Text of US HB 8646 (2026)

IB Union Calendar No. 548 119TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8646 [Report No. 119–632] Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 1, 2026 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, 2027, 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 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 8646 RH tion, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 1 September 30, 2027, and for other purposes, namely: 2 TITLE I 3 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 4 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 8 $55,261,000 of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be 9 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary, of 10 which $500,000 shall be for the Office of Seafood; not to 11 exceed $15,259,000 shall be available for the Office of 12 Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be 13 available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed 14 $2,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Partner- 15 ships and Public Engagement; not to exceed $18,315,000 16 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 17 for Administration, of which $17,015,000 shall be avail- 18 able for Departmental Administration to provide for nec- 19 essary expenses for management support services to of- 20 fices of the Department and for general administration, 21 security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 22 supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec- 23 essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart- 24 ment: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 8646 RH an agency in the Administration mission area for salaries 1 and expenses are available to fund up to one administra- 2 tive support staff for the Office; not to exceed $3,500,000 3 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 4 Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to 5 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro- 6 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 7 within the executive branch; and not to exceed $4,997,000 8 shall be available for the Office of Communications: Pro- 9 vided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is author- 10 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 11 Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 12 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 13 for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 14 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 15 of the amount made available under this paragraph for 16 the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available 17 for official reception and representation expenses, not oth- 18 erwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Pro- 19 vided further, That the amount made available under this 20 heading for Departmental Administration shall be reim- 21 bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for trav- 22 el expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 23 by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 24 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 8646 RH Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern- 1 mental Affairs shall be transferred to agencies of the De- 2 partment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain 3 personnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no 4 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 5 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 6 obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this 7 Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 8 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the alloca- 9 tion of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, 10 That during any 30 day notification period referenced in 11 section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 12 take no action to begin implementation of the action that 13 is subject to section 716 of this Act or make any public 14 announcement of such action in any form. 15 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 16 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 18 Economist, $29,500,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be 19 for grants or cooperative agreements for policy research 20 under 7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made 21 available under this heading, $500,000 shall be available 22 to carry out section 224 of subtitle A of the Department 23 of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HR 8646 RH 6924), as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115– 1 334. 2 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 4 Appeals, $10,203,000. 5 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 7 Program Analysis, $13,967,000. 8 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In- 10 formation Officer, $134,913,000, of which not less than 11 $60,032,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de- 12 partment. 13 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi- 15 nancial Officer, $5,813,000. 16 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 17 RIGHTS 18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 19 Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,309,000: Provided, That 20 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 21 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 22 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of- 23 fice. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 6 •HR 8646 RH OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 1 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 2 $20,000,000. 3 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 5 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu- 6 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 7 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis- 8 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri- 9 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 10 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 11 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 12 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con- 13 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 14 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im- 15 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili- 16 ties, and for related costs, $20,000,000, to remain avail- 17 able until expended. 18 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 20 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri- 21 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 22 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 23 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 24 6901 et seq.), $1,000,000, to remain available until ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 7 •HR 8646 RH pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 1 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man- 2 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart- 3 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 4 the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 5 OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION 6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu- 7 rity, and Protection, $19,100,000. 8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 10 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 11 General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 12 $99,975,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 13 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 14 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In- 15 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 16 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 17 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 18 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 19 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen- 20 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 21 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 22 (Public Law 97–98). 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 8 •HR 8646 RH OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 1 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 2 Counsel, $46,500,000. 3 OFFICE OF ETHICS 4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 5 $4,136,000. 6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 7 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 9 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 10 $1,500,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 11 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco- 12 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail- 13 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 14 the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made 15 available under this heading, $500,000 shall be made 16 available for the Office of the Chief Scientist. 17 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 18 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 19 Service, $90,612,000. 20 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 21 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 22 Statistics Service, $187,500,000, of which up to 23 $48,500,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen- 24 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 9 •HR 8646 RH for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur- 1 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2 2204g(d) and (f): Provided further, That the Secretary 3 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 4 Houses of Congress in writing at least 30 days prior to 5 discontinuing data collection programs and reports. 6 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 9 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 10 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,000 and 11 with prior notification and approval of the Committees on 12 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and for land 13 exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 14 value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 15 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 16 value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 17 ownership, $1,795,813,000, which shall be for the pur- 18 poses, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 19 ‘‘Agricultural Research Service, Salaries and Expenses’’ in 20 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That appro- 21 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 22 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 23 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 24 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 10 •HR 8646 RH U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 1 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro- 2 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 3 exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 4 which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 5 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 6 exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings to 7 be constructed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, 8 and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal 9 year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace- 10 ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 11 greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 12 shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 13 Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 14 of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by 15 the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 16 lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, 17 and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re- 18 moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 19 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter- 20 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza- 21 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 22 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here- 23 under shall be available for granting easements at the 24 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 11 •HR 8646 RH That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace- 1 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 2 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro- 3 priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease- 4 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 5 the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 6 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re- 7 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 8 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 9 Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 10 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 11 interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 12 may be received from any State, other political subdivi- 13 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab- 14 lishing or operating any research facility or research 15 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 16 by law: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 17 shall be available for the Experienced Services Program 18 at the Agricultural Research Service (16 U.S.C. 3851). 19 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 20 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im- 21 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 22 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri- 23 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri- 24 culture, where not otherwise provided, $18,003,000, to re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 12 •HR 8646 RH main available until expended, for the purposes, and in 1 the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 2 ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom- 3 panying this Act. 4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 5 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 6 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 7 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 8 for other expenses, $1,046,500,000, which shall be for the 9 purposes, in the amounts, and for the periods of avail- 10 ability specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of 11 Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities’’ 12 in the report accompanying this Act, of which 13 $537,500,000 shall remain available until expended and 14 of which $7,000,000 shall remain available until Sep- 15 tember 30, 2028: Provided, That each institution eligible 16 to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives 17 no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for 18 education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian- 19 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 20 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 21 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha- 22 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 23 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 24 eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 13 •HR 8646 RH Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the 1 amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry 2 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 3 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained by the Secretary of Agri- 4 culture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec- 5 retary in carrying out that authority. 6 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 7 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 8 Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 9 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 10 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 11 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 12 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 13 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $557,100,000 14 which shall be for the purposes, in the amounts, and for 15 the periods of availability specified in the table titled ‘‘Na- 16 tional Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activi- 17 ties’’ in the report accompanying this Act, of which 18 $33,500,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro- 19 vided, That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 20 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no less than 21 $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for cooperative 22 extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever 23 Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 14 •HR 8646 RH Law 93–471 shall be available for retirement and employ- 1 ees’ compensation costs for extension agents. 2 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 3 For the integrated research, education, and extension 4 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex- 5 penses, $39,100,000, which shall be for the purposes, in 6 the amounts, and for the periods of availability specified 7 in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri- 8 culture, Integrated Activities’’ in the report accompanying 9 this Act, of which $8,000,000 shall remain available until 10 September 30, 2028: Provided, That notwithstanding any 11 other provision of law, indirect costs shall not be charged 12 against any Extension Implementation Program Area 13 grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest Manage- 14 ment Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 16 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 18 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 19 $1,200,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 20 Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro- 21 grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 22 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of- 23 fice. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 15 •HR 8646 RH ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 4 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 5 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 6 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 7 $1,157,850,000 which shall be for the purposes, in the 8 amounts, and for the periods of availability specified in 9 the table titled ‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv- 10 ice’’ in the report accompanying this Act, of which 11 $584,177,000 shall remain available until expended, and 12 of which $8,500,000 shall remain available until Sep- 13 tember 30, 2028: Provided, That no funds shall be used 14 to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication pro- 15 gram for the current fiscal year that does not require min- 16 imum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Pro- 17 vided further, That this appropriation shall be available 18 for the purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance 19 of aircraft: Provided further, That in addition, in emer- 20 gencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural 21 production industry of the United States, the Secretary 22 may transfer from other appropriations or funds available 23 to the agencies or corporations of the Department such 24 sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 16 •HR 8646 RH in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con- 1 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, 2 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 3 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act 4 (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of 5 the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and 6 any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 7 emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be 8 merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further, 9 That the Secretary must notify the Committees on Appro- 10 priations about any transfer of funds in the preceding pro- 11 viso within 15 days after such transfer being made: Pro- 12 vided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 13 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair 14 and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but 15 unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one 16 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 17 of the current replacement value of the building. 18 In fiscal year 2027, the agency is authorized to collect 19 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist- 20 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 21 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 22 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 23 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 24 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 17 •HR 8646 RH or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 1 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail- 2 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 3 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 4 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 5 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte- 6 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al- 7 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 8 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 9 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $500,000, to remain avail- 10 able until expended. 11 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 12 MARKETING SERVICES 13 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 14 Service, $204,551,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be avail- 15 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 16 79, and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the pur- 17 poses of section 779 of division A of Public Law 117– 18 103: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 19 this heading, $13,750,000, to remain available until ex- 20 pended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 21 115–334, and the Secretary shall take measures to ensure 22 an equal distribution of funds between the four regional 23 innovation initiatives: Provided further, That this appro- 24 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 18 •HR 8646 RH for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve- 1 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during 2 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 3 replacement value of the building. 4 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 5 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 6 U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to 7 the development or maintenance of grain standards under 8 the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et 9 seq. 10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 11 Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall 12 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra- 13 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 14 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 15 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 16 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 17 Congress. 