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 Union Calendar No. 138
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4121

 [Report No. 119-172]

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
 Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
 ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 25, 2025

Mr. Harris of Maryland, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported 
 the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
 Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
 ending September 30, 2026, 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 programs for fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2026, 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, $43,856,000 
of which not to exceed $5,551,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,700,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed $5,000,000 
shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and Public 
Engagement; not to exceed $17,915,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which $17,015,000 
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 $3,500,000 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 $5,000,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Communications: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated 
for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of 
the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 
for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of the amount made 
available under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the 
Secretary shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under this heading for 
Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed from applicable 
appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding 
of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs 
shall be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided 
further, That no funds made available under this heading for the Office 
of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be obligated 
after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the 
Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: Provided 
further, That during any 30 day notification period referenced in 

section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take no 
action to begin implementation of the action that is subject to 

section 716 of this Act or make any public announcement of such action in any 
form.

 Executive Operations

 office of the chief economist

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 
$28,000,000, of which $11,225,000 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, 
$12,703,000.

 office of budget and program analysis

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $14,967,000.

 Office of the Chief Information Officer

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $85,000,000, of which not less than $60,032,000 is for 
cybersecurity requirements of the department.

 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $5,867,000.

 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Civil Rights, $900,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for salaries and 
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff 
for the Office.

 Office of Civil Rights

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $24,500,000.

 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, $10,603,000, 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.), $1,000,000, 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, $18,300,000.

 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.), $94,561,000, 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, 
$55,537,000.

 Office of Ethics

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,136,000.

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

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Research, Education, and Economics, $2,384,000: Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and 
Economics mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$1,000,000 shall be made available for the Office of the Chief 
Scientist.

 Economic Research Service

 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$85,612,000.

 National Agricultural Statistics Service

 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $180,000,000, of which up to $46,000,000 shall be available 
until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts 
made available for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct 
Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g
            (d) and

    (f) : 
 Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate in writing 30 days prior to 
discontinuing data collection programs and reports.

 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 $100,000 and with prior notification and approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 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, $1,790,550,000, which shall be 
for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
``Agricultural Research Service Salaries and Expenses'' in the report 
accompanying this Act: 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, $21,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ``Community 
Project Funding'' in the report accompanying this Act.

 National Institute of Food and Agriculture

 research and education activities

 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative 
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, 
$1,058,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table titled ``National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture, Research and Education Activities'' in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for research grants for 
1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, Hispanic 
serving institutions education grants, capacity building for non-land-
grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research 
initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, 
graduate fellowship and institution challenge grants, grants management 
systems, tribal colleges education equity grants, and scholarships at 
1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That each institution eligible to receive funds under the 
Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided 
further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native 
Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 
institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded 
equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, 
That funds for providing grants for food and agricultural sciences for 
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for Insular 
Areas shall remain available until September 30, 2027: 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, $556,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table titled ``National Institute of Food 
and Agriculture, Extension Activities'' in the report accompanying this 
Act: Provided, That funds for extension services at 1994 institutions 
and for facility improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 
to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive 
no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for cooperative 
extension under sections 3

    (b) and
            (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 
343

    (b) and
            (c) ) and 

section 208
            (c) of Public Law 93-471 shall be 
available for retirement and employees' compensation costs for 
extension agents.

 integrated activities

 For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, including necessary administrative expenses, $40,100,000, 
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, 2027: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, indirect costs shall not be charged against any 
Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 
Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).

 Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

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

 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfers of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 
$1,146,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table titled ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, Salaries and Expenses'' in the report accompanying this Act; 
of which $250,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, 
animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds 
(``contingency fund'') to the extent necessary to meet emergency 
conditions; of which $15,500,000, 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 
$42,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for Animal 
Health Technical Services; of which $35,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for agricultural quarantine and inspection 
services; of which $65,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used to support avian health; of which $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for information technology 
infrastructure; of which $216,250,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for specialty crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be for one-time 
control and management and associated activities directly related to 
the multiple-agency response to citrus greening; of which $11,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 
rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $21,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which 
$44,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency 
preparedness and response; of which $59,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $6,500,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for the National 
Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; of 
which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 
wildlife damage management program for aviation safety: Provided, That 
of amounts available under this heading for wildlife services methods 
development, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That of amounts available under this heading for the 
screwworm program, $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
of which $24,527,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used 
to carry out the science program and transition activities for the 
National Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: 
Provided further, That no funds shall be used to formulate or 
administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 
year that does not require minimum matching by the States of at least 
40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available for the purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of 
aircraft: Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies which 
threaten any segment of the agricultural production industry of the 
United States, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or 
funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Department such 
sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such 
emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious 
disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in 
accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health 
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended 
balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the 
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: 
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased 
buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of 
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building.
 In fiscal year 2026, 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, $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

 Agricultural Marketing Service

 marketing services

 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
$190,250,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available for the purposes 
of 

section 12306 of Public Law 113-79, and of which $1,000,000 shall be 
available for the purposes of 

section 779 of division A of Public Law 
117-103: Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be to 
carry out 

section 12513 of Public Law 115-334, and the Secretary shall 
take measures to ensure an equal distribution of funds between the four 
regional innovation initiatives: 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 $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided, 
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events 
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

 funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (

section 32)

 (including transfers of funds)

 Funds available under 

section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as 
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for:

    (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.);

    (2) transfers 
otherwise provided in this Act; and

    (3) not more than $23,880,000 for 
formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the 
Agricultural Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-128).

 payments to states and possessions

 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments 
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under 

section 204

    (b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623

    (b) ), 
$1,000,000.

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

 Food Safety and Inspection Service

 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and 
the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

section 8 of the 
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,216,009,000; 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 2026 for 
purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 
U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building.

 TITLE II

 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

 Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Farm Production and Conservation, $1,527,000: 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, $210,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the 
implementation of 

section 773 of Public Law 117-328: Provided, That 
$70,740,000 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, $1,100,000,000, 
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, 2027: Provided, That the agency shall submit a 
report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress that identifies 
for each project/investment that is operational

    (a) current performance 
against key indicators of customer satisfaction,

    (b) current 
performance of service level agreements or other technical metrics,
            (c) current performance against a pre-established cost baseline,
            (d) a 
detailed breakdown of current and planned spending on operational 
enhancements or upgrades, and

    (e) an assessment of whether the 
investment continues to meet business needs as intended as well as 
alternatives to the investment: Provided further, That the Secretary 
is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not 
the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments 
for all programs administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 
other funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may 
be advanced to and merged with this account: Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made 
available to county offices, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, any 
funds made available to county offices in the current fiscal year that 
the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency deems to exceed or not 
meet the amount needed for the county offices may be transferred to or 
from the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses: Provided further, 
That none of the funds available in this or any other Act shall be used 
to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided further, That 
none of the funds available in this or any other Act 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), $6,500,000: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Agriculture may determine that United States 
territories and Federally recognized Indian tribes are ``States'' for 
the purposes of Subtitle A of such Act.

