Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
This bill provides FY2022 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies.
The bill provides appropriations to USDA for agricultural programs, including
The bill also provides appropriations to USDA for farm production and conservation programs, including
The bill provides appropriations to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund and the Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.
For USDA rural development programs, the bill includes appropriations for
The bill provides appropriations to the Food and Nutrition Service for
The bill provides appropriations to the Foreign Agricultural Service for (1) Food for Peace Title II Grants, and (2) McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants.
The bill also provides appropriations for (1) the Food and Drug Administration, and (2) the Farm Credit Administration.
Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
    Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, namely:

                                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, $52,916,000, 
of which not to exceed $5,703,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $4,749,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed $1,025,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed $6,044,000 
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 $23,431,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which $21,782,000 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 $4,480,000 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 $7,484,000 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 may 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, 
$25,499,000, 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, 
$16,173,000.

                 office of budget and program analysis

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $12,310,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $84,746,000, of which not less than $69,672,000 is for 
cybersecurity requirements of the department.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $7,118,000.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Civil Rights, $1,426,000:  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, $29,328,000.

                  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, $313,443,000, 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.), $6,545,000, 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, $23,306,000.

                      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.), $106,309,000, 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, 
$60,723,000.

                            Office of Ethics

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,277,000.

  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, $1,327,000:  Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and 
Economics mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office.

                       Economic Research Service

    For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$90,794,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

    For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $191,662,000, of which up to $46,850,000 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 Agricultural 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, 
$1,675,040,000:  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 
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, $45,405,000 to 
remain available until expended.

               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, 
$1,057,420,000, 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, and grants 
management systems shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That each institution eligible to receive funds under the 
Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000:  Provided 
further, That funds for education grants for 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 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, $559,400,000, 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 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, $40,000,000, 
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, 2023:  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, $1,577,000:  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), 
$1,122,116,000 of which up to $3,474,000 shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report to accompany this 
Act, in accordance with applicable statutory and regulatory 
requirements; of which $491,000, 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 $14,725,000, 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 
$38,486,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for Animal 
Health Technical Services; of which $2,340,000 shall be for activities 
under the authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 
U.S.C. 1831); of which $63,833,000, 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 $210,342,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for specialty crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023, shall be for one-time 
control and management and associated activities directly related to 
the multiple-agency response to citrus greening; of which, $11,137,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 
rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $19,782,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which 
$38,380,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency 
preparedness and response; of which $61,217,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $6,751,000, 
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 
any of the funds described in the ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
table that the Secretary determines will not be obligated during the 
fiscal year shall not be subject to the direction provided in such 
table:  Provided further, 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 $24,307,000, 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 2022, 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, 
$231,063,000, of which $7,000,000 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 and shall result in an equal distribution of funds between only the 
three regional innovation initiatives that were funded in fiscal year 
2020:  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.

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $61,786,000 (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 $20,705,000 for 
formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the 
Agricultural Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-128).

                   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)), 
$4,000,000.

        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, $1,327,000:  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), $1,153,064,000; 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 2022 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 the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue 
implementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110-246 as further 
clarified by the amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113-79: 
 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, $1,687,000:  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, $238,177,000:  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, $1,178,324,000, 
of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be for the hiring of new 
employees to fill vacancies and anticipated vacancies at Farm Service 
Agency county offices and farm loan officers and shall be available 
until September 30, 2023:  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 2022 to 
the Committees on Appropriations and the Government Accountability 
Office, that identifies for each project/investment that is operational 
(a) current performance against key indicators of customer 
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 funds made available to county 
committees shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be 
used to close Farm Service Agency county offices:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be 
used to permanently relocate county based employees that would result 
in an office with two or fewer employees without prior notification and 
approval of the Committees on 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 $2,800,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 
$2,118,482,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans and 
$1,633,333,000 for direct operating loans; emergency loans, 
$37,668,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; 
guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; relending program, 
$61,425,000; 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: $40,017,000 for direct 
farm operating loans, $16,524,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm 
operating loans, $267,000 for emergency loans, $5,000,000 for the 
relending program, and $407,000 for Indian highly fractionated land 
loans, to remain available until expended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $314,772,000:  Provided, That of 
this amount, $294,114,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 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, $67,700,000:  
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, 
$937,964,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, of which up 
to $19,611,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed 
Spending'' in the report to accompany this Act, in accordance with 
applicable statutory and regulatory requirements:  Provided, That any 
of the funds described in the ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
table that the Secretary determines will not be obligated during the 
fiscal year shall not be subject to the direction provided in such 
table:  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:  Provided further, That of the total amount available 
under this heading, $8,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses to carry 
out the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program under 
section 222 of subtitle A of title II of the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), as amended by section 12302 
of Public Law 115-334:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, may be provided, pursuant to section 3709(b) of title 16, 
United States Code, to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to 
establish a Working Land Resilience Program to collaborate with the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service to offer technical and financial 
assistance to farmers, ranchers, and non-industrial private forestland 
owners who will adopt voluntary practices that will restore and 
increase the resiliency of natural ecosystems to protect rural 
communities from future adverse weather events:  Provided further, That 
projects funded pursuant to the preceding proviso will meet Natural 
Resources Conservation Service requirements for planning and practice 
implementation:  Provided further, That funds for such projects shall 
be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its 
sub-recipients:  Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 
Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient for such projects at the 
proportionate rate that the recipient obtains the non-Federal matching 
funds.