18 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 19 SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 21 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au- 22 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com- 23 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 24 related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 19 •HR 8646 RH Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 1 Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans- 2 fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 3 $24,464,000 for formulation and administration of mar- 4 keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 5 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 6 Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 7 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 8 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 9 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 10 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul- 11 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 12 $500,000. 13 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 14 EXPENSES 15 Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 16 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 17 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac- 18 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 19 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 20 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com- 21 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 22 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 24 Secretary for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 20 •HR 8646 RH funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 1 Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 2 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of- 3 fice. 4 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 5 For necessary expenses to carry out services author- 6 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 7 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 8 Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation 9 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 10 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 11 $1,226,000,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred- 12 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab- 13 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 14 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 15 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 16 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 17 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 18 That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 19 be employed during fiscal year 2027 for purposes dedi- 20 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 21 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 22 seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 23 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter- 24 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 21 •HR 8646 RH cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 1 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 2 value of the building. 3 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 22 •HR 8646 RH TITLE II 1 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 2 PROGRAMS 3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM 4 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 6 Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 7 $1,000,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 8 Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva- 9 tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 10 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of- 11 fice. 12 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS 13 CENTER 14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 16 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 17 Conservation Business Center, $150,598,000: Provided, 18 That $70,740,000 of amounts appropriated for the cur- 19 rent fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm 20 Security and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 21 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged with this ac- 22 count. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 23 •HR 8646 RH FARM SERVICE AGENCY 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 4 $1,105,526,000, 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, 2028: Provided, That the agency shall sub- 9 mit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 10 year 2027 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 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 24 •HR 8646 RH funds made available to the Agency for authorized activi- 1 ties may be advanced to and merged with this account: 2 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 3 this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made available to 4 county offices, to remain available until expended: Pro- 5 vided further, That, notwithstanding the preceding pro- 6 viso, any funds made available to county offices in the cur- 7 rent fiscal year that the Administrator of the Farm Serv- 8 ice Agency deems to exceed or not meet the amount need- 9 ed for the county offices may be transferred to or from 10 the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses: Provided 11 further, That none of the funds available for any depart- 12 ment or agency in this or any other appropriations Acts, 13 including prior year Acts, shall be used to close Farm 14 Service Agency county offices: Provided further, That none 15 of the funds available in this or any other Act, including 16 prior year Acts, shall be used to permanently relocate 17 county based employees that would result in an office with 18 two or fewer employees without prior notification and ap- 19 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 20 Houses of Congress. 21 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 22 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul- 23 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 24 5106), $6,500,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 25 •HR 8646 RH culture may determine that United States territories and 1 Federally recognized Indian tribes are ‘‘States’’ for the 2 purposes of Subtitle A of such Act. 3 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 4 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 5 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 6 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 7 $8,000,000, to remain available until expended. 8 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 11 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 12 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 13 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro- 14 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 15 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de- 16 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 17 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria- 18 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 19 12). 20 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 21 ACCOUNT 22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 23 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di- 24 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 26 •HR 8646 RH seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer- 1 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac- 2 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 3 U.S.C. 1989), and guaranteed conservation loans (7 4 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), to be available from funds in the 5 Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: 6 $4,663,756,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and 7 $1,241,992,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 8 $2,000,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating 9 loans and $1,633,000,000 for direct operating loans; 10 emergency loans, $14,388,000; Indian tribe land acquisi- 11 tion loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 12 $150,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 13 loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 14 deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 15 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 17 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 18 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 19 as follows: $1,062,000 for emergency loans, to remain 20 available until expended; and $30,553,000 for farm owner- 21 ship direct loans. 22 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 23 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 24 $326,053,000: Provided, That of this amount, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 27 •HR 8646 RH $305,803,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 1 ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 2 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 3 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 4 operating, conservation, and emergency direct loans and 5 loan guarantees may be transferred among these pro- 6 grams: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 7 of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days 8 in advance of any transfer. 9 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 12 Agency, $60,345,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the 13 amount appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 14 be available for compliance and integrity activities re- 15 quired under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop In- 16 surance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall 17 be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such pur- 18 pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 19 be available for official reception and representation ex- 20 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 21 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 22 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 23 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi- 24 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 28 •HR 8646 RH including preparation of conservation plans and establish- 1 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 2 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas- 3 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 4 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con- 5 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva- 6 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 7 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 8 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 9 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 10 cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 11 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter- 12 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build- 13 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 14 $800,000,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the 15 amounts specified in the table titled ‘‘Natural Resources 16 Conservation Service, Conservation Operations’’ in the re- 17 port accompanying this Act, to remain available until Sep- 18 tember 30, 2028, of which $49,005,500 shall for be for 19 the purposes, and in the amounts specified for this ac- 20 count in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ 21 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That ap- 22 propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 23 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build- 24 ings and public improvements at plant materials centers, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 29 •HR 8646 RH except that the cost of alterations and improvements to 1 other buildings and other public improvements shall not 2 exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings 3 or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that 4 the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 5 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That of the total amount 6 available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for nec- 7 essary expenses to carry out the Urban Agriculture and 8 Innovative Production Program under section 222 of sub- 9 title A of title II of the Department of Agriculture Reorga- 10 nization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), as amended by sec- 11 tion 12302 of Public Law 115–334: Provided further, That 12 for grants provided through the Urban Agriculture and 13 Innovative Production Program, grant recipients shall be 14 subject to a fifty percent cost-share requirement. 15 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 16 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas- 17 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga- 18 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 19 changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 20 Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001– 21 1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi- 22 sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 23 $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 24 vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 30 •HR 8646 RH prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the water- 1 shed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty 2 thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken 3 shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary 4 purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land 5 treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 6 amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 7 shall be allocated to projects in states that are actively 8 engaged in corrugated metal pipe pilot projects with 9 NRCS. 10 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 11 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 12 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $3,000,000 is pro- 13 vided. 14 CORPORATIONS 15 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 16 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 17 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor- 18 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 19 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 20 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 21 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 22 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 23 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here- 24 inafter provided. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 31 •HR 8646 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, or transfer of any emer- 23 gency funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation or 24 the transfer or cancellation of any previously obligated 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 32 •HR 8646 RH Commodity Credit Corporation funds: Provided further, 1 That such written notification shall include a detailed 2 spend plan for the anticipated uses of such funds and an 3 expected timeline for program execution if such obligation, 4 commitment, transfer, or cancellation exceeds 5 $100,000,000. 6 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 7 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 8 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 9 Corporation shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for 10 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 11 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 12 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 13 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 14 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 15 Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 16 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 33 •HR 8646 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, $1,000,000: 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; $270,000,000: Provided, 18 That of the amount made available under this heading, 19 no less than $75,000,000, 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 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 34 •HR 8646 RH That in addition to any other funds appropriated for pur- 1 poses authorized by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 2 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected under 3 such section, as amended by this Act, will immediately be 4 credited to this account and will remain available until ex- 5 pended for such purposes: Provided further, That of the 6 amount made available under this heading, $2,000,000, 7 to remain available until expended, shall be for the Sec- 8 retary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot program that 9 assists rural hospitals to improve long-term operations and 10 financial health, by providing technical assistance through 11 analysis of current hospital management practices. 12 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 13 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 15 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di- 16 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 17 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 18 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,000,000,000 19 shall be for section 502 direct loans; $6,000,000 shall be 20 for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration 21 program for Native American Tribes; and 22 $25,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 23 2028, shall be for section 502 unsubsidized guaranteed 24 loans; $25,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 35 •HR 8646 RH $50,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $400,000,000 1 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 2 $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing ac- 3 quired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help 4 housing land development loans; $5,000,000 for section 5 524 site development loans; and $15,000,000 for section 6 514 direct farm labor housing loans. 7 For the cost of direct loans, guaranteed loans, and 8 grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 9 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 10 as follows: section 502 direct loans, $132,900,000; Single 11 Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 12 Native American Tribes, $2,653,000; section 504 housing 13 repair loans, $4,270,000; repair, rehabilitation, and new 14 construction of section 515 rental housing, $16,640,000, 15 to remain available until expended; section 523 self-help 16 housing land development loans, $655,000; section 524 17 site development loans, $471,000; section 514 farm labor 18 housing loans, $5,057,000, to remain available until ex- 19 pended; and farm labor housing grants, as authorized by 20 section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 21 1486), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: 22 Provided, That to support the loan program level for sec- 23 tion 538 guaranteed loans made available under this head- 24 ing the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 36 •HR 8646 RH the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the 1 provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 2 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be 3 subsidized: Provided further, That applicants in commu- 4 nities that have a current rural area waiver under section 5 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall 6 be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 7 502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Pro- 8 vided further, That of the amounts available under this 9 paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less than 10 $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for individ- 11 uals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program 12 funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant author- 13 ized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 14 1, 2027: Provided further, That the Secretary shall imple- 15 ment provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit organi- 16 zations and public housing authorities to facilitate the ac- 17 quisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily 18 housing properties by such nonprofit organizations and 19 public housing authorities that commit to keep such prop- 20 erties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a pe- 21 riod of time as determined by the Secretary, with such 22 incentives to include, but not be limited to, the following: 23 allow such nonprofit entities and public housing authori- 24 ties to earn a Return on Investment on the owner’s initial 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 37 •HR 8646 RH equity contributions, as defined by the Secretary, invested 1 in the transaction; and allow reimbursement of organiza- 2 tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re- 3 ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $15,000 4 per property. 5 In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 6 including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 7 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 8 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 9 demonstration program for the preservation and revital- 10 ization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 11 rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 12 multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro- 13 priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 14 has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur- 15 pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in- 16 come residents and farm laborers including reducing or 17 eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi- 18 nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other fi- 19 nancial assistance including advances, payments and in- 20 centives (including the ability of owners to obtain reason- 21 able returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 22 Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the preser- 23 vation and revitalization agreement, obtain a restrictive 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 38 •HR 8646 RH use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc- 1 turing. 