 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), $8,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

 dairy indemnity program

 (including transfer of funds)

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

 agricultural credit insurance fund program account

 (including transfers of funds)

 For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating (7 
U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), 
Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans 
(7 U.S.C. 1989), direct conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and 
relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c) to be available from funds in the 
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for 
guaranteed farm ownership loans and $1,966,970,000 for farm ownership 
direct loans; $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating 
loans and $1,100,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency loans, 
$37,000,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; direct 
conservation loans, $300,000,000; relending program, $7,705,000; and 
for boll weevil eradication program loans, $5,000,000: 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: $2,572,000 for emergency 
loans, to remain available until expended; and $24,981,000 for direct 
farm ownership loans, $2,661,000 for the relending program, and $18,000 
for boll weevil eradication program loans.
 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $326,053,000: Provided, That of 
this amount, $305,803,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Program Account for farm ownership, operating, conservation, and 
emergency direct loans and loan guarantees 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, $60,000,000: 
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, 
$850,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, of which 
$34,625,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table titled ``Community Project Funding'' in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 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, $4,000,000 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 for 
grants provided through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production 
Program, grant recipients shall be subject to a fifty percent cost-
share requirement.

 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, $35,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That for funds provided by this Act or any 
other prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the watershed or 
subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand acres in which 
such activities can be undertaken shall only apply for activities 
undertaken for the primary purpose of flood prevention (including 
structural and land treatment measures).

 watershed rehabilitation program

 Under the authorities of 

section 14 of the Watershed Protection and 
Flood Prevention Act, $7,000,000 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: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate in 
writing 15 days prior to the obligation, commitment, transfer, or 
cancelation of any emergency funds from the Commodity Credit 
Corporation: Provided further, That such written notification shall 
include a detailed spend plan for the anticipated uses of such funds 
and an expected timeline for program execution if such obligation, 
commitment, transfer, or cancelation exceeds $100,000,000.

 hazardous waste management

 (limitation on expenses)

 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
not expend more than $15,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup 
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the 
requirement of 

section 107

    (g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607

    (g) ), and 

section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6961).

 TITLE III

 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

 Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Rural Development, $1,620,000: Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office.

 Rural Development

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfers of funds)

 For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and 
implementation of Rural Development programs, including activities with 
institutions concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $305,000,000: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, no less than 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used for 
information technology expenses: 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: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a 
pilot program that assists rural hospitals to improve longterm 
operations and financial health, including strategies to expand and 
sustain access to maternal health care services, by providing technical 
assistance through analysis of current hospital management practices.

 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: $880,000,000 shall be for 

section 502 direct loans; $6,000,000 
shall be for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration program 
for Native American Tribes; and $25,000,000,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027, shall be for 

section 502 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $25,000,000 for 

section 504 housing 
repair loans; $60,000,000 for 

section 515 rental housing; $400,000,000 
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, $84,480,000 shall be for 
direct loans; Single Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 
Native American Tribes, $2,963,000; 

section 504 housing repair loans, 
$4,333,000; 

section 523 self-help housing land development loans, 
$862,000; 

section 524 site development loans, $491,000; and repair, 
rehabilitation, and new construction of 

section 515 rental housing, 
$18,156,000, to remain available until expended: 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, 2026: 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, $30,000,000, 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.
 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), $12,261,000, to remain available until expended for 
direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants 
and contracts.
 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall be paid to 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, $1,715,000,000, 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 
amounts made available under this heading shall be available for 
renewal of rental assistance agreements for a maximum of 1,000 units 
where the Secretary determines that a maturing loan for a project 
cannot reasonably be restructured with another USDA loan or 
modification and the project was operating with rental assistance under 

section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may enter into rental assistance contracts in maturing 
properties with existing rental assistance agreements notwithstanding 
any provision of 

section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, for a term of 
at least 10 years but not more than 20 years: Provided further, That 
any agreement to enter into a rental assistance contract under 

section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing property shall obligate 
the owner to continue to maintain the project as decent, safe, and 
sanitary housing and to operate the development in accordance with the 
Housing Act of 1949, except that rents shall be based on current Fair 
Market Rents as established by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart A, 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 
3535d, to determine the maximum initial rent and adjusted annually by 
the Operating Cost Adjustment Factor pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart B, 
unless the Agency determines that the project's budget-based needs 
require a higher rent, in which case the Agency may approve a budget-
based rent level: Provided further, That rental assistance agreements 
entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded 
for a one year period: Provided further, That upon request by an owner 
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 2026 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 twelve 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 eighth 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 
2026 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, $48,000,000, 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 and is not receiving stand-
alone 

section 521 rental assistance: 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), $20,000,000, 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, $20,000,000, 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, 
$1,000,000,000 for direct loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in 

section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural community facilities 
programs as authorized by 

section 306 and described in 

section 381E
            (d) (1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$481,323,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to 
$467,323,407 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table titled ``Community Project Funding'' in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That $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 any unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
under this heading for the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 
grants, including amounts deobligated or cancelled, may be made 
available to cover the subsidy costs for direct loans and or loan 
guarantees under this heading in this fiscal year: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or that were 
specified in the tables titled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statements for 
division A of Public Law 117-103, division A of Public Law 117-328, and 
division B of Public Law 118-42, as described in 

section 4 in the 
matter preceding each such division: Provided further, That $8,000,000 
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: 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.

 Rural Business--Cooperative Service

 rural business program account

 For gross obligations for the principal amount of guaranteed loans 
as authorized by 

section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932

    (g) ), $2,000,000,000.
 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, $57,200,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, $4,000,000 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.), the Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 
U.S.C. 15301 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: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, no less than $100,000 shall be made 
available for one or more qualified state technology council to promote 
private-sector economic development in the bio-sciences: Provided 
further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native 
American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national 
organization to provide technical assistance for rural transportation 
in order to promote economic development: Provided further, That 
sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act are not applicable to funds made available under this heading.

 intermediary relending program fund account

 (including transfer of funds)

 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), 
$9,000,000.
 For the cost of direct loans, $3,065,000, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which 
$573,000 shall be available through June 30, 2026, for Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which $1,147,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2026, 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 paid to 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), $16,600,000, of which $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative 
agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas 
program: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants 
for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups 
of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority 
of the boards of directors or governing boards of which are comprised 
of individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of 
which $5,000,000, 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 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 

section 6402 of 
Public Law 107-171.

 rural microentrepreneur assistance program

 For the principal amount of direct loans as authorized by 

section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
2008s), $15,000,000.
 For the cost of loans and grants, $3,269,000 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 principal amount of loan guarantees, under the same terms 
and conditions as authorized by 

section 9007 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000.