               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, $198,275,000, to remain available 
until expended; of which up to $23,275,000 shall be for the purposes, 
and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report to accompany this 
Act, in accordance with applicable statutory and regulatory 
requirements:  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:  Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 
and 1007-1009 for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary 
purpose of providing water to rural communities.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

    Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection and 
Flood Prevention Act, $10,000,000 is provided.

                              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, $1,580,000:  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; $363,922,000:  Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, $32,000,000 shall 
be for the StrikeForce activities of the Department of Agriculture, and 
may be transferred to agencies of the Department 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: $1,250,000,000 shall be for direct loans and $30,000,000,000 
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 504 
housing repair loans; $92,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; 
$250,000,000 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, $23,250,000 shall be for 
direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $484,000; section 523 
self-help housing land development loans, $55,000; section 524 site 
development loans, $206,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new 
construction of section 515 rental housing, $8,225,000:  Provided, That 
to support the loan program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 
available under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any 
fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to 
the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), 
and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized:  Provided 
further, That applicants in communities that have a current rural area 
waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) 
shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 502 
guaranteed loans provided under this heading:  Provided further, That 
of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 
loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for 
individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program funded with 
a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized by section 523 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2022:  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, $32,000,000, 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 section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 
properties that would otherwise be incurred in ``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), $12,831,000, to remain available until expended, 
for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
grants and contracts:  Provided, That any balances 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, $1,450,000,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2023; and in addition such sums as may be 
necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate 
debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental 
assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:  Provided, That 
rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the current 
fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period:  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 2022 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 fourth 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 
2022 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, $45,000,000, 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), $32,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                    rural housing assistance grants

    For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing 
preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $45,000,000, 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 $500,000,000 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, 
$172,690,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to 
$83,690,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed 
Spending'' in the report to accompany this Act, in accordance with 
applicable statutory and regulatory requirements:  Provided, That 
$6,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:  Provided 
further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity 
and ability of private, nonprofit 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 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be available to cover the subsidy 
costs for loans or loan guarantees under this heading:  Provided 
further, That if any such funds remain unobligated for the subsidy 
costs after June 30, 2022, the unobligated balance may be transferred 
to the grant programs funded under this heading:  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:  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.