2 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 3 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 4 $412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 5 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 6 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 7 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re- 8 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 9 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 10 in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house- 11 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous- 12 ing Act of 1949, $1,795,000,000, and in addition such 13 sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) 14 of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 15 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec- 16 tion 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That amounts made 17 available under this heading shall be available for renewal 18 of rental assistance agreements for a maximum of 5,000 19 units where the Secretary determines that a maturing loan 20 for a project cannot reasonably be restructured with an- 21 other USDA loan or modification and the project was op- 22 erating with rental assistance under section 521 of the 23 Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That the Secretary 24 may enter into rental assistance contracts in maturing 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 39 •HR 8646 RH properties with existing rental assistance agreements not- 1 withstanding any provision of section 521 of the Housing 2 Act of 1949, for a term of at least 10 years but not more 3 than 20 years: Provided further, That any agreement to 4 enter into a rental assistance contract under section 521 5 of the Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing property shall 6 obligate the owner to continue to maintain the project as 7 decent, safe, and sanitary housing and to operate the de- 8 velopment in accordance with the Housing Act of 1949, 9 except that rents shall be based on current Fair Market 10 Rents as established by the Department of Housing and 11 Urban Development pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart A, 12 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535d, to determine the maximum 13 initial rent and adjusted annually by the Operating Cost 14 Adjustment Factor pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart B, 15 unless the Agency determines that the project’s budget- 16 based needs require a higher rent, in which case the Agen- 17 cy may approve a budget-based rent level: Provided fur- 18 ther, That rental assistance agreements entered into or re- 19 newed during the current fiscal year shall be funded for 20 a one year period: Provided further, That upon request by 21 an owner under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Sec- 22 retary may renew the rental assistance agreement for a 23 period of 20 years or until the term of such loan has ex- 24 pired, subject to annual appropriations: Provided further, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 40 •HR 8646 RH That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of 1 such one-year agreements may be transferred and used 2 for purposes of any debt reduction, maintenance, repair, 3 or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 4 rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 5 Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided 6 under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2027 7 for a farm labor multi-family housing project financed 8 under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured 9 for use in another project until such assistance has re- 10 mained unused for a period of twelve consecutive months, 11 if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such 12 assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible ten- 13 ants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided fur- 14 ther, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the 15 extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi- 16 family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 17 of the Act: Provided further, That except as provided in 18 the seventh proviso under this heading and notwith- 19 standing any other provision of the Act, the Secretary may 20 recapture rental assistance provided under agreements en- 21 tered into prior to fiscal year 2027 for a project that the 22 Secretary determines no longer needs rental assistance 23 and use such recaptured funds for current needs. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 41 •HR 8646 RH RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT 1 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 2 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not- 3 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, $48,000,000, 4 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 5 funds made available under this heading shall be available 6 for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 7 (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 8 in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has 9 been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 10 2005, and is not receiving stand-alone section 521 rental 11 assistance: Provided further, That the amount of such 12 voucher shall be the difference between comparable market 13 rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for 14 such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 15 such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual 16 appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 17 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 18 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid- 19 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 20 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 21 Development: Provided further, That in addition to any 22 other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more 23 than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 42 •HR 8646 RH available under this heading, for administrative expenses 1 for activities funded under this heading. 2 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 3 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 4 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 5 1490c), $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 6 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 7 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 8 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 9 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 10 $26,000,000, to remain available until expended. 11 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 13 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di- 14 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 15 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 16 Farm and Rural Development Act, $1,250,000,000 for di- 17 rect loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 18 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 19 grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 20 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 21 for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 22 section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 23 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 24 $422,980,252 to remain available until expended, of which 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 43 •HR 8646 RH $398,527,252 shall be for the purposes, and in the 1 amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 2 ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom- 3 panying this Act: Provided, That $5,000,000 of the 4 amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 5 for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided 6 further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop 7 the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community- 8 based housing and community development organizations, 9 low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized 10 Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 11 housing, community facilities, community and economic 12 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 13 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri- 14 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro- 15 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 16 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga- 17 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 18 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 19 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 20 That any unobligated balances from prior year appropria- 21 tions under this heading for the cost of direct loans, loan 22 guarantees and grants, including amounts deobligated or 23 cancelled, may be made available to cover the subsidy costs 24 for direct loans and or loan guarantees under this heading 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 44 •HR 8646 RH in this fiscal year: Provided further, That no amounts may 1 be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso from 2 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 3 emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu- 4 tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer- 5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or that were specified 6 in the tables titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres- 7 sionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statements 8 accompanying prior year Agriculture, Rural Development, 9 Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap- 10 propriations Acts, as described in section 4 in the matter 11 preceding division A of such Acts: Provided further, That 12 no amounts may be made available pursuant to the fifth 13 proviso without prior notification and approval of the 14 Committees of Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 15 Provided further, That $19,453,000 of the amount appro- 16 priated under this heading shall be available for commu- 17 nity facilities grants, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) 18 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of 19 which $8,000,000 shall be for grants to tribal colleges as 20 authorized by section 306(a)(25) of such Act and of which 21 $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 22 for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot pro- 23 gram in coordination with Centers for Medicare & Med- 24 icaid Services Administrator that assists rural hospitals in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 45 •HR 8646 RH modernizing aging facilities by giving preference to critical 1 access hospitals receiving assistance from the Rural 2 Health Transformation Program: Provided further, That 3 sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 4 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 5 made available under this heading: Provided further, That 6 in addition to any other available funds, the Secretary may 7 expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program 8 funds made available under this heading, for administra- 9 tive expenses for activities funded under this heading. 10 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 11 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 12 For gross obligations for the principal amount of 13 guaranteed loans as authorized by section 310B of the 14 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 15 1932(g)), $2,000,000,000. 16 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 17 rural business development programs authorized by sec- 18 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 19 (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 20 Development Act, $63,600,000, to remain available until 21 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 22 under this heading, $38,600,000 shall be for business and 23 industry guaranteed loans: Provided further, That of the 24 amount appropriated under this heading, $18,000,000 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 46 •HR 8646 RH shall be for rural business development grants as author- 1 ized by section 310B(c) of the Consolidated Farm and 2 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That of the 3 amount appropriated under this heading, $7,000,000 shall 4 be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 5 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional Commis- 6 sion (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), the Southwest Border Re- 7 gional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), and the Ap- 8 palachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 9 for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 10 as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm 11 and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 12 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 13 further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 14 under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 15 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 16 $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 17 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 18 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 19 That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 20 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 21 funds made available under this heading. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 47 •HR 8646 RH INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author- 3 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac- 4 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $9,000,000. 5 For the cost of direct loans, $2,631,000 as authorized 6 by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $263,000 shall be available 8 through June 30, 2027, for Federally Recognized Native 9 American Tribes; and of which $526,000 shall be available 10 through June 30, 2027, for Mississippi Delta Region 11 counties (as determined in accordance with Public Law 12 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the cost 13 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 14 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 16 the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the 17 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex- 18 penses’’. 19 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 20 ACCOUNT 21 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author- 22 ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 23 Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop- 24 ment and job creation projects, $50,000,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 48 •HR 8646 RH The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 1 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro- 2 moting rural economic development and job creation 3 projects shall not exceed $10,000,000. 4 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 5 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 6 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 7 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $17,600,000: 8 Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 9 heading, $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements 10 for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas 11 program; $3,000,000 shall be for grants for cooperative 12 development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups of 13 cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and 14 a majority of the boards of directors or governing boards 15 of which are comprised of individuals who are members 16 of socially disadvantaged groups; $6,500,000, to remain 17 available until expended, shall be for value-added agricul- 18 tural product market development grants, as authorized 19 by section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 20 1946; and $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, 21 shall be for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized 22 pursuant to section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 49 •HR 8646 RH RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 1 For the principal amount of direct loans as author- 2 ized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 3 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $15,000,000. 4 For the cost of loans and grants, $3,600,000 under 5 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 6 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 7 Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s). 8 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 9 For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under 10 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 11 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 12 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000. 13 For the cost of loans, $1,890,000 under the same 14 terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the 15 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 16 U.S.C. 8107). 17 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 18 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 20 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di- 21 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 22 and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 23 Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 50 •HR 8646 RH $1,015,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 1 guaranteed loans. 2 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 3 grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 4 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 5 for rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 6 waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 7 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sec- 8 tions 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the 9 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 10 $385,343,050 to remain available until expended: Pro- 11 vided, That $75,824,000 of the amount appropriated 12 under this heading shall be available for direct loans, of 13 which no less than $4,224,000 shall be available for water 14 and waste direct one percent loans for distressed commu- 15 nities as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided fur- 16 ther, That $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utili- 17 ties program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such 18 Act: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amount ap- 19 propriated under this heading shall be available for the 20 rural utilities program described in section 306E of such 21 Act: Provided further, That $7,000,000 of the amount ap- 22 propriated under this heading shall be for grants author- 23 ized by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 24 Rural Development Act in addition to funding authorized 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 51 •HR 8646 RH by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 1 $20,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head- 2 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 3 waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 4 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 5 Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recog- 6 nized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) 7 of such Act, and the Department of Hawaiian Home 8 Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, That 9 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 10 Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a 11 consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 12 105–83: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent 13 of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consoli- 14 dated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by 15 the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 16 programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding pro- 17 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 18 Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 19 formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for 20 training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur- 21 ther, That $35,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 22 this heading shall be for technical assistance grants for 23 rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 24 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a de- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 52 •HR 8646 RH termination of extreme need, of which $11,000,000 shall 1 be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit 2 multi-State regional technical assistance organization, 3 with experience in working with small communities on 4 water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of 5 such grant shall be to assist rural communities with popu- 6 lations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financ- 7 ing, development, operation, and management of water 8 and waste water systems, and of which not less than 9 $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American 10 organization to provide technical assistance for rural water 11 systems for tribal communities: Provided further, That 12 $24,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head- 13 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi- 14 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as- 15 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 16 $4,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 17 heading shall be for solid waste management grants: Pro- 18 vided further, That $213,519,050 of the amounts made 19 available under this heading shall be for grants pursuant 20 to section 306(a)(2)(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 21 Rural Development Act, of which $135,519,050 shall be 22 for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 23 account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ 24 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 53 •HR 8646 RH That if any funds made available for the direct loan sub- 1 sidy costs under this heading remain unobligated after 2 July 31, 2027, such unobligated balances may be used for 3 grant programs funded under this heading: Provided fur- 4 ther, That any unobligated balances from prior year ap- 5 propriations under this heading for the cost of direct 6 loans, loan guarantees and grants, including amounts 7 deobligated or cancelled, may be made available to cover 8 the subsidy costs for direct loans, loan guarantees and or 9 grants under this heading in this fiscal year: Provided fur- 10 ther, That no amounts may be made available pursuant 11 to the two preceding provisos from amounts that were des- 12 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 13 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 14 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 15 1985, or that are specified for this account in the table 16 titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di- 17 rected Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described 18 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 19 consolidated Act): Provided further, That sections 381E– 20 H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel- 21 opment Act are not applicable to the funds made available 22 under this heading. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 54 •HR 8646 RH RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees 4 as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of 5 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 6 936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaran- 7 teed rural electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of 8 that Act, $2,867,000,000; cost of money direct loans made 9 pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of 10 one percent in 4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), 11 of that Act, $4,533,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 12 loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, $910,000,000; 13 for cost-of-money rural telecommunications loans made 14 pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of that Act, $350,000,000; 15 and for guaranteed rural telecommunications loans made 16 pursuant to section 306 of that Act, $200,000,000. 17 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 18 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 19 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, 20 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 21 of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 22 $3,185,000. 