 
     from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for ``Department of Health and Human 
     Services--Office of Inspector General'' for oversight of the 
     programs and operations of the Food and Drug Administration 
     and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 
     for oversight of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided 
     further, That funds may be transferred from one specified 
     activity to another with the prior approval of the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n 
     and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food reinspection fees, 
     and voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by 
     21 U.S.C. 379j-31, outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 
     U.S.C. 379j-62, prescription drug wholesale distributor 
     licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider licensing and 
     inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3(c)(1), 
     third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), 
     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, extension, 
     alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or 
     facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 
     where not otherwise provided, $16,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                   fda innovation account, cures act

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described 
     under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in 
     addition to amounts available for such purposes under the 
     heading ``Salaries and Expenses'', $50,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, 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 transferred 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 previous 
     proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, such 
     amounts may be transferred back to the account: Provided 
     further, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 
     other transfer authority provided by law.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the 
     purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental 
     of space (to include multiple year leases), in the District 
     of Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, including not to 
     exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for 
     consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with 
     foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of which 
     not less than $20,000,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2024, and of which not less than $4,567,000 
     shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector General: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 
     1553, amounts provided 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 
     recorded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 
     31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, 
     such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a no-
     year account in the Treasury, which has been established for 
     the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liquidating 
     such unpaid obligations.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $88,500,000 (from assessments collected 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 receiverships: 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 Congress: 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 application of the limitation provided 
     in that clause of export loans described in the clause 
     guaranteed or insured in a 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 2023 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 Agriculture's fleet above the 
     2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, and 
     receives approval from, the Committees 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 unobligated 
     balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or 
     any other available unobligated discretionary balances that 
     are remaining available of the Department of Agriculture to 
     the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of property, 
     plant and equipment and for the improvement, delivery, and 
     implementation of Department financial, and administrative 
     information technology services, and other support systems 
     necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and 
     information technology services, including cloud adoption and 
     migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the 
     Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
     made available by this Act or any other Act shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior 
     approval of the agency administrator: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
     pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation 
     without written notification to and the prior approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act or made available to the Department's Working Capital 
     Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make 
     any changes to the Department's National Finance Center 
     without written notification to and prior approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations 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, 
     implement, 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 Center 
     prior to written notification to and prior approval of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in 
     accordance with the requirements of section 716 of this Act: 
     Provided further, That the National Finance 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 integrated personnel and payroll 
     systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Financial 
     Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain in the 
     National Finance Center and under the management 
     responsibility and administrative control of the National 
     Finance Center: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial Officer 
     shall actively market to existing and new Departments and 
     other government agencies National Finance Center shared 
     services including, but not limited to, payroll, financial 
     management, and human capital shared services and allow the 
     National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades: 
     Provided further, That of annual income amounts in the 
     Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture 
     attributable to the amounts in excess of the true costs of 
     the shared services provided by the National Finance Center 
     and budgeted for the National Finance Center, the Secretary 
     shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the replacement or 
     acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment for the 
     improvement, delivery, and implementation of financial, 
     administrative, and information technology services, and 
     other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any 
     unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance 
     Center: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
     shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary 
     submits written notification of the obligation to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
     Provided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 
     funds pending notification to Congressional Committees shall 
     not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the 
     Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of 
     emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the 
     National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the 
     National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 
     operations of the National Finance Center.
       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 
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     in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 
     agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements 
     is to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two 
     parties. This does not preclude appropriate payment of 
     indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions 
     when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for 
     all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this 
     Act.
       Sec. 705.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
     the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended 
     to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year for 
     the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund 
     program account, the Rural Electrification and 
     Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural 
     Housing Insurance Fund program account.
       Sec. 706.  None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
     new information technology systems or significant upgrades, 
     as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
     without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
     concurrence of the Executive Information Technology 
     Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to 
     the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written 
     notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding section 11319 of title 40, United States 
     Code, none of the funds available to the Department of 
     Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for 
     projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 prior 
     to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information 
     Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information Officer 
     may authorize an agency to obligate funds without written 
     approval from the Chief Information Officer for projects, 
     contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based upon the 
     performance of an agency measured against the performance 
     plan requirements described in the explanatory statement 
     accompanying Public Law 113-235.
       Sec. 707.  Funds made available under section 524(b) of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current 
     fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 
     obligations made in the current fiscal year.
       Sec. 708.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     former 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 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 Farm Service Agency shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2024, 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 remain 
     available through September 30, 2024, for information 
     technology expenses.
       Sec. 710.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by 
     the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention 
     of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code 
     of Federal 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 technical 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.
       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 negotiated 
     rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
     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 criminal 
     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 $1,483,309,000 (exclusive 
     of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), as 
     follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities--
     $485,000,000; State Option Contracts--$5,000,000; Removal of 
     Defective Commodities--$2,500,000; Administration of section 
     32 Commodity Purchases--$37,178,000: Provided, That, of the 
     total funds made available in the matter preceding this 
     proviso that remain unobligated on October 1, 2023, such 
     unobligated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2024 
     and shall remain available until expended for any of the 
     purposes of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 
     used in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not 
     exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the 
     Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 
     expenditures to the Committees on 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 available by this or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of 
     any employee of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
     clause (3) of section 32.
       Sec. 715.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
     part of the President's budget submission to the Congress for 
     programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations 
     Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes 
     revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due 
     to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law 
     prior to the submission of the budget unless such budget 
     submission identifies which additional spending reductions 
     should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not 
     enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of 
     conference for the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act.
       Sec. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
     provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in the 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 
     reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as 
     authorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the 
     Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority 
     provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
     Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
     Law 89-106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that--
       (1) creates new programs;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
     restricted;
       (4) relocates an office or employees;
       (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
       (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
     presently performed by Federal employees;
     unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies in writing 
     and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the 
     reprogramming of such funds or the use of such authority.
       (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 
     projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities 
     referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 
     $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that--
       (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
       (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or
       (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
     personnel which would result in a change in existing 
     programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
     unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies in writing 
     and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the 
     reprogramming 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 Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission shall notify in writing and receive 
     approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress before implementing any program or activity not 
     carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the 
     program or activity is funded by this Act or specifically 
     funded by any other Act.
       (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for--