                  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, $81,150,000, 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 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Rural Innovation Stronger 
Economy Grant Program (7 U.S.C. 2008w):  Provided 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, $1,524,000, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which 
$167,000 shall be available through June 30, 2022, for Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which $305,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2022, 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), $26,800,000, of which $3,000,000 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 $15,000,000, 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 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans as 
authorized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (U.S.C. 2008s), $150,000,000.
    For the cost of 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), $22,168,000: 
 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 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, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That the cost of such 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: $1,400,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 
guaranteed loans.
    For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, including the cost of 
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, for rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 
waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 
306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 
381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$665,702,000, 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 $73,000,000 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, Federally Recognized Native American Tribes authorized 
by 306C(a)(1) of such Act, and the Department of Hawaiian Homelands (of 
the State of Hawaii):  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 $9,000,000 shall be made available for a grant 
to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance 
organization, with experience in working with small communities on 
water and waste water 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 $20,157,000 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 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, and 317 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 904, 935, and 940g) shall be made as follows: loans made 
pursuant to sections 4(c)(2), 305(d)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 
317(c), of that Act, rural direct electric loans, $6,500,000,000; 
guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, 
$750,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans and cost of 
money rural telecommunications loans, $690,000,000:  Provided, That up 
to $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisition, 
design and engineering or improvement of fossil-fueled electric 
generating plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon 
subsurface utilization and storage systems.
    For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305(d)(2) of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money rural 
telecommunications loans, $2,070,000.
    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., $62,510,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which up to $2,510,000 shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table 
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report to accompany 
this Act, in accordance with applicable statutory and regulatory 
requirements:  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, $2,272,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    In addition, $37,500,000, 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, $1,327,000:  Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition 
and Consumer Services mission area for salaries and expenses are 
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; $26,878,922,000 to remain available through September 30, 
2023, 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, $20,004,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.):  Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $15,607,000 shall be available to carry out studies and 
evaluations and shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $35,000,000 shall be 
available to provide competitive grants to State agencies for 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, $45,000,000 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, $2,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended to carry out activities authorized under subsections (a)(2) 
and (e)(2) of Section 21 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(a)(2) and (e)(2)):  Provided further, That 
of the total amount available, $6,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2023 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 2022'' and 
inserting ``2010 through 2023'':  Provided further, That section 
9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``For fiscal 
year 2021'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 2022'':  Provided further, 
That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
``For fiscal year 2021'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 2022''.

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), $6,278,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2023:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 
17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 
not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer 
counselors and other related activities, and $14,000,000 shall be used 
for infrastructure:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 
requirements specified in section 17 of such Act:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided shall be available for activities that 
are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act:  Provided 
further, That upon termination of a federally mandated vendor 
moratorium and subject to terms and conditions established by the 
Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 CFR 
246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency.

               supplemental nutrition assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $105,829,347,000, of which 
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2024, shall 
be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as 
may become necessary to carry out program operations:  Provided, That 
funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008:  Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 
provide nutrition education services to State agencies and Federally 
Recognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on 
Indian Reservations:  Provided further, That 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, 2023:  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, 2023:  Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading may be obligated or 
expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A):  Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and 
employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities 
related to program integrity provided that such activities are 
authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

                      commodity assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and the 
Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by 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, $447,070,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2023:  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 2021 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, 2023:  Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for 
costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

                   nutrition programs administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition 
Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance program, 
$178,233,000:  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, $1,408,000:  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, 
$4,841,000, including not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 
U.S.C. 1766), $229,644,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023, for overseas operations to 
include the payment of locally employed staff, and of which $1,000,000 
shall be available to carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115-334:  
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, $1,760,000,000, 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), $245,000,000, 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 $24,000,000, 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, of which $6,063,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

            RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                Department of Health and Human Services

                      food and drug administration

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug 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; 
$6,122,657,000:  Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $1,141,861,000 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; $241,431,000 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; 
$527,848,000 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; $43,116,000 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; $33,836,000 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; $23,137,000 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 2022 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 2022, including 
any such fees collected prior to fiscal year 2022 but credited for 
fiscal year 2022, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2022 limitations: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal 
year 2022 of user fees specified under this heading and authorized for 
fiscal year 2023, prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts 
of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2023 for which the Secretary 
accepts payment in fiscal year 2022 shall not be included in amounts 
under this heading:  Provided further, That none of these funds shall 
be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701:  Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,153,405,000 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) $2,086,106,000 shall be for the 
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in 
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $459,150,000 shall be for the 
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $263,668,000 shall 
be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $637,327,000 shall 
be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $75,180,000 
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$680,812,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) 
$198,485,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which 
$55,892,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid 
to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) $235,348,000 shall 
be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; and 
(10) $333,176,000 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 reception and 
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by 
the Commissioner:  Provided further, That any transfer of funds 
pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available under 
this heading for other activities:  Provided further, That of the 
amounts that are made available under this heading for ``other 
activities'', and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Department of 
Health and Human Services--Office of Inspector General'' for oversight 
of the programs and operations of the Food and Drug Administration and 
shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight of 
the Food and Drug Administration:  Provided further, That 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, $ 15,288,000, 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 AGENCY

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $84,200,000 (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 2022 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased in 
fiscal year 2018:  Provided, That, prior to purchasing additional motor 
vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such vehicles are necessary 
for transportation safety, to reduce operational costs, and for the 
protection of life, property, and public safety:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may not increase the Department of 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 of Agriculture and 
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost 
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is 
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and 
contracts with such 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, 2023, for 
information technology expenses.
    (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not more than 
$20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Rural Development mission 
area shall remain available through September 30, 2023, 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 $1,391,211,000 (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--$38,810,000:  
Provided, That of the total funds made available in the matter 
preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on October 1, 2022, such 
unobligated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2023 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 2023 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 or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives 
approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 
or the use of such authority.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 
through a reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in 
subsection (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, that--
            (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
            (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
        project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as 
        approved by Congress; or
            (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
        personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
        activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives 
approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer 
of such funds or the use of such authority.
    (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall notify in writing and receive approval from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before 
implementing any program or activity not carried out during the 
previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded by this 
Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
    (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for--
            (1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 
        including information technology systems, that involves 
        increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 
        the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 
        of the total cost, whichever is less;
            (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant 
        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 or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services receives from the Committee on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of 
receipt of the notification as required in this section.
    Sec. 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, 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, 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, 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.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 
for the supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $514,660,000 are 
hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 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.
    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 Department 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 de fined 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.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to carry out the final rule promulgated by the Food and 
Drug Administration and put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards 
to the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control requirements 
of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, and risk-
based preventive controls for food for animals rule with respect to the 
regulation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried 
spent grain byproducts of the alcoholic beverage production process.
    Sec. 730.  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. 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 paragraph (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.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to carry out any activities or incur any expense related to the 
issuance of licenses under section 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 
U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal of such licenses, to class B dealers who 
sell dogs and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or 
testing.
    Sec. 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--
            (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 and in 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 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.  In addition to any other funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act, there is appropriated $17,000,000 to carry out 
section 18(g)(8) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1769(g)), to remain available until expended, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be used to establish a National Farm to School 
Institute to provide technical and practical assistance to Farm to 
School programs across the country and shall be located at Shelburne 
Farms in Shelburne, VT:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 
18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1769 (g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount provided to a farm to 
school grant recipient in fiscal year 2022 shall not exceed $500,000.
    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, 2023, 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 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, 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 subsection 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.  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. 743.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available for 
``Agricultural Research Service, Buildings and Facilities'', there is 
hereby appropriated $39,700,000 for construction and other costs to 
establish a Plant Germplasm Research Facility located at the University 
of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
    Sec. 744.  Out of amounts appropriated to the Food and Drug 
Administration under title VI, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not 
later than September 30, 2022, and following the review required under 
Executive Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), issue advice revising the advice provided in the 
notice of availability entitled ``Advice About Eating Fish, From the 
Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration; 
Revised Fish Advice; Availability'' (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 
2017)), in a manner that is consistent with nutrition science 
recognized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net effects of 
seafood consumption.
    Sec. 745.  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. 746.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a pilot program for the Secretary to 
provide grants to qualified non-profit organizations and public housing 
authorities to provide technical assistance, including financial and 
legal services, to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 
acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas where the 
Secretary determines a risk of loss of 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. 747.  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. 748.  There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out 
section 12301 of Public Law 115-334.
    Sec. 749.  There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to carry out 
section 4003(b) of Public Law 115-334 relating to demonstration 
projects for Tribal Organizations.
    Sec. 750.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this 
Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is 
appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
implement non-renewable agreements on eligible lands, including flooded 
agricultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water 
Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301-1311).
    Sec. 751.  The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic Area 
Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2022, an amount of funds 
made available in title III under the headings of Rural Housing 
Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 
Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program 
Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural Development Loan Fund 
Program Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 
equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds 
provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal year any such 
funds were obligated under such headings for REAP Zones.
    Sec. 752.  Hereafter, 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. 753.  There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to carry out section 2103 of Public Law 115-
334:  Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize the wetland 
compliance needs of areas with significant numbers of individual 
wetlands, wetland acres, and conservation compliance requests.
    Sec. 754.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
acceptable market name of any engineered animal approved prior to the 
effective date of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard 
(February 19, 2019) shall include the words ``genetically engineered'' 
prior to the existing acceptable market name.
    Sec. 755.  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. 756.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to procure raw or processed poultry products imported into the United 
States from the People's Republic of China for use in the school lunch 
program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food Program under 
section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the Summer Food Service 
Program for Children under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or 
the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
    Sec. 757.  For school year 2022-2023, only a school food authority 
that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service 
account as of December 31, 2020, 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. 758. (a) There is hereby appropriated $650,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for an additional amount for section 779 of 
Public Law 115-141.
    (b) Section 313(b) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)), shall be applied for fiscal year 2022 and 
each fiscal year thereafter until the specified funding has been 
expended as if the following were inserted after the final period in 
subsection (b)(2): ``In addition, the Secretary shall use $425,000,000 
of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2019 for an 
additional amount for the same purpose and under the same terms and 
conditions as funds appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 115-141, 
shall use $255,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal 
year 2020 for an additional amount for the same purpose and under the 
same terms and conditions as funds appropriated by section 779 of 
Public Law 115-141, shall use $104,000,000 of funds available in this 
subaccount in fiscal year 2021 for an additional amount for the same 
purpose and under the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated 
by section 779 of Public Law 115-141, and shall use $50,000,000 of 
funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2022 for an 
additional amount for the same purpose and under the same terms and 
conditions as funds appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 115-
141.'':  Provided, That any use of such funds shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 716 of this Act.
    (c) Section 775(b) of division A of Public Law 116-260 shall no 
longer apply.
    Sec. 759.  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. 760.  Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law 115-334) is amended by striking 
``January 1, 2022'' and inserting ``January 1, 2023.''.
    Sec. 761.  Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2021'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 2022''.
    Sec. 762.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the 
duties of the working group established under section 770 of the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6; 133 Stat. 
89).
    Sec. 763. (a) For the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act through school year 2022-2023, with respect to the school 
lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program 
established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et 
seq.) and final regulations published by the Department of Agriculture 
in the Federal Register on January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et 
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture shall allow States to grant an 
exemption from the whole grain requirements that took effect on or 
after July 1, 2014, and the States shall establish a process for 
evaluating and responding, in a reasonable amount of time, to requests 
for an exemption:  Provided, That school food authorities demonstrate 
hardship, including financial hardship, in procuring specific whole 
grain products which are acceptable to the students and compliant with 
the whole grain-rich requirements:  Provided further, That school food 
authorities shall comply with the applicable grain component or 
standard with respect to the school lunch or school breakfast program 
that was in effect prior to July 1, 2014.
    (b) For the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 
through school year 2022-2023, 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 implement any regulations 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 
et seq.), the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the 
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-296), or any 
other law that would require a reduction in the quantity of sodium 
contained in federally reimbursed meals, foods, and snacks sold in 
schools below Target 1 (as described in section 220.8(f)(3) of title 7, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)).
    (c) For the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 
through school year 2022-2023, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary shall allow States to grant special exemptions for 
the service of flavored, low-fat fluid milk in the school lunch program 
established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school breakfast program established under 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), and as a 
competitive food available on campus during the school day, to schools 
which demonstrate a reduction in student milk consumption or an 
increase in school milk waste.
    Sec. 764.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
act may be used to restrict the offering of low-fat (1 percent fat) 
flavored milk in the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast 
Program, as long as such milk is not inconsistent with the most recent 
Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the 
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990.
    Sec. 765.  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 by section 758 may be 
used for this purpose.
    Sec. 766.  There is hereby appropriated $24,525,000 for the 
Goodfellow Federal facility, to remain available until expended, of 
which $12,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Office of the Chief Information Officer'' and of 
which $12,525,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Food Safety and Inspection Service''.