23 In addition, $4,535,000, to remain available until ex- 24 pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 55 •HR 8646 RH and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro- 1 vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by 2 the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon- 3 strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 4 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 5 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 6 $33,270,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 7 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 8 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 9 PROGRAM 10 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 11 services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 12 et seq., $33,160,198, to remain available until expended, 13 of which $3,160,198 shall be for the purposes, and in the 14 amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 15 ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom- 16 panying this Act: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be 17 made available for grants authorized by section 379G of 18 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Pro- 19 vided further, That funding provided under this heading 20 for grants under section 379G of the Consolidated Farm 21 and Rural Development Act may only be provided to enti- 22 ties that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 23 as established by this section. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 56 •HR 8646 RH For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 1 pilot program established by section 779 of division A of 2 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 3 115–141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 4 amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $40,000,000, to remain 5 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 6 may award grants described in section 601(a) of the Rural 7 Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 8 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out such pilot pro- 9 gram: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall 10 be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 11 of 1974: Provided further, That at least 90 percent of the 12 households to be served by a project receiving a loan or 13 grant under the pilot program shall be in a rural area 14 without sufficient access to broadband: Provided further, 15 That for purposes of such pilot program, a rural area 16 without sufficient access to broadband shall be defined as 17 twenty-five megabits per second downstream and three 18 megabits per second upstream: Provided further, That to 19 the extent possible, projects receiving funds provided 20 under the pilot program must build out service to at least 21 one hundred megabits per second downstream, and twenty 22 megabits per second upstream: Provided further, That an 23 entity to which a loan or grant is made under the pilot 24 program shall not use the loan or grant to overbuild or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 57 •HR 8646 RH duplicate broadband service in a service area by any entity 1 that has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utili- 2 ties Service unless such service is not provided sufficient 3 access to broadband at the minimum service threshold: 4 Provided further, That not more than four percent of the 5 funds made available in this paragraph can be used for 6 administrative costs to carry out the pilot program and 7 up to three percent of funds made available in this para- 8 graph may be available for technical assistance and pre- 9 development planning activities to support the most rural 10 communities: Provided further, That the Rural Utilities 11 Service is directed to expedite program delivery methods 12 that would implement this paragraph: Provided further, 13 That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 14 adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assess- 15 ment requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural 16 Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc). 17 In addition, $15,000,000, to remain available until 18 expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au- 19 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 20 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 58 •HR 8646 RH TITLE IV 1 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 2 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 3 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES 4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 5 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 6 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 7 Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 8 Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail- 9 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 10 the Office. 11 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 12 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 15 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 16 seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 17 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 18 21; $37,900,930,000 to remain available through Sep- 19 tember 30, 2028, of which such sums as are made avail- 20 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 21 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 22 amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available 23 for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 24 Provided, That of the total amount available, $18,004,000 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 59 •HR 8646 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, $22,378,000 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 2027 shall not exceed $500,000: Provided 13 further, That of the total amount available, $5,000,000 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 $4,470,000 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 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 60 •HR 8646 RH fined in 7 CFR 250.2: Provided further, That section 1 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 2 Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence 3 by striking ‘‘2010 through 2027’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 4 through 2028’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(3) of 5 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 6 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by 7 striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 8 year 2027’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the 9 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 10 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 11 ‘‘For fiscal year 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 12 2027’’. 13 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 14 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 15 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup- 16 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 18 $8,000,000,000, to remain available through September 19 30, 2028: Provided, That notwithstanding section 20 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 21 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 22 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities: 23 Provided further, That the Secretary shall use funds made 24 available under this heading to provide a cash-value vouch- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 61 •HR 8646 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 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 62 •HR 8646 RH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 1 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 2 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 3 $101,241,955,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 4 available through September 30, 2029, shall be placed in 5 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 6 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 7 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 8 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 9 Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made 10 available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 11 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 12 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 13 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 14 further, That of the funds made available under this head- 15 ing, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 16 2028, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public 17 Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 18 organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made 19 available under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be used to 20 carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334: Provided 21 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 22 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re- 23 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 24 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 63 •HR 8646 RH main available through September 30, 2028: Provided fur- 1 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 2 section 4(b) and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition 3 Act of 2008 shall remain available through September 30, 4 2028: Provided further, That none of the funds made 5 available under this heading may be obligated or expended 6 in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration and 7 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That 8 funds made available under this heading may be used to 9 enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, 10 evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program in- 11 tegrity provided that such activities are authorized by the 12 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 13 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 14 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster and 15 commodity assistance, $546,070,000, to remain available 16 through September 30, 2028, of which $460,000,000 shall 17 be for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, as au- 18 thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 19 Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note), $75,000,000 20 shall be for the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, 21 $1,070,000 shall be for assistance for the nuclear affected 22 islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact 23 of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 24 108–188), and $10,000,000 shall be for the Farmers’ 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 64 •HR 8646 RH Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 1 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966: Provided, That 2 none of these funds shall be available to reimburse the 3 Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated 4 to the program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 5 any other provision of law, effective with funds made avail- 6 able in fiscal year 2027 to support the Seniors Farmers’ 7 Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 4402 8 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, 9 such funds shall remain available through September 30, 10 2028: Provided further, That of the funds made available 11 under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 12 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 per- 13 cent for costs associated with the distribution of commod- 14 ities. 15 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 16 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 17 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri- 18 tion assistance program, $135,234,000: Provided, That of 19 the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 20 the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 21 amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 65 •HR 8646 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 $614,000: 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 $100,000 for official reception and representation ex- 16 penses. 17 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 20 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 21 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa- 22 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 23 the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 24 $230,000,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 66 •HR 8646 RH main available until September 30, 2028, for overseas op- 1 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 2 Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 3 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 4 behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza- 5 tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu- 6 ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro- 7 grams (7 U.S.C. 1737): Provided further, That of the 8 funds made available under this heading, $5,000,000, to 9 remain available until expended, shall be for the Cochran 10 Fellowship Program, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 3293, 11 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 12 for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and 13 Technology Fellowship program, as authorized by 7 14 U.S.C. 3319j, and up to $2,000,000, to remain available 15 until expended, shall be for the purpose of offsetting fluc- 16 tuations in international currency exchange rates, subject 17 to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 18 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 19 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth- 20 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in- 21 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 22 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities and expenses sup- 23 plied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 67 •HR 8646 RH of said Act, $900,000,000, to remain available until ex- 1 pended. 2 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 3 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 5 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest- 6 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $240,000,000, to 7 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com- 8 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 9 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im- 10 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 11 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 12 amount made available under this heading, not more than 13 10 percent, but not less than $24,000,000, shall remain 14 available until expended to purchase agricultural commod- 15 ities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm 16 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 17 1736o–1(a)(2)). 18 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 19 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 21 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com- 22 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 23 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common 24 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 68 •HR 8646 RH modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 1 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall 2 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural 3 Service, Salaries and Expenses’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 69 •HR 8646 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; $7,109,336,000: Provided, That of the amount 19 provided under this heading, $1,639,642,000 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; $560,251,000 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 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 70 •HR 8646 RH main available until expended; $704,432,000 shall be de- 1 rived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 2 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account 3 and remain available until expended; $61,985,000 shall be 4 derived from biosimilar biological product user fees au- 5 thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to 6 this account and remain available until expended; 7 $36,374,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 8 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 9 to this account and remain available until expended; 10 $28,559,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 11 drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall 12 be credited to this account and remain available until ex- 13 pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod- 14 uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 15 credited to this account and remain available until ex- 16 pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith- 17 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 18 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 19 user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi- 20 cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 21 new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 22 year 2027 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred- 23 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 24 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 71 •HR 8646 RH medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 1 product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as- 2 sessments for fiscal year 2027, including any such fees 3 collected prior to fiscal year 2027 but credited for fiscal 4 year 2027, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2027 limita- 5 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 6 payment during fiscal year 2027 of user fees specified 7 under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2028, 8 prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of 9 such fees assessed for fiscal year 2028 for which the Sec- 10 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2027 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) $1,279,088,000 shall be for the 16 Human Foods Program and for related field activities, in- 17 cluding inspections, investigations, and import operations, 18 conducted by the Human Foods Program, the Office of 19 Inspections and Investigations, or the Office of the Chief 20 Scientist, of which no less than $15,000,000 shall be used 21 for inspections of foreign seafood manufacturers and field 22 examinations of imported seafood; (2) $2,536,961,000 23 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research 24 and for related field activities, including inspections, inves- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 72 •HR 8646 RH tigations, and import operations, conducted by the Center, 1 the Office of Inspections and Investigations, or the Office 2 of the Chief Scientist, of which no less than $10,000,000 3 shall be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspec- 4 tions and shall remain available until expended; (3) 5 $576,096,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua- 6 tion and Research and for related field activities, including 7 inspections, investigations, and import operations, con- 8 ducted by the Center, the Office of Inspections and Inves- 9 tigations, or the Office of the Chief Scientist; (4) 10 $268,032,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi- 11 cine and for related field activities, including inspections, 12 investigations, and import operations, conducted by the 13 Center, the Office of Inspections and Investigations, or the 14 Office of the Chief Scientist; (5) $985,566,000 shall be 15 for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and 16 for related field activities, including inspections, investiga- 17 tions, and import operations, conducted by the Center, the 18 Office of Inspections and Investigations, or the Office of 19 the Chief Scientist; (6) $69,453,000 shall be for the Na- 20 tional Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 21 $687,120,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod- 22 ucts and for related field activities, including inspections, 23 investigations, and import operations, conducted by the 24 Center, the Office of Inspections and Investigations, or the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 73 •HR 8646 RH Office of the Chief Scientist; (8) $257,928,000 shall be 1 for Rent and Related activities, of which $44,400,000 is 2 for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid 3 to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) 4 $154,335,000 shall be for payments to the General Serv- 5 ices Administration for rent; and (10) $294,757,000 shall 6 be for other activities, including the Office of the Commis- 7 sioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of the Chief Sci- 8 entist, the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, and central 9 services for these offices: Provided further, That not to ex- 10 ceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception 11 and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, 12 as determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, 13 That any transfer of funds pursuant to, and for the ad- 14 ministration of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, 15 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from 16 amounts made available under this heading for other ac- 17 tivities and shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, 18 That of the amounts that are made available under this 19 heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not derived 20 from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and 21 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health 22 and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for 23 oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and 24 Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds oth- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 74 •HR 8646 RH erwise made available for oversight of the Food and Drug 1 Administration: Provided further, That funds may be 2 transferred from one specified activity to another with the 3 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 4 both Houses of Congress. 5 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 6 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 7 by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 8 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 9 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro- 10 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 11 facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 12 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 13 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 14 provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 15 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 16 by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority 17 review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb– 18 4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs 19 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this 20 account, to remain available until expended. 