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       (1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 
     including information technology systems, that involves 
     increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 
     the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 
     of the total cost, whichever is less;
       (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant 
     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 Congress 
     at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for these 
     purposes.
       (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for 
     any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of 
     the Commodity Futures Trading Commission receives from the 
     Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the 
     notification as required in this section.
       Sec. 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 otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 
     Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or 
     the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to transmit or 
     otherwise make available reports, questions, or responses to 
     questions that are a result of information requested for the 
     appropriations hearing process to any non-Department of 
     Agriculture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, 
     non-Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 
     Administration employee.
       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 prepackaged news story 
     intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States 
     unless the story includes a clear notification within the 
     text or audio of the 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 Agriculture may 
     be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by 
     this Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of 
     the Department for more than 60 days in a fiscal year unless 
     the individual's employing agency or office is fully 
     reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 
     and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
       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 Commission, and the 
     Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     detailed spending plan by program, project, and activity for 
     all the funds made available under this Act including 
     appropriated user fees, as defined in the report accompanying 
     this Act.
       Sec. 722.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or 
     take any other action with respect to, allowing or requiring 
     information intended for a prescribing health care 
     professional, in the case of a drug or biological product 
     subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to such 
     professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) unless 
     and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or require such 
     distribution.
       Sec. 723.  For the purposes of determining eligibility or 
     level of program assistance for Rural Development programs 
     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 guarantees 
     by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior to the 
     Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary 
     notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance.
       Sec. 725.  None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 
     729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 
     (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107-76) shall be available for 
     obligation without written notification to, and the prior 
     approval of, the Committees on Appropriations 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, delivery, and implementation 
     of Departmental financial management, information technology, 
     and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 
     financial, administrative, 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 ``Enhancing Retailer 
     Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
     (SNAP)'' published by the Department of Agriculture in the 
     Federal Register on December 15, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) 
     until the Secretary of Agriculture amends the definition of 
     the term ``variety'' as defined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) 
     of title 7, Code of Federal 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 number of items that qualify as 
     acceptable varieties in each staple food category so that the 
     total number of such items in each staple food category 
     exceeds the number of such items in each staple food category 
     included in the final rule as published on December 15, 2016: 
     Provided, That until the Secretary promulgates such 
     regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the 
     requirements regarding acceptable varieties and breadth of 
     stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers 
     that were in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-
     79).
       Sec. 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 otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be available for the United 
     States Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize 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.  For fiscal year 2023, the Secretary shall 
     establish a process under which an establishment in the 
     Chesapeake Bay area that is subject to examination and 
     inspection under section 6 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     solely due to the establishment's processing of domestic, 
     wild caught, invasive blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), may 
     apply for a waiver of such examination and inspection 
     requirements if the establishment is subject to inspection 
     under the Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points 
     Program of the Food and Drug Administration and the 
     establishment attests that it applies existing Seafood Hazard 
     Critical Control Points Program for all species processed at 
     the establishment.
       Sec. 730.  Notwithstanding any provision of law that 
     regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and holiday 
     pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 
     establishments subject to the inspection requirements of the 
     Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq., the 
     Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq, and the 
     Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., for the 
     cost of inspection services provided outside of an 
     establishment's approved inspection shifts, and for 
     inspection services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, 
     That any sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
     deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 1001(d) 
     of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2, 
     135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums received by the 
     Secretary under this paragraph shall, in addition to other 
     available funds, remain available until expended to the 
     Secretary without further appropriation for the purpose of 
     funding all costs associated with FSIS inspections.
       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 practices;
       (C) livestock demographics and traceability;
       (D) epidemiological separation from potential sources of 
     infection;
       (E) surveillance practices;
       (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and
       (G) emergency preparedness and response; and
       (2) promptly make publicly available the final reports of 
     any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (1).
       (b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
     with United States obligations under its international trade 
     agreements.
       Sec. 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 Development Act.
       Sec. 733.  In this fiscal year and thereafter, and 
     notwithstanding 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 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 disposal, 
     and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 
     306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall 
     be used for a project for the construction, alteration, 
     maintenance, or repair of a public water or wastewater system 
     unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project 
     are produced in the United States.
       (2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel products'' 
     means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: 
     lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other 
     municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and 
     restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast 
     concrete, and construction materials.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category 
     of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
     section referred to as the ``Secretary'') or the designee of 
     the Secretary finds that--

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       (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
     public interest;
       (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
     States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or 
     of a satisfactory quality; or
       (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
     United States will increase the cost of the overall project 
     by more than 25 percent.
       (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request for 
     a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee 
     shall make available to the public on an informal basis a 
     copy of the request and information available to the 
     Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and shall 
     allow for informal public input on the request for at least 
     15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The 
     Secretary or the designee shall make the request and 
     accompanying information available by electronic means, 
     including on the official public Internet Web site of the 
     Department.
       (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
     with United States obligations under international 
     agreements.
       (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the 
     funds appropriated in this Act for ``Rural Utilities 
     Service--Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account'' for 
     carrying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) 
     for management and oversight of the requirements of this 
     section.
       (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
     project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
     include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
     by such subsection if the plans and specifications have 
     received required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ``United 
     States'' and ``State'' shall include each of the several 
     States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally 
     recognized Indian Tribe.
       Sec. 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 communicate 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 Insurance 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 Account''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative 
     Service--Rural Business Program Account''; ``Rural Business-
     Cooperative Service--Rural Economic Development Loans Program 
     Account''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural 
     Cooperative Development Grants''; ``Rural Business-
     Cooperative Service--Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance 
     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 Program'', to the maximum extent 
     feasible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated 
     for assistance in persistent poverty counties under this 
     section, including, notwithstanding any other provision 
     regarding population limits, any 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 censuses, 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 activities for which program levels have been made 
     available by this Act that are not supported by budget 
     authority, the requirements of this section shall be applied 
     to such program level.
       Sec. 737.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt 
     of a submission for an exemption for investigational use of a 
     drug or biological product under section 505(i) of the 
     Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or 
     section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     262(a)(3)) in research in which a human embryo is 
     intentionally created or modified to include a heritable 
     genetic modification. Any such submission shall be deemed to 
     have not been received by the Secretary, and the 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 entitled ``Standards for 
     the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for 
     Human Consumption,'' and published on November 27, 2015, with 
     respect to the regulation of entities that grow, harvest, 
     pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds.
       Sec. 739.  There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2024, for a pilot 
     program for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to 
     provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs and 
     services to establish and enhance farming and ranching 
     opportunities for military veterans.
       Sec. 740.  For school years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, none 
     of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
     implement 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 Agricultural 
     Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the Agricultural 
     Marketing Act of 1946, or section 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 or Subtitle G of the Agricultural 
     Marketing Act of 1946, within or outside the State in which 
     the hemp is grown or cultivated.
       Sec. 742.  There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for grants under section 
     12502 of Public Law 115-334.
       Sec. 743.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to carry 
     out section 3307 of Public Law 115-334.
       Sec. 744.  The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the 
     matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of the 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
     1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)).
       Sec. 745.  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 affordable 
     housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public 
     housing authorities as authorized by law that commit to keep 
     such properties in the RHS multi-family housing program for a 
     period of time as determined by the Secretary.
       Sec. 746.  There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 
     carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115-334, including for 
     project locations in additional regions and timely completion 
     of required reporting to Congress.
       Sec. 747.  There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to carry 
     out section 12301 of Public Law 115-334, Farming 
     Opportunities Training and Outreach.
       Sec. 748.  In response to an eligible community where the 
     drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural 
     disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including drought 
     or severe weather, the Secretary may provide potable water 
     through the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant 
     Program for an additional period of time not to exceed 120 
     days beyond the established period provided under the Program 
     in order to protect public health.
       Sec. 749.  Funds made available under title II of the Food 
     for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to 
     provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
     monitoring and controls, as determined by the Administrator, 
     are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is received by 
     the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food 
     shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappropriate 
     purposes.
       Sec. 750.  In this fiscal year and thereafter, and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, ARS facilities as 
     described in the ``Memorandum of Understanding Between 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. 751.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to procure raw or processed poultry products imported 
     into the United States from the People's Republic of China 
     for use in the school lunch program under the Richard B. 
     Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), 
     the Child and Adult Care Food Program under section 17 of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the Summer Food Service Program 
     for Children under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), 
     or the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act 
     of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
       Sec. 752.  For school year 2023-2024, only a school food 
     authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school 
     food service account as of June 30, 2022, shall be required 
     to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance with 
     section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)).
       Sec. 753.  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.
       Sec. 754.  Any funds made available by this or any other 
     Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
     1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
     Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, shall be 
     available for grants for biotechnology risk assessment 
     research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such 
     funds among appropriations of the Department of Agriculture 
     for purposes of making such grants.
       Sec. 755.  Hereafter, none of the funds made available by 
     this Act or any other Act, may be used to pay the salaries or 
     expenses of personnel to implement any activities related to:
        (a) the permitting of non-recording of observed violations 
     of the Animal Welfare Act or its regulations on official 
     inspection reports; or
       (b) the prioritizing of education or collaborative 
     approaches to violations or noncompliance ahead of 
     enforcement under the Animal Welfare Act.

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       Sec. 756.  There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to carry 
     out section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, 
     Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(g)(4(B)) 
     as amended by section 7209 of Public Law 115-334.
       Sec. 757.  For necessary expenses associated with cotton 
     classing activities pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 55, to include 
     equipment and facility upgrades, and in addition to any other 
     funds made available for this purpose, there is appropriated 
     $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: 
     Provided, That amounts made available in this section shall 
     be treated as funds collected by fees authorized under Mar. 
     4, 1923, ch. 288, Sec. 5, 42 Stat. 1518, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
     55).
       Sec. 758.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     funds available to the Department of Agriculture may be used 
     to move any staff office or any agency from the mission area 
     in which it was located on August 1, 2018, to any other 
     mission area or office within the Department in the absence 
     of the enactment of specific legislation affirming such move.
       Sec. 759.  The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use funds 
     appropriated under this Act or any other Act for the 
     Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program and the 
     Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to the 
     Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 
     et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program 
     carried out pursuant to section 403 of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical 
     services for such programs pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of 
     the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), 
     notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section.
       Sec. 760.  In administering the pilot program established 
     by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141), the Secretary 
     of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining entities 
     eligible to receive assistance, consider those communities 
     which are ``Areas Rural in Character'': Provided, That not 
     more than 10 percent of the funds made available under the 
     heading ``Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband 
     Program'' for the purposes of the pilot program established 
     by section 779 of Public Law 115-141 may be used for this 
     purpose.
       Sec. 761.  There is hereby appropriated $29,700,000 for the 
     Goodfellow Federal facility, to remain available until 
     expended, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Food Safety and Inspection Service''.
       Sec. 762.  Hereafter, none of the funds made available by 
     this Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries or 
     expenses of personnel--
       (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
       (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
     Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
     note; Public Law 104-127); or
       (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 
     of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
       Sec. 763.  There is appropriated to the Department of 
     Agriculture, for an additional amount for ``Agricultural 
     Programs--Processing, Research, and Marketing--Office of the 
     Secretary'', $5,000,000, which shall remain available until 
     expended, for necessary expenses, under such terms and 
     conditions determined by the Secretary, related to testing 
     soil, water, or agricultural products for per- and 
     polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the request of an 
     agricultural producer, assisting agricultural producers 
     affected by PFAS contamination with costs related to mitigate 
     the impacts to their operation that have resulted from such 
     contamination and indemnifying agricultural producers for the 
     value of unmarketable crops, livestock, and other 
     agricultural products related to PFAS contamination: 
     Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize such assistance 
     to agricultural producers in states and territories that have 
     established a tolerance threshold for PFAS in a food or 
     agricultural product: Provided further, That, not later than 
     90 days after the end of fiscal year 2023, the Secretary 
     shall submit a report to the Congress specifying the type, 
     amount, and method of such assistance by state and territory 
     and the status of the amounts obligated and plans for further 
     expenditure, and include improvements that can be made to 
     U.S. Department of Agriculture programs, either 
     administratively or legislatively, to increase support for 
     agricultural producers impacted by PFAS contamination and to 
     enhance scientific knowledge on PFAS uptake in crops and 
     livestock and PFAS mitigation and remediation methods and 
     disseminate such knowledge to agricultural producers.
       Sec. 764.  Any future compliance date for any provision of 
     the Food and Drug Administration's final rule entitled ``Milk 
     and Cream Products and Yogurt Products; Final Rule To Revoke 
     the Standards for Lowfat Yogurt and Nonfat Yogurt and To 
     Amend the Standard for Yogurt'' (86 Fed. Reg. 31117, June 11, 
     2021) for which the agency is exercising enforcement 
     discretion or that is stayed as a result of objections timely 
     filed under 21 U.S.C. 371(e)(2), shall be established no 
     earlier than January 1 of the year that is three years after 
     either:
        (a) Final action upon such objection(s) is taken by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services; or
       (b) The party withdraws such objection(s).
       Sec. 765.  In addition to the amount of reimbursement for 
     administrative and operating expenses available for crop 
     insurance contracts described in subsection (a)(2)(F) of 
     section III of the 2023 Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) 
     that cover agricultural commodities described in section 101 
     of title I of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 
     (7 U.S.C. 1621 note), there is hereby appropriated 
     $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to pay, with 
     respect to such contracts for the 2021 reinsurance year, an 
     amount that is equal to the difference between the amount to 
     be paid pursuant to the SRA for the applicable reinsurance 
     year and the amount that would be paid if such contracts were 
     not subject to a reduction described in subsection (a)(2)(G) 
     of section III of the SRA but subject to a reimbursement rate 
     equal to 17.5 percent of the net book premium.
       Sec. 766.  There is appropriated to the Department of 
     Agriculture, for an additional amount for ``Agricultural 
     Programs--Processing, Research, and Marketing--Office of the 
     Secretary'', $10,000,000, which shall remain available until 
     expended, for necessary expenses to address assistance for 
     disasters occurring in calendar year 2022.
       Sec. 767.  In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
     there is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture 
     $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, to 
     provide relief payments for frontline grocery workers through 
     the Farmworker and Food Worker Relief Grant Program of the 
     Agricultural Marketing Service.
       Sec. 768.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to review or approve an application 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)) that is submitted by a sponsor located 
     in Russia, unless such application is for a drug that is 
     intended to treat a serious or life-threatening condition and 
     for which there is an unmet medical treatment need.
       Sec. 769.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall take such 
     actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of 
     agricultural land located in the United States by companies 
     owned, in full or in part, by the People's Republic of China, 
     Russia, North Korea, or Iran.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023''.

                        DIVISION B--WAYS & MEANS

     SEC. 1101. ADDITION OF VACCINES AGAINST COVID-19 TO LIST OF 
                   TAXABLE VACCINES.

       (a) In General.--Section 4132(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(Q) Any vaccine against COVID-19.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--
       (1) Sales, etc.--The amendment made by this section shall 
     apply to sales and uses on or after the later of--
       (A) the first day of the first month which begins more than 
     4 weeks after the date of the enactment of this Act, or
       (B) the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services lists any vaccine against COVID-19 for purposes of 
     compensation for any vaccine-related injury or death through 
     the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
       (2) Deliveries.--For purposes of paragraph (1) and section 
     4131 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of 
     sales on or before the effective date described in such 
     paragraph for which delivery is made after such date, the 
     delivery date shall be considered the sale date.

     SEC. 1102. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

       (a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of 
     this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard 
     maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-
     You-Go Act of 2010.
       (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this 
     division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard 
     maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 
     (115th Congress).
       (c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding 
     Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the 
     joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference 
     accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 250(c)(8) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be 
     estimated--
       (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act;
       (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on 
     Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
       (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 
     Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
     appropriation Act.

DIVISION C

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