    Sec. 767. (a) There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a pilot program for the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service to provide grants to State departments of 
agriculture and forestry commissions in states identified in the final 
environmental assessment published in the Federal Register on September 
23, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 59735), to combat and treat cogongrass through 
established cogongrass control programs.
    (b) Not to exceed 2 percent of the funds provided under this 
section shall be available for necessary costs of grant administration.
    Sec. 768.  Section 764(d)(3)(B) of division N of Public Law 116-260 
is amended by inserting ``and fiscal year 2022'' after ``fiscal year 
2021'' and before the final period.
    Sec. 769.  Section 6402(f) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b(f)) is amended in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1) by striking ``section 210A(d)(2)'' and 
inserting ``section 210A(d)(5)(D)''.
    Sec. 770.  For an additional amount for the Office of the 
Secretary, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
establish an Institute for Rural Partnerships:  Provided, That the 
Secretary shall establish a grant program and distribute the funds to 
three geographically diverse established land-grant universities:  
Provided further, That the Institute for Rural Partnerships shall 
dedicate resources to researching the causes and conditions of 
challenges facing rural areas, and develop community partnerships to 
address such challenges:  Provided further, That administrative or 
other fees shall not exceed one percent:  Provided further, That such 
partnership shall coordinate and publish an annual report.
    Sec. 771.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023, for a Cattle Contracts Library 
pilot program that the Agricultural Marketing Service shall develop and 
maintain. This program shall be similar, as determined by the 
Secretary, to the swine contract library the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture currently maintains pursuant to section 222 of the Packers 
and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 198a). The promulgation of the regulations 
and administration of this section shall be made without regard to: (1) 
the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5; and (2) 
chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly known as the ``Paperwork Reduction 
Act'').
    Sec. 772.  There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for costs associated with the establishment 
of an Institute of Rural Partnership, located at the University of 
Vermont, Burlington, VT.
    Sec. 773.  For an additional amount for the ``Office of the 
Secretary'', $7,030,000,000, which shall remain available until 
December 31, 2023, for necessary expenses related to losses of crops 
(including milk, on-farm stored commodities, crops prevented from 
planting in 2020 and 2021, and harvested adulterated wine grapes), 
trees, bushes, and vines, as a consequence of droughts, wildfires, 
hurricanes, floods, derechos, winter storms, smoke exposure, quality 
losses of crops, and excessive moisture occurring in calendar years 
2020 and 2021 under such terms and conditions as determined by the 
Secretary:  Provided, That losses due to drought shall only be eligible 
under this section if any area within the county in which the loss 
occurs was rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D3 (Extreme 
Drought) or higher level of drought intensity during the applicable 
calendar years:  Provided further, That of the amounts provided in this 
section, the Secretary shall use $750,000,000 to provide assistance to 
producers of livestock, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
for losses incurred during calendar year 2021 due to drought or 
wildfires:  Provided further, That at the election of a processor 
eligible for a loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) or a cooperative 
processor of dairy, the Secretary shall make payments for losses in 
2021 to such processors (to be paid to producer members, as determined 
by such processors) in lieu of payments to producers and under the same 
terms and conditions as payments made to processors pursuant to Title I 
of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 
2019 (Public Law 116-20) under the heading ``Department of 
Agriculture--Agricultural Programs--Processing, Research and 
Marketing--Office of the Secretary'', as last amended by section 791(c) 
of title VII of division B of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94):  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 760.1503(j) of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, in 
the event that a processor described in the preceding proviso does not 
elect to receive payments under such clause, the Secretary shall make 
direct payments to producers under this section:  Provided further, 
That of the amounts provided in this section, not more than $20,000,000 
may be used for administrative costs to carry out this section:  
Provided further, That the total amount of payments received under this 
section and applicable policies of crop insurance under the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or the Noninsured Crop 
Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) under section 196 of the Federal 
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) shall 
not exceed 90 percent of the loss as determined by the Secretary:  
Provided further, That the total amount of payments received under this 
section for producers who did not obtain a policy or plan of insurance 
for an insurable commodity for the applicable crop year under the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop 
incurring the losses or did not file the required paperwork and pay the 
service fee by the applicable State filing deadline for a noninsurable 
commodity for the applicable crop year under NAP for the crop incurring 
the losses shall not exceed 70 percent of the loss as determined by the 
Secretary:  Provided further, That producers receiving payments under 
this section, as determined by the Secretary, shall be required to 
purchase crop insurance where crop insurance is available for the next 
two available crop years and producers receiving payments under this 
section shall be required to purchase coverage under NAP where crop 
insurance is not available in the next two available crop years, as 
determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That not later than 120 
days after the end of fiscal year 2021, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to the Congress specifying the type, amount, and method of such 
assistance by state and territory:  Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to 
section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.
    Sec. 774.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel--
            (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
        Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
            (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
        Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
        note; Public Law 104-127); or
            (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 
        of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
    Sec. 775.  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. Sec. 451 et seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 
Sec. 601 et seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 
Sec. 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 
(Pubic 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. 776.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That funds provided under this 
section shall be for grants to the Southwest Border Regional Commission 
(40 U.S.C. 15301 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.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2022''.
                                                       Calendar No. 113

117th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 2599

                          [Report No. 117-34]

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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
Sen. Baldwin, Tammy