21 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 22 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten- 23 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip- 24 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 75 •HR 8646 RH istration, where not otherwise provided, $1,000,000, to re- 1 main available until expended. 2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 3 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 6 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in- 7 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 8 and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 9 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $355,000,000, 10 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 11 representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 12 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 13 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu- 14 latory officials, of which not less than $80,000,000 shall 15 remain available until September 30, 2029, and of which 16 not less than $5,773,000 shall be for expenses of the Of- 17 fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith- 18 standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro- 19 vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 20 of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 21 entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 22 Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 23 liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re- 24 corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 76 •HR 8646 RH 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro- 1 viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 2 in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es- 3 tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 4 and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 5 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 7 Not to exceed $106,500,000 (from assessments col- 8 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 9 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 10 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 11 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 12 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re- 13 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 14 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 15 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con- 16 gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 17 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 18 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 19 exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica- 20 tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 21 loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a 22 manner other than described in subclause (II) of the 23 clause. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 77 •HR 8646 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 vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2027 8 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased 9 in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing 10 additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine 11 that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 12 to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, 13 property, and public safety: Provided further, That the 14 Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri- 15 culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary 16 notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com- 17 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 18 within 30 days of the notification. 19 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 20 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli- 21 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 22 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal- 23 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 24 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 78 •HR 8646 RH tion of property, plant and equipment and for the improve- 1 ment, delivery, and implementation of Department finan- 2 cial, and administrative information technology services, 3 and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 4 financial, administrative, and information technology serv- 5 ices, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary 6 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, 7 such transferred funds to remain available until expended: 8 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 9 Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 10 Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad- 11 ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 12 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 13 section shall be available for obligation without written no- 14 tification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 15 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur- 16 ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 17 made available to the Department’s Working Capital 18 Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 19 make any changes to the Department’s National Finance 20 Center without written notification to and prior approval 21 of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 22 Congress as required by section 716 of this Act: Provided 23 further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 24 or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 79 •HR 8646 RH Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 1 initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes 2 to remove or relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or 3 functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and 4 the Chief Information Officer, co-located with or from the 5 National Finance Center prior to written notification to 6 and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 7 of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the 8 requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, 9 That the National Finance Center Information Tech- 10 nology Services Division personnel and data center man- 11 agement responsibilities, and control of any functions, 12 missions, and systems for current and future human re- 13 sources management and integrated personnel and payroll 14 systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Finan- 15 cial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain 16 in the National Finance Center and under the manage- 17 ment responsibility and administrative control of the Na- 18 tional Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec- 19 retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 20 Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart- 21 ments and other government agencies National Finance 22 Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay- 23 roll, financial management, and human capital shared 24 services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 80 •HR 8646 RH technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in- 1 come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De- 2 partment of Agriculture allocated for the National Fi- 3 nance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 5 equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de- 6 livery, and implementation of financial, administrative, 7 and information technology services, and other systems of 8 the National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, 9 extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center: Pro- 10 vided further, That none of the amounts reserved shall be 11 available for obligation unless the Secretary submits writ- 12 ten notification of the obligation to the Committees on Ap- 13 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 14 That the limitations on the obligation of funds pending 15 notification to Congressional Committees shall not apply 16 to any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, 17 is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency 18 that significantly impacts the operations of the National 19 Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National 20 Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of 21 the National Finance Center. 22 SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 23 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 24 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 81 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 1 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 2 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 3 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu- 4 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 5 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar- 6 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 7 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro- 8 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 9 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com- 10 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro- 11 priations are provided in this Act. 12 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri- 13 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 14 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 15 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 16 fiscal year for the following accounts: The Rural Develop- 17 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica- 18 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 19 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 20 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 21 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac- 22 quire new information technology systems or significant 23 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor- 24 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 82 •HR 8646 RH tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa- 1 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 2 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 3 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 4 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa- 5 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 6 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 7 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That notwith- 8 standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 9 none of the funds available to the Department of Agri- 10 culture for information technology shall be obligated for 11 projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 12 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa- 13 tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 14 Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 15 written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 16 projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 17 based upon the performance of an agency measured 18 against the performance plan requirements described in 19 the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 20 235. 21 SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 22 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 23 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 83 •HR 8646 RH pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 1 year. 2 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 3 law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 4 repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 5 under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not- 6 for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 7 direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 8 under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 9 as a borrower under such Act. 10 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 11 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal- 12 ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 13 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 14 remain available through September 30, 2028, for infor- 15 mation technology expenses. 16 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other- 17 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 18 travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 19 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 20 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 21 SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 22 or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 23 113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 24 I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 84 •HR 8646 RH which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 1 is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 2 of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 3 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 4 and related administrative expenses, including tech- 5 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 6 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 7 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 8 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 9 Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 10 (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 11 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 12 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 13 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 14 in such section. 15 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 16 not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 17 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 18 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 19 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego- 20 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi- 21 tively awarded grants. 22 SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in 23 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 85 •HR 8646 RH network unless such network blocks the viewing, 1 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 2 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 3 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 4 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi- 5 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 6 SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 7 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 8 section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 9 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 10 other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 11 of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 12 the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 13 referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,717,000,000 14 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 15 years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 16 Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 17 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 18 $2,500,000; Administration of section 32 Commodity Pur- 19 chases—$41,862,000: Provided, That, of the total funds 20 made available in the matter preceding this proviso that 21 remain unobligated on October 1, 2027, such unobligated 22 balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2028 and shall 23 remain available until expended for any of the purposes 24 of section 32, except that any such carryover funds used 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 86 •HR 8646 RH in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not exceed 1 $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the Sec- 2 retary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 3 expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both 4 Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: Pro- 5 vided further, That, with the exception of any available 6 carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 7 to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 8 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail- 9 able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 10 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 11 of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 12 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 13 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex- 14 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 15 language as part of the President’s budget submission to 16 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 17 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De- 18 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 19 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 20 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 21 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 22 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 23 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 24 event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 87 •HR 8646 RH date of the convening of a committee of conference for 1 the fiscal year 2027 appropriations Act. 2 SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 3 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen- 4 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 5 or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 6 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 7 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 8 available for obligation or expenditure through a re- 9 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au- 10 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart- 11 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 12 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or- 13 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 14 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 15 (1) creates new programs; 16 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 17 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 18 for any project or activity for which funds have been 19 denied or restricted; 20 (4) relocates an office or employees; 21 (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 22 or 23 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 24 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 88 •HR 8646 RH unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 1 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com- 2 modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 3 notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit- 4 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 5 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 6 or the use of such authority. 7 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro- 8 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 9 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 10 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 11 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 12 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 13 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro- 14 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 15 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 16 in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 17 that— 18 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac- 19 tivities; 20 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist- 21 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per- 22 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 23 (3) results from any general savings from a re- 24 duction in personnel which would result in a change 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 89 •HR 8646 RH in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap- 1 proved by Congress; 2 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 3 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com- 4 modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 5 notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit- 6 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 7 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of 8 such funds or the use of such authority. 9 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 10 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com- 11 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ- 12 ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro- 13 priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 14 any program or activity not carried out during the pre- 15 vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 16 by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 17 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro- 18 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 19 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 20 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 21 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 22 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 23 available for— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 90 •HR 8646 RH (1) modifying major capital investments fund- 1 ing levels, including information technology systems, 2 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 3 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 4 excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 5 whichever is less; 6 (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 7 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 8 establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 9 with five or more personnel; or 10 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 11 were not described in the budget request; 12 unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 13 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con- 14 gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 15 these purposes. 16 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 17 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 18 Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chair- 19 man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission re- 20 ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 21 Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma- 22 tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec- 23 tion. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 91 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 1 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 3 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 4 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 5 portion of the loan. 6 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other- 7 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 8 Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 9 Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 10 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re- 11 ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re- 12 sult of information requested for the appropriations hear- 13 ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non- 14 Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com- 15 modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 16 Administration employee. 17 SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 18 law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 19 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre- 20 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 21 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti- 22 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 23 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 24 funded by that executive branch agency. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 92 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri- 1 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 2 office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 3 agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 4 in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 5 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 6 office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 7 period of assignment. 8 SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of 9 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 10 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 11 Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis- 12 sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra- 13 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 14 the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 15 obligation plan delineated by program, project, and activ- 16 ity, as defined in the report accompanying this Act, for 17 all amounts made available by this Act and prior appro- 18 priations Acts that remain available for obligation, includ- 19 ing appropriated user fees and loan authorizations: Pro- 20 vided, That such obligation plan shall include breakdowns 21 of estimated obligations for each such program, project, 22 or activity by fiscal quarter, source appropriation, and the 23 number of full-time equivalent positions supported: Pro- 24 vided further, That such obligation plan shall serve as the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 93 •HR 8646 RH baseline for reprogramming notifications for the purposes 1 of section 716 of this Act. 2 SEC. 722. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide 3 written notification to the House and Senate Committees 4 on Appropriations no fewer than 3 business days in ad- 5 vance of termination of any grant, cooperative agreement, 6 or contract award totaling $1,000,000 or more issued 7 from funds made available in this Act or any previous Act: 8 Provided, That such notification shall include the recipient 9 of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal year 10 for which the funds for the award were appropriated, the 11 account and program, project, or activity from which the 12 funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and a de- 13 tailed justification for the termination. 14 SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 15 or level of program assistance for Rural Housing Service 16 programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated 17 prison populations. 18 SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 19 require budget authority and for which the program level 20 has been established in this Act, the Secretary of Agri- 21 culture may increase the program level for such loans and 22 loan guarantees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, 23 That for loans and loan guarantees authorized by Sections 24 4 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 94 •HR 8646 RH U.S.C. 936) that do not require budget authority and for 1 which the program level has been authorized under this 2 Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may increase the pro- 3 gram level for such loans and loan guarantees by not more 4 than 50 percent: Provided further, That prior to the Sec- 5 retary implementing such an increase, the Secretary noti- 6 fies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both 7 Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance. 8 SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 9 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec- 10 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 11 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria- 12 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 13 shall be available for obligation without written notifica- 14 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap- 15 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 16 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 17 obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 18 equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de- 19 livery, and implementation of Departmental financial 20 management, information technology, and other support 21 systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra- 22 tive, and information technology services, including cloud 23 adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 24 of the Department of Agriculture. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 95 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 1 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 2 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc- 3 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As- 4 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 5 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 6 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri- 7 culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de- 8 fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed- 9 eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 10 of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 11 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num- 12 ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 13 staple food category so that the total number of such items 14 in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 15 items in each staple food category included in the final 16 rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 17 until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend- 18 ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard- 19 ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple- 20 mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 21 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 22 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 23 SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 24 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 96 •HR 8646 RH Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 1 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 2 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 3 subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 4 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 5 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 6 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other- 7 wise made available by this Act shall be available for the 8 United States Department of Agriculture to propose, fi- 9 nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 10 new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date 11 of the enactment of this Act. 12 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 13 regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and hol- 14 iday pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 15 establishments subject to the inspection requirements of 16 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et 17 seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et 18 seq., and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 19 1031 et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided 20 outside of an establishment’s approved inspection shifts, 21 and for inspection services provided on Federal holidays: 22 Provided, That any sums charged pursuant to this para- 23 graph shall be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay 24 under section 1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 97 •HR 8646 RH of 2021 (Public Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided fur- 1 ther, That sums received by the Secretary under this para- 2 graph shall, in addition to other available funds, remain 3 available until expended to the Secretary without further 4 appropriation for the purpose of funding all costs associ- 5 ated with FSIS inspections. 6 SEC. 730. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 7 (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 8 the following factors in the country or region being 9 audited, as applicable— 10 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 11 (B) disease history and vaccination prac- 12 tices; 13 (C) livestock demographics and 14 traceability; 15 (D) epidemiological separation from poten- 16 tial sources of infection; 17 (E) surveillance practices; 18 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 19 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 20 and 21 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 22 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 23 to paragraph (1). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 98 •HR 8646 RH (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con- 1 sistent with United States obligations under its inter- 2 national trade agreements. 3 SEC. 731. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 4 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis- 5 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 6 by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 7 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 8 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 9 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 10 water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 11 products used in the project are produced in the United 12 States. 13 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 14 means the following products made primarily of iron or 15 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 16 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 17 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein- 18 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 19 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat- 20 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 21 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 22 of the Secretary finds that— 23 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon- 24 sistent with the public interest; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 99 •HR 8646 RH (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 1 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail- 2 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 3 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro- 4 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 5 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 6 (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 7 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des- 8 ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 9 basis a copy of the request and information available to 10 the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 11 shall allow for informal public input on the request for 12 at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 13 request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re- 14 quest and accompanying information available by elec- 15 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 16 site of the Department. 17 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con- 18 sistent with United States obligations under international 19 agreements. 20 (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 21 the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 22 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac- 23 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 100 •HR 8646 RH section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re- 1 quirements of this section. 2 (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 3 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 4 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 5 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re- 6 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 7 date of enactment of this Act. 8 (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 9 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 10 States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally rec- 11 ognized Indian Tribe. 12 SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 13 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 14 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 15 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu- 16 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 17 1913. 18 SEC. 733. Of the total amounts made available by 19 this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 20 headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur- 21 ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 22 Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 23 Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 24 Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 101 •HR 8646 RH Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business—Cooperative Service—Rural 1 Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business—Coopera- 2 tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro- 3 gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business—Cooperative Service— 4 Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi- 5 ness—Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As- 6 sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 7 and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 8 Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 9 Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 10 Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro- 11 gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per- 12 cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per- 13 sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not- 14 withstanding any other provision regarding population 15 limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 16 that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 17 population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 18 for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 19 counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 20 more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 21 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen- 22 suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 23 year average, or any territory or possession of the United 24 States: Provided further, That with respect to specific ac- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 102 •HR 8646 RH tivities for which program levels have been made available 1 by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 2 the requirements of this section shall be applied to such 3 program level. 4 SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this 5 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl- 6 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves- 7 tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 8 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 9 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 10 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 11 a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 12 include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis- 13 sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec- 14 retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 15 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available by this 16 or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 17 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti- 18 tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 19 and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption’’, and 20 published on November 27, 2015, and the proposed rule 21 issued by the Food and Drug Administration pending at 22 the Office of Management and Budget entitled ‘‘Stand- 23 ards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding 24 Produce for Human Consumption Related to Agricultural 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 103 •HR 8646 RH Water’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 69120 and 87 Fed. Reg. 42973), 1 with respect to the regulation of entities that grow, har- 2 vest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or al- 3 monds. 4 SEC. 736. For school years 2026–2027 and 2027– 5 2028, none of the funds made available by this Act may 6 be used to restrict or limit the substitution of any vege- 7 table subgroup for fruits under the school breakfast pro- 8 gram established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 9 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 10 SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 11 Act or any other Act may be used— 12 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag- 13 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 14 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec- 15 tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 16 2018; or 17 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 18 sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 19 grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 20 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the 21 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or out- 22 side the State in which the hemp is grown or cul- 23 tivated. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 104 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 738. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 1 the matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of 2 the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re- 3 form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 4 SEC. 739. The Secretary of Agriculture shall be in- 5 cluded as a member of the Committee on Foreign Invest- 6 ment in the United States (CFIUS) on a case by case 7 basis pursuant to the authorities in section 721(k)(2)(J) 8 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 9 4565(k)(2)(J)) with respect to each covered transaction 10 (as defined in section 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production 11 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4))) involving agricultural 12 land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry 13 (including agricultural transportation, agricultural stor- 14 age, and agricultural processing), as determined by the 15 CFIUS Chairperson in coordination with the Secretary of 16 Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the 17 maximum extent practicable, notify CFIUS of any agricul- 18 tural land transaction that the Secretary of Agriculture 19 has reason to believe, based on information from or in co- 20 operation with the Intelligence Community, is a covered 21 transaction (A) that may pose a risk to the national secu- 22 rity of the United States, with particular emphasis on cov- 23 ered transactions of an interest in agricultural land by for- 24 eign governments or entities of concern, as defined in 42 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 105 •HR 8646 RH U.S.C. 19221(a), including the People’s Republic of 1 China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the 2 Russian Federation, and the Islamic Republic of Iran; and 3 (B) with respect to which a person is required to submit 4 a report to the Secretary of Agriculture under section 2(a) 5 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 6 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501(a)). 7 SEC. 740. Any remaining unobligated balances from 8 amounts made available by section 743 of division A of 9 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 10 115–31) may be used, in addition to any funds otherwise 11 made available for such purposes, for plans, construction, 12 repair, preventive maintenance, environmental support, 13 improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 14 equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, 15 and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a. 16 SEC. 741. Funds made available under title II of the 17 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 18 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 19 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Secretary, 20 are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is received 21 by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food 22 shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappro- 23 priate purposes. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 106 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this 1 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod- 2 ucts or seafood imported into the United States from the 3 People’s Republic of China for use in the school lunch pro- 4 gram under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 5 Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care 6 Food Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7 1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children 8 under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the 9 school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act 10 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 11 SEC. 743. For school year 2027–2028, only a school 12 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 13 school food service account as of June 30, 2026, shall be 14 required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 15 with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 16 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 17 SEC. 744. Any funds made available by this or any 18 other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 19 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 20 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 21 shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess- 22 ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 23 such funds among appropriations of the Department of 24 Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 107 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 745. For fiscal year 2027, the maximum month- 1 ly allowances of fluid milk for the following food packages 2 described in section 246.10(e) of title 7, Code of Federal 3 Regulations, are: 4 (1) For Food Package IV, 16 quarts. 5 (2) For Food Package V, 22 quarts. 6 (3) For Food Package VI, 16 quarts. 7 (4) For Food Package VII, 24 quarts. 8 (5) For Food Package III, the maximum 9 monthly allowances of fluid milk should conform to 10 the changes made to food packages IV, V, VI, and 11 VII in this section. 12 SEC. 746. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 13 of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 14 funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 15 the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 16 and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 17 pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven- 18 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 19 Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 20 section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 21 U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such pro- 22 grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu- 23 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 24 subsection (c) of such section. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 108 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 747. In administering the pilot program estab- 1 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap- 2 propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec- 3 retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en- 4 tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu- 5 nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 6 That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail- 7 able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, 8 and Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot 9 program established by section 779 of Public Law 115– 10 141 may be used for this purpose. 11 SEC. 748. Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, 12 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 13 2019) is amended by striking ‘‘or otherwise be conveyed 14 or transferred in whole or in part, for the period beginning 15 on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 16 September 30, 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on the 17 date of the enactment of this Act’’. 18 SEC. 749. A bank referenced in 12 U.S.C. 2128 may 19 make and participate in loans and commitments and pro- 20 vide technical and other financial assistance to coopera- 21 tives and any other public or private entity (except for the 22 Federal Government) for the purpose of installing, main- 23 taining, expanding, improving, or operating facilities in a 24 rural area as defined in 12 U.S.C. 2128(f) for the proc- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 109 •HR 8646 RH essing or disposal of waste from any source, provision of 1 telecommunication services, and producing electricity from 2 any source for use or sale by the borrower. 3 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 4 SEC. 750. Of the unobligated balances made available 5 by section 22006 of Public Law 117– 169, $95,000,000 6 are hereby permanently cancelled: Provided, That no 7 amounts shall be cancelled from amounts that were des- 8 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 9 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 11 1985. 12 SEC. 751. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 13 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 14 758 of division B of Public Law 118–42, in addition to 15 amounts otherwise available for such purpose. 16 SEC. 752. None of the funds appropriated or other- 17 wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food 18 and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue or promote any 19 new guidelines or regulations applicable to food manufac- 20 turers of low risk ready-to-eat (RTE) foods for Listeria 21 monocytogenes (Lm) until the FDA considers the avail- 22 able new science in developing the Compliance Policy 23 Guide (CPG), Guidance for FDA Staff, section 555.320 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 110 •HR 8646 RH Listeria monocytogenes regarding Lm in low-risk foods, 1 meaning foods that do not support the growth of Lm. 2 SEC. 753. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 3 of law, not later than 180 days after the date of the enact- 4 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 5 (1) amend the covered Food Packages to require the 6 inclusion of peanut-containing foods for the purposes of 7 early introduction of potentially allergenic foods; and 8 (2) ensure that all such peanut-containing foods eligi- 9 ble are safe for consumption by infants. 10 (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out sub- 11 section (a) in a manner consistent with the recommenda- 12 tions for early introduction of peanut-containing foods in- 13 cluded in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025- 14 2030, published under section 301 of the National Nutri- 15 tion Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 16 U.S.C. 5341). 17 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘covered Food Pack- 18 ages’’ means Food Packages I and II under section 246.10 19 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended by 20 the rule entitled ‘‘Special Supplemental Nutrition Pro- 21 gram for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions 22 to the WIC Food Packages’’ published by the Department 23 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024 24 (89 Fed. Reg. 28488). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 111 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 754. Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell 1 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is 2 amended — 3 (1) in subparagraph (A), in the matter pre- 4 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘Act—’’ and inserting 5 ‘‘Act and breakfasts served by schools participating 6 in the school breakfast program under section 4 of 7 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773)— 8 ’’; 9 (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or the 10 school breakfast program under section 4 of the 11 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773)’’ after 12 ‘‘Act’’; and 13 (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘section 14 210.10’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 210.10 and 220.8’’. 15 SEC. 755. If services performed by APHIS employees 16 are determined by the Administrator of the Animal and 17 Plant Health Inspection Service to be in response to an 18 animal disease or plant health emergency outbreak, any 19 premium pay that is funded, either directly or through re- 20 imbursement, shall be exempted from the aggregate of 21 basic pay and premium pay calculated under section 22 5547(b)(1) and (2) of title 5, United States Code, and 23 any other provision of law limiting the aggregate amount 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 112 •HR 8646 RH of premium pay payable on a biweekly or calendar year 1 basis. 2 SEC. 756. None of the funds made available by this 3 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per- 4 sonnel— 5 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 6 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 7 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 8 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 9 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 10 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 11 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 12 regulation). 13 SEC. 757. None of the funds made available by this 14 Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com- 15 missioner of Food and Drugs, the Chairman of the Com- 16 modity Futures Trading Commission, or the Chairman of 17 the Farm Credit Administration to fly or display a flag 18 over a facility of the Department of Agriculture, the Food 19 and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trad- 20 ing Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration other 21 than the flag of the United States; the flag of a State, 22 territory, the District of Columbia; the flag of an Indian 23 Tribal Government; the official flag of a U.S. Department 24 or agency; or the Prisoners of War/Missing in Action flag. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 113 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this 1 or any other Act thereafter may be used to write, prepare, 2 or publish a proposed rule, final rule, or an interim final 3 rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement or en- 4 force the final rule entitled ‘‘Transparency in Poultry 5 Grower Contracting and Tournaments’’, published by the 6 Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on No- 7 vember 28, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 83210 et seq.), the final 8 rule entitled ‘‘Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity 9 Under the Packers and Stockyards Act’’, published by the 10 Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 11 March 6, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 16092 et seq.), the final 12 rule entitled ‘‘Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Cap- 13 ital Improvement Systems’’, published by the Department 14 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on January 16, 15 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 5146 et seq.), the proposed rule enti- 16 tled ‘‘Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Mar- 17 kets’’, published by the Department of Agriculture in the 18 Federal Register on June 28, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 53886 19 et seq.), or any subsequent substantially similar rule- 20 making effort, except that funds may be used to, and the 21 Secretary of Agriculture shall, withdraw or rescind any 22 such proposed rules, advanced notices of proposed rule- 23 making, and any such rules that may have been finalized, 24 and discontinue and provide notice of closure to affected 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 114 •HR 8646 RH parties of any investigations or enforcement activities 1 pending under said rules. 2 SEC. 759. None of the funds made available by this 3 Act may be used by the Department of Agriculture to im- 4 plement or enforce the reduced maximum allowable loan 5 limit of 60 percent established in Field Office Handbook- 6 1-3550 for loans issued made on or after February 10, 7 2026 (PN655); Provided, That the maximum allowable 8 loan limit of 80 percent established in prior Field Office 9 Handbooks shall remain in effect unless the Department 10 of Agriculture issues a proposed rule, with notice and com- 11 ment, that establishes a reduced maximum allowable loan 12 limit, and is subsequently finalized. 13 SEC. 760. Notwithstanding any other provision of 14 law, the acceptable market name of any engineered animal 15 approved prior to the effective date of the National Bio- 16 engineered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 17 2019) shall include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ 18 prior to the existing acceptable market name. 19 SEC. 761. Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insur- 20 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended by adding at the 21 end the following: 22 ‘‘(20) FROST OR COLD WEATHER INSUR- 23 ANCE.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 115 •HR 8646 RH ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 1 carry out research and development, or offer to 2 enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more 3 qualified persons to carry out research and de- 4 velopment, regarding an index-based policy to 5 insure crops (including table grapes, wine 6 grapes, juice grapes, tomatoes, peppers, sugar- 7 cane, strawberries, melons, citrus, peaches, 8 blueberries, and any other crop) on a nation- 9 ally-available basis against losses due to a frost 10 or cold weather event. 11 ‘‘(B) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 12 Research and development under subparagraph 13 (A) shall— 14 ‘‘(i) evaluate the effectiveness of risk 15 management tools, such as the use of an 16 index, with respect to low frequency and 17 catastrophic loss weather events; and 18 ‘‘(ii) result in a policy that provides 19 protection for at least 1 of the following: 20 ‘‘(I) Production loss. 21 ‘‘(II) Revenue loss. 22 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 23 after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 24 the Corporation shall submit to the Committee 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 116 •HR 8646 RH on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 1 and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 2 and Forestry of the Senate a report that de- 3 scribes— 4 ‘‘(i) the results of the research and 5 development carried out under this para- 6 graph; and 7 ‘‘(ii) any recommendations with re- 8 spect to those results.’’. 9 SEC. 762. No funds shall be made available for en- 10 forcement of section 118.4(e) of title 21, Code of Federal 11 Regulations, or any successor regulation with respect to 12 surplus broiler hatching eggs that are intended to be sold 13 to an egg breaker for purposes of processing such eggs 14 as liquid egg products subject to regulation under the Egg 15 Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.). 16 SEC. 763. The agencies and offices of the Depart- 17 ment of Agriculture may reimburse the Office of the Gen- 18 eral Counsel (OGC), out of the funds provided in this Act, 19 for costs incurred by OGC in providing services to such 20 agencies or offices under time-limited agreements entered 21 into with such agencies and offices: Provided, That such 22 transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au- 23 thority provided by law. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 117 •HR 8646 RH SEC. 764. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec- 1 tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 2 title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 3 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro- 4 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 5 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par- 6 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 7 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 8 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 9 a union of one man and one woman. 10 (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in 11 subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 12 taken by the Federal Government to— 13 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 14 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as- 15 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp- 16 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter- 17 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 18 in subsection (a); 19 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur- 20 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 21 such person; 22 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 23 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 24 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 118 •HR 8646 RH operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li- 1 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 2 other similar position or status from or to such per- 3 son; 4 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 5 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 6 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 7 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 8 degree from an educational program, from or to 9 such person; or 10 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 11 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle- 12 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in- 13 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 14 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam- 15 paigns from or to such person. 16 (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 17 The 10 Federal Government shall consider accredited, li- 18 censed, or 11 certified for purposes of Federal law any 19 person that 12 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, 20 respectively, for 13 such purposes but for a determination 21 against such person 14 wholly or partially on the basis 22 that the person speaks, 15 or acts, in accordance with a 23 sincerely held religious belief 16 or moral conviction de- 24 scribed in subsection (a). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 119 •HR 8646 RH (RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 1 SEC. 765. Of the unobligated balances from prior 2 year appropriations made available under the heading 3 ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro- 4 gram’’ for the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 5 pilot program established by section 779 of division A of 6 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 7 115–141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 8 amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $40,000,000 are hereby 9 rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 10 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 11 an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso- 12 lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer- 13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 SEC. 766. (a) Of the amounts made available in this 15 Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and 16 Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala- 17 ries and Expenses’’ that are derived from tobacco product 18 user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, not less than 19 $200,000,000 shall be used by the Commissioner of Food 20 and Drugs for enforcement activities related to e-ciga- 21 rettes, vapes, and other electronic nicotine delivery sys- 22 tems (in this section referred to as ‘‘ENDS’’), not limited 23 to activities under section 801(a) of the Federal Food, 24 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)): Provided, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 120 •HR 8646 RH That not less than $20,000,000 of such amount shall be 1 used to fund the activities of the Federal multi-agency 2 ENDS Enforcement Task Force led by the Department 3 of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the 4 FDA, including partner agency activities, to further work 5 to bring all available criminal and civil tools to bear 6 against the illegal manufacture, importation, distribution, 7 and sale of e-cigarettes, vapes, and other ENDS products 8 from the Republic of China, other foreign countries, and 9 domestic manufacturers conducting the ‘‘final assembly’’ 10 of illegal products: Provided further, That the Commis- 11 sioner is directed to enter into a Memorandum of Under- 12 standing with the Department of Justice and the Depart- 13 ment of Homeland Security and other partner agencies to 14 ensure that such task force is adequately resourced for 15 (1) increased criminal and civil litigation and law enforce- 16 ment activities by FDA, the Department of Justice, and 17 the Department of Homeland Security, and (2) additional 18 targeted inspections by FDA and Customs and Border Pa- 19 trol at high-risk ports of entry into the United States. 20 (b) Not later than November 12, 2026, the Commis- 21 sioner of Food and Drugs shall update the FDA document 22 titled ‘‘Enforcement Priorities for Electronic Nicotine De- 23 livery Systems (ENDS) and Other Deemed Products on 24 the Market Without Premarket Authorization’’, published 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 121 •HR 8646 RH in January 2020 and updated in April 2020, to expand 1 FDA’s prioritized enforcement to flavored disposable 2 ENDS products in addition to cartridge-based products 3 and to define the term ‘‘disposable ENDS product.’’ 4 (c) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall sub- 5 mit a detailed report on funding and activities planned for 6 enforcement activities within 60 days of enactment of this 7 Act, and shall continue to submit a semi-annual written 8 report to the Committees on Appropriations of both 9 Houses of Congress on the progress that the Center for 10 Tobacco Products is making in preventing all mis-declared 11 ENDS products from entering the U.S. (including those 12 that are properly declared and those that are improperly 13 mis-declared at ports of entry) and in removing all illegal 14 ENDS products from the market inside the U.S., includ- 15 ing information specific to refusals, seizures, and disposi- 16 tion of illicit products; state support for enforcement ef- 17 forts, including standardized reporting and communica- 18 tion channels; and educating retailers on which products 19 may be legally marketed in the U.S. 20 SEC. 767. (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Mar- 21 keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by strik- 22 ing ‘‘2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 122 •HR 8646 RH (b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Report- 1 ing Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106– 2 78) is amended by striking ‘‘2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’. 3 SEC. 768. None of the funds appropriated or other- 4 wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food 5 and Drug Administration to develop, issue, promote, or 6 advance any new guidelines or regulations applicable to 7 food manufacturers for population-wide sodium reduction 8 actions until the publication of the 2025-26 National 9 Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 10 What We Eat in America Survey, which will begin to re- 11 flect the impact on population intake of Phase I reduction. 12 SEC. 769. None of the funds made available for any 13 department or agency in this or any other appropriations 14 Acts, including prior year Acts, shall be used to close Nat- 15 ural Resources Conservation Service or Rural Develop- 16 ment mission area field offices or to permanently relocate 17 any field-based employees of those agencies that would re- 18 sult in an office with two or fewer employees without prior 19 notification and approval of the Committees on Appropria- 20 tions of both Houses of Congress. 21 SEC. 770. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 22 used to administer or enforce the final rule on ‘‘Require- 23 ments for Additional Traceability Records for Certain 24 Foods’’ published on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 123 •HR 8646 RH 70910), or any other rule promulgated in accordance with 1 section 204 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act 2 (21 U.S.C. 2223), prior to July 20, 2028. Further, the 3 U.S. Food and Drug Administration shall— 4 (1) continue identifying flexibilities for satis- 5 fying the rule’s lot-level tracking requirement that 6 leverage existing traceability systems, including al- 7 lowing covered entities to maintain and transmit 8 traceability records that reflect a reasonable range of 9 all possible traceability lot codes included in a ship- 10 ment, when maintaining records for each individual 11 traceability lot is not practicable such that com- 12 plying would constitute a case-level tracking require- 13 ment, which is prohibited under section 14 204(d)(1)(L)(iii) of the Food Safety Modernization 15 Act; 16 (2) clarify the circumstances under which ac- 17 tivities conducted in warehouse and distribution en- 18 vironments constitute a transformation event under 19 the rule; 20 (3) ensure each quarterly engagement with in- 21 dustry between enactment and July 20, 2028 be 22 open to all covered entities outside of member-only 23 organizations and include a hypothetical data intake 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 124 •HR 8646 RH exercise, the results of which should be made pub- 1 licly available within 75 days; and 2 (4) establish a panel of experts to assess the 3 agency’s foodborne illness traceback investigation 4 process, for both foreign and domestic food sup- 5 pliers, and to provide feedback for the data intake 6 exercise. This panel shall include diverse stake- 7 holders, such as growers, distributors, retailers, state 8 and local officials, and public health officials. The 9 FDA shall publish the panel outcomes and rec- 10 ommendations no later than one year from the date 11 of enactment of this Act. 12 SEC. 771. In addition to amounts otherwise made 13 available, there is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to re- 14 main available until expended, for the Meat and Poultry 15 Processing Expansion Program established pursuant to 16 section 1001(b)(4) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 17 2021 (Public Law 117–2) to award grants to processors 18 of invasive, wild-caught catfish. 19 SEC. 772. (a) Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, 20 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 21 adding at the end the following: 22 ‘‘SEC. 425. ANIMAL FOOD. 23 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 125 •HR 8646 RH ‘‘(1) The term ‘animal food’ means food for 1 animals other than man and includes pet food, ani- 2 mal feed, and raw materials and ingredients. (ref- 3 erence 21 CFR 507.3). 4 ‘‘(2) The term ‘animal food ingredient submis- 5 sion’ means an ingredient for submission to the 6 Food and Drug Administration that is a petition 7 under section 409 for any food additive, a petition 8 under section 721 for a color additive, or a GRAS 9 ingredient notification under subpart E of part 570 10 of subchapter E of chapter I of title 21, Code of 11 Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). 12 ‘‘(3) The term ‘commercial feed’ means animal 13 food manufactured and distributed for consumption 14 by animals, other than companion animals. 15 ‘‘(4) The term ‘companion animal’ means a do- 16 mesticated canine or feline. 17 ‘‘(5) The terms ‘generally recognized as safe’ 18 and ‘GRAS’ mean generally recognized as safe under 19 section 201(s). 20 ‘‘(6) The term ‘pet food’ means any animal 21 food manufactured and distributed for consumption 22 by companion animals, including treats, nutritional 23 supplements, and pet food ingredients. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00125 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 126 •HR 8646 RH ‘‘(7) The term ‘specialty pet’ means any animal 1 normally maintained in a household, such as, but 2 not limited to, rodents, ornamental birds, orna- 3 mental fish, reptiles, and amphibians, ferrets, hedge- 4 hogs, marsupials, and rabbits not raised for food or 5 fur. 6 ‘‘(8) The term ‘specialty pet food’ means any 7 commercial feed prepared and distributed for con- 8 sumption by specialty pets. 9 ‘‘(b) PREEMPTION.— 10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No State or a political sub- 11 division of a State may directly or indirectly estab- 12 lish, maintain, implement, or enforce any law, regu- 13 lation, or other requirement relating to the labels, la- 14 beling, or advertising of animal food that differs 15 from or extends beyond those established by the 16 Food and Drug Administration. 17 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in (b) 18 (1) shall be construed to restrict, prevent, or other- 19 wise prohibit State post-market food safety oversight 20 activities, including but not limited to any such ac- 21 tivities relating to implementation of the FDA Food 22 Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353), 23 outbreak investigations, surveillance sampling, the 24 ability of states to regulate the names and defini- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 127 •HR 8646 RH tions of commercial feed ingredients (excluding in- 1 gredients for use in pet food) not defined by the 2 Food and Drug Administration, or investigations of 3 consumer complaints. 4 ‘‘(c) SAFE FOOD ADDITIVES AND GRAS IN- 5 GREDIENTS.— 6 ‘‘(1) INGREDIENTS DEEMED SAFE FOOD ADDI- 7 TIVES.—Ingredients that are intended for use in ani- 8 mal food and are not specifically authorized for such 9 use by the Food and Drug Administration as a food 10 additive, a color additive, or otherwise as of the date 11 of enactment of the PURR Act of 2026, are deemed 12 to be safe food additives and acceptable for use in 13 animal food if— 14 ‘‘(A) such ingredients are included in the 15 Official Common or Usual Names and Defini- 16 tions of Feed Ingredients section of chapter 6 17 of the 2024 edition of the ‘AAFCO Official 18 Publication’ as accepted for use in specified 19 species, or where species is not identified; and 20 ‘‘(B) there is no finding by the Food and 21 Drug Administration that such ingredients are 22 not safe food additives. 23 ‘‘(2) GRAS INGREDIENTS; VOLUNTARY NOTIFI- 24 CATION.—An animal food manufacturer is not re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 128 •HR 8646 RH quired to notify the Food and Drug Administration 1 of GRAS ingredients used in animal food, but may 2 voluntarily notify the Food and Drug Administration 3 of such GRAS ingredients that have not previously 4 been recognized by the Food and Drug Administra- 5 tion as GRAS for use in animal food. 6 ‘‘(d) TIMELY REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days 7 after receipt of an animal food ingredient submission, the 8 Secretary shall review such submission and issue an action 9 letter that— 10 ‘‘(1) approves such submission or, in the case 11 of a GRAS ingredient notification, does not object to 12 use; or 13 ‘‘(2) sets forth— 14 ‘‘(A) the specific deficiencies in such sub- 15 mission; and 16 ‘‘(B) where appropriate, the actions nec- 17 essary— 18 ‘‘(i) for such submission to be ap- 19 proved; or 20 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a GRAS ingredient 21 notification, to resolve any concerns of the 22 Secretary. 23 ‘‘(e) PET FOOD AND SPECIALTY PET INGRE- 24 DIENTS SOMETIMES PRESENT.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 129 •HR 8646 RH ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Pet food and specialty pet 1 food shall not be treated as misbranded by reason of 2 stating in the ingredient list on the product label 3 that an ingredient of a type described in paragraph 4 (2) is sometimes, but not always, present in the pet 5 food or specialty pet food. 6 ‘‘(2) TYPES OF INGREDIENTS.—Paragraph (1) 7 applies with respect to the following types of ingredi- 8 ents: 9 ‘‘(A) Fat or oil ingredients. 10 ‘‘(B) Flavor ingredients. 11 ‘‘(C) Grain ingredients (including grain 12 protein ingredients). 13 ‘‘(3) LANGUAGE TO BE USED.—For an ingre- 14 dient in pet food or specialty pet food to be labeled 15 as sometimes present for purposes of paragraph (1), 16 such ingredient shall be identified by— 17 ‘‘(A) words such as ‘or’, ‘and/or’, or ‘con- 18 tains one or more of the following:’; or 19 ‘‘(B) other words indicating that the ingre- 20 dient may not be present. 21 ‘‘(f) ORDER OF INGREDIENT LISTING.— 22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Pet food and specialty pet 23 food shall be treated as misbranded unless the ingre- 24 dients required to be declared on the label are listed 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00129 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 130 •HR 8646 RH by common or usual name in descending order of 1 predominance by weight. 2 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—If an ingredient in pet food 3 or specialty pet food is present in amounts of 2 per- 4 cent or less by weight, then instead of identifying 5 the ingredient in the order required by paragraph 6 (1), the ingredient may be placed at the end of the 7 ingredient list following an appropriate quantifying 8 statement, such as ‘Contains l percent or less of 9 l’or ‘Less than l percent of l’, with the blank 10 percentage filled in with a threshold level of 2 per- 11 cent, or, if desired, 1.5 percent, 1.0 percent, or 0.5 12 percent, as applicable. 13 ‘‘(g) MARKETING CLAIMS.—Animal food shall 14 not be treated as misbranded by reason of the following 15 claims on labels and labeling and in advertising for animal 16 food, without premarket approval of such claims by the 17 Food and Drug Administration, if truthful, nonmis- 18 leading, and adequately substantiated with scientifically 19 validated protocols endorsed by FDA guidance where 20 available: 21 ‘‘(1) Pet food claims regarding hairball control. 22 ‘‘(2) Pet food claims regarding tartar control, 23 plaque removal, and bad breath odor. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 131 •HR 8646 RH ‘‘(3) Claims regarding the ability of pet food to 1 support general urinary tract health. 2 ‘‘(4) ‘Natural’ claims for animal food if all of 3 the following circumstances are met: 4 ‘‘(A) Subject to subparagraph (C), the 5 term ‘natural’ refers to a food or ingredient de- 6 rived solely from plant, animal, or mined 7 sources— 8 ‘‘(i) in its unprocessed state; or 9 ‘‘(ii) having been subject to physical 10 processing, heat processing, rendering, pu- 11 rification, extraction, hydrolysis, 12 enzymolysis, or fermentation, but not hav- 13 ing been produced by or subject to a 14 chemically synthetic process and not con- 15 taining any additives or processing aids 16 that are chemically synthetic except in 17 amounts as might occur unavoidably in 18 good manufacturing practices. 19 ‘‘(B) The term ‘natural’ is only used to 20 reference the product as a whole when all of the 21 ingredients and components of ingredients meet 22 the description in subparagraph (A). 23 ‘‘(C) If the food or ingredient contains 24 chemically synthesized vitamins, minerals, or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00131 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 132 •HR 8646 RH other trace nutrients used as ingredients in ani- 1 mal food, a disclaimer— 2 ‘‘(i) discloses the addition of such vi- 3 tamins, minerals, and other trace nutrients 4 by name or category; 5 ‘‘(ii) is juxtaposed with the term ‘nat- 6 ural’; and 7 ‘‘(iii) appears with the largest or most 8 prominent use of the term ‘natural’ on 9 each panel of the label on which the term 10 appears, in the same style and color print 11 and at least one-half the size of the term 12 natural. 13 ‘‘(D) A disclaimer under subparagraph (C) 14 is not required when the term ‘natural’ is used 15 in reference to one ingredient and is not refer- 16 ring to the whole product. 17 ‘‘(h) GUIDANCE ON CERTAIN TOPICS.— 18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue 19 guidance addressing each of the following topics: 20 ‘‘(A) Methods for substantiating nutri- 21 tional adequacy of pet foods. 22 ‘‘(B) Pet food metabolizable energy proto- 23 cols. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 133 •HR 8646 RH ‘‘(C) Affidavits for pet food testing pro- 1 tocol completion. 2 ‘‘(D) Data to support a calorie content 3 claim for pet foods. 4 ‘‘(E) Analytical variations (AVs) for ani- 5 mal food. 6 ‘‘(F) Recommendations for use of mena- 7 dione sodium bisulfite complex (MSBC) in ani- 8 mal feed. 9 ‘‘(2) INITIAL GUIDANCE.— 10 ‘‘(A) TIMING.—Not later than 18 months 11 after the date of enactment of the PURR Act 12 of 2026, the Secretary shall issue initial guid- 13 ance under this subsection. 14 ‘‘(B) BASIS.—The initial guidance under 15 subparagraph (A) shall be based on the guid- 16 ance contained in the 2024 edition of ‘AAFCO 17 Official Publication’.’’. 18 (b) Title X of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 19 Act (21 U.S.C. 391 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 20 end the following: 21 ‘‘SEC. 1016. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ANIMAL FOOD REGULA- 22 TION. 23 ‘‘(a) DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY.—The 24 Secretary shall delegate to the Director of the Center for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 134 •HR 8646 RH Veterinary Medicine responsibility for carrying out section 1 425 and, as appropriate, other responsibilities and au- 2 thorities of the Food and Drug Administration with re- 3 spect to animal food. 4 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The responsibilities of the Director 5 of the Center for Veterinary Medicine shall include— 6 ‘‘(1) conducting and coordinating science-based 7 reviews of animal food ingredient submissions; 8 ‘‘(2) submitting an annual report to the Con- 9 gress on performance metrics, including performance 10 on— 11 ‘‘(A) the review of submissions and 12 issuance of action letters under section 425(d); 13 ‘‘(B) the issuance of initial guidance under 14 section 425(h) and any subsequent revisions to 15 such guidance; and 16 ‘‘(C) the proposal and finalization of initial 17 regulations under subsection (c) and (d) of the 18 PURR Act of 2026 and any subsequent revi- 19 sions to such regulations; 20 ‘‘(3) educating pet owners, veterinarians, and 21 the companion animal industry about pet food; 22 ‘‘(4) communicating and educating consumers 23 on the safety of pet food; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 135 •HR 8646 RH ‘‘(5) carrying out research to support and im- 1 prove policies and regulatory decisions regarding 2 animal food. 3 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms 4 ‘animal food’, ‘companion animal’, ‘pet food’, ‘specialty 5 pet’ and ‘animal food ingredient submission’, have the 6 meanings given to those terms in section 425.’’. 7 (c) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 8 Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of 9 Food and Drugs, shall— 10 (1) not later than two years after the date of 11 enactment of this Act, issue proposed regulations to 12 implement the amendments made by this Act; and 13 (2) not later than three years after the date of 14 enactment of this Act, finalize such regulations. 15 (d) CONTENTS.—The initial regulations promulgated 16 to implement the amendments made by this Act shall in- 17 clude: 18 (1) for commercial feed, Regulation 1 through 19 Regulation 10 of the ‘‘Model Regulations Under the 20 Model Bill’’ in chapter 4 of the 2024 edition of the 21 ‘‘AAFCO Official Publication’’; and 22 (2) PF 1 through PF 12 of the ‘‘Model Regula- 23 tions for Pet Food and Specialty Pet Food Under 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00135 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 136 •HR 8646 RH the Model Bill’’ in chapter 4 of the 2024 edition of 1 the ‘‘AAFCO Official Publication’’. 2 SEC. 773. There is appropriated $1,500,000 for the 3 emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assist- 4 ance grant program established under section 12502(b) of 5 the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 6 20127). 7 SEC. 774. (a) IN GENERAL.— 8 (1) LIABILITY OF PERSONS.—A person shall 9 not be subject to civil or criminal liability arising 10 from the nature, age, packaging, or condition of an 11 apparently fit pet-related product that the person 12 donates in good faith to a State or unit of local gov- 13 ernment or a nonprofit organization for ultimate dis- 14 tribution to qualified animals. 15 (2) LIABILITY OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZA- 16 TIONS.—A nonprofit organization shall not be sub- 17 ject to civil or criminal liability arising from the na- 18 ture, age, packaging, or condition of an apparently 19 fit pet-related product that the nonprofit organiza- 20 tion received as a donation from a person in good 21 faith for ultimate distribution to qualified animals. 22 (3) LIABILITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERN- 23 MENTS.—A State or unit of local government shall 24 not be subject to liability arising from the nature, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00136 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 137 •HR 8646 RH age, packaging, or condition of an apparently fit pet- 1 related product that the State or unit of local gov- 2 ernment received as a donation from a person in 3 good faith for ultimate distribution to qualified ani- 4 mals. 5 (4) WAIVER NOT APPLICABLE TO GROSS NEG- 6 LIGENCE OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT.—Para- 7 graphs (1), (2), and (3) shall not apply to an injury 8 to, or death of, an ultimate user or recipient of the 9 apparently fit pet-related product that results from 10 an act or omission of the person, nonprofit organiza- 11 tion, or State or unit of local government, as appli- 12 cable, constituting gross negligence or intentional 13 misconduct. 14 (b) PARTIAL COMPLIANCE.—If a person donates in 15 good faith pet food or pet supplies that do not meet all 16 quality and labeling standards imposed by Federal, State, 17 and local laws and regulations, such person shall not be 18 subject to civil or criminal liability in accordance with this 19 section if the State or unit of local government or non- 20 profit organization to which the food or supplies are do- 21 nated— 22 (1) is informed by such person of the distressed 23 or defective condition of the food or supplies; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00137 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 138 •HR 8646 RH (2) agrees to recondition such food or supplies 1 to comply with such quality and labeling standards 2 prior to distribution of such food or supplies; and 3 (3) is knowledgeable of such quality and label- 4 ing standards to properly recondition such food or 5 supplies. 6 (c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 7 construed to— 8 (1) create any liability; or 9 (2) supersede State or local health regulations. 10 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 11 (1) APPARENTLY FIT PET-RELATED PROD- 12 UCT.—The term ‘‘apparently fit pet-related product’’ 13 means any pet food or pet supply that meets all 14 quality and labeling standards imposed by Federal, 15 State, and local laws and regulations even though 16 the product may not be readily marketable due to 17 appearance, age, freshness, grade, size, surplus, or 18 other conditions. 19 (2) CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966 TERMS.— 20 The terms ‘‘donate’’, ‘‘gross negligence’’, ‘‘inten- 21 tional misconduct’’, ‘‘nonprofit organization’’, and 22 ‘‘person’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec- 23 tion 22(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 24 U.S.C. 1791(b)). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 139 •HR 8646 RH (3) EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL.—The term 1 ‘‘emotional support animal’’ means an animal that— 2 (A) is covered by the exclusion specified in 3 section 5.303 of title 24, Code of Federal Regu- 4 lations (or successor regulation); and 5 (B) is not a service animal. 6 (4) PET.—The term ‘‘pet’’ means a domes- 7 ticated animal, such as a dog, cat, bird, rodent, fish, 8 turtle, or other animal that is kept for pleasure rath- 9 er than for commercial purposes. 10 (5) PET FOOD.—The term ‘‘pet food’’ means 11 any raw, cooked, processed, or prepared edible sub- 12 stance, ice, beverage, or ingredient used or intended 13 for use in whole or in part for consumption by a 14 qualified animal. 15 (6) PET SUPPLY.—The term ‘‘pet supply’’ 16 means tangible personal property used for qualified 17 animals, including pet carriers, crates, kennels, 18 houses, cages, clothing, bedding, toys, collars, 19 leashes, leads, tie-outs, feeders, bowls, dishes, pet 20 gates, or pet doors. 21 (7) QUALIFIED ANIMAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 22 animal’’ means a pet, an emotional support animal, 23 or a service animal. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 140 •HR 8646 RH (8) SERVICE ANIMAL.—The term ‘‘service ani- 1 mal’’ has the meaning given the term in section 2 36.104 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (or 3 successor regulation). 4 SEC. 775. None of the funds made available by this 5 Act may be used to impose any cost sharing or matching 6 requirements for any awards or subawards under the Spe- 7 cialty Crop Block Grant Program (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) 8 for fiscal year 2027. 9 SEC. 776. None of the funds made available to the 10 Department of Agriculture in this or any other Act may 11 be used to close or consolidate the resources or locations 12 of any existing Agricultural Research Service laboratories 13 and facilities without prior notification, including cost 14 analysis, how many research scientists will likely not be 15 willing to relocate, and which research projects will be ter- 16 minated or adversely impacted by the relocation, and ap- 17 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 18 Houses of Congress. 19 SEC. 777. In addition to funds made available by this 20 or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated $2,500,000 21 for the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program as au- 22 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 3007(a). 23 SEC. 778. Section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Com- 24 petitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 141 •HR 8646 RH by striking ‘‘dried fruits,’’ and inserting ‘‘dried fruits, mil- 1 let,’’. 2 SEC. 779. Public Law 87–590 (76 Stat. 389; 123 3 Stat. 1320) is amended— 4 (1) in the first section— 5 (A) in subsection (c), in the second sen- 6 tence, by striking ‘‘or in the case of the Arkan- 7 sas Valley Conduit, payment in an amount 8 equal to 35 percent of the cost of the conduit 9 that is comprised of revenue generated by pay- 10 ments pursuant to a repayment contract and 11 revenue that may be derived from contracts for 12 the use of Fryingpan-Arkansas project excess 13 capacity or exchange contracts using 14 Fryingpan-Arkansas project facilities,’’; and 15 (B) by adding at the end the following: 16 ‘‘(d) ARKANSAS VALLEY CONDUIT.— 17 ‘‘(1) REPAYMENT CONTRACT.—To provide do- 18 mestic water supplies to communities and house- 19 holds that do not have reliable access to domestic 20 water supplies, the contract for the Arkansas Valley 21 Conduit shall provide for payment in an amount 22 equal to 35 percent of the cost of the conduit, not- 23 withstanding the reclamation laws or any other pro- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 142 •HR 8646 RH vision of this Act. The contract payments shall con- 1 sist of— 2 ‘‘(A) funding provided during construction 3 from any entity other than the Secretary; and 4 ‘‘(B) based on a demonstration of financial 5 hardship, as determined by the Secretary, re- 6 payment of the balance not covered under sub- 7 paragraph (A) for a period of not more than 75 8 years with simple interest at a rate that is 9 equal to 50 percent of the interest rate deter- 10 mined by the Secretary of the Treasury under 11 section 2(c), including revenue derived from 12 contracts for the use of excess capacity or ex- 13 change contracts using Fryingpan-Arkansas 14 project facilities. 15 ‘‘(2) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—The 16 contract for the Arkansas Valley Conduit shall pro- 17 vide for the assumption by the contracting parties of 18 the care, operation, maintenance, and replacement of 19 the conduit.’’; and 20 (2) in section 2(b)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘this sec- 21 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d) of the first sec- 22 tion’’. 23 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 24 SEC. 780. $0. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 143 •HR 8646 RH This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De- 1 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 2 Agency Appropriations Act, 2027’’. 3 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00143 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB Union Calendar No. 548 119TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8646 [Report No. 119–632] A BILL Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De- velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other pur- poses. MAY 1, 2026 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:08 May 01, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H8646.RH H8646 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB