Text of US HB 4121 (2025)

IB 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. 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag- 4 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra- 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4121 RH tion, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 1 September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely: 2 TITLE I 3 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 4 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 8 $43,856,000 of which not to exceed $5,551,000 shall be 9 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 10 to exceed $1,700,000 shall be available for the Office of 11 Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be 12 available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed 13 $5,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Partner- 14 ships and Public Engagement; not to exceed $17,915,000 15 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 16 for Administration, of which $17,015,000 shall be avail- 17 able for Departmental Administration to provide for nec- 18 essary expenses for management support services to of- 19 fices of the Department and for general administration, 20 security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 21 supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec- 22 essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart- 23 ment: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to 24 an agency in the Administration mission area for salaries 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 4121 RH and expenses are available to fund up to one administra- 1 tive support staff for the Office; not to exceed $3,500,000 2 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 3 Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to 4 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro- 5 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 6 within the executive branch; and not to exceed $5,000,000 7 shall be available for the Office of Communications: Pro- 8 vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is author- 9 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 10 Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 11 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 12 for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 13 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 14 of the amount made available under this paragraph for 15 the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available 16 for official reception and representation expenses, not oth- 17 erwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Pro- 18 vided further, That the amount made available under this 19 heading for Departmental Administration shall be reim- 20 bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for trav- 21 el expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 22 by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 23 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 24 Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 4121 RH mental Affairs shall be transferred to agencies of the De- 1 partment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain 2 personnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no 3 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 4 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 5 obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this 6 Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 7 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the alloca- 8 tion of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, 9 That during any 30 day notification period referenced in 10 section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 11 take no action to begin implementation of the action that 12 is subject to section 716 of this Act or make any public 13 announcement of such action in any form. 14 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 15 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 17 Economist, $28,000,000, of which $11,225,000 shall be 18 for grants or cooperative agreements for policy research 19 under 7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made 20 available under this heading, $500,000 shall be available 21 to carry out section 224 of subtitle A of the Department 22 of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 23 6924), as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115– 24 334. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 4121 RH OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 1 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 2 Appeals, $12,703,000. 3 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 5 Program Analysis, $14,967,000. 6 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In- 8 formation Officer, $85,000,000, of which not less than 9 $60,032,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de- 10 partment. 11 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi- 13 nancial Officer, $5,867,000. 14 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 15 RIGHTS 16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 17 Secretary for Civil Rights, $900,000: Provided, That 18 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 19 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 20 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of- 21 fice. 22 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 24 $24,500,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 4121 RH AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 2 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu- 3 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 4 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis- 5 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri- 6 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 7 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 8 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 9 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con- 10 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 11 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im- 12 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili- 13 ties, and for related costs, $10,603,000, to remain avail- 14 able until expended. 15 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 17 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri- 18 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 19 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 20 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 21 6901 et seq.), $1,000,000, to remain available until ex- 22 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 23 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man- 24 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 4121 RH ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 1 the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 2 OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION 3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu- 4 rity, and Protection, $18,300,000. 5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 7 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 8 General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 9 $94,561,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 10 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 11 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In- 12 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 13 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 14 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 15 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 16 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen- 17 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 18 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 19 (Public Law 97–98). 20 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 22 Counsel, $55,537,000. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 4121 RH OFFICE OF ETHICS 1 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 2 $4,136,000. 3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 4 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 6 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 7 $2,384,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 8 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco- 9 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail- 10 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 11 the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made 12 available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be made 13 available for the Office of the Chief Scientist. 14 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 15 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 16 Service, $85,612,000. 17 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 18 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 19 Statistics Service, $180,000,000, of which up to 20 $46,000,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen- 21 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 22 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur- 23 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 24 2204g(d) and (f): Provided further, That the Secretary 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 4121 RH shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 1 House and Senate in writing 30 days prior to dis- 2 continuing data collection programs and reports. 3 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 6 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 7 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,000 and 8 with prior notification and approval of the Committees on 9 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and for land 10 exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 11 value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 12 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 13 value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 14 ownership, $1,790,550,000, which shall be for the pur- 15 poses, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 16 ‘‘Agricultural Research Service Salaries and Expenses’’ in 17 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That appro- 18 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 19 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 20 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 21 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 22 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 23 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro- 24 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 4121 RH exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 1 which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 2 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 3 exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings to 4 be constructed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, 5 and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal 6 year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace- 7 ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 8 greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 9 shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 10 Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 11 of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by 12 the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 13 lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, 14 and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re- 15 moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 16 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter- 17 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza- 18 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 19 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here- 20 under shall be available for granting easements at the 21 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 22 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace- 23 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 4121 RH priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease- 1 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 2 the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 3 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re- 4 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 5 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 6 Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 7 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 8 interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 9 may be received from any State, other political subdivi- 10 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab- 11 lishing or operating any research facility or research 12 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 13 by law. 14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 15 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im- 16 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 17 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri- 18 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri- 19 culture, where not otherwise provided, $21,000,000, to re- 20 main available until expended, for the purposes, and in 21 the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 22 ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom- 23 panying this Act. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 4121 RH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 1 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 2 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 3 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 4 for other expenses, $1,058,000,000, which shall be for the 5 purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 6 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 7 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 8 Act: Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 9 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, His- 10 panic serving institutions education grants, capacity build- 11 ing for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agri- 12 culture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 13 loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellow- 14 ship and institution challenge grants, grants management 15 systems, tribal colleges education equity grants, and schol- 16 arships at 1890 institutions shall remain available until 17 expended: Provided further, That each institution eligible 18 to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives 19 no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for 20 education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian- 21 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 22 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 23 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha- 24 waii: Provided further, That funds for providing grants for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 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available until expended. 16 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 17 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 18 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 19 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $556,000,000, 20 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci- 21 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 22 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom- 23 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for extension serv- 24 ices at 1994 institutions and for facility improvements at 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 4121 RH 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 1 Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds 2 under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 3 less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for co- 4 operative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the 5 Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 6 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retire- 7 ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension 8 agents. 9 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 10 For the integrated research, education, and extension 11 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex- 12 penses, $40,100,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 13 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In- 14 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 15 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 16 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re- 17 main available until September 30, 2027: Provided further, 18 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 19 costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple- 20 mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 21 Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 4121 RH OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 1 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 3 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 4 $1,617,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 5 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro- 6 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 7 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of- 8 fice. 9 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 12 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 13 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 14 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 15 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 16 $1,146,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in 17 the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Animal and 18 Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses’’ 19 in the report accompanying this Act; of which $250,000, 20 to remain available until expended, shall be available for 21 the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal 22 diseases and for control of pest animals and birds (‘‘con- 23 tingency fund’’) to the extent necessary to meet emergency 24 conditions; of which $15,500,000, to remain available until 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 4121 RH expended, shall be used for the cotton pests program, in- 1 cluding for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for 2 active eradication zones; of which $42,000,000, to remain 3 available until expended, shall be for Animal Health Tech- 4 nical Services; of which $35,500,000, to remain available 5 until expended, shall be for agricultural quarantine and 6 inspection services; of which $65,000,000, to remain avail- 7 able until expended, shall be used to support avian health; 8 of which $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, 9 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 10 which $216,250,000, to remain available until expended, 11 shall be for specialty crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to 12 remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be for 13 one-time control and management and associated activi- 14 ties directly related to the multiple-agency response to cit- 15 rus greening; of which $11,000,000, to remain available 16 until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland eco- 17 system pests; of which $21,000,000, to remain available 18 until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; 19 of which $44,500,000, to remain available until expended, 20 shall be for emergency preparedness and response; of 21 which $59,000,000, to remain available until expended, 22 shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $6,500,000, to 23 remain available until expended, shall be for the National 24 Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 4121 RH main available until expended, shall be for the scrapie pro- 1 gram for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain 2 available until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage 3 management program for aviation safety: Provided, That 4 of amounts available under this heading for wildlife serv- 5 ices methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain avail- 6 able until expended: Provided further, That of amounts 7 available under this heading for the screwworm program, 8 $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended; of 9 which $24,527,000, to remain available until expended, 10 shall be used to carry out the science program and transi- 11 tion activities for the National Bio and Agro-defense Fa- 12 cility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, 13 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 14 a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 15 year that does not require minimum matching by the 16 States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this 17 appropriation shall be available for the purchase, replace- 18 ment, operation, and maintenance of aircraft: Provided 19 further, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten 20 any segment of the agricultural production industry of the 21 United States, the Secretary may transfer from other ap- 22 propriations or funds available to the agencies or corpora- 23 tions of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec- 24 essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 4121 RH arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 1 or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 2 in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani- 3 mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 4 sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 5 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of 6 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre- 7 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 8 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 9 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 10 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve- 11 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 12 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 13 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build- 14 ing. 15 In fiscal year 2026, the agency is authorized to collect 16 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist- 17 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 18 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 19 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 20 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 21 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 22 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 23 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 4121 RH able until expended, without further appropriation, for 1 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 2 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 3 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte- 4 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al- 5 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 6 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 7 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $1,000,000, to remain 8 available until expended. 