 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: $860,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed 
loans.
 For the direct 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 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, $346,040,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which up to $109,103,564 shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ``Community 
Project Funding'' in the report accompanying this Act, 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: Provided, That not to 
exceed $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for the rural utilities program described in 

section 306E 
of such Act: Provided further, That not to exceed $9,000,000 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 $20,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for loans and grants including water and 
waste disposal systems grants authorized by 

section 306C

    (a)

    (2)
        (B) and 

section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C

    (a)

    (1) of 
such Act, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (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 $35,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems 
pursuant to 

section 306

    (a)

    (14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes 
a determination of extreme need, of which $10,000,000 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 $23,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be for contracting with qualified national organizations for a 
circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for rural water 
systems: Provided further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be for solid waste 
management grants: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,130,000 of 
the amounts appropriated under this heading shall be available as the 
Secretary deems appropriate for water and waste direct one percent 
loans for distressed communities: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary determines that any portion of the amount made available for 
one percent loans is not needed for such loans, the Secretary may use 
such amounts for grants authorized by 

section 306

    (a)

    (2) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That if 
any funds made available for the direct loan subsidy costs remain 
unobligated after July 31, 2026, such unobligated balances may be used 
for grant programs funded under this heading.

 rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

 (including transfer of funds)

 The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees as authorized by 
sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, 940c-1, and 940g) shall be made as 
follows: guaranteed rural electric loans made pursuant to 

section 306 
of that Act, $2,167,000,000; cost of money direct loans made pursuant 
to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of one percent in 
4
            (c) (2) , and 317, notwithstanding 317
            (c) , of that Act, $4,333,000,000; 
guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to 

section 313A of that Act, 
$910,000,000; and for cost-of-money rural telecommunications loans made 
pursuant to 

section 305
            (d) (2) of that Act, and for loans made pursuant 
to 

Section 306 of that Act, $550,000,000.
 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by 

section 305
            (d) (2) of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935
            (d) (2) ), including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in 

section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money rural 
telecommunications loans, $5,720,000.
 In addition, $5,040,000, 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 paid 
to 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., $30,157,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which up to $10,157,029 shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table 
titled ``Community Project Funding'' in the report accompanying this 
Act: Provided, That $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 to continue a broadband loan and grant pilot program 
established by 

section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) under the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), 
$90,750,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to 
$750,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for 
this account in the table titled ``Community Project Funding'' in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided, That the Secretary may award 
grants described in 

section 601

    (a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb

    (a) ) for the purposes of carrying out 
such pilot program: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans 
shall be defined in 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That at least 90 percent of the households to 
be served by a project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot 
program shall be in a rural area without sufficient access to 
broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such pilot program, 
a rural area without sufficient access to broadband shall be defined as 
twenty-five megabits per second downstream and three megabits per 
second upstream: Provided further, That to the extent possible, 
projects receiving funds provided under the pilot program must build 
out service to at least one hundred megabits per second downstream, and 
twenty megabits per second upstream: Provided further, That an entity 
to which a loan or grant is made under the pilot program shall not use 
the loan or grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a 
service area by any entity that has received a broadband loan from the 
Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not provided sufficient 
access to broadband at the minimum service threshold: Provided 
further, That not more than four percent of the funds made available in 
this paragraph can be used for administrative costs to carry out the 
pilot program and up to three percent of funds made available in this 
paragraph may be available for technical assistance and pre-development 
planning activities to support the most rural communities: Provided 
further, That the Rural Utilities Service is directed to expedite 
program delivery methods that would implement this paragraph: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assessment 
requirements set forth in 

section 701 of the Rural Electrification Act 
(7 U.S.C. 950cc).
 In addition, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
the Community Connect Grant Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb-3.

 TITLE IV

 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

 Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer 
 Services

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $1,127,000: 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; $35,784,402,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2027, 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, $18,004,000 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, $21,005,000 shall be available to carry out studies and 
evaluations and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended to carry out 

section 18

    (g) of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769

    (g) ): Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 

section 18

    (g)

    (3)
            (C) of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769

    (g)

    (3)
            (c) ), the total 
grant amount provided to a farm to school grant recipient in fiscal 
year 2026 shall not exceed $500,000: Provided further, That of the 
total amount available, $10,000,000 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, $4,196,000 shall be available for food safety education 
including activities that support sections 17 and 21 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786, 1790) and to support the safe 
distribution of USDA Foods, as defined in 7 CFR 250.2: 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 2025'' and inserting ``2010 through 2026'': 
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 2024'' and inserting ``For 
fiscal year 2026'': 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 2024'' and 
inserting ``For fiscal year 2026''.

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), $7,697,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027: 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: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall use funds made available under this heading to provide 
a cash-value voucher for women and children participants that is set at 
an amount equal to 267 percent of the amount provided for such voucher 
in fiscal year 2020 for children participants, and 428 percent of the 
amount provided for such voucher in such fiscal year for women 
participants: 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 the Secretary shall require State agencies to authorize fresh, 
frozen, canned, and dried fruit and vegetables for Food Packages III, 
IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII under the special supplemental nutrition 
program for women, infants, and children established under 

section 17 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786): 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.), $118,141,341,000, of which 
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2028, shall 
be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as 
may become necessary to carry out program operations: Provided, That 
funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance with 

section 16 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 
provide nutrition education services to State agencies and Federally 
Recognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on 
Indian Reservations: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $4,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, shall be used to carry out 

section 4003

    (b) of 
Public Law 115-334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 
organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be used to carry out 

section 4208 
of Public Law 115-334: 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, 2027: 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, 2027: 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, $516,070,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2027: 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 2026 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, 2027: 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, 
$135,348,000: Provided, That of the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 
shall be used for the purposes of 

section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, 
as amended by 

section 4401 of Public Law 110-246.

 TITLE V

 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

 Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural 
 Affairs

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $932,000: Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign 
Agricultural Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are 
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office.

 office of codex alimentarius

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, 
$4,922,000, including not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses.

 Foreign Agricultural Service

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfers of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to 

section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 
U.S.C. 1766), $227,330,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027, for overseas operations to 
include the payment of locally employed staff: Provided, That the 
Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation 
for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private 
organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to 
the agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) 
and the foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 
International Development: Provided further, That funds made available 
for middle-income country training programs, funds made available for 
the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology 
Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations 
in international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by 
the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available until 
expended.

 food for peace title ii grants

 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480), for 
necessary expenses and commodities supplied in connection with 
dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, $900,000,000, 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), $220,306,000, 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 $22,000,000, 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, which shall be paid to the 
appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and 
Expenses''.

 TITLE VI

 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

 Department of Health and Human Services

 food and drug administration

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfers of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of 
space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313 for 
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the 
District of Columbia or elsewhere; 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; $6,682,889,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $1,543,267,000 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; 
$445,807,000 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; $665,439,000 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; 
$55,731,000 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; $34,143,000 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; 
$26,502,000 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 2026 
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 2026, including any such fees collected 
prior to fiscal year 2026 but credited for fiscal year 2026, shall be 
subject to the fiscal year 2026 limitations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal year 2026 of user fees 
specified under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2027, prior 
to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees assessed 
for fiscal year 2027 for which the Secretary accepts payment in fiscal 
year 2026 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) $1,232,115,000 shall be for the Human Foods Program and related field 
activities in the Office of Inspections and Investigations, of which no 
less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood 
manufacturers and field examinations of imported seafood;

    (2) $2,359,451,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research 
and related field activities in the Office Inspection and 
Investigations, of which no less than $10,000,000 shall be for pilots 
to increase unannounced foreign inspections and shall remain available 
until expended;

    (3) $549,858,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the Office 
of Inspection and Investigations;

    (4) $244,692,000 shall be for the 
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the 
Office of Inspection and Investigations;

    (5) $859,992,000 shall be for 
the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field 
activities in the Office of Inspection and Investigations;

    (6) $67,453,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological 
Research;

    (7) $684,324,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products 
and for related field activities in the Office of Inspection and 
Investigations;

    (8) $164,737,000 shall be for Rent and Related 
activities, of which $48,061,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 
than the amounts paid to the General Services Administration for rent;

    (9) $199,000,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
Administration for rent; and

    (10) $321,267,000 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, and for the administration of, 

section 770

    (n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
379dd

    (n) ) shall only be from amounts made available under this heading 
for other activities and shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided 
further, That of the amounts that are made available under this heading 
for ``other activities'', and that are not derived from user fees, 
$1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of Inspector 
General'' for oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and 
Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 
available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided 
further, That funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 
another with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress.
 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b, 
export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority 
review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed 
recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer 
program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-31, outsourcing facility fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62, prescription drug wholesale 
distributor licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
353

    (e)

    (3) , third-party logistics provider licensing and inspection fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3
            (c) (1) , third-party auditor fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d
            (c) (8) , medical countermeasure priority 
review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-4a, and fees 
relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j-72 shall be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended.

 buildings and facilities

 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise 
provided, $1,000,000 to remain available until expended.

 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Commodity Futures Trading Commission

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases), in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $335,000,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for 
consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign 
governmental and other regulatory officials, of which not less than 
$80,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028, and of 
which not less than $4,218,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General: Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations 
in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under this heading are available 
for the liquidation of obligations equal to current year payments on 
leases entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any 
lease obligations that should have been recorded and liquidated against 
accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the 
preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in 
a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been established for the 
sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liquidating such unpaid 
obligations.

 Farm Credit Administration

 limitation on administrative expenses

 Not to exceed $106,500,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, 
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with 
receiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed this 
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the 
purposes of 

section 3.7

    (b)

    (2)
        (A)
            (i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 
U.S.C. 2128

    (b)

    (2)
        (A)
            (i) ), the Farm Credit Administration may exempt, an 
amount in its sole discretion, from the application of the limitation 
provided in that clause of export loans described in the clause 
guaranteed or insured in a manner other than described in subclause
            (II) of the clause.

 TITLE VII

 GENERAL PROVISIONS

 (including rescissions and transfers of funds)

 

Sec. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations made available 
to the Department of Agriculture in this Act to purchase new passenger 
motor vehicles, in addition to specific appropriations for this 
purpose, so long as the total number of U.S. based vehicles purchased 
in fiscal year 2026 does not exceed the number of U.S. based vehicles 
owned or leased in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to 
purchasing additional U.S. based 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 U.S. based vehicle 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 allocated 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. 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, 2027, 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 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 $1,667,049,000 (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--$40,971,000: 
Provided, That of the total funds made available in the matter 
preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on October 1, 2026, such 
unobligated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2027 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 2026 appropriations Act.
 

Sec. 716.

    (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal 
year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming, 
transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy Act, 
or in the case of the Department of Agriculture, through use of the 
authority provided by 

section 702

    (b) of the Department of Agriculture 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 

section 8 of Public Law 89-106 
(7 U.S.C. 2263), that--

    (1) creates new programs;

    (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;

    (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
 project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
 restricted;

    (4) relocates an office or employees;

    (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or

    (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
 presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
(as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 
days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such 
authority.

    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 
through a reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in 
subsection

    (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, that--

    (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;

    (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as 
 approved by Congress; or

    (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
 personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
 activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
(as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 
days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds or the 
use of such authority.
            (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
shall notify in writing and receive approval from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing any 
program or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year 
unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or specifically 
funded by any other Act.
            (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for--

    (1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 
 including information technology systems, that involves 
 increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 
 the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 
 of the total cost, whichever is less;

    (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant 
 positions or agency activities or functions to establish a 
 center, office, branch, or similar entity with five or more 
 personnel; or

    (3) carrying out activities or functions that were not 
 described in the budget request;
unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 
days in advance of using the funds for these purposes.

    (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for any 
activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission receives from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the 
notification as required in this section.
 

Sec. 717. Notwithstanding 

section 310B

    (g)

    (5) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932

    (g)

    (5) ), the Secretary may 
assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business and industry loan in 
an amount that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan.
 

Sec. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 
Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Farm 
Credit Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 
available reports, questions, or responses to questions that are a 
result of information requested for the appropriations hearing process 
to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health and 
Human Services, non-Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm 
Credit Administration employee.
 

Sec. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive branch agency 
to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or 
distribution in the United States unless the story includes a clear 
notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story 
that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that 
executive branch agency.
 

Sec. 720. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act or any 
other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more than 
60 days in a fiscal year unless the individual's employing agency or 
office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the 
salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
 

Sec. 721.

    (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the Food 
and Drug Administration, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a detailed obligation plan delineated by 
program, project, and activity, as defined in the report accompanying 
this Act, for all amounts made available by this Act and prior 
appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation, including 
appropriated user fees and loan authorizations.

    (b) Such obligation plan shall serve as the baseline for 
reprogramming notifications for the purposes of 

section 716 of this 
Act.
            (c) Such plan shall include breakdowns of estimated obligations for 
each such program, project, or activity by--

    (1) fiscal quarter;

    (2) source appropriation; and

    (3) the number of full-time equivalent positions supported.
            (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
made available by this Act or previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded in this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure shall be available for transfer or reprogramming except 
pursuant to 

section 716 of this Act.

 (rescission of funds)

 

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), $100,000,000 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 Housing Service programs the Secretary 
shall not include incarcerated prison populations.
 

Sec. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not require budget 
authority and the program level has been established in this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may increase the program level for such loans 
and loan guarantees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary notifies, 
in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 15 days in advance.
 

Sec. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

section 729 of the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107-76) shall be 
available for obligation without written notification to, and the prior 
approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress: Provided, That the refunds or rebates so transferred shall 
be available for obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant 
and equipment, including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and 
implementation of Departmental financial management, information 
technology, and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 
financial, administrative, and information technology services, 
including cloud adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the 
agencies of the Department of Agriculture.
 

Sec. 726. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce the ``variety'' requirements of 
the final rule entitled ``Enhancing Retailer Standards in the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

    (SNAP) '' published by the 
Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 
(81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture amends the 
definition of the term ``variety'' as defined in 

section 278.1

    (b)

    (1)
            (ii) 
            (C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
``variety'' as applied in the definition of the term ``staple food'' as 
defined in 

section 271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
increase the number of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in 
each staple food category so that the total number of such items in 
each staple food category exceeds the number of such items in each 
staple food category included in the final rule as published on 
December 15, 2016: Provided, That until the Secretary promulgates such 
regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements 
regarding acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were in effect on the day 
before the date of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113-79).
 

Sec. 727. In carrying out subsection

    (h) of 

section 502 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall have the same authority with respect to loans guaranteed under 
such section and eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has 
under subsections

    (h) and

    (j) of 

section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1490p-2) with respect to loans guaranteed under such 

section 538 and 
eligible lenders for such loans.
 

Sec. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be available for the United States 
Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize or implement any 
regulation that would promulgate new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
9701 after the date of the enactment of this Act.
 

Sec. 729. None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act thereafter may be used to write, prepare, or publish a proposed 
rule, final rule, or an interim final rule in furtherance of, or 
otherwise to implement or enforce the final rule entitled 
``Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments,'' 
published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 
November 28, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 83210 et seq.), the final rule entitled 
``Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and 
Stockyards Act,'' published by the Department of Agriculture in the 
Federal Register on March 6, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 16092 et seq.), the 
final rule entitled ``Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital 
Improvement Systems,'' published by the Department of Agriculture in 
the Federal Register on January 16, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 5146 et seq.), 
the proposed rule entitled ``Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry 
Markets,'' published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal 
Register on June 28, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 53886 et seq.), or any 
subsequent substantially similar rulemaking effort, except that funds 
may be used to, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall, withdraw or 
rescind any such proposed rules, advanced notices of proposed 
rulemaking, and any such rules that may have been finalized, and 
discontinue and provide notice of closure to affected parties of any 
investigations or enforcement activities pending under said rules.
 

Sec. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that regulates the 
calculation and payment of overtime and holiday pay for FSIS 
inspectors, the Secretary may charge establishments subject to the 
inspection requirements of the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 
U.S.C. 451 et seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., for 
the cost of inspection services provided outside of an establishment's 
approved inspection shifts, and for inspection services provided on 
Federal holidays: Provided, That any sums charged pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under 

section 1001
            (d) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2, 135 
Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums received by the Secretary 
under this paragraph shall, in addition to other available funds, 
remain available until expended to the Secretary without further 
appropriation for the purpose of funding all costs associated with FSIS 
inspections.
 

Sec. 731.

    (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall--

    (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the following 
 factors in the country or region being audited, as applicable--
        (A) veterinary control and oversight;
        (B) disease history and vaccination practices;
            (C) livestock demographics and traceability;
            (D) epidemiological separation from potential 
 sources of infection;
        (E) surveillance practices;
        (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and
        (G) emergency preparedness and response; and

    (2) promptly make publicly available the final reports of 
 any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to paragraph

    (1) .

    (b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under its international trade agreements.
 

Sec. 732. A bank referenced in 12 U.S.C. 2128 may make and 
participate in loans and commitments and provide technical and other 
financial assistance to cooperatives and any other public or private 
entity (except for the federal government) for the purpose of 
installing, maintaining, expanding, improving, or operating facilities 
in a rural area as defined in 12 U.S.C. 2128

    (f) for the processing or 
disposal of waste from any source, provision of telecommunication 
services, and producing electricity from any source for use or sale by 
the borrower.
 

Sec. 733. Out of the funds provided by this Act to the Food and 
Drug Administration (in this section referred to as the ``FDA''), or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, not less than 
$200,000,000 shall be used by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs for 
enforcement activities related to e-cigarettes, vapes, and other 
electronic nicotine delivery systems (in this section referred to as 
``ENDS''), including--

    (1) updating the FDA document titled ``Enforcement 
 Priorities for Electronic Nicotine Delivery System

    (ENDS) and 
 Other Deemed Products on the Market Without Premarket 
 Authorization'', published in January 2020 and updated on April 
 13, 2020--
        (A) to expand FDA's prioritized enforcement to 
 flavored disposable ENDS products in addition to 
 cartridge-based products; and
        (B) to define the term ``disposable ENDS product'';

    (2) preparing and making publicly available on the FDA 
 website a list of products, to be updated monthly, that have--
        (A) received marketing granted orders pursuant to 
 

section 910
            (c) (1)
        (A)
            (i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 4 387j
            (c) (1)
        (A)
            (i) );
        (B) received marketing denial orders pursuant to 
 

section 910
            (c) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 7 387j
            (c) ) that 
 have been and remain stayed by the Secretary or through 
 court order, rescinded by the Secretary, or vacated by 
 a court; or
            (C) submitted a premarket tobacco product 
 application pursuant to 

section 910

    (b) of such Act (21 
 U.S.C. 387j

    (b) ), which remains pending review since on 
 or before September 9, 2020;

    (3) continuing the activities of the Federal multi-agency 
 task force led by the Department of Justice and the FDA to 
 further work to bring all available criminal and civil tools to 
 bear against the illegal manufacture, importation, 
 distribution, and sale of e-cigarettes, vapes, and other ENDS 
 products from the Republic of China and other foreign 
 countries; and

    (4) submitting a semi-annual written report to the 
 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the 
 progress that the Center for Tobacco Products is making in 
 removing all illegal ENDS products from the market.
 

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 under the following headings: ``Rural Housing 
Service--Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account''; ``Rural 
Housing Service--Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants''; ``Rural Housing 
Service--Rural Housing Assistance Grants''; ``Rural Housing Service--
Rural Community Facilities Program Account''; ``Rural Business-
Cooperative Service--Rural Business Program Account''; ``Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Economic Development Loans Program 
Account''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Cooperative 
Development Grants''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural 
Microentrepreneur Assistance Program''; ``Rural Utilities Service--
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account''; ``Rural Utilities 
Service--Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program 
Account''; and ``Rural Utilities Service--Distance Learning, 
Telemedicine, and Broadband Program'', to the maximum extent feasible, 
at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in 
persistent poverty counties under this section, including, 
notwithstanding any other provision regarding population limits, any 
county seat of such a persistent poverty county that has a population 
that does not exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 
percent: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term 
``persistent poverty counties'' means any county that has had 20 
percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 
years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007-
2011 American Community Survey 5-year average, or any territory or 
possession of the United States: Provided further, That with respect 
to specific activities for which program levels have been made 
available by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, the 
requirements of this section shall be applied to such program level.
 

Sec. 737. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt of a submission 
for an exemption for investigational use of a drug or biological 
product under 

section 505
            (i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 355
            (i) ) or 

section 351

    (a)

    (3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262

    (a)

    (3) ) in research in which a human embryo 
is intentionally created or modified to include a heritable genetic 
modification. Any such submission shall be deemed to have not been 
received by the Secretary, and the exemption may not go into effect.
 

Sec. 738. None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to enforce the final rule promulgated by the Food and 
Drug Administration entitled ``Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, 
Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption'', and published 
on November 27, 2015, and the proposed rule issued by the Food and Drug 
Administration pending at the Office of Management and Budget entitled 
``Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding Produce 
for Human Consumption Related to Agricultural Water'' (86 Fed. Reg. 
69120 and 87 Fed. Reg. 42973), with respect to the regulation of 
entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse 
crops, or almonds.
 

Sec. 739. For school years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027, none of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used to restrict or limit the 
substitution of any vegetable subgroup for fruits under the school 
breakfast program established under 

section 4 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).
 

Sec. 740. None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used--

    (1) in contravention of 

section 7606 of the Agricultural 
 Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the Agricultural 
 Marketing Act of 1946, or 

section 10114 of the Agriculture 
 Improvement Act of 2018; or

    (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or 
 use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown or 
 cultivated in accordance with 

section 7606 of the Agricultural 
 Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
 1946, within or outside the State in which the hemp is grown or 
 cultivated.
 

Sec. 741. 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. 742. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce any rule that would reduce the 
maximum monthly allowance with respect to milk under 

section 246.10 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on April 1, 2023), 
including the rule entitled ``Special Supplemental Nutrition Program 
for Women, Infants, and Children

    (WIC) : Revisions to the WIC Food 
Packages'' published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal 
Register on April 18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 28488).
 

Sec. 743. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to impose updated minimum efficiency standards for new housing financed 
by the Department of Agriculture as part of carrying out the notice 
entitled ``Final Determination: Energy Efficiency Standards for New 
Construction of HUD and USDA Financed Housing'' (89 Fed. Reg. 33112).

 (rescission of funds)

 

Sec. 744. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available in the ``Working Capital Fund,'' 
$78,000,000 are here by permanently cancelled: Provided, That no 
amounts shall be cancelled from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution or the budget of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
 

Sec. 745.

    (a) After the effective date of any final rule the Food 
and Drug Administration

    (FDA) publishes in connection with its proposed 
rule to update these requirements (87 Federal Register 59168, issued on 
September 29, 2022), manufacturers may also continue to comply with the 
previous requirements promulgated by the FDA for the implied nutrient 
content claim ``healthy'' through the ``compliance date'' FDA provides 
in the final rule.

    (b) Any food product manufactured and labeled as ``healthy'' during 
the compliance period FDA provides in that final rule shall not be 
directly or indirectly subject to any state-law requirements that are 
not identical to either
            (i) the Federal requirements for the implied 
nutrition content claim ``healthy'' that were in effect as of the date 
FDA issues the final rule, or
            (ii) the updated Federal requirements 
that FDA promulgates in the final rule, assuming the updated 
requirements go into effect during the regulatory compliance period.
 

Sec. 746. Funds made available under title II of the Food for 
Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to provide 
assistance to recipient nations if adequate monitoring and controls, as 
determined by the Administrator, are in place to ensure that emergency 
food aid is received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappropriate 
purposes.
 

Sec. 747. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to procure raw or processed poultry products or seafood 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. 748. For school year 2026-2027, only a school food authority 
that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service 
account as of June 30, 2025, 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. 749. Any funds made available by this or any other Act that 
the Secretary withholds pursuant to 

section 1668

    (g)

    (2) of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921

    (g)

    (2) ), 
as amended, shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk 
assessment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such 
funds among appropriations of the Department of Agriculture for 
purposes of making such grants.
 

Sec. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Department of Agriculture may be used to move any 
staff office or any agency from the mission area in which it was 
located on August 1, 2018, to any other mission area or office within 
the Department in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation 
affirming such move.
 

Sec. 751. 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. 752. In administering the pilot program established by 

section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 
(Public Law 115-141), the Secretary of Agriculture may, for purposes of 
determining entities eligible to receive assistance, consider those 
communities which are ``Areas Rural in Character'': Provided, That not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available under the heading 
``Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program'' for the 
purposes of the pilot program established by 

section 779 of Public Law 
115-141 may be used for this purpose.
 

Sec. 753. In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there 
is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program established 
pursuant to 

section 1001

    (b)

    (4) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 
(Public Law 117-2) to award grants to processors of invasive, wild-
caught catfish.
 

Sec. 754. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to carry out 

Section 758 of division B of 
P.L. 118-42, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose.
 

Sec. 755. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for diversity, equity and inclusion 
initiatives, trainings, programs, offices, officers, policies, or any 
program, project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical Race 
Theory or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory.
 

Sec. 756. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration

    (FDA) to issue or promote any new guidelines or regulations applicable 
to food manufacturers for Listeria monocytogenes
            (Lm) until the FDA 
considers the available new science in developing the Compliance Policy 
Guide

    (CPG) , Guidance for FDA Staff, 

Sec. 555.320 Listeria 
monocytogenes--regarding Lm in low-risk foods, meaning foods that do 
not support the growth of Lm.
 

Sec. 757. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 
to develop, issue, promote or advance any final guidelines or new 
regulations applicable to food manufacturers for long-term population-
wide sodium reduction actions until an assessment is completed on the 
impact of the short-term sodium reduction targets.
 

Sec. 758. For necessary expenses associated with cotton classing 
activities pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 55, to include equipment and facility 
upgrades, and in addition to any other funds made available for this 
purpose, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That amounts made available in this 
section shall be treated as funds collected by fees authorized under 
Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, 

Sec. 5, 42 Stat. 1518, as amended (7 U.S.C. 55).
 

Sec. 759. 

Section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1639o) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraphs

    (2) through

    (6) as 
 paragraphs

    (4) through

    (8) , respectively; and

    (2) by striking paragraph

    (1) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (1) Hemp.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The term `hemp' means the plant 
 Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, 
 including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, 
 extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and 
 salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a total 
 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration (including 
 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) of not more than 0.3 
 percent in the plant on a dry weight basis.
 ``
        (B) Inclusion.--Such term includes industrial 
 hemp.
 ``
            (C) Exclusions.--Such term does not include--
 ``
            (i) any viable seeds from a Cannabis 
 sativa L. plant that exceeds a total 
 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration (including 
 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) of 0.3 percent in 
 the plant on a dry weight basis; or
 ``
            (ii) any hemp-derived cannabinoid 
 products containing--
 ``
            (I) cannabinoids that are not 
 capable of being naturally produced by 
 a Cannabis sativa L. plant;
 ``
            (II) cannabinoids that--
 ``

    (aa) are capable of being 
 naturally produced by a 
 Cannabis sativa L. plant; and
 ``

    (bb) were synthesized or 
 manufactured outside the plant; 
 or
 ``
            (III) quantifiable amounts based 
 on substance, form, manufacture, or 
 article (as determined by the Secretary 
 of Health and Human Services in 
 consultation with the Secretary of 
 Agriculture) of--
 ``

    (aa) tetrahydrocannabinol 
 (including 
 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid); 
 or
 ``

    (bb) any other 
 cannabinoids that have similar 
 effects (or are marketed to 
 have similar effects) on humans 
 or animals as 
 tetrahydrocannabinol (as 
 determined by the Secretary of 
 Health and Human Services in 
 consultation with the Secretary 
 Agriculture).
 ``

    (2) Industrial hemp.--The term `industrial hemp' means 
 hemp--
 ``
        (A) grown for the use of the stalk of the plant, 
 fiber produced from such a stalk, or any other non-
 cannabinoid derivative, mixture, prep-aration, or 
 manufacture of such a stalk;
 ``
        (B) grown for the use of the whole grain, oil, 
 cake, nut, hull, or any other non-cannabinoid compound, 
 derivative, mixture, preparation, or manufacture of the 
 seeds of such plant;
 ``
            (C) grown for purposes of producing microgreens 
 or other edible hemp leaf products intended for human 
 consumption that are derived from an immature hemp 
 plant that is grown from seeds that do not exceed the 
 threshold for total tetrahydrocannabinol con-centration 
 specified in paragraph

    (1)
            (C) 
            (i) ;
 ``
            (D) that is a plant that does not enter the 
 stream of commerce and is intended to support hemp 
 research at an institution of higher education (as 
 defined in 

section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) or an independent research 
 institute; or
 ``
        (E) grown for the use of a viable seed of the 
 plant produced solely for the production or manufacture 
 of any material described in subparagraphs
        (A) through
            (D) .
 ``

    (3) Hemp-derived cannabinoid product.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The term `hemp-derived 
 cannabinoid product' means any intermediate or final 
 product derived from hemp (other than industrial hemp), 
 that--
 ``
            (i) contains cannabinoids in any form; 
 and
 ``
            (ii) is intended for human or animal use 
 through any means of application or 
 administration, such as inhalation, ingestion, 
 or topical application.
 ``
        (B) Exclusion.--Such term does not include a drug 
 that is the subject of an application approved under 
 subsection
            (c) or

    (j) of 

section 505 of the Federal 
 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355).''.
 

Sec. 760. If services performed by APHIS employees are determined 
by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
to be in response to an animal disease outbreak, any premium pay that 
is funded, either directly or through reimbursement, shall be exempted 
from the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay calculated under 

section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, and any other provision of 
law limiting the aggregate amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly 
or calendar year basis: Provided, That this section shall take effect 
as if enacted on January 1, 2023.
 

Sec. 761. 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. 762. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and 
Medicine

    (NASEM) were tasked with providing findings and 
recommendations on alcohol consumption for the purposes of inclusion in 
the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans as required by 

Section 772 of 
Division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117-328): Provided, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall only consider the findings and 
recommendations of the NASEM report in the development of the 2025 
Dietary Guidelines for Americans and further, both Secretaries shall 
ensure that the alcohol consumption recommendations in the 2025 Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans shall be based on the preponderance of 
scientific and medical knowledge consistent with 

section 5341 of title 
7 of United States Code.
 

Sec. 763. 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. 764. The Secretary of Agriculture shall be included as a 
member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

    (CFIUS) on a case by case basis pursuant to the authorities in 

section 721

    (k)

    (2)
        (J) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4565

    (k)

    (2)
        (J) ) with respect to each covered transaction (as defined in 

section 721

    (a)

    (4) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4565

    (a)

    (4) )) involving agricultural land, agriculture biotechnology, or 
the agriculture industry (including agricultural transportation, 
agricultural storage, and agricultural processing), as determined by 
the CFIUS Chairperson in coordination with the Secretary of 
Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, notify the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United 
States of any agricultural land transaction that the Secretary of 
Agriculture has reason to believe, based on information from or in 
cooperation with the Intelligence Community, is a covered transaction
        (A) that may pose a risk to the national security of the United States, 
with particular emphasis on covered transactions of an interest in 
agricultural land by foreign governments or entities of concern, as 
defined in 42 U.S.C. 19221

    (a) , including the People's Republic of 
China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Russian 
Federation, and the Islamic Republic of Iran; and
        (B) with respect to 
which a person is required to submit a report to the Secretary of 
Agriculture under 

section 2

    (a) of the Agricultural Foreign Investment 
Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501

    (a) ).
 

Sec. 765. The agencies and offices of the Department of 
Agriculture may reimburse the Office of the General Counsel

    (OGC) , out 
of the funds provided in this Act, for costs incurred by OGC in 
providing services to such agencies or offices under time-limited 
agreements entered into with such agencies and offices: Provided, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law.
 

Sec. 766. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
implement, administer, or enforce the "Requirements for Additional 
Traceability Records for Certain Foods" published on November 21, 2022 
(87 Fed. Reg. 70910), or any other rule promulgated in accordance with 

section 204 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (21 U.S.C. 2223), 
prior to August 1, 2028, and until the U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration:

    (1) completes at least 4 evaluations or beta tests using 
 multiple products on the Food Traceability List, in 
 coordination with farms and with food industry members 
 operating restaurants, retail food establishments, FDA 
 registered food facilities, food packing facilities and 
 warehouses distributing to retail food establishments, and 
 restaurants, to--
        (A) identify and test low-cost food traceability 
 technologies that track both the traceability lot code 
 and traceability lot code source throughout the global 
 supply chain and evaluate the effectiveness of these 
 technologies and their economic feasibility for various 
 sized operations throughout the supply chain; and
        (B) facilitate interoperability by assessing 
 industry standards and establishing a model data format 
 along with reusable templates that allow diverse 
 systems to communicate, share, and use traceability 
 data effectively;

    (2) establishes a panel of experts to assess the FDA's 
 foodborne illness traceback investigation process, for both 
 foreign and domestic food suppliers, and to provide feedback 
 for the evaluations or beta tests. This panel shall include 
 diverse stakeholders, such as retailers, distributors, growers, 
 state and local officials, and public health officials. The FDA 
 shall publish the panel outcomes and recommendations no later 
 than one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
 

Sec. 767. Within 120 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food 
and Drugs, shall develop a plan, in consultation with the Department of 
State and the governments of Abraham Accords countries, to consider the 
location, duties, and personnel necessary to carry out the functions of 
an Abraham Accords Bureau within the Food and Drug Administration.
 

Sec. 768.

    (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking ``2025'' and inserting 
``2026''.

    (b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 
U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106-78) is amended by striking ``2025'' 
and inserting ``2026''.
 

Sec. 769.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall--

    (1) amend the covered Food Packages to require the inclusion of 
peanut-containing foods for the purposes of early introduction of 
potentially allergenic foods; and

    (2) ensure that all such peanut-containing foods eligible are safe 
for consumption by infants.

    (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out subsection

    (a) in 
a manner consistent with the recommendations for early introduction of 
peanut-containing foods included in the Dietary Guidelines for 
Americans, 2020-2025, published under 

section 301 of the National 
Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341).
            (c) In this section, the term ``covered Food Packages'' means Food 
Packages I and II under 

section 246.10 of title 7, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as amended by the rule entitled ``Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

    (WIC) : Revisions to 
the WIC Food Packages'' published by the Department of Agriculture in 
the Federal Register on April 18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 28488).
 

Sec. 770. There is hereby appropriated $1,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, for grants under 

section 12502 of Public Law 
115-334.
 

Sec. 771. 

Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110-246; Stat. 2019; 132 Stat. 4817) is amended to 
read as follows:

``

SEC. 7502. GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY.

 ``Except as otherwise specifically authorized by law and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal land and 
facilities at El Reno, Oklahoma, administered by the Secretary (as of 
the date of enactment of this Act) as the Grazinglands Research 
Laboratory, shall not at any time, in whole or in part, be declared to 
be excess of surplus Federal Property under Chapter 5 of subtitle I of 
title 40, United States Code, or otherwise be conveyed or transferred 
in whole or in part, for the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2026.''
 

Sec. 772.

    (a) Animal Food Ingredients Deemed GRAS.--Ingredients 
that are intended for use in animal food and are not specifically 
authorized for such use by the Food and Drug Administration as a food 
additive, a color additive, or otherwise as of the date of enactment of 
this Act, are deemed to be generally recognized as safe under 

section 201

    (s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321

    (s) ) 
(referred to in this section as ``GRAS'') for use in animal food for a 
certain species if--

    (1) such ingredients are included in the Official Common or 
 Usual Names and Definitions of Feed Ingredients section of 
 chapter 6 of the 2025 edition of the `AAFCO Official 
 Publication' (or any subsequent amendments thereto or editions 
 thereof) as accepted for use in such species, or where the 
 species is not identified or restricted; and

    (2) there is no finding by the Food and Drug Administration 
 that such ingredients are not GRAS for use in animal food for 
 such species.

    (b) Claims That Animal Food or Ingredient Is Natural.--

    (1) In general.--Animal food whose label or labeling bears 
 a claim that the animal food (or an ingredient thereof) is 
 ``natural'' or whose advertising makes such claim, shall not be 
 treated as mis- branded under 

section 403 of the Federal Food, 
 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) if the labels and 
 labeling of such food and such advertising--
        (A) are truthful, nonmisleading, and adequately 
 substantiated with scientifically validated protocols 
 endorsed by guidance issued by the Commissioner of Food 
 and Drugs, where available, and the food (or 
 ingredient) is derived solely from plant, animal, or 
 mined sources--
            (i) that exist in an unprocessed state; or
            (ii) notwithstanding having been subject to 
 physical processing, heat processing, 
 rendering, purification, extraction, 
 hydrolysis, enzymolysis, or fermentation--
            (I) have not been produced by, or 
 subject to, a chemically synthetic 
 process; and
            (II) do not contain any additive or 
 processing aid that is chemically 
 synthetic, except in amounts as might 
 occur unavoidably using good 
 manufacturing practices;
        (B) use the term ``natural'' only to reference the 
 animal food as a whole when all of the ingredients and 
 components of ingredients meet the description in 
 subparagraph
        (A) ; and
            (C) in the case of the label or labeling of an 
 animal food that contains chemically synthesized 
 vitamins, minerals, or other trace nutrients used as 
 ingredients in animal food and such claim is made with 
 respect to the animal food as a whole, such label or 
 labeling includes a disclaimer that--
            (i) discloses the addition of such 
 vitamins, minerals, and other trace nutrients 
 by name or category;
            (ii) is juxtaposed with the term 
 ``natural''; and
            (iii) appears with the largest or most 
 prominent use of the term ``natural'' on each 
 panel of the label on which the term appears, 
 in the same style and color print and at least 
 one-half the size of the term ``natural''.

    (2) Preemption.--No State or a political subdivision of a 
 State may directly or indirectly establish, maintain, 
 implement, or enforce any authority or requirement relating to 
 the labels, labeling, or advertising of animal food that is 
 different from, or more stringent than paragraph

    (1) .
            (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to restrict State post-market food safety oversight 
activities, including any such activities relating to implementation of 
the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353), outbreak 
investigations, surveillance sampling, or investigations of consumer 
complaints.
            (d) Guidance.--

    (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
 Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
 (referred to in this subsection as the ``Secretary''), shall 
 issue guidance addressing each of the following topics:
        (A) Methods for substantiating nutritional adequacy 
 of pet foods.
        (B) Pet food metabolizable energy protocols.
            (C) Affidavits for pet food testing protocol 
 completion.
            (D) Data to support a calorie content claim for pet 
 foods.
        (E) Analytical variations for animal food.
        (F) Recommendations for use of menadione sodium 
 bisulfite complex in animal feed.

    (2) Initial guidance.--
        (A) Timing.--Not later than 18 months after the 
 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
 issue initial guidance under this subsection.
        (B) Basis.-- The initial guidance under 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall be based on the guidance 
 contained in the 2025 edition of the ``AAFCO Official 
 Publication''.

    (e) Regulations.--

    (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
 Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
 shall--
        (A) not later than one year after the date of 
 enactment of this Act, issue proposed regulations to 
 implement the amendments made by this section; and
        (B) not later than two years after the date of 
 enactment of this Act, finalize such regulations.

    (2) Contents.--The initial regulations promulgated to 
 implement the amendments made by this section shall include--
        (A) for commercial feed, Regulation 1 through 
 Regulation 10 of the ``Model Regulations Under the 
 Model Bill'' in chapter 4 of the 2025 edition of the 
 ``AAFCO Official Publication''; and
        (B) for pet food and specialty pet food, PF 1 
 through PF 12 of the ``Model Regulations for Pet Food 
 and Specialty Pet Food Under the Model Bill'' in 
 chapter 4 of the 2025 edition of the ``AAFCO Official 
 Publication''.

    (f) Applicability.--This section shall apply with respect to fiscal 
year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
 

Sec. 773. None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed 
rule titled ``Requirements for Tobacco Product Manufacturing 
Practice'', published by the Food and Drug Administration in the 
Federal Register on March 10, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 15174), or any 
substantially similar rule.
 

Sec. 774. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used to--

    (1) Classify or facilitate the classification of any 
 communications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or mal-
 information; or

    (2) Partner with or fund nonprofit or other organizations 
 that in any way instruct, influence, direct, or recommend 
 private companies to censor, prohibit, or obstruct lawful and 
 constitutionally protected speech of United States persons, 
 including recommending the censoring or removal of content on 
 social media platforms.
 

Sec. 775. The Secretary of Agriculture shall--

    (1) conduct a study to determine the feasibility of 
 applying the Buy American requirement (as described in 

section 201.21
            (d) of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations

    (2022) ) 
 to the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food 
 and Nutrition Act of 2008, and the special supplemental 
 nutrition program as authorized by 

section 17 of the Child 
 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), including the impact 
 applying such requirement would have on the agricultural 
 economy of the United States; and

    (2) not later than one year after the date of enactment of 
 this Act, the Secretary shall submit the results of such study 
 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House 
 Agriculture Committee, and the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, 
 and Forestry Committee.
 

Sec. 776. 

Section 17

    (b)

    (1)
        (A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 is amended by inserting ``or improve the health of members of 
participating households by restricting their purchase of non-
nutritious food and beverage items, as determined by the Secretary'' 
after ``households''.
 

Sec. 777. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the 
Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration to fly or display a flag 
over a facility of the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 
Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Farm 
Credit Administration other than the flag of the United States; the 
flag of a State, territory, the District of Columbia; the flag of an 
Indian Tribal Government; the official flag of a U.S. Department or 
agency; or the Prisoners of War/Missing in Action flag.

 (rescission of funds)

 

Sec. 778. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for conservation activities under the 
heading ``Natural Resources Conservation Service--Conservation 
Operations'', $100,000,000 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.

 (rescission of funds)

 

Sec. 779. Of the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available by 

section 10301

    (1)
        (A)
            (ii) of Public Law 117-
169 (commonly referred to as the ``Inflation Reduction Act of 2022''), 
$100,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
 

Sec. 780.

    (a) In general.--Notwithstanding 

section 7 of title 1, 
United States Code, 

section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, or 
any other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act, or 
previous appropriations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on the 
basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely 
held religious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is, or should 
be recognized as, a union of one man and one woman.

    (b) Discriminatory action defined.--As used in subsection

    (a) , a 
discriminatory action means any action taken by the Federal Government 
to--

    (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, or cause 
 any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, 
 delay, or revoke an exemption from taxation under 

section 501

    (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person 
 referred to in subsection

    (a) ;

    (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes of any 
 charitable contribution made to or by such person;

    (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, exclude, 
 terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any Federal 
 grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guarantee, 
 loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, 
 employment, or other similar position or status from or to such 
 person;

    (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
 unavailable or deny, any entitlement or benefit under a Federal 
 benefit program, including admission to, equal treatment in, or 
 eligibility for a degree from an educational program, from or 
 to such person; or

    (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
 unavailable or deny access or an entitlement to Federal 
 property, facilities, educational institutions, speech fora 
 (including traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or 
 charitable fundraising campaigns from or to such person.
            (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.--The Federal 
Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or certified for 
purposes of Federal law any person that would be accredited, licensed, 
or certified, respectively, for such purposes but for a determination 
against such person wholly or partially on the basis that the person 
speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 
or moral conviction described in subsection

    (a) .

 spending reduction account

 

Sec. 781. $0.
 This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2026''.
 Union Calendar No. 138

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 4121

 [Report No. 119-172]

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 A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
 Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
 ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 June 25, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
 and ordered to be printed