9 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 10 MARKETING SERVICES 11 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 12 Service, $190,250,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be avail- 13 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 14 79, and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the pur- 15 poses of section 779 of division A of Public Law 117– 16 103: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 17 this heading, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex- 18 pended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 19 115–334, and the Secretary shall take measures to ensure 20 an equal distribution of funds between the four regional 21 innovation initiatives: Provided further, That this appro- 22 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 23 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve- 24 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 4121 RH the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 1 replacement value of the building. 2 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 3 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 4 U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to 5 the development or maintenance of grain standards under 6 the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et 7 seq. 8 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 9 Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall 10 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra- 11 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 12 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 13 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 14 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 15 Congress. 16 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 17 SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 19 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au- 20 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com- 21 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 22 related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 23 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 24 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 4121 RH fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 1 $23,880,000 for formulation and administration of mar- 2 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 3 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 4 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 5 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 6 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 7 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 8 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul- 9 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 10 $1,000,000. 11 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 12 EXPENSES 13 Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 14 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 15 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac- 16 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 17 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 18 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com- 19 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 22 Secretary for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That 23 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 24 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 4121 RH to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of- 1 fice. 2 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 3 For necessary expenses to carry out services author- 4 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 5 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 6 Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation 7 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 8 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 9 $1,216,009,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred- 10 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab- 11 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 12 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 13 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 14 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 15 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 16 That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 17 be employed during fiscal year 2026 for purposes dedi- 18 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 19 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 20 seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 21 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter- 22 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 23 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 4121 RH shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 1 value of the building. 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 4121 RH TITLE II 1 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 2 PROGRAMS 3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM 4 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 6 Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 7 $1,527,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 8 Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva- 9 tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 10 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of- 11 fice. 12 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS 13 CENTER 14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 16 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 17 Conservation Business Center, $210,000,000, of which 18 $1,000,000 shall be for the implementation of section 773 19 of Public Law 117–328: Provided, That $70,740,000 of 20 amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant 21 to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest- 22 ment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred 23 to and merged with this account. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 4121 RH FARM SERVICE AGENCY 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 4 $1,100,000,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall 5 be for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and 6 anticipated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county of- 7 fices and farm loan officers and shall be available until 8 September 30, 2027: Provided, That the agency shall sub- 9 mit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 10 year 2026 to the Committees on Appropriations of both 11 Houses of Congress that identifies for each project/invest- 12 ment that is operational (a) current performance against 13 key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current per- 14 formance of service level agreements or other technical 15 metrics, (c) current performance against a pre-established 16 cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current and 17 planned spending on operational enhancements or up- 18 grades, and (e) an assessment of whether the investment 19 continues to meet business needs as intended as well as 20 alternatives to the investment: Provided further, That the 21 Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and 22 authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 23 Corporation to make program payments for all programs 24 administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 4121 RH funds made available to the Agency for authorized activi- 1 ties may be advanced to and merged with this account: 2 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 3 this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made available to 4 county offices, to remain available until expended: Pro- 5 vided further, That, notwithstanding the preceding pro- 6 viso, any funds made available to county offices in the cur- 7 rent fiscal year that the Administrator of the Farm Serv- 8 ice Agency deems to exceed or not meet the amount need- 9 ed for the county offices may be transferred to or from 10 the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses: Provided 11 further, That none of the funds available in this or any 12 other Act shall be used to close Farm Service Agency 13 county offices: Provided further, That none of the funds 14 available in this or any other Act shall be used to perma- 15 nently relocate county based employees that would result 16 in an office with two or fewer employees without prior no- 17 tification and approval of the Committees on Appropria- 18 tions of both Houses of Congress. 19 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 20 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul- 21 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 22 5106), $6,500,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri- 23 culture may determine that United States territories and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 4121 RH Federally recognized Indian tribes are ‘‘States’’ for the 1 purposes of Subtitle A of such Act. 2 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 3 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 4 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 5 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 6 $8,000,000, to remain available until expended. 7 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 10 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 11 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 12 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro- 13 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 14 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de- 15 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 16 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria- 17 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 18 12). 19 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 20 ACCOUNT 21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 22 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di- 23 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 24 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 4121 RH gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac- 1 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 2 U.S.C. 1989), direct conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 3 et seq.), and relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c) to be 4 available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance 5 Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm 6 ownership loans and $1,966,970,000 for farm ownership 7 direct loans; $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 8 operating loans and $1,100,000,000 for direct operating 9 loans; emergency loans, $37,000,000; Indian tribe land ac- 10 quisition loans, $20,000,000; direct conservation loans, 11 $300,000,000; relending program, $7,705,000; and for 12 boll weevil eradication program loans, $5,000,000: Pro- 13 vided, That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm 14 to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication 15 program loans. 16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 17 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 18 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 19 as follows: $2,572,000 for emergency loans, to remain 20 available until expended; and $24,981,000 for direct farm 21 ownership loans, $2,661,000 for the relending program, 22 and $18,000 for boll weevil eradication program loans. 23 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 24 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 4121 RH $326,053,000: Provided, That of this amount, 1 $305,803,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 2 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex- 3 penses’’. 4 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 5 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 6 operating, conservation, and emergency direct loans and 7 loan guarantees may be transferred among these pro- 8 grams: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 9 of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days 10 in advance of any transfer. 11 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 14 Agency, $60,000,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the 15 amount appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 16 be available for compliance and integrity activities re- 17 quired under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop In- 18 surance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall 19 be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such pur- 20 pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 21 be available for official reception and representation ex- 22 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 4121 RH NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 1 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 2 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi- 3 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 4 including preparation of conservation plans and establish- 5 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 6 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas- 7 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 8 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con- 9 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva- 10 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 11 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 12 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 13 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 14 cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 15 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter- 16 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build- 17 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 18 $850,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 19 2027, of which $34,625,000 shall be for the purposes, and 20 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti- 21 tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom- 22 panying this Act: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 23 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construc- 24 tion and improvement of buildings and public improve- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 4121 RH ments at plant materials centers, except that the cost of 1 alterations and improvements to other buildings and other 2 public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided 3 further, That when buildings or other structures are erect- 4 ed on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land 5 is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided fur- 6 ther, That of the total amount available under this head- 7 ing, $4,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses to carry 8 out the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Pro- 9 gram under section 222 of subtitle A of title II of the 10 Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 11 U.S.C. 6923), as amended by section 12302 of Public Law 12 115–334: Provided further, That for grants provided 13 through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production 14 Program, grant recipients shall be subject to a fifty per- 15 cent cost-share requirement. 16 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 17 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas- 18 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga- 19 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 20 changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 21 Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001– 22 1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi- 23 sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 24 $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 4121 RH vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 1 prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the water- 2 shed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty 3 thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken 4 shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary 5 purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land 6 treatment measures). 7 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 8 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 9 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $7,000,000 is pro- 10 vided. 11 CORPORATIONS 12 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 13 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 14 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor- 15 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 16 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 17 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 18 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 19 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 20 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here- 21 inafter provided. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 4121 RH FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 1 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 2 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 3 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 4 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 5 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 7 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec- 8 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 9 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim- 10 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 11 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 12 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec- 13 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 14 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 15 Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 16 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv- 17 ice for information resource management activities of the 18 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com- 19 modity Credit Corporation business: Provided further, 20 That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro- 21 priations of the House and Senate in writing 15 days prior 22 to the obligation, commitment, transfer, or cancelation of 23 any emergency funds from the Commodity Credit Cor- 24 poration: Provided further, That such written notification 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 4121 RH shall include a detailed spend plan for the anticipated uses 1 of such funds and an expected timeline for program execu- 2 tion if such obligation, commitment, transfer, or 3 cancelation exceeds $100,000,000. 4 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 5 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 6 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 7 Corporation shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for 8 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 9 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 10 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 11 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 12 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 13 Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 14 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 4121 RH TITLE III 1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 2 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 3 DEVELOPMENT 4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 5 Secretary for Rural Development, $1,620,000: Provided, 6 That funds made available by this Act to an agency in 7 the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex- 8 penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup- 9 port staff for the Office. 10 RURAL DEVELOPMENT 11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 13 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis- 14 tration and implementation of Rural Development pro- 15 grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 16 development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 17 and for cooperative agreements; $305,000,000: Provided, 18 That of the amount made available under this heading, 19 no less than $50,000,000, to remain available until ex- 20 pended, shall be used for information technology expenses: 21 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi- 22 sion of law, funds appropriated under this heading may 23 be used for advertising and promotional activities that 24 support Rural Development programs: Provided further, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 4121 RH That in addition to any other funds appropriated for pur- 1 poses authorized by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 2 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected under 3 such section, as amended by this Act, will immediately be 4 credited to this account and will remain available until ex- 5 pended for such purposes: Provided further, That of the 6 amount made available under this heading, $2,000,000, 7 to remain available until expended, shall be for the Sec- 8 retary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot program that 9 assists rural hospitals to improve longterm operations and 10 financial health, including strategies to expand and sus- 11 tain access to maternal health care services, by providing 12 technical assistance through analysis of current hospital 13 management practices. 14 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 15 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 17 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di- 18 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 19 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 20 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $880,000,000 21 shall be for section 502 direct loans; $6,000,000 shall be 22 for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration 23 program for Native American Tribes; and 24 $25,000,000,000, which shall remain available until Sep- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 4121 RH tember 30, 2027, shall be for section 502 unsubsidized 1 guaranteed loans; $25,000,000 for section 504 housing re- 2 pair loans; $60,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; 3 $400,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 4 housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single fam- 5 ily housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 6 self-help housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 7 for section 524 site development loans. 8 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 9 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 10 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 11 502 loans, $84,480,000 shall be for direct loans; Single 12 Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 13 Native American Tribes, $2,963,000; section 504 housing 14 repair loans, $4,333,000; section 523 self-help housing 15 land development loans, $862,000; section 524 site devel- 16 opment loans, $491,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and 17 new construction of section 515 rental housing, 18 $18,156,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 19 vided, That to support the loan program level for section 20 538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading 21 the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the 22 projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the 23 provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 24 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 4121 RH subsidized: Provided further, That applicants in commu- 1 nities that have a current rural area waiver under section 2 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall 3 be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 4 502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Pro- 5 vided further, That of the amounts available under this 6 paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less than 7 $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for individ- 8 uals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program 9 funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant author- 10 ized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 11 1, 2026: Provided further, That the Secretary shall imple- 12 ment provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit organi- 13 zations and public housing authorities to facilitate the ac- 14 quisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily 15 housing properties by such nonprofit organizations and 16 public housing authorities that commit to keep such prop- 17 erties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a pe- 18 riod of time as determined by the Secretary, with such 19 incentives to include, but not be limited to, the following: 20 allow such nonprofit entities and public housing authori- 21 ties to earn a Return on Investment on their own re- 22 sources to include proceeds from low income housing tax 23 credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and devel- 24 oper loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 39 •HR 4121 RH and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associ- 1 ated with owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset 2 Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property. 3 In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 4 including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 5 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 6 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 7 demonstration program for the preservation and revital- 8 ization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 9 rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 10 multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro- 11 priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 12 has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur- 13 pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in- 14 come residents and farm laborers including reducing or 15 eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi- 16 nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other fi- 17 nancial assistance including advances, payments and in- 18 centives (including the ability of owners to obtain reason- 19 able returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 20 Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the preser- 21 vation and revitalization agreement, obtain a restrictive 22 use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc- 23 turing. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 40 •HR 4121 RH In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 1 contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 2 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), 3 $12,261,000, to remain available until expended for direct 4 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 5 grants and contracts. 6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 7 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 8 $412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 9 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 10 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 11 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re- 12 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 13 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 14 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house- 15 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous- 16 ing Act of 1949, $1,715,000,000, and in addition such 17 sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) 18 of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 19 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec- 20 tion 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That amounts made 21 available under this heading shall be available for renewal 22 of rental assistance agreements for a maximum of 1,000 23 units where the Secretary determines that a maturing loan 24 for a project cannot reasonably be restructured with an- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 41 •HR 4121 RH other USDA loan or modification and the project was op- 1 erating with rental assistance under section 521 of the 2 Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That the Secretary 3 may enter into rental assistance contracts in maturing 4 properties with existing rental assistance agreements not- 5 withstanding any provision of section 521 of the Housing 6 Act of 1949, for a term of at least 10 years but not more 7 than 20 years: Provided further, That any agreement to 8 enter into a rental assistance contract under section 521 9 of the Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing property shall 10 obligate the owner to continue to maintain the project as 11 decent, safe, and sanitary housing and to operate the de- 12 velopment in accordance with the Housing Act of 1949, 13 except that rents shall be based on current Fair Market 14 Rents as established by the Department of Housing and 15 Urban Development pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart A, 16 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535d, to determine the maximum 17 initial rent and adjusted annually by the Operating Cost 18 Adjustment Factor pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart B, 19 unless the Agency determines that the project’s budget- 20 based needs require a higher rent, in which case the Agen- 21 cy may approve a budget-based rent level: Provided fur- 22 ther, That rental assistance agreements entered into or re- 23 newed during the current fiscal year shall be funded for 24 a one year period: Provided further, That upon request by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 42 •HR 4121 RH an owner under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Sec- 1 retary may renew the rental assistance agreement for a 2 period of 20 years or until the term of such loan has ex- 3 pired, subject to annual appropriations: Provided further, 4 That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of 5 such one-year agreements may be transferred and used 6 for purposes of any debt reduction, maintenance, repair, 7 or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 8 rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 9 Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided 10 under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2026 11 for a farm labor multi-family housing project financed 12 under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured 13 for use in another project until such assistance has re- 14 mained unused for a period of twelve consecutive months, 15 if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such 16 assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible ten- 17 ants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided fur- 18 ther, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the 19 extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi- 20 family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 21 of the Act: Provided further, That except as provided in 22 the eighth proviso under this heading and notwithstanding 23 any other provision of the Act, the Secretary may recap- 24 ture rental assistance provided under agreements entered 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 43 •HR 4121 RH into prior to fiscal year 2026 for a project that the Sec- 1 retary determines no longer needs rental assistance and 2 use such recaptured funds for current needs. 3 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT 4 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 5 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not- 6 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, $48,000,000, 7 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 8 funds made available under this heading shall be available 9 for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 10 (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 11 in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has 12 been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 13 2005 and is not receiving stand-alone section 521 rental 14 assistance: Provided further, That the amount of such 15 voucher shall be the difference between comparable market 16 rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for 17 such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 18 such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual 19 appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 20 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 21 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid- 22 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 23 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 24 Development: Provided further, That in addition to any 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 44 •HR 4121 RH other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more 1 than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made 2 available under this heading, for administrative expenses 3 for activities funded under this heading. 4 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 5 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 6 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 7 1490c), $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 8 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 9 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 10 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 11 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 12 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 13 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 15 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di- 16 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 17 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 18 Farm and Rural Development Act, $1,000,000,000 for di- 19 rect loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 20 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 21 grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 22 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 23 for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 24 section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 45 •HR 4121 RH Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 1 $481,323,000, to remain available until expended, of 2 which up to $467,323,407 shall be for the purposes, and 3 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti- 4 tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom- 5 panying this Act: Provided, That $6,000,000 of the 6 amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 7 for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided 8 further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop 9 the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community- 10 based housing and community development organizations, 11 low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized 12 Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 13 housing, community facilities, community and economic 14 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 15 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri- 16 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro- 17 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 18 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga- 19 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 20 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 21 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 22 That any unobligated balances from prior year appropria- 23 tions under this heading for the cost of direct loans, loan 24 guarantees and grants, including amounts deobligated or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 46 •HR 4121 RH cancelled, may be made available to cover the subsidy costs 1 for direct loans and or loan guarantees under this heading 2 in this fiscal year: Provided further, That no amounts may 3 be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso from 4 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 5 emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu- 6 tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer- 7 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or that were specified 8 in the tables titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres- 9 sionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statements 10 for division A of Public Law 117–103, division A of Public 11 Law 117–328, and division B of Public Law 118–42, as 12 described in section 4 in the matter preceding each such 13 division: Provided further, That $8,000,000 of the amount 14 appropriated under this heading shall be available for com- 15 munity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 16 section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sec- 17 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 18 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 19 made available under this heading: Provided further, That 20 in addition to any other available funds, the Secretary may 21 expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program 22 funds made available under this heading, for administra- 23 tive expenses for activities funded under this heading. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 47 •HR 4121 RH RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 1 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 2 For gross obligations for the principal amount of 3 guaranteed loans as authorized by section 310B of the 4 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 5 1932(g)), $2,000,000,000. 6 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 7 rural business development programs authorized by sec- 8 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 9 (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 10 Development Act, $57,200,000, to remain available until 11 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 12 under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be for grants to the 13 Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the 14 Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 15 et seq.), the Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 16 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), and the Appalachian Regional 17 Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any Rural Com- 18 munity Advancement Program purpose as described in 19 section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De- 20 velopment Act: Provided further, That of the amount ap- 21 propriated under this heading, no less than $100,000 shall 22 be made available for one or more qualified state tech- 23 nology council to promote private-sector economic develop- 24 ment in the bio-sciences: Provided further, That 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 48 •HR 4121 RH $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head- 1 ing shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recog- 2 nized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a 3 grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech- 4 nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro- 5 mote economic development: Provided further, That sec- 6 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 7 Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made 8 available under this heading. 9 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author- 12 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac- 13 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $9,000,000. 14 For the cost of direct loans, $3,065,000, as author- 15 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac- 16 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $573,000 shall be avail- 17 able through June 30, 2026, for Federally Recognized Na- 18 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,147,000 shall be 19 available through June 30, 2026, for Mississippi Delta Re- 20 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 21 Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the 22 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 23 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 49 •HR 4121 RH In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 1 the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the 2 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex- 3 penses’’. 4 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 5 ACCOUNT 6 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author- 7 ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 8 Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop- 9 ment and job creation projects, $50,000,000. 10 The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 11 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro- 12 moting rural economic development and job creation 13 projects shall not exceed $10,000,000. 14 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 15 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 16 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 17 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $16,600,000, of 18 which $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 19 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro- 20 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 21 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 22 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 23 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di- 24 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 50 •HR 4121 RH dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 1 groups; and of which $5,000,000, to remain available until 2 expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product 3 market development grants, as authorized by section 210A 4 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 5 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 6 for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 7 section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 8 RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 9 For the principal amount of direct loans as author- 10 ized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 11 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $15,000,000. 12 For the cost of loans and grants, $3,269,000 under 13 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 14 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 15 Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s). 16 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 17 For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under 18 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 19 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 20 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 51 •HR 4121 RH RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 1 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di- 4 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 5 and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 6 Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 7 $860,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guar- 8 anteed loans. 9 For the direct cost of direct loans, loan guarantees 10 and grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as de- 11 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 12 1974, for rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and 13 solid waste management programs authorized by sections 14 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described 15 in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of 16 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 17 $346,040,000, to remain available until expended, of 18 which up to $109,103,564 shall be for the purposes, and 19 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti- 20 tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom- 21 panying this Act, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall 22 be available for the rural utilities program described in 23 section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided, That not to 24 exceed $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 52 •HR 4121 RH heading shall be available for the rural utilities program 1 described in section 306E of such Act: Provided further, 2 That not to exceed $9,000,000 of the amount appro- 3 priated under this heading shall be for grants authorized 4 by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 5 Development Act in addition to funding authorized by sec- 6 tion 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 7 $20,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head- 8 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 9 waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 10 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 11 Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recog- 12 nized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) 13 of such Act, and the Department of Hawaiian Home 14 Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, That 15 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 16 Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a 17 consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 18 105–83: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent 19 of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consoli- 20 dated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by 21 the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 22 programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding pro- 23 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 24 Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 53 •HR 4121 RH formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for 1 training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur- 2 ther, That $35,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 3 this heading shall be for technical assistance grants for 4 rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 5 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a de- 6 termination of extreme need, of which $10,000,000 shall 7 be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit 8 multi-State regional technical assistance organization, 9 with experience in working with small communities on 10 water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of 11 such grant shall be to assist rural communities with popu- 12 lations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financ- 13 ing, development, operation, and management of water 14 and waste water systems, and of which not less than 15 $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American 16 organization to provide technical assistance for rural water 17 systems for tribal communities: Provided further, That not 18 to exceed $23,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 19 this heading shall be for contracting with qualified na- 20 tional organizations for a circuit rider program to provide 21 technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided fur- 22 ther, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made 23 available under this heading shall be for solid waste man- 24 agement grants: Provided further, That not to exceed 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 54 •HR 4121 RH $3,130,000 of the amounts appropriated under this head- 1 ing shall be available as the Secretary deems appropriate 2 for water and waste direct one percent loans for distressed 3 communities: Provided further, That if the Secretary de- 4 termines that any portion of the amount made available 5 for one percent loans is not needed for such loans, the 6 Secretary may use such amounts for grants authorized by 7 section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De- 8 velopment Act: Provided further, That if any funds made 9 available for the direct loan subsidy costs remain unobli- 10 gated after July 31, 2026, such unobligated balances may 11 be used for grant programs funded under this heading. 12 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 13 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15 The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees 16 as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of 17 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 18 936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaran- 19 teed rural electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of 20 that Act, $2,167,000,000; cost of money direct loans made 21 pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of 22 one percent in 4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), 23 of that Act, $4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 24 loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, $910,000,000; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 55 •HR 4121 RH and for cost-of-money rural telecommunications loans 1 made pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of that Act, and for 2 loans made pursuant to Section 306 of that Act, 3 $550,000,000. 4 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 5 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 6 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, 7 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 8 of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 9 $5,720,000. 10 In addition, $5,040,000, to remain available until ex- 11 pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security 12 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro- 13 vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by 14 the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon- 15 strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 17 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 18 $33,270,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 19 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 20 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 21 PROGRAM 22 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 23 services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 24 et seq., $30,157,000, to remain available until expended, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 56 •HR 4121 RH of which up to $10,157,029 shall be for the purposes, and 1 in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti- 2 tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom- 3 panying this Act: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be 4 made available for grants authorized by section 379G of 5 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Pro- 6 vided further, That funding provided under this heading 7 for grants under section 379G of the Consolidated Farm 8 and Rural Development Act may only be provided to enti- 9 ties that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 10 as established by this section. 11 For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 12 pilot program established by section 779 of division A of 13 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 14 115–141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 15 amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $90,750,000, to remain 16 available until expended, of which up to $750,000 shall 17 be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 18 account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ 19 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That the 20 Secretary may award grants described in section 601(a) 21 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 22 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out such 23 pilot program: Provided further, That the cost of direct 24 loans shall be defined in section 502 of the Congressional 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 57 •HR 4121 RH Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That at least 90 1 percent of the households to be served by a project receiv- 2 ing a loan or grant under the pilot program shall be in 3 a rural area without sufficient access to broadband: Pro- 4 vided further, That for purposes of such pilot program, 5 a rural area without sufficient access to broadband shall 6 be defined as twenty-five megabits per second downstream 7 and three megabits per second upstream: Provided further, 8 That to the extent possible, projects receiving funds pro- 9 vided under the pilot program must build out service to 10 at least one hundred megabits per second downstream, 11 and twenty megabits per second upstream: Provided fur- 12 ther, That an entity to which a loan or grant is made 13 under the pilot program shall not use the loan or grant 14 to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a service 15 area by any entity that has received a broadband loan 16 from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not 17 provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum 18 service threshold: Provided further, That not more than 19 four percent of the funds made available in this paragraph 20 can be used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot 21 program and up to three percent of funds made available 22 in this paragraph may be available for technical assistance 23 and pre-development planning activities to support the 24 most rural communities: Provided further, That the Rural 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 58 •HR 4121 RH Utilities Service is directed to expedite program delivery 1 methods that would implement this paragraph: Provided 2 further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary 3 shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service area as- 4 sessment requirements set forth in section 701 of the 5 Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc). 6 In addition, $15,000,000, to remain available until 7 expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au- 8 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 59 •HR 4121 RH TITLE IV 1 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 2 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 3 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES 4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 5 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 6 $1,127,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 7 Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 8 Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail- 9 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 10 the Office. 11 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 12 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 15 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 16 seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 17 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 18 21; $35,784,402,000, to remain available through Sep- 19 tember 30, 2027, of which such sums as are made avail- 20 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 21 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 22 amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available 23 for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 24 Provided, That of the total amount available, $18,004,000 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 60 •HR 4121 RH shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu- 1 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 2 further, That of the total amount available, $21,005,000 3 shall be available to carry out studies and evaluations and 4 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 5 That of the total amount available, $5,000,000 shall re- 6 main available until expended to carry out section 18(g) 7 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 8 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, That notwithstanding 9 section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National 10 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total 11 grant amount provided to a farm to school grant recipient 12 in fiscal year 2026 shall not exceed $500,000: Provided 13 further, That of the total amount available, $10,000,000 14 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 15 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 16 schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater 17 than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 18 safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte- 19 nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro- 20 vided further, That of the total amount available, 21 $4,196,000 shall be available for food safety education in- 22 cluding activities that support sections 17 and 21 of the 23 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786, 1790) and 24 to support the safe distribution of USDA Foods, as de- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 61 •HR 4121 RH fined in 7 CFR 250.2: Provided further, That section 1 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 2 Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence 3 by striking ‘‘2010 through 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 4 through 2026’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(3) of 5 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 6 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by 7 striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 8 year 2026’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the 9 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 10 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 11 ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 12 2026’’. 13 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 14 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 15 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup- 16 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 18 $7,697,000,000, to remain available through September 19 30, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding section 20 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 21 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 22 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities: 23 Provided further, That the Secretary shall use funds made 24 available under this heading to provide a cash-value vouch- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 62 •HR 4121 RH er for women and children participants that is set at an 1 amount equal to 267 percent of the amount provided for 2 such voucher in fiscal year 2020 for children participants, 3 and 428 percent of the amount provided for such voucher 4 in such fiscal year for women participants: Provided fur- 5 ther, That none of the funds provided in this account shall 6 be available for the purchase of infant formula except in 7 accordance with the cost containment and competitive bid- 8 ding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Pro- 9 vided further, That the Secretary shall require State agen- 10 cies to authorize fresh, frozen, canned, and dried fruit and 11 vegetables for Food Packages III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII 12 under the special supplemental nutrition program for 13 women, infants, and children established under section 17 14 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786): Pro- 15 vided further, That none of the funds provided shall be 16 available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by 17 other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 18 authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, 19 That upon termination of a federally mandated vendor 20 moratorium and subject to terms and conditions estab- 21 lished by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the re- 22 quirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a 23 State agency. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 63 •HR 4121 RH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 1 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 2 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 3 $118,141,341,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 4 available through September 30, 2028, shall be placed in 5 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 6 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 7 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 8 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 9 Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made 10 available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 11 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 12 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 13 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 14 further, That of the funds made available under this head- 15 ing, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 16 2027, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public 17 Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 18 organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made 19 available under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be used to 20 carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334: Provided 21 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 22 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re- 23 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 24 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 64 •HR 4121 RH main available through September 30, 2027: Provided fur- 1 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 2 section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the 3 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 4 through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That none 5 of the funds made available under this heading may be 6 obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 7 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): 8 Provided further, That funds made available under this 9 heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 10 staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi- 11 ties related to program integrity provided that such activi- 12 ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 13 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 14 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist- 15 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 16 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con- 17 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 18 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist- 19 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec- 20 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend- 21 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm- 22 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 23 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $516,070,000, 24 to remain available through September 30, 2027: Pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 65 •HR 4121 RH vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim- 1 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 2 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith- 3 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 4 made available in fiscal year 2026 to support the Seniors 5 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 6 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 7 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 8 September 30, 2027: Provided further, That of the funds 9 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri- 10 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 11 use up to 20 percent for costs associated with the distribu- 12 tion of commodities. 13 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 14 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 15 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri- 16 tion assistance program, $135,348,000: Provided, That of 17 the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 18 the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 19 amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 20 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 66 •HR 4121 RH TITLE V 1 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 2 PROGRAMS 3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND 4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS 5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 6 Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 7 $932,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 8 Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 9 Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail- 10 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 11 the Office. 12 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 14 Alimentarius, $4,922,000, including not to exceed 15 $40,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 16 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 19 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 20 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa- 21 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 22 the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 23 $227,330,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re- 24 main available until September 30, 2027, for overseas op- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 67 •HR 4121 RH erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 1 Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 2 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 3 behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza- 4 tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu- 5 ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro- 6 grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro- 7 grams of the United States Agency for International De- 8 velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 9 for middle-income country training programs, funds made 10 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 11 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 12 $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria- 13 tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 14 international currency exchange rates, subject to docu- 15 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re- 16 main available until expended. 17 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 18 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth- 19 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in- 20 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 21 (Public Law 83–480), for necessary expenses and com- 22 modities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad 23 under title II of said Act, $900,000,000, to remain avail- 24 able until expended. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 68 •HR 4121 RH MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 1 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 3 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest- 4 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $220,306,000, to 5 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com- 6 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 7 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im- 8 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 9 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 10 amount made available under this heading, not more than 11 10 percent, but not less than $22,000,000, shall remain 12 available until expended to purchase agricultural commod- 13 ities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm 14 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 15 1736o–1(a)(2)). 16 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 17 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 19 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com- 20 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 21 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common 22 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com- 23 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 24 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 69 •HR 4121 RH be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural 1 Service, Salaries and Expenses’’. 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 70 •HR 4121 RH TITLE VI 1 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 2 ADMINISTRATION 3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 7 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad- 8 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 9 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 10 costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 11 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 12 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 13 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 14 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author- 15 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 16 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 17 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 18 107–188; $6,682,889,000: Provided, That of the amount 19 provided under this heading, $1,543,267,000 shall be de- 20 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 22 remain available until expended; $445,807,000 shall be de- 23 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 24 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 71 •HR 4121 RH main available until expended; $665,439,000 shall be de- 1 rived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 2 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account 3 and remain available until expended; $55,731,000 shall be 4 derived from biosimilar biological product user fees au- 5 thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to 6 this account and remain available until expended; 7 $34,143,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 8 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 9 to this account and remain available until expended; 10 $26,502,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 11 drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall 12 be credited to this account and remain available until ex- 13 pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod- 14 uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 15 credited to this account and remain available until ex- 16 pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith- 17 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 18 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 19 user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi- 20 cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 21 new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 22 year 2026 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred- 23 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 24 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 72 •HR 4121 RH medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 1 product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as- 2 sessments for fiscal year 2026, including any such fees 3 collected prior to fiscal year 2026 but credited for fiscal 4 year 2026, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2026 limita- 5 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 6 payment during fiscal year 2026 of user fees specified 7 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2027, 8 prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of 9 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2027 for which the Sec- 10 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2026 shall not be 11 included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 12 That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab- 13 lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 14 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 15 amount appropriated: (1) $1,232,115,000 shall be for the 16 Human Foods Program and related field activities in the 17 Office of Inspections and Investigations, of which no less 18 than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign 19 seafood manufacturers and field examinations of imported 20 seafood; (2) $2,359,451,000 shall be for the Center for 21 Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities 22 in the Office Inspection and Investigations, of which no 23 less than $10,000,000 shall be for pilots to increase unan- 24 nounced foreign inspections and shall remain available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 73 •HR 4121 RH until expended; (3) $549,858,000 shall be for the Center 1 for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 2 activities in the Office of Inspection and Investigations; 3 (4) $244,692,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 4 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 5 Inspection and Investigations; (5) $859,992,000 shall be 6 for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and 7 for related field activities in the Office of Inspection and 8 Investigations; (6) $67,453,000 shall be for the National 9 Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $684,324,000 shall 10 be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related 11 field activities in the Office of Inspection and Investiga- 12 tions; (8) $164,737,000 shall be for Rent and Related ac- 13 tivities, of which $48,061,000 is for White Oak Consolida- 14 tion, other than the amounts paid to the General Services 15 Administration for rent; (9) $199,000,000 shall be for 16 payments to the General Services Administration for rent; 17 and (10) $321,267,000 shall be for other activities, includ- 18 ing the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 19 the Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office of Op- 20 erations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central 21 services for these offices: Provided further, That not to ex- 22 ceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception 23 and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, 24 as determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 74 •HR 4121 RH That any transfer of funds pursuant to, and for the ad- 1 ministration of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, 2 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from 3 amounts made available under this heading for other ac- 4 tivities and shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, 5 That of the amounts that are made available under this 6 heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not derived 7 from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and 8 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health 9 and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for 10 oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and 11 Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds oth- 12 erwise made available for oversight of the Food and Drug 13 Administration: Provided further, That funds may be 14 transferred from one specified activity to another with the 15 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 16 both Houses of Congress. 17 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 18 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 19 by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 20 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 21 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro- 22 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 23 facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 24 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 75 •HR 4121 RH authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 1 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 2 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 3 by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority 4 review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb– 5 4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs 6 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this 7 account, to remain available until expended. 8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 9 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten- 10 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip- 11 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin- 12 istration, where not otherwise provided, $1,000,000 to re- 13 main available until expended. 14 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 15 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 18 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in- 19 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 20 and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 21 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $335,000,000, 22 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 23 representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 24 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 76 •HR 4121 RH Commission with foreign governmental and other regu- 1 latory officials, of which not less than $80,000,000 shall 2 remain available until September 30, 2028, and of which 3 not less than $4,218,000 shall be for expenses of the Of- 4 fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith- 5 standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro- 6 vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 7 of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 8 entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 9 Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 10 liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re- 11 corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 12 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro- 13 viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 14 in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es- 15 tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 16 and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 17 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 18 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 19 Not to exceed $106,500,000 (from assessments col- 20 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 21 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 22 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 23 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 24 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 77 •HR 4121 RH ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 1 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 2 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con- 3 gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 4 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 5 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 6 exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica- 7 tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 8 loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a 9 manner other than described in subclause (II) of the 10 clause. 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 78 •HR 4121 RH TITLE VII 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3 SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 4 made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 5 Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 6 to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 7 total number of U.S. based vehicles purchased in fiscal 8 year 2026 does not exceed the number of U.S. based vehi- 9 cles owned or leased in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, 10 prior to purchasing additional U.S. based motor vehicles, 11 the Secretary must determine that such vehicles are nec- 12 essary for transportation safety, to reduce operational 13 costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public 14 safety: Provided further, That the Secretary may not in- 15 crease the Department of Agriculture’s U.S. based vehicle 16 fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in 17 writing, and receives approval from, the Committees on 18 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 30 days 19 of the notification. 20 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 21 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli- 22 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 23 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal- 24 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 79 •HR 4121 RH Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi- 1 tion of property, plant and equipment and for the improve- 2 ment, delivery, and implementation of Department finan- 3 cial, and administrative information technology services, 4 and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 5 financial, administrative, and information technology serv- 6 ices, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary 7 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, 8 such transferred funds to remain available until expended: 9 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 10 Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 11 Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad- 12 ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 13 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 14 section shall be available for obligation without written no- 15 tification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 16 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur- 17 ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 18 made available to the Department’s Working Capital 19 Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 20 make any changes to the Department’s National Finance 21 Center without written notification to and prior approval 22 of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 23 Congress as required by section 716 of this Act: Provided 24 further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 80 •HR 4121 RH or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 1 Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 2 initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes 3 to remove or relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or 4 functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and 5 the Chief Information Officer, co-located with or from the 6 National Finance Center prior to written notification to 7 and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 8 of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the 9 requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, 10 That the National Finance Center Information Tech- 11 nology Services Division personnel and data center man- 12 agement responsibilities, and control of any functions, 13 missions, and systems for current and future human re- 14 sources management and integrated personnel and payroll 15 systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Finan- 16 cial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain 17 in the National Finance Center and under the manage- 18 ment responsibility and administrative control of the Na- 19 tional Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec- 20 retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 21 Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart- 22 ments and other government agencies National Finance 23 Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay- 24 roll, financial management, and human capital shared 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 81 •HR 4121 RH services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 1 technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in- 2 come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De- 3 partment of Agriculture allocated for the National Fi- 4 nance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 5 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 6 equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de- 7 livery, and implementation of financial, administrative, 8 and information technology services, and other systems of 9 the National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, 10 extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center: Pro- 11 vided further, That none of the amounts reserved shall be 12 available for obligation unless the Secretary submits writ- 13 ten notification of the obligation to the Committees on Ap- 14 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 15 That the limitations on the obligation of funds pending 16 notification to Congressional Committees shall not apply 17 to any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, 18 is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency 19 that significantly impacts the operations of the National 20 Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National 21 Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of 22 the National Finance Center. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 82 •HR 4121 RH SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 1 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 2 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 3 SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 4 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 5 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 6 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu- 7 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 8 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar- 9 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 10 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro- 11 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 12 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com- 13 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro- 14 priations are provided in this Act. 15 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri- 16 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 17 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 18 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 19 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop- 20 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica- 21 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 22 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 23 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 24 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 83 •HR 4121 RH quire new information technology systems or significant 1 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor- 2 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa- 3 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa- 4 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 6 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 7 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa- 8 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 9 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 10 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That notwith- 11 standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 12 none of the funds available to the Department of Agri- 13 culture for information technology shall be obligated for 14 projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 15 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa- 16 tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 17 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 18 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 19 projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 20 based upon the performance of an agency measured 21 against the performance plan requirements described in 22 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 23 235. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 84 •HR 4121 RH SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 1 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 2 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex- 3 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 4 year. 5 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 6 law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 7 repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 8 under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not- 9 for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 10 direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 11 under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 12 as a borrower under such Act. 13 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 14 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal- 15 ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 16 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 17 remain available through September 30, 2027, for infor- 18 mation technology expenses. 19 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other- 20 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 21 travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 22 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 23 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 85 •HR 4121 RH SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 1 or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 2 113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 3 I of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 4 were provided in that Act, that is authorized or required 5 to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 6 Corporation— 7 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 8 and related administrative expenses, including tech- 9 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 10 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 11 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 12 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 13 Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 14 (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 15 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 16 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 17 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 18 in such section. 19 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 20 not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 21 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 22 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 23 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 86 •HR 4121 RH tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi- 1 tively awarded grants. 2 SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 3 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 4 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 5 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 6 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 7 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 8 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi- 9 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 10 SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 11 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 12 section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 13 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 14 other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 15 of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 16 the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 17 referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,667,049,000 18 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 19 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 20 Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 21 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 22 $2,500,000; Administration of section 32 Commodity Pur- 23 chases—$40,971,000: Provided, That of the total funds 24 made available in the matter preceding this proviso that 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 87 •HR 4121 RH remain unobligated on October 1, 2026, such unobligated 1 balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2027 and shall 2 remain available until expended for any of the purposes 3 of section 32, except that any such carryover funds used 4 in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not exceed 5 $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the Sec- 6 retary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 7 expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both 8 Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: Pro- 9 vided further, That, with the exception of any available 10 carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 11 to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 12 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail- 13 able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 14 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 15 of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 16 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 17 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex- 18 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 19 language as part of the President’s budget submission to 20 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 21 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De- 22 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 23 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 24 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 88 •HR 4121 RH have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 1 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 2 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 3 event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 4 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 5 the fiscal year 2026 appropriations Act. 6 SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 7 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen- 8 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 9 or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 10 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 11 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 12 available for obligation or expenditure through a re- 13 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au- 14 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart- 15 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 16 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or- 17 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 18 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 19 (1) creates new programs; 20 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 21 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 22 for any project or activity for which funds have been 23 denied or restricted; 24 (4) relocates an office or employees; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 89 •HR 4121 RH (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 1 or 2 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 3 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 4 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 5 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com- 6 modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 7 notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit- 8 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 9 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 10 or the use of such authority. 11 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro- 12 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 13 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 14 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 15 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 16 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 17 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro- 18 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 19 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 20 in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 21 that— 22 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac- 23 tivities; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 90 •HR 4121 RH (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist- 1 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per- 2 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 3 (3) results from any general savings from a re- 4 duction in personnel which would result in a change 5 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap- 6 proved by Congress; 7 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 8 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com- 9 modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 10 notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit- 11 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 12 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of 13 such funds or the use of such authority. 14 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 15 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com- 16 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ- 17 ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro- 18 priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 19 any program or activity not carried out during the pre- 20 vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 21 by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 22 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro- 23 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 24 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 91 •HR 4121 RH expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 1 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 2 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 3 available for— 4 (1) modifying major capital investments fund- 5 ing levels, including information technology systems, 6 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 7 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 8 excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 9 whichever is less; 10 (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 11 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 12 establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 13 with five or more personnel; or 14 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 15 were not described in the budget request; 16 unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 17 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con- 18 gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 19 these purposes. 20 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 21 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 22 Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chair- 23 man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission re- 24 ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 92 •HR 4121 RH Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma- 1 tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec- 2 tion. 3 SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 4 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 5 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 6 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 7 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 8 portion of the loan. 9 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other- 10 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 11 Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 12 Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 13 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re- 14 ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re- 15 sult of information requested for the appropriations hear- 16 ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non- 17 Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com- 18 modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 19 Administration employee. 20 SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 21 law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 22 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre- 23 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 24 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 93 •HR 4121 RH fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 1 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 2 funded by that executive branch agency. 3 SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri- 4 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 5 office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 6 agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 7 in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 8 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 9 office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 10 period of assignment. 11 SEC. 721. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 12 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 13 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 14 Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis- 15 sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra- 16 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 17 the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 18 obligation plan delineated by program, project, and activ- 19 ity, as defined in the report accompanying this Act, for 20 all amounts made available by this Act and prior appro- 21 priations Acts that remain available for obligation, includ- 22 ing appropriated user fees and loan authorizations. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 94 •HR 4121 RH (b) Such obligation plan shall serve as the baseline 1 for reprogramming notifications for the purposes of sec- 2 tion 716 of this Act. 3 (c) Such plan shall include breakdowns of estimated 4 obligations for each such program, project, or activity 5 by— 6 (1) fiscal quarter; 7 (2) source appropriation; and 8 (3) the number of full-time equivalent positions 9 supported. 10 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 11 of the funds made available by this Act or previous appro- 12 priations Acts to the agencies funded in this Act that re- 13 main available for obligation or expenditure shall be avail- 14 able for transfer or reprogramming except pursuant to 15 section 716 of this Act. 16 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 17 SEC. 722. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 18 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 19 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 20 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $100,000,000 are hereby re- 21 scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 22 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 23 an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Res- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 95 •HR 4121 RH olution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer- 1 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 3 or level of program assistance for Rural Housing Service 4 programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated 5 prison populations. 6 SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 7 require budget authority and the program level has been 8 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 9 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran- 10 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 11 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec- 12 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria- 13 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad- 14 vance. 15 SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 16 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec- 17 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 18 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria- 19 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 20 shall be available for obligation without written notifica- 21 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap- 22 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 23 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 24 obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 96 •HR 4121 RH equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de- 1 livery, and implementation of Departmental financial 2 management, information technology, and other support 3 systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra- 4 tive, and information technology services, including cloud 5 adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 6 of the Department of Agriculture. 7 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 8 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 9 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc- 10 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As- 11 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 12 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 13 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri- 14 culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de- 15 fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed- 16 eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 17 of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 18 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num- 19 ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 20 staple food category so that the total number of such items 21 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 22 items in each staple food category included in the final 23 rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 24 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 97 •HR 4121 RH ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard- 1 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple- 2 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 3 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 4 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 5 SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 6 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 7 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 8 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 9 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 10 subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 11 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 12 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 13 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other- 14 wise made available by this Act shall be available for the 15 United States Department of Agriculture to propose, fi- 16 nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 17 new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date 18 of the enactment of this Act. 19 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 20 or any other Act thereafter may be used to write, prepare, 21 or publish a proposed rule, final rule, or an interim final 22 rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement or en- 23 force the final rule entitled ‘‘Transparency in Poultry 24 Grower Contracting and Tournaments,’’ published by the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 98 •HR 4121 RH Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on No- 1 vember 28, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 83210 et seq.), the final 2 rule entitled ‘‘Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity 3 Under the Packers and Stockyards Act,’’ published by the 4 Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 5 March 6, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 16092 et seq.), the final 6 rule entitled ‘‘Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Cap- 7 ital Improvement Systems,’’ published by the Department 8 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on January 16, 9 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 5146 et seq.), the proposed rule enti- 10 tled ‘‘Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Mar- 11 kets,’’ published by the Department of Agriculture in the 12 Federal Register on June 28, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 53886 13 et seq.), or any subsequent substantially similar rule- 14 making effort, except that funds may be used to, and the 15 Secretary of Agriculture shall, withdraw or rescind any 16 such proposed rules, advanced notices of proposed rule- 17 making, and any such rules that may have been finalized, 18 and discontinue and provide notice of closure to affected 19 parties of any investigations or enforcement activities 20 pending under said rules. 21 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 22 regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and hol- 23 iday pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 24 establishments subject to the inspection requirements of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 99 •HR 4121 RH the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et 1 seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et 2 seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 3 et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided outside 4 of an establishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for 5 inspection services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, 6 That any sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall 7 be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 8 1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 9 Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums 10 received by the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in 11 addition to other available funds, remain available until 12 expended to the Secretary without further appropriation 13 for the purpose of funding all costs associated with FSIS 14 inspections. 15 SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 16 (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 17 the following factors in the country or region being 18 audited, as applicable— 19 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 20 (B) disease history and vaccination prac- 21 tices; 22 (C) livestock demographics and 23 traceability; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 100 •HR 4121 RH (D) epidemiological separation from poten- 1 tial sources of infection; 2 (E) surveillance practices; 3 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 4 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 5 and 6 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 7 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 8 to paragraph (1). 9 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con- 10 sistent with United States obligations under its inter- 11 national trade agreements. 12 SEC. 732. A bank referenced in 12 U.S.C. 2128 may 13 make and participate in loans and commitments and pro- 14 vide technical and other financial assistance to coopera- 15 tives and any other public or private entity (except for the 16 federal government) for the purpose of installing, main- 17 taining, expanding, improving, or operating facilities in a 18 rural area as defined in 12 U.S.C. 2128(f) for the proc- 19 essing or disposal of waste from any source, provision of 20 telecommunication services, and producing electricity from 21 any source for use or sale by the borrower. 22 SEC. 733. Out of the funds provided by this Act to 23 the Food and Drug Administration (in this section re- 24 ferred to as the ‘‘FDA’’), or provided from any accounts 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 101 •HR 4121 RH in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 1 to the agencies funded by this Act, not less than 2 $200,000,000 shall be used by the Commissioner of Food 3 and Drugs for enforcement activities related to e-ciga- 4 rettes, vapes, and other electronic nicotine delivery sys- 5 tems (in this section referred to as ‘‘ENDS’’), including— 6 (1) updating the FDA document titled ‘‘En- 7 forcement Priorities for Electronic Nicotine Delivery 8 System (ENDS) and Other Deemed Products on the 9 Market Without Premarket Authorization’’, pub- 10 lished in January 2020 and updated on April 13, 11 2020— 12 (A) to expand FDA’s prioritized enforce- 13 ment to flavored disposable ENDS products in 14 addition to cartridge-based products; and 15 (B) to define the term ‘‘disposable ENDS 16 product’’; 17 (2) preparing and making publicly available on 18 the FDA website a list of products, to be updated 19 monthly, that have— 20 (A) received marketing granted orders pur- 21 suant to section 910(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Federal 22 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 4 23 387j(c)(1)(A)(i)); 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 102 •HR 4121 RH (B) received marketing denial orders pur- 1 suant to section 910(c) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 2 7 387j(c)) that have been and remain stayed by 3 the Secretary or through court order, rescinded 4 by the Secretary, or vacated by a court; or 5 (C) submitted a premarket tobacco product 6 application pursuant to section 910(b) of such 7 Act (21 U.S.C. 387j(b)), which remains pend- 8 ing review since on or before September 9, 9 2020; 10 (3) continuing the activities of the Federal 11 multi-agency task force led by the Department of 12 Justice and the FDA to further work to bring all 13 available criminal and civil tools to bear against the 14 illegal manufacture, importation, distribution, and 15 sale of e-cigarettes, vapes, and other ENDS prod- 16 ucts from the Republic of China and other foreign 17 countries; and 18 (4) submitting a semi-annual written report to 19 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 20 Congress on the progress that the Center for To- 21 bacco Products is making in removing all illegal 22 ENDS products from the market. 23 SEC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 24 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 103 •HR 4121 RH posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 1 by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 2 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 3 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 4 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 5 water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 6 products used in the project are produced in the United 7 States. 8 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 9 means the following products made primarily of iron or 10 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 11 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 12 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein- 13 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 14 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat- 15 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 16 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 17 of the Secretary finds that— 18 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon- 19 sistent with the public interest; 20 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 21 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail- 22 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 104 •HR 4121 RH (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro- 1 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 2 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 3 (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 4 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des- 5 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 6 basis a copy of the request and information available to 7 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 8 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 9 at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 10 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re- 11 quest and accompanying information available by elec- 12 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 13 site of the Department. 14 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con- 15 sistent with United States obligations under international 16 agreements. 17 (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 18 the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 19 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac- 20 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub- 21 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re- 22 quirements of this section. 23 (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 24 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 105 •HR 4121 RH include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 1 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re- 2 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 3 date of enactment of this Act. 4 (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 5 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 6 States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally rec- 7 ognized Indian Tribe. 8 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 9 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 10 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 11 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu- 12 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 13 1913. 14 SEC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by 15 this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 16 headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur- 17 ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 18 Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 19 Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 20 Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 21 Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 22 Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera- 23 tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro- 24 gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 106 •HR 4121 RH Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi- 1 ness-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As- 2 sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 3 and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 4 Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 5 Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 6 Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro- 7 gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per- 8 cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per- 9 sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not- 10 withstanding any other provision regarding population 11 limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 12 that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 13 population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 14 for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 15 counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 16 more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 17 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen- 18 suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 19 year average, or any territory or possession of the United 20 States: Provided further, That with respect to specific ac- 21 tivities for which program levels have been made available 22 by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 23 the requirements of this section shall be applied to such 24 program level. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 107 •HR 4121 RH SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 1 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl- 2 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves- 3 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 4 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 5 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 6 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 7 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 8 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis- 9 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec- 10 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 11 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 12 or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 13 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti- 14 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 15 and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption’’, and 16 published on November 27, 2015, and the proposed rule 17 issued by the Food and Drug Administration pending at 18 the Office of Management and Budget entitled ‘‘Stand- 19 ards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding 20 Produce for Human Consumption Related to Agricultural 21 Water’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 69120 and 87 Fed. Reg. 42973), 22 with respect to the regulation of entities that grow, har- 23 vest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or al- 24 monds. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 108 •HR 4121 RH SEC. 739. For school years 2025–2026 and 2026– 1 2027, none of the funds made available by this Act may 2 be used to restrict or limit the substitution of any vege- 3 table subgroup for fruits under the school breakfast pro- 4 gram established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 5 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 6 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 7 Act or any other Act may be used— 8 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag- 9 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 10 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec- 11 tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 12 2018; or 13 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 14 sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 15 grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 16 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the 17 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or out- 18 side the State in which the hemp is grown or cul- 19 tivated. 20 SEC. 741. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 21 the matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of 22 the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re- 23 form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 109 •HR 4121 RH SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this 1 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 2 rule that would reduce the maximum monthly allowance 3 with respect to milk under section 246.10 of title 7, Code 4 of Federal Regulations (as in effect on April 1, 2023), in- 5 cluding the rule entitled ‘‘Special Supplemental Nutrition 6 Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revi- 7 sions to the WIC Food Packages’’ published by the De- 8 partment of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 9 18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 28488). 10 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 11 Act may be used to impose updated minimum efficiency 12 standards for new housing financed by the Department 13 of Agriculture as part of carrying out the notice entitled 14 ‘‘Final Determination: Energy Efficiency Standards for 15 New Construction of HUD and USDA Financed Hous- 16 ing’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 33112). 17 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 18 SEC. 744. Of the unobligated balances from prior 19 year appropriations made available in the ‘‘Working Cap- 20 ital Fund,’’ $78,000,000 are here by permanently can- 21 celled: Provided, That no amounts shall be cancelled from 22 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 23 emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to a 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 110 •HR 4121 RH concurrent resolution or the budget of the Balanced Budg- 1 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 SEC. 745. (a) After the effective date of any final rule 3 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes in 4 connection with its proposed rule to update these require- 5 ments (87 Federal Register 59168, issued on September 6 29, 2022), manufacturers may also continue to comply 7 with the previous requirements promulgated by the FDA 8 for the implied nutrient content claim ‘‘healthy’’ through 9 the ‘‘compliance date’’ FDA provides in the final rule. 10 (b) Any food product manufactured and labeled as 11 ‘‘healthy’’ during the compliance period FDA provides in 12 that final rule shall not be directly or indirectly subject 13 to any state-law requirements that are not identical to ei- 14 ther (i) the Federal requirements for the implied nutrition 15 content claim ‘‘healthy’’ that were in effect as of the date 16 FDA issues the final rule, or (ii) the updated Federal re- 17 quirements that FDA promulgates in the final rule, as- 18 suming the updated requirements go into effect during the 19 regulatory compliance period. 20 SEC. 746. Funds made available under title II of the 21 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 22 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 23 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis- 24 trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 111 •HR 4121 RH received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 1 food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap- 2 propriate purposes. 3 SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 4 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod- 5 ucts or seafood imported into the United States from the 6 People’s Republic of China for use in the school lunch pro- 7 gram under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 8 Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care 9 Food Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10 1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children 11 under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the 12 school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act 13 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 14 SEC. 748. For school year 2026–2027, only a school 15 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 16 school food service account as of June 30, 2025, shall be 17 required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 18 with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 19 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 20 SEC. 749. Any funds made available by this or any 21 other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 22 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 23 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 24 shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 112 •HR 4121 RH ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 1 such funds among appropriations of the Department of 2 Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 3 SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of 4 law, no funds available to the Department of Agriculture 5 may be used to move any staff office or any agency from 6 the mission area in which it was located on August 1, 7 2018, to any other mission area or office within the De- 8 partment in the absence of the enactment of specific legis- 9 lation affirming such move. 10 SEC. 751. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 11 of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 12 funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 13 the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 14 and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 15 pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven- 16 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 17 Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 18 section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 19 U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such pro- 20 grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu- 21 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 22 subsection (c) of such section. 23 SEC. 752. In administering the pilot program estab- 24 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 113 •HR 4121 RH propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec- 1 retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en- 2 tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu- 3 nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 4 That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail- 5 able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, 6 and Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot 7 program established by section 779 of Public Law 115– 8 141 may be used for this purpose. 9 SEC. 753. In addition to amounts otherwise made 10 available, there is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to re- 11 main available until expended, for the Meat and Poultry 12 Processing Expansion Program established pursuant to 13 section 1001(b)(4) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 14 2021 (Public Law 117–2) to award grants to processors 15 of invasive, wild-caught catfish. 16 SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 17 to remain available until expended, to carry out Section 18 758 of division B of P.L. 118-42, in addition to amounts 19 otherwise available for such purpose. 20 SEC. 755. None of the funds appropriated or other- 21 wise made available by this Act may be used for diversity, 22 equity and inclusion initiatives, trainings, programs, of- 23 fices, officers, policies, or any program, project, or activity 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 114 •HR 4121 RH that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory or any 1 concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 2 SEC. 756. None of the funds appropriated or other- 3 wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food 4 and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue or promote any 5 new guidelines or regulations applicable to food manufac- 6 turers for Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) until the FDA 7 considers the available new science in developing the Com- 8 pliance Policy Guide (CPG), Guidance for FDA Staff, Sec. 9 555.320 Listeria monocytogenes—regarding Lm in low- 10 risk foods, meaning foods that do not support the growth 11 of Lm. 12 SEC. 757. None of the funds appropriated or other- 13 wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food 14 and Drug Administration to develop, issue, promote or ad- 15 vance any final guidelines or new regulations applicable 16 to food manufacturers for long-term population-wide so- 17 dium reduction actions until an assessment is completed 18 on the impact of the short-term sodium reduction targets. 19 SEC. 758. For necessary expenses associated with 20 cotton classing activities pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 55, to in- 21 clude equipment and facility upgrades, and in addition to 22 any other funds made available for this purpose, there is 23 appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 24 tember 30, 2027: Provided, That amounts made available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 115 •HR 4121 RH in this section shall be treated as funds collected by fees 1 authorized under Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, §5, 42 Stat. 2 1518, as amended (7 U.S.C. 55). 3 SEC. 759. Section 297A of the Agricultural Mar- 4 keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639o) is amended— 5 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 6 (6) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and 7 (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 8 following: 9 ‘‘(1) HEMP.— 10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘hemp’ 11 means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any 12 part of that plant, including the seeds thereof 13 and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, iso- 14 mers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether 15 growing or not, with a total 16 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration (including 17 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) of not more than 18 0.3 percent in the plant on a dry weight basis. 19 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—Such term includes in- 20 dustrial hemp. 21 ‘‘(C) EXCLUSIONS.—Such term does not 22 include— 23 ‘‘(i) any viable seeds from a Cannabis 24 sativa L. plant that exceeds a total 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 116 •HR 4121 RH tetrahydrocannabinol concentration (in- 1 cluding tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) of 0.3 2 percent in the plant on a dry weight basis; 3 or 4 ‘‘(ii) any hemp-derived cannabinoid 5 products containing— 6 ‘‘(I) cannabinoids that are not 7 capable of being naturally produced 8 by a Cannabis sativa L. plant; 9 ‘‘(II) cannabinoids that— 10 ‘‘(aa) are capable of being 11 naturally produced by a Cannabis 12 sativa L. plant; and 13 ‘‘(bb) were synthesized or 14 manufactured outside the plant; 15 or 16 ‘‘(III) quantifiable amounts 17 based on substance, form, manufac- 18 ture, or article (as determined by the 19 Secretary of Health and Human Serv- 20 ices in consultation with the Secretary 21 of Agriculture) of— 22 ‘‘(aa) tetrahydrocannabinol 23 (including tetrahydrocannabinolic 24 acid); or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 117 •HR 4121 RH ‘‘(bb) any other 1 cannabinoids that have similar 2 effects (or are marketed to have 3 similar effects) on humans or 4 animals as tetrahydrocannabinol 5 (as determined by the Secretary 6 of Health and Human Services in 7 consultation with the Secretary 8 Agriculture). 9 ‘‘(2) INDUSTRIAL HEMP.—The term ‘industrial 10 hemp’ means hemp— 11 ‘‘(A) grown for the use of the stalk of the 12 plant, fiber produced from such a stalk, or any 13 other non-cannabinoid derivative, mixture, prep- 14 aration, or manufacture of such a stalk; 15 ‘‘(B) grown for the use of the whole grain, 16 oil, cake, nut, hull, or any other non- 17 cannabinoid compound, derivative, mixture, 18 preparation, or manufacture of the seeds of 19 such plant; 20 ‘‘(C) grown for purposes of producing 21 microgreens or other edible hemp leaf products 22 intended for human consumption that are de- 23 rived from an immature hemp plant that is 24 grown from seeds that do not exceed the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 118 •HR 4121 RH threshold for total tetrahydrocannabinol con- 1 centration specified in paragraph (1)(C)(i); 2 ‘‘(D) that is a plant that does not enter 3 the stream of commerce and is intended to sup- 4 port hemp research at an institution of higher 5 education (as defined in section 101 of the 6 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7 1001)) or an independent research institute; or 8 ‘‘(E) grown for the use of a viable seed of 9 the plant produced solely for the production or 10 manufacture of any material described in sub- 11 paragraphs (A) through (D). 12 ‘‘(3) HEMP-DERIVED CANNABINOID PROD- 13 UCT.— 14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘hemp-de- 15 rived cannabinoid product’ means any inter- 16 mediate or final product derived from hemp 17 (other than industrial hemp), that— 18 ‘‘(i) contains cannabinoids in any 19 form; and 20 ‘‘(ii) is intended for human or animal 21 use through any means of application or 22 administration, such as inhalation, inges- 23 tion, or topical application. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 119 •HR 4121 RH ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—Such term does not in- 1 clude a drug that is the subject of an applica- 2 tion approved under subsection (c) or (j) of sec- 3 tion 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos- 4 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 355).’’. 5 SEC. 760. If services performed by APHIS employees 6 are determined by the Administrator of the Animal and 7 Plant Health Inspection Service to be in response to an 8 animal disease outbreak, any premium pay that is funded, 9 either directly or through reimbursement, shall be exempt- 10 ed from the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay cal- 11 culated under section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, 12 and any other provision of law limiting the aggregate 13 amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly or calendar 14 year basis: Provided, That this section shall take effect 15 as if enacted on January 1, 2023. 16 SEC. 761. None of the funds made available by this 17 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per- 18 sonnel— 19 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 20 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 21 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 22 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 23 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 120 •HR 4121 RH (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 1 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 2 regulation). 3 SEC. 762. The National Academies of Sciences, Engi- 4 neering and Medicine (NASEM) were tasked with pro- 5 viding findings and recommendations on alcohol consump- 6 tion for the purposes of inclusion in the 2025 Dietary 7 Guidelines for Americans as required by Section 772 of 8 Division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 9 (Public Law 117–328): Provided, That the Secretary of 10 Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agri- 11 culture shall only consider the findings and recommenda- 12 tions of the NASEM report in the development of the 13 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and further, both 14 Secretaries shall ensure that the alcohol consumption rec- 15 ommendations in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Ameri- 16 cans shall be based on the preponderance of scientific and 17 medical knowledge consistent with section 5341 of title 7 18 of United States Code. 19 SEC. 763. Notwithstanding any other provision of 20 law, the acceptable market name of any engineered animal 21 approved prior to the effective date of the National Bio- 22 engineered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 23 2019) shall include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ 24 prior to the existing acceptable market name. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 121 •HR 4121 RH SEC. 764. The Secretary of Agriculture shall be in- 1 cluded as a member of the Committee on Foreign Invest- 2 ment in the United States (CFIUS) on a case by case 3 basis pursuant to the authorities in section 721(k)(2)(J) 4 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 5 4565(k)(2)(J)) with respect to each covered transaction 6 (as defined in section 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production 7 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4))) involving agricultural 8 land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry 9 (including agricultural transportation, agricultural stor- 10 age, and agricultural processing), as determined by the 11 CFIUS Chairperson in coordination with the Secretary of 12 Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the 13 maximum extent practicable, notify the Committee on 14 Foreign Investment in the United States of any agricul- 15 tural land transaction that the Secretary of Agriculture 16 has reason to believe, based on information from or in co- 17 operation with the Intelligence Community, is a covered 18 transaction (A) that may pose a risk to the national secu- 19 rity of the United States, with particular emphasis on cov- 20 ered transactions of an interest in agricultural land by for- 21 eign governments or entities of concern, as defined in 42 22 U.S.C. 19221(a), including the People’s Republic of 23 China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the 24 Russian Federation, and the Islamic Republic of Iran; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 122 •HR 4121 RH (B) with respect to which a person is required to submit 1 a report to the Secretary of Agriculture under section 2(a) 2 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 3 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501(a)). 4 SEC. 765. The agencies and offices of the Depart- 5 ment of Agriculture may reimburse the Office of the Gen- 6 eral Counsel (OGC), out of the funds provided in this Act, 7 for costs incurred by OGC in providing services to such 8 agencies or offices under time-limited agreements entered 9 into with such agencies and offices: Provided, That such 10 transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au- 11 thority provided by law. 12 SEC. 766. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 13 used to implement, administer, or enforce the 14 ″Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for 15 Certain Foods″ published on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. 16 Reg. 70910), or any other rule promulgated in accordance 17 with section 204 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization 18 Act (21 U.S.C. 2223), prior to August 1, 2028, and until 19 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: 20 (1) completes at least 4 evaluations or beta 21 tests using multiple products on the Food 22 Traceability List, in coordination with farms and 23 with food industry members operating restaurants, 24 retail food establishments, FDA registered food fa- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 123 •HR 4121 RH cilities, food packing facilities and warehouses dis- 1 tributing to retail food establishments, and res- 2 taurants, to— 3 (A) identify and test low-cost food 4 traceability technologies that track both the 5 traceability lot code and traceability lot code 6 source throughout the global supply chain and 7 evaluate the effectiveness of these technologies 8 and their economic feasibility for various sized 9 operations throughout the supply chain; and 10 (B) facilitate interoperability by assessing 11 industry standards and establishing a model 12 data format along with reusable templates that 13 allow diverse systems to communicate, share, 14 and use traceability data effectively; 15 (2) establishes a panel of experts to assess the 16 FDA’s foodborne illness traceback investigation 17 process, for both foreign and domestic food sup- 18 pliers, and to provide feedback for the evaluations or 19 beta tests. This panel shall include diverse stake- 20 holders, such as retailers, distributors, growers, state 21 and local officials, and public health officials. The 22 FDA shall publish the panel outcomes and rec- 23 ommendations no later than one year from the date 24 of enactment of this Act. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 124 •HR 4121 RH SEC. 767. Within 120 days of enactment of this Act, 1 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 2 through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall de- 3 velop a plan, in consultation with the Department of State 4 and the governments of Abraham Accords countries, to 5 consider the location, duties, and personnel necessary to 6 carry out the functions of an Abraham Accords Bureau 7 within the Food and Drug Administration. 8 SEC. 768. (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Mar- 9 keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by strik- 10 ing ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 11 (b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Report- 12 ing Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106– 13 78) is amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 14 SEC. 769. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 15 of law, not later than 180 days after the date of the enact- 16 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 17 (1) amend the covered Food Packages to require the 18 inclusion of peanut-containing foods for the purposes of 19 early introduction of potentially allergenic foods; and 20 (2) ensure that all such peanut-containing foods eligi- 21 ble are safe for consumption by infants. 22 (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out sub- 23 section (a) in a manner consistent with the recommenda- 24 tions for early introduction of peanut-containing foods in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 125 •HR 4121 RH cluded in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020- 1 2025, published under section 301 of the National Nutri- 2 tion Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 3 U.S.C. 5341). 4 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘covered Food Pack- 5 ages’’ means Food Packages I and II under section 246.10 6 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended by 7 the rule entitled ‘‘Special Supplemental Nutrition Pro- 8 gram for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions 9 to the WIC Food Packages’’ published by the Department 10 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024 11 (89 Fed. Reg. 28488). 12 SEC. 770. There is hereby appropriated $1,500,000, 13 to remain available until expended, for grants under sec- 14 tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 15 SEC. 771. Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, 16 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246; Stat. 2019; 17 132 Stat. 4817) is amended to read as follows: 18 ‘‘SEC. 7502. GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY. 19 ‘‘Except as otherwise specifically authorized by law 20 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fed- 21 eral land and facilities at El Reno, Oklahoma, adminis- 22 tered by the Secretary (as of the date of enactment of this 23 Act) as the Grazinglands Research Laboratory, shall not 24 at any time, in whole or in part, be declared to be excess 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00125 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 126 •HR 4121 RH of surplus Federal Property under Chapter 5 of subtitle 1 I of title 40, United States Code, or otherwise be conveyed 2 or transferred in whole or in part, for the period beginning 3 on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 4 September 30, 2026.’’ 5 SEC. 772. (a) ANIMAL FOOD INGREDIENTS DEEMED 6 GRAS.—Ingredients that are intended for use in animal 7 food and are not specifically authorized for such use by 8 the Food and Drug Administration as a food additive, a 9 color additive, or otherwise as of the date of enactment 10 of this Act, are deemed to be generally recognized as safe 11 under section 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos- 12 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(s)) (referred to in this section 13 as ‘‘GRAS’’) for use in animal food for a certain species 14 if— 15 (1) such ingredients are included in the Official 16 Common or Usual Names and Definitions of Feed 17 Ingredients section of chapter 6 of the 2025 edition 18 of the ‘AAFCO Official Publication’ (or any subse- 19 quent amendments thereto or editions thereof) as ac- 20 cepted for use in such species, or where the species 21 is not identified or restricted; and 22 (2) there is no finding by the Food and Drug 23 Administration that such ingredients are not GRAS 24 for use in animal food for such species. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 127 •HR 4121 RH (b) CLAIMS THAT ANIMAL FOOD OR INGREDIENT IS 1 NATURAL.— 2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Animal food whose label or 3 labeling bears a claim that the animal food (or an 4 ingredient thereof) is ‘‘natural’’ or whose advertising 5 makes such claim, shall not be treated as mis- 6 branded under section 403 of the Federal Food, 7 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) if the la- 8 bels and labeling of such food and such adver- 9 tising— 10 (A) are truthful, nonmisleading, and ade- 11 quately substantiated with scientifically vali- 12 dated protocols endorsed by guidance issued by 13 the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, where 14 available, and the food (or ingredient) is derived 15 solely from plant, animal, or mined sources— 16 (i) that exist in an unprocessed state; 17 or 18 (ii) notwithstanding having been sub- 19 ject to physical processing, heat processing, 20 rendering, purification, extraction, hydrol- 21 ysis, enzymolysis, or fermentation— 22 (I) have not been produced by, or 23 subject to, a chemically synthetic 24 process; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 128 •HR 4121 RH (II) do not contain any additive 1 or processing aid that is chemically 2 synthetic, except in amounts as might 3 occur unavoidably using good manu- 4 facturing practices; 5 (B) use the term ‘‘natural’’ only to ref- 6 erence the animal food as a whole when all of 7 the ingredients and components of ingredients 8 meet the description in subparagraph (A); and 9 (C) in the case of the label or labeling of 10 an animal food that contains chemically syn- 11 thesized vitamins, minerals, or other trace nu- 12 trients used as ingredients in animal food and 13 such claim is made with respect to the animal 14 food as a whole, such label or labeling includes 15 a disclaimer that— 16 (i) discloses the addition of such vita- 17 mins, minerals, and other trace nutrients 18 by name or category; 19 (ii) is juxtaposed with the term ‘‘nat- 20 ural’’; and 21 (iii) appears with the largest or most 22 prominent use of the term ‘‘natural’’ on 23 each panel of the label on which the term 24 appears, in the same style and color print 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 129 •HR 4121 RH and at least one-half the size of the term 1 ‘‘natural’’. 2 (2) PREEMPTION.—No State or a political sub- 3 division of a State may directly or indirectly estab- 4 lish, maintain, implement, or enforce any authority 5 or requirement relating to the labels, labeling, or ad- 6 vertising of animal food that is different from, or 7 more stringent than paragraph (1). 8 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 9 tion shall be construed to restrict State post-market food 10 safety oversight activities, including any such activities re- 11 lating to implementation of the FDA Food Safety Mod- 12 ernization Act (Public Law 111–353), outbreak investiga- 13 tions, surveillance sampling, or investigations of consumer 14 complaints. 15 (d) GUIDANCE.— 16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 17 Human Services, acting through the Commissioner 18 of Food and Drugs (referred to in this subsection as 19 the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall issue guidance addressing 20 each of the following topics: 21 (A) Methods for substantiating nutritional 22 adequacy of pet foods. 23 (B) Pet food metabolizable energy proto- 24 cols. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00129 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 130 •HR 4121 RH (C) Affidavits for pet food testing protocol 1 completion. 2 (D) Data to support a calorie content 3 claim for pet foods. 4 (E) Analytical variations for animal food. 5 (F) Recommendations for use of mena- 6 dione sodium bisulfite complex in animal feed. 7 (2) INITIAL GUIDANCE.— 8 (A) TIMING.—Not later than 18 months 9 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- 10 retary shall issue initial guidance under this 11 subsection. 12 (B) BASIS.— The initial guidance under 13 subparagraph (A) shall be based on the guid- 14 ance contained in the 2025 edition of the 15 ‘‘AAFCO Official Publication’’. 16 (e) REGULATIONS.— 17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 18 Human Services, acting through the Commissioner 19 of Food and Drugs, shall— 20 (A) not later than one year after the date 21 of enactment of this Act, issue proposed regula- 22 tions to implement the amendments made by 23 this section; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 131 •HR 4121 RH (B) not later than two years after the date 1 of enactment of this Act, finalize such regula- 2 tions. 3 (2) CONTENTS.—The initial regulations pro- 4 mulgated to implement the amendments made by 5 this section shall include— 6 (A) for commercial feed, Regulation 1 7 through Regulation 10 of the ‘‘Model Regula- 8 tions Under the Model Bill’’ in chapter 4 of the 9 2025 edition of the ‘‘AAFCO Official Publica- 10 tion’’; and 11 (B) for pet food and specialty pet food, PF 12 1 through PF 12 of the ‘‘Model Regulations for 13 Pet Food and Specialty Pet Food Under the 14 Model Bill’’ in chapter 4 of the 2025 edition of 15 the ‘‘AAFCO Official Publication’’. 16 (f) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply with re- 17 spect to fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter. 18 SEC. 773. None of the funds made available by this 19 Act or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, 20 or enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘Requirements for To- 21 bacco Product Manufacturing Practice’’, published by the 22 Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Register 23 on March 10, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 15174), or any substan- 24 tially similar rule. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00131 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 132 •HR 4121 RH SEC. 774. None of the funds appropriated or other- 1 wise made available in this Act may be used to— 2 (1) Classify or facilitate the classification of any 3 communications by a United States person as mis- 4 , dis-, or mal-information; or 5 (2) Partner with or fund nonprofit or other or- 6 ganizations that in any way instruct, influence, di- 7 rect, or recommend private companies to censor, 8 prohibit, or obstruct lawful and constitutionally pro- 9 tected speech of United States persons, including 10 recommending the censoring or removal of content 11 on social media platforms. 12 SEC. 775. The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 13 (1) conduct a study to determine the feasibility 14 of applying the Buy American requirement (as de- 15 scribed in section 201.21(d) of title 7 of the Code 16 of Federal Regulations (2022)) to the supplemental 17 nutrition assistance program under the Food and 18 Nutrition Act of 2008, and the special supplemental 19 nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the 20 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), in- 21 cluding the impact applying such requirement would 22 have on the agricultural economy of the United 23 States; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 133 •HR 4121 RH (2) not later than one year after the date of en- 1 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the 2 results of such study to the House and Senate Com- 3 mittees on Appropriations, the House Agriculture 4 Committee, and the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, 5 and Forestry Committee. 6 SEC. 776. Section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Food and Nu- 7 trition Act of 2008 is amended by inserting ‘‘or improve 8 the health of members of participating households by re- 9 stricting their purchase of non-nutritious food and bev- 10 erage items, as determined by the Secretary’’ after 11 ‘‘households’’. 12 SEC. 777. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com- 14 missioner of Food and Drugs, the Chairman of the Com- 15 modity Futures Trading Commission, or the Chairman of 16 the Farm Credit Administration to fly or display a flag 17 over a facility of the Department of Agriculture, the Food 18 and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trad- 19 ing Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration other 20 than the flag of the United States; the flag of a State, 21 territory, the District of Columbia; the flag of an Indian 22 Tribal Government; the official flag of a U.S. Department 23 or agency; or the Prisoners of War/Missing in Action flag. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 134 •HR 4121 RH (RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 1 SEC. 778. Of the unobligated balances from prior 2 year appropriations made available for conservation activi- 3 ties under the heading ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation 4 Service—Conservation Operations’’, $100,000,000 are 5 hereby rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re- 6 scinded from amounts that were designated by the Con- 7 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur- 8 rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 11 SEC. 779. Of the unobligated balances of amounts ap- 12 propriated or otherwise made available by section 13 10301(1)(A)(ii) of Public Law 117–169 (commonly re- 14 ferred to as the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’), 15 $100,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 16 SEC. 780. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 17 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 18 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 19 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro- 20 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 21 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par- 22 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 23 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 135 •HR 4121 RH conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 1 a union of one man and one woman. 2 (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub- 3 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 4 taken by the Federal Government to— 5 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 6 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as- 7 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp- 8 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter- 9 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 10 in subsection (a); 11 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur- 12 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 13 such person; 14 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 15 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 16 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co- 17 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li- 18 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 19 other similar position or status from or to such per- 20 son; 21 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 22 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 23 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 24 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00135 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 136 •HR 4121 RH degree from an educational program, from or to 1 such person; or 2 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 3 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle- 4 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in- 5 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 6 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam- 7 paigns from or to such person. 8 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 9 Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 10 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 11 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 12 such purposes but for a determination against such person 13 wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 14 or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 15 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 16 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 17 SEC. 781. $0. 18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De- 19 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 20 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00136 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00137 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 138 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4121 [Report No. 119–172] A BILL Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De- velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other pur- poses. JUNE 25, 2025 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jun 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H4121.RH